Keane - Somewhere Only We Know (official Music Video) May 2026

The video features the band performing in a forest glade, which is inhabited by small, alien-like spirits.

At the time the song was written, Keane was struggling to gain musical success in London and felt like "fish out of water". Rice-Oxley has described the song as a message to the band members to keep going and a reminder that, despite their failures, they still had each other and their shared history. Keane - Somewhere Only We Know (Official Music Video)

Watch Tim Rice-Oxley discuss the real-life locations in Battle that inspired the song's most famous lyrics: The video features the band performing in a

The story behind the official music video for "Somewhere Only We Know" is a blend of childhood nostalgia and a quiet message of perseverance . While the song is often interpreted as a romantic ballad, the band members—Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin, and Richard Hughes—view it as a tribute to their lifelong friendship and a specific refuge from their youth. The Inspiration: Manser's Shaw Watch Tim Rice-Oxley discuss the real-life locations in

The line "I came across a fallen tree" refers to a specific fallen pine in those woods where the three band members were famously photographed together around the age of 11.

During the freezing midwinter shoot, frontman Tom Chaplin wore a coat gifted to the band by Chris Martin of Coldplay , who was a close friend of Tim Rice-Oxley from their university days. A Message of Perseverance