One Direction's new video shows they've always been in on the joke

Beloved teen band One Direction has finally dropped the video to the first single off of their new album after weeks of twitter trending. Like all One Direction videos, this one is a strange piece of concept art. "Steal My Girl" the video features Danny DeVito as the meta-director of the film instructing them (from what I can gather) to run around with sumo wrestlers, smash paint balls, and dance with balloons. Or as Devito calls it in the video, "a higher form of expression."

Here is  Zayn dancing with sumo wrestlers:

Here is Louis with a chimpanzee:

Here is Niall playing air guitar?:

Here is Liam pointing:

And here is Harry soaring like a plane:

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