Under a partly cloudy sky, on a warm summer day, a boy convinces his parents to buy him an airplane kit at the craft store. "I can do it," he says to his doubtful mother. When the boy comes home, he prepares a table in the living room to work on. With the television in the background, he begins to build his plane per the instructions.
On the TV is a program called 'Top 5 Hits,' counting down who's on the charts. Among the Eurotrash (the videos look like eighties charmers) is the group Stardust (a side project of Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter) on a cloud singing Music Sounds Better With You.
Of Bangalter, Gondry remarks, "Most artists are so ego-driven in their videos. Thomas prefers to remain hidden. This is his way to play with the media. Like the Residents did in the '70s." [credit]
At dinner, the boy eats with his imagination. A short but creative sequence shows him flying his fork around like an airplane. The plane picks up some peas from a truck, and delivers them into a barn. In actuality, he just took them from his plate to his mouth, but the incident indicates the boy's love of flying.
As the days progress, Stardust climbs further and further up the charts. The boy continues to construct his airplane while grooving to the song. But one night Stardust escape from their video. The following day the boy completes his model airplane, and notices their disappearance. He's so pumped, though, that he goes outside and gives his plane a test run. Swoosh! into the air goes the plane, higher, higher, and higher still. Eventually it's sailing above the clouds, and lands on Stardust's cloud. They marvel at the boy's wonderful creation, then send back to him. The boy returns an enthusiastic wave and continues with his play.
The video is a reconstruction of a childhood memory Gondry had of himself building a scaled plane while watching "Happy Days" on TV.
You can find this video on French record company Labels' 2003 compilation, PAL-format DVD Kill Your Television.