ALDOUS HARDING 'STOP YOUR TEARS' (Official Video)

TAKEN FROM THE DEBUT ALBUM 'ALDOUS HARDING' - AVAILABLE NOW: smarturl.it/aldousharding
VIDEO
Director: Martin Sagadin
Written By: Aldous Harding & Martin Sagadin
DOP: Kirk Pflaum
1st AC: Dave Covich
2nd AC: Seung-woo Hong
Production Manager: Grace Ryder
Sound Recording: Oliver Dawe
Starring: Aldous Harding, Alice McLay, Rachel Morton, Ramon Palmer
Thanks: Julia Croucher, Julia Sharp, Lorina Harding, Sam Clague
RECORDING
Produced by: Ben Edwards, Marlon Williams and Aldous Harding
Recorded and mixed by: Ben Edwards
Mastered by: Ben Delany
Thank you, NZ On Air.
Shot in Christchurch & Lyttelton, New Zealand 2014-2015

[@magicjoeblack5761]

The Universe has been doing its thing for16 billion years old and we were lucky enough to be around for the Aldous Harding section. How incredibly lucky is that?

[@scottc2276]

Very lucky long may it last !!

[@samlawrence1319]

I use this analogy all the time for Bowie or Dylan haha happy to see it’s understood

[@jis87BE]

Where TF do you get 16 billion? Just a random guess? Wrong Google search? Or just too lazy to look it up? The universe is 13.7 billion years old, man....ughhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@realMelonTusk]

You’re an idiot

[@neilwood8794]

She is right up there imo ✌️❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@puscifer10000]

I am absolutely obsessed with this woman. She has that Bjork quality in that you cannot stop watching her and her voice and words just pull you in, deep down that rabbit hole. I don't ever think she'll be "huge" in the traditional pop star sense because she doesn't spoon feed anything to her audience. But I predict she'll go down in the musical canon alongside Patty Smith, Kate Bush, Bjork, and the like. Fucking brilliant.

[@themysticmuse1111]

She absolutely deserves that.

[@cedricathlan9399]

There's definitely some Patty Smith vibes, in the tone of her voice particularly. I wouldn't be surprised if she was a source of inspiration, even if Aldous's style is dramatically different.

[@briansmylie]

I just love this song, the words "I am at the water with baby" give a feeing of dread and of something dreadful about to happen, but it turns out not to be. If you watch the video without sound she comes across as a complete "nutter". I'm sure that is absolutely intentional. I think I might be a bit obsessed too so I'm off to stick a pencil to my face.

[@AnkaWolbert]

Well said and I totally agree.

[@timsanchez2584]

Absolutely agree

[@Reed-Media]

There is something so haunting about the pose she strikes at the end. Like she was dancing and drinking to forget the reasons she was alone, but then when faced with the opportunity to reconcile, she jumps back into her performance and drama. It's tragic and defeating but beautifully told. I can't stop watching it.

[@erri4433]

My gut interprets it the same. Thank you for writing that out.

[@Reed-Media]

@@erri4433 I was surprised few others had commented on it. It's the most impactful moment to me. Thanks for your reply!

[@hoibsh21]

Madonna: Strike a pose. Me: GTFOFH Aldous H: Strike a pose. Me: Okay.

[@pault.6653]

This is my favourite song. It can be a bit like staring at the sun sometimes, but i still love it very much. Aldous is a viciously brilliant writer.

[@Una...]

"Viciously brilliant" is a perfect description.

[@mikadelguidice7987]

This song is proof of how beautiful pain can be when it's turned into art 💔

[@johnrobeyns1698]

well said! thanks

[@YoshiEaterX]

That's what losing your virginity looks like

[@Windhawk]

@@YoshiEaterX What if you experience it as a gain instead of a loss?

