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Apparently Nena and her friends let a bunch of red balloons float away. The floating balloon mass is mistaken for incoming missles by the scary cold war military industrial complex of death, and an automatic triggering of nuclear armageddeon ensues.

Somehow Nena survives and in the smoldering radioactive ashes of post apocolyptic Germany, she sees one of her troublemaking red balloons floating by, and laments for all that has been lost (including, apparently, underarm razors.)

At least, that's how I remember it.

[napscoordinator]

Dang. I saw the video and did not get any of that...LOL. Don't worry I am the stupid one when it comes to understanding what is supposed to represent war, love, sin etc. Maybe if I saw it today I would get it, but back when it was released I just saw it and took it as red ballons floating in the air and the girl liked them or something. I feel really silly now...LOL.