the video starts with individual shots of the pandas, one disappearing as the background fading from white to a midnight blue, as if being painted by hand, shot by shot.

a shadow looms over the scene, dancing forlornly against the wall until— 

❝  dancing where the stars go blue dancing where the evening fell dancing in my wooden shoes in a wedding gown ❞

stars begin to fill in the midnight sky, lights strewn across the wall as tiffany walks in, the ivory lace of her dress trailing behind her before she takes a seat, panda on her lap.

❝  dancin' out on 7th street dancin' on the underground dancin' little marionette are you happy now? ❞

the screen splits, footsteps languid in pace as they click, clack against cobblestone, panning up to show kevin, eyes clouded unlike the clear sky above him. 

❝  where do you go when you're lonely? ❞

he sings to the camera, the shot fading,

                                                                                     fading,

                                                                                                                      fading .   .    .

                                                                                                                                                 to blue

❝  where do you go when you're blue? where do you go when you're lonely? i'll follow you . . . when the stars go blue when the stars go blue ❞

he's searching for something, aimlessly, maybe pointlessly, but he's walking regardless. never ceasing his stride. 

❝  laughing with your pretty mouth laughing with your broken eyes laughing with your lover's tongue in a lullaby ❞

it's a flashback, it must be, tiffany's cheeks flush with laughter as kevin walks alongside her, arm around her shoulder but the moment's fleeting.

and chocolate orbs give way to a dull shade of black, devoid of joy. 

❝  where do you go when you're lonely? where do you go when you're blue? where do you go when you're lonely? i'll follow you ❞

the room's empty now, the last panda just as gone as tiffany and it's being pulled with her as she runs, the cobblestone familiar as she turns onto another street. 

❝  where do you go when you're lonely? where do you go when you're blue? where do you go when you're lonely?  i'll follow you ❞  

found, it's found, it seems. the other panda is found, seated on a bench beside kevin who continues to sing. 

❝  when the stars go blue when the stars go blue  when the stars go blue where do you go when you're lonely? ❞  

no longer alone, they're reunited.

a matching pair.

neither tiffany or kevin are to be found but . . . the stars in that empty room fade again.

❝  where do you go when the stars go blue? ❞