Electronic controls are added to the faces of the band members, and now the illusion that they are alive is complete. Together, the assistants and crew prepare for the band's concert that evening. The video crew is doubtful, but after a change in lighting and background that effectively hides the assistants, they are convinced that the fixer's plan will work. The assistants, dressed completely in black, stand behind the band members and move their limbs. The fixer arrives and his assistants take over. A crew member calls someone he knows, a fixer, to help. A paramedic arrives and declares them dead. The band (Mark Foster, Mark Pontius, Jacob Fink) is filming a music video in the studio when a lighting rig falls on them. James Mackey guest stars as the paramedic. The music video for "Houdini" premiered on YouTube on April 26, 2012. Foster the People performed the song on Late Show with David Letterman in Octoalong with " Pumped Up Kicks", " Helena Beat", " Call It What You Want", " Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)", "I Would Do Anything for You", "Miss You" and "Life on the Nickel".
American saxophonist Kenny G guested on the performance of "Houdini". The band performed "Houdini", as well as " Pumped Up Kicks", on Saturday Night Live on October 8, 2011, which was hosted by Ben Stiller.
Reflecting on the song, he described his then-girlfriend as a "good muse". Four days later, he revisited the composition and began adding piano chords. While showing his then-girlfriend the offices on a so-called "take-your-girlfriend-to-work-day", Foster demonstrated how he wrote songs, putting a simple drum beat and vocal sample together in 10 minutes.
"Houdini" was written by the group's frontman Mark Foster while he was working as a commercial jingle writer at Mophonics.
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