The intro to this video is a montage like sequence that gives the location and a mixture of 'past'/memory shots as well as shots of the present, almost giving an overview of the video.
This music video is narrative based and follows two young boys who are portrayed as best friends enjoying themselves and just messing around as kids do. Throughout the music video there are close up shots of the artist (Troye Sivan) singing along with the song amplifying the lyrics. The shots showing the artist are close up shots as it shows off the emotion intended for the song and the lyrics. I feel that the close ups are important to the music video because just taking the video as a flashback with the young boys shows that narrative is quite emotional; towards the end of the video as the young boys are playing on the beach while the adults are further up eating and drinking it creates a contrast of the innocence of the boys and how they're, at this point, oblivious to the drunken adult further along the beach which results in one of them having to leave. However adding the close ups of the artist it creates a strong emotional connection for the audience as they're not only feeling emotional and engaged by the narrative but also by the emotion shown by the artist.
At the end of this video during one of the shots with the artist it becomes a wide shot showing there are two boys throughout all of the shots of Troye, and it becomes apparent that the two young boys in the narrative side of the video are Troye and the other boy on the bed and the whole video is a flashback/memory other the older versions. It was hinted during the intro with the flashes of the older characters but it isn't fully addressed until the end of the video.
The end to this music video is left open as it is the first part of a trilogy of music videos by this artist. The idea of a trilogy allows the audience to engage more with the songs as it gives a want to watch more and finish the trilogy. 
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