Yes, this video features complex devices performing simple tasks in convoluted ways. No, it wasn't easy to make.

In an exclusive interview with Gigwise, OK Go bassist Tim Nordwind said the band attempted to shoot the video sixty times over two days, and only succeed three times all the way through.

"The frustrating part would be getting half way through and then something doesn’t trigger," he said.

"And because the setup time took so long once you got about half way through you started to get really excited because you think ‘Oh my God, this thing is working’, and then the paint can doesn’t get triggered to knock off the red trash can and you’re like ‘Oh fuck’."