"I Feel Fantastic" is a surrealistmusic video and viral video created by John Bergeron in 2004. It features a humanoid animatronic named Tara the Android, which Bergeron described as an attempt to create "the world's first pop star android". Bergeron produced the five-part video series to promote the animatronic, which was released on his website and also offered as a DVD titled "Android Music Videos Volume 1".
One of the videos, titled Please, was re-uploaded to YouTube in 2009 by the user Creepyblog, out of context, under the title I Feel Fantastic, and quickly gained popularity due its uncanny and creepy nature. The character Tara has since made unofficial cameos appearances in other media, such as Broadcast Signal Intrusion and Smiling Friends.
Video
I Feel Fantastic begins with low-quality footage of an interior shot of the house, featuring an animatronicmannequin named "Tara the Android", dressed in a wig and women's clothing. She repeatedly sings the lines "I feel fantastic, hey hey hey" and "Run, run, run," accompanied by an arpeggiated synth line, while jerking her arms and stiffly turning her head.[1] Tara's wig and clothing change throughout the video. Later, there is an abrupt, five-second cut to a shot of the backyard.[2] The camera zooms in on the garden before returning to the house, where Tara continues to sing "Please leave," followed by the repetition of "Run, run, run, run..."[1][3]
History
John Bergeron[note 1] built Tara from materials worth approximately $2,000 with the goal of marketing her as the "world's first android music star"[3] and planned to take her act on the road for live shows.[4] The animatronic stands at 5' 10" in height and consists of a metal skeleton and synthetic rubber for "skin".[‡ 1][‡ 2] Later in 2004,[5][6] Bergeron added an entity to the antiquated robot-builders information website "AndroidWorld.com", where he offered five downloadable music videos titled Electricity (Metal Version), Brutal Metal, Please, Electricity, and Brutal1.[4] The website also included a DVD version titled "Android Music Videos Volume 1", a mixtape of all five video clips.[4][‡ 3] Bergeron has not released any public updates since 2006.[4][7]
In 2009, the Please video was re-uploaded to YouTube without context by the user Creepyblog, under the title I Feel Fantastic. Creepyblog's description accompanying the YouTube video includes a cryptic reference to the Greek legend of Pygmalion a sculptor from ancient Cyprus who believed that all women were tainted and unworthy of love.[4] It quickly went viral and now has over 6 million views as of 2018[update].[3][8][9] In 2015, the Russian YouTuber Brand-Smetana uploaded the DVD version, which, according to Smetana, is the "complete" version with a length of almost 15 minutes.[4]
Legacy
Tara the Android from I Feel Fantastic has made cameos in other media, including as Broadcast Signal Intrusion (pictured).
I Feel Fantastic gained its popularity in the early-2010s due its uncanny and creepy nature.[9] Many people have theorised about this video, with the most popular being that Tara's creator was a murderer who made Tara wear his victim's clothes[3][10][11] and that the backyard shown in the video is where he buried his victim.[2][7]
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