[@blissbased]

Ugh

[@elisavieira737]

From the pain people become artists ,rip Vicente Van Gogh and many more ❤

[@jensenjames3874]

My mother died of a suicide 12 years ago. My baby sister died 5 years ago from cancer. I cleaned up the suicide so my siblings wouldn’t have to see. I lived in the hospital with my sister and nurses her as she was destroyed before her own eyes. The lyrics describe the torment I feel. I absorbed my sisters during my mother’s time. Thankfully my mother didn’t have to watch her own daughter go in such a horrible way. If either had seen each other’s demise, I think they would’ve collaborated and written this song. Instead Aldous has written it for me. For all of us who truely understand it’s meaning. I’m glancing over my shoulder at their beautiful urns as I sob listening to this and writing this.

[@sei531]

Compassion from across t'interwebs to you. I wish you peace and love and ease going forward.

[@nicoteolis9972]

I wish you comfort for your pain and that the happy memories you have of them can fill your heart and overcome the grief. This song hits me hard as well for many reasons as does the video. I am sobbing with you, but we will be ok.

[@jensenjames3874]

@@nicoteolis9972 thank you kindred soul

[@jensenjames3874]

@@sei531 thank you. I’ll try to encompass your wish.

[@silentrotation6541]

The truth is that the mind can never die because it is not a thing. The truth is that no matter the pain, the mind in itself has always been perfect.

[@jillimyjilikers2036]

This was my.....falling to pieces song 6 years ago. I used to listen to it because i knew it would make me cry. I stumbled across it by accident when i was breaking up with....someone.... Took me years for this song not to leave me in tears. 'I will never marry my love' used to CUT deep. Now I'm at peace I won't ever meet a love like the one she sings of.

[@danielcrocker2908]

Don't say won't ever...stay open to chance.

[@RosaFelix]

You will...

[@princessmisery3378]

I'm so thankful for finding this artist. A best friend of mine died, and his mother framed something he wrote today. I was reading it while listening to this.... stop your tears... I'm trying, Lord, I am trying.

[@danielcrocker2908]

Yes... trying. I'm trying and this is helpful!

[@JK-jt3lr]

This song awoke sorrows in me that is now clawing their way out through my heart. The feeling of inadequacy of not being able to help my son properly with his problems as an autist and not being able to help myself before now because of ADD. Those are things of me that must die before i can live again.

[@johncastle8254]

No matter how many times I watch this it always moves me .

[@papajan]

Baudelaire in the afternoon... Heartbreaking, not once, not twice, always again and everytime deeper and deeper.

[@jamespeck125]

I come back to listen to Aldous, remembering how it's such a refreshing thing to find an artist being dignified in her beauty as opposed to most people today trying to just sell it, to get someplace.

[@dameinoferrall2400]

who knew pain could be so beautiful?

[@zaaae4860]

I came to this music because I heard it on a NZ crime series I was watching an afternoon. It’s been a year now and I’m still a huge fan. I can’t explain how good it makes me feel. I understand what she means by ‘Baudelaire in the afternoon’. Try it while listening to this song. I am lucky to have french as first language so that I can read Baudelaire in its original language, and I swear it’s beautiful. As I speak also English I can tell you the mix between Baudelaire and aldous Harding is simply perfect.

[@couldntthinkofacoolname9608]

What was the show?

[@rbvp45]

@@couldntthinkofacoolname9608 It's on Brokenwood, that's how I found the song too. Made a huge impact on me

[@ALDM404]

I am so lucky to have found her music. I have goosebumps all over, which doesn't happen often. This is haunting and beautiful

[@autumnmatthews3179]

The Brokenwood Mysteries is one of my favourite shows, and it's also introduced me to some beautiful music

[@carolpaci3317]

Marlon Williams doing the harmonies ?Fantastic !!!

[@AnkaWolbert]

Once you've been pulled in, you're in her magical tunnel. It's impossible to tell whether this is a cleverly designed world you've entered or a pure random source of nature that she manages to express. Wonderful.

[@steventhefunky]

I personally find her music to be haunting and amazing, a wretched beauty. A smile to despair. Every video I've watched so far is weird. Makes me keep watching in anticipation for it all to unfold. I can only hope that one day I can bring such depth and sincerity to my music. And her and Marlon together is a dreamscape.

[@nzmike7497]

"a wretched beauty". Yep, this. Couldn't have picked two better words to describe Aldous if I tried.

[@mariarusnak4160]

Who's Marlon?

