How long did the "Wishes" video take to shoot?

Eric Wareheim: We shot it in one long night. I would say a good 14 hours. We had to wait until it was getting dark because I wanted it to be like a Friday night sports game — a halftime show. We actually had to cut a bunch of ideas that I wanted to do because it was a much bigger, more ambitious project than I originally anticipated.

How involved was the band in conceptualizing the video?

EW: Usually, when I make videos, I tell the band, "Let me just do my thing," and they're usually OK with that. But this time I had been wanting to work with Beach House for a while. We became friends and were kind of chatting about it. Victoria [Legrand, lead singer and organist of Beach House] had three ideas — she wanted Ray Wise, a horse, and a sports thing. So I took those three ideas and kind of worked it into this story. And at that point, they were just like, "Do whatever you want, we love that." There's got to be a lot of trust in these relationships for it to pop. Sometimes, once the band gets really heavily involved, it just gets a little muddy.

What's your favorite moment of the video?

EW: My favorite moment is when one of the cheerleaders opens up her wings and starts spinning in them. I just think it's such a beautiful, cinematic visual moment. It hits me on an emotional level every time I see it.