I am FASCINATED by this girl’s choreography and her commitment. Also, the costume design is really intelligent. And I really like the song and the lyrics. It’s about the singer’s struggle with childhood alcoholism. Which the girl’s dancing illustrates. Also, the photography is impressive (all one take through different rooms of an abandoned-looking house), the apartment looks real and oddly, darkly beautiful. All of it is oddly, darkly beautiful.
Photo shoot idea: a set or runway set that resembles the house on 40th Street.*
*40th Street: The house I grew up in from the age of maybe 6/7 years old to upperclassman in college. Would make an odd backdrop, as by today’s standards it would have been quite ugly. Originally had brown shag carpet wall to wall, orange terra cotta bricks around the fireplace, wood deck that became a slipping hazard every time it rained. My mom and dad (and then later my mom and stepdad) made a lot of changes to that house for the better. Wisteria on the front patio, exterior paint changed from peach/brown trim to stormy blue (a color I have, coincidentally, been fixated on lately for our home). Two cherry trees planted along the back fence, which, I discovered in senior year of HS, was a lovely place to do homework. Creepy back entrance sealed off and turned into a second bathroom (because why would you build a family home that only has one bathroom?).
Oh, this is beautiful. She’s vulnerable but strong, at some sort of crossroads, trying to decide something big, chewing on it and coping with it and making the most of it, wringing the situation for all its fun because otherwise it sucks.
The outfit is not my style, but I love the urban backdrop (London? Is it London?), and would love for there to be a runway show (or high fashion advertising concept video) where somebody has their models walking down multiple blocks of a particular neighborhood.
CUP AND PENNY 