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NO JOKE- this song in TOTALITY took me only FOUR days to create!

Sometimes inspiration comes in explosive bursts… it was rather crazy feeling- true madness… the song wasn’t inspired by random events- oooh no & here is the juicy backstory:
Cannibal love story? YES please! 

The real:
I’m a Scorpio, hopeless romantic with feels like oceans & luck in love like deserts. Back in October someone I truly care for reached out all flirty dirty & I- well I took the bait & then realized mid sexy video chat… OH NO I still loved him! This feeling wasn’t reciprocated… it made me feel like meat. 
SOOOOOO the idea to cope how I know how in music was a MUST – with the addition of a zombie love story of eating fake brains on camera. 

The fantasy:
Taking this story from reality’s confusing hurtful love life into a gory campy story was so much fun. Yah know those emotions that have that ‘being eaten alive’ gut ache- yeah well I wrote the song the SAME day as the phone call, then recorded it that night, took a day to mix & master THEN DAY THREE WAS MUSIC VIDEO DAY! 
ENTIRELY- costumes & all the video literally PLAYED in my head while I was napping after mixing. Start to finish: I saw the bloody noms in the kitchen scene, massacring a pumpkin with a machete,a murder scene bathroom with bloody glove licking, & a summoning ritual ending with the lead character digging up their love only to EAT HIM AGAIN haha! 

I used 2 wigs in the shoot to have one styled in the cute buns, pulled all the black & white clothing I had onto my bed (realized majority of my stage clothes are dark circus) limited myself to 5 outfits SORTED them & then mapped out how to do the video! 

THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME ever storyboarding a video- it made ALL the difference. I put all the messy eating scenes last, knowing that I had to do the pumpkin murder scene second to last so I still had sunlight AND had the pumpkin NOT dead in the intro scene. From there I planned line by line the camera angles & scenes picking wigs & how to layer on costume pieces to avoid needing to restyle the wigs mid-shoot. 

Where did the props & sets come from?
Great question- THIS IS WHERE I LIVE! Yup! I live with a professional prop maker, scene builder & artist extraordinaire @LuciusCookie

MY BESTIE & roomie! The spooky bathroom is a PERMANENT set installment in our house along with the gorgeous red velvet bar (a book bar cuz we’re sober fun tidbit there) 

How I shot the music video ALONE with my PHONE:

Maintaining the flexibility to fail- understanding all mistakes are learning experiences & ACCEPTING this was play time allowed me to repeatedly knock over my tripod, spill fake blood, mess up my own lyrics & LAUGH at myselves. 

What is the blood?

Vegan Fake Brain Recipe: Soy Curls with BBQ sauce. 

Added color: Long steeped Hibiscus tea

Texture: Elderberry jelly! 

The brains were a sweet smokey BBQ delight – we honestly ate the rest for dinner!!!! HAHA

Overall from this song I learned SO many storyboard organizational techniques which are imperative for my future collaborative music videos. 

Thanks for tuning in!

-Wezzy