[@Ink0rp]

@@mariarusnak4160 Marlon Williams

[@Eatcrow]

“Wretched beauty” ❤

[@Marije82YT]

marlon's vocals on this are just gold!

[@kelseyforbes7928]

This gave me chills. This song is so beautiful and the video is so so lovely. I’m in awe. Wow. Just beautiful.

[@mathieulefebvre7088]

When craziness and extreme lucidity make love. I feel she has the key to our World. So much emotion she feels and make us feel.

[@AAT-rd5oj]

I absolutely fell apart at the end of this video. My gosh the lyrics just took hold of my heart and squeezed it. Just hauntingly beautiful. 🥺

[@tripzville7569]

I often think is not life difficult enough without all the needless pain we cause each other, with our out of control egos, and are misinterpretations and our jumping to conclusions, and our arrogance.

[@julesbuckland1168]

This woman is beautiful. So much raw emotion ❤️

[@nzmike7497]

I've been trying to fix lunch for the last hour and every time the next AH song comes on I just *have* to watch it all the way though - too many more of these songs and I'm going to starve! An incredible, breathtaking talent - as a fellow Kiwi I'm just so proud of her.

[@linsandoval3171]

I never get tired of this. It makes me think of the pain my mom feels for not being able to save me... And even tho I am there for her unconditionally, she carries it with pain but silent... Like she doesn't want me to wake up to it. Even tho I've done it, but I can't blame her.

[@thec130side]

I think she's the only one who understands and is able to put it to words

[@PoetMountain]

Powerful song for that state of grief deep loss can bring.

[@Scarletpimpanel73]

You know it's not just the grief but the humour - that last scene which is both tragic and funny simultaneously ... very human.

[@Jorlivia]

My 10th Aldous Video today March 26 2019 and I'm going to go hug my daughter

[@profaj1020]

There’s something about that one moment when the mask falls and restored that’s so distinctly heartbreaking.

[@bbhdd6181]

This is an unreasonably beautiful and profound video.

[@jasonfarrer6521]

Imagine her singing with Bob Dylan is his prime, Knocking on Heaven's Door...would be epic. She is amazing and hauntingly good!

[@user-qs8il1wt4f]

So beautiful...I m in tears. Thank you for this pearl! Patrick, Antwerp

[@Marysthirddaughter]

Stone Cold. Amazing. Stand reed straight Aldous. Push aside distraction. You are gleaming, flickering , don't explode. Arc to heaven .

[@dominikadudova8004]

This is so sad, it gives me the chills

[@maddieanica3455]

I will never marry my love I will die waiting for the bells Death, come pull me underwater I have nothing left to fear from hell I was gifted at the music I was born the day the year was new Someone has stolen all the water I keep the pills inside an urn Lord, show me my daughter Show me her before she burned We go walking in the hallways Now and then a record gives a tune Sometimes we hang from our chambers Baudelaire in the afternoon The yellow rose is a stranger The devil’s invitation in bloom I stand looking at my chamber There are many things upon the floor The blade is ready for the slaughter The Virgin Mary hangs on the door I will arrive at death’s border Take back the cover God has torn from me I am at the river with baby Her father enters with a leap Hold her head above the water She is pale against the stream I am the horse beneath his daughter He is the mountain underneath

[@deladonics]

Does anyone else feel an unsettling Casey Anthony vibe when they hear this song? I love the song, but I can't shake that feeling.

[@jordanleclair467]

what a poet she is!

[@Sebastianporeiro76]

Lord, show me my daughter Show me her before she burned - effects me too much.

[@Lillith444]

@@Sebastianporeiro76 especially so if you actually have daughters and they've been through hard times transitioning from childhood to adulthood.

[@Sebastianporeiro76]

I have a son, but what is the difference

[@user-zj2tp5ih2t]

getting aquainted with aldous art same as meeting nick drake alive .she,s a real discovery for me.greetings from historical smolensk.

[@keevee09]

dobra dan. Kia Ora. Love.

[@dinosaursr]

I thought the same thing, Nick Drake’s mad beauty.

[@romanasky6820]

Great comparison. Art is art.

[@dinosaