Here I am
Mobile tending away
at length releasing
The Groke
written in January on a small island Norway felt quite dramatic in minus 25 Celsius
landscape wore a snow coat, light almost gone for the season making a shimmer of blue upon it’s surrender
I got to thinking about The Groke, a character created by Tove Jansson in her Moomin universe
wherever The Groke goes the ground below her freezes, everything she touches follows faith
She wants to socialize and seeks out people and warmth, but all in her path turn away
The Groke as apt lore of the nordic countries brutal seasons?climate around the world getting even more temperamental
Chorus end sentence is borrowed from Timothy Mortons “Dark Ecology” (go read I can’t explain)
Thank you to
@clemstabrown for beautiful string arrangement
@oliburslem for production
@oslofuzz for mixing and mastering
@rrukaiyah and co❄️🪢♥️
Music video up now on YouTube!
Director Julia Patey says:
“Our goal was to create a unique cinematic translation of the music, without using any visual references to guide us. So we wandered together blindly into the unknown and this was the result”.
You can read more about the video, and interview with Julia up now on Directors Notes
Thank you to MV team:
Producer -
@mct.agentur
Director, Camera, Editing & VFX - Julia Patey
Production Design:
@marta_karta_
Production Design Assistant:
@boromir.bogumil
Hair & Makeup: Silke Zeitz
Miniature Assistant: Sixteen Jones
VFX Artist: Jona Neukirch
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And of course thanks for joining me in unhinged nipple tassel era, fever dream come true
Ilysm 💋🪐