On 7 January 2015 , the music video for the song was released . Directed by Sia and Daniel Askill , shot by cinematographer Sebastian Wintero and choreographed by Ryan Heffington , the video features Maddie Ziegler , who previously appeared in the video for Sia 's single " Chandelier " and " Big Girls Cry " , and actor Shia LaBeouf . In the video , Ziegler and LaBeouf wear nude and dirt-smeared outfits . Justine Harman from '' Elle '' likened the concept of the video to the plot of '' Titanic '' . Jason Lipshutz from '' Billboard '' summarised : " The entirety of the video features the surprising pair interpreting the song through various body contortions : they dance-fight , collapse in the middle of the cage , crawl toward and away from each other , and make some wildly fantastic facial expressions . " The video was nominated for the 2015 VMA Award for Best Female Video . '' Billboard '' selected the video as one " of the 10 best music videos of 2015 ( so far ) " , as did '' PopCrush '' , commenting that the video 's " lopsided choreography and filthy warfare yields a raw , junkyard beauty that does n’t ask who will make it out alive , but whether escape is ever really on the table . " '' New York '' magazine 's Vulture.com ranked it number 6 on its list of 2015 's top 10 music videos . As of March 2019 , the video had received more than 1.0 billion views on YouTube . It was the eighth most viewed YouTube video in 2015
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