Brooklyn Experimental Artist L’Rain Shares New Video For “Blame Me”
L’Rain, the musical project of Brooklyn born and based experimentalist and multi-instrumentalist Taja Cheek, has released her new single and video “Blame Me”, off her upcoming LP Fatigue, due June 25th via Mexican Summer. Directed by Andy Swartz and starring Happi Da Klown, the music video is a steady and reflective song about guilt and loss that looks through the lens of the staged emotions of clowns.
L’Rain says of the music video: “I am fascinated by clowns’ predilection for entropy and absurdity, and by their general role as the ultimate icon of emotional complexity (the tears of the clown…). There’s also something about “freaks” that make me feel at home: people who are deemed useless, dangerous, or too strange to understand. Who doesn’t feel misunderstood in this time of social media, social chaos, and social scarcity?”
The patient and steady application of makeup contrasts against the swelling orchestral arrangement of the song, as the rotating camera helps to further the dizzying effect of the music. L’Rain’s captivating and ethereal vocals are a perfect match for the song’s lush foundation, channelling Snoh Aalegra and Charlotte Day Wilson for her performance.
Watch below:
