In celebration of the international womens day tomorrow, I release this new track, It aint pretty. The song is a gospel/punk song that rebels against ageism, from my own - a woman's - perspective. And funnily enough, I feel that it also contains the roots of my origins and the music I wrote when I was young with Kira and the Kindreds Spirits.
One of my dearest friends Anina Tang has made a fantatic video for the track. She has done an amazing job of bringing an old photo of me as child to life and then making me grow old, which of course is not popular with AI. It really had a hard time understanding the process. People ussually want to erase the traces of time.
Anina tells us this about her process:
The whole idea from the start was that Kira would change age throughout the music video. We worked on adding visual layers that could reflect the dimensions of the song. Reacurring natural images were to contrast wrinkles, youth and old age, but also embrace the possibility of beauty in decay. In this way we wanted to celebrate the journey towards the inevitable, filled with memories of times gone by. We were particularly inspired by the symbolism of vanitas and baroque art. The fun part of the process was that through a single image of Kira as a child, greenscreen footage and AI, we were able to recreate Kira as a child,” says Anina.
You can watch the full video on youtube and share if you care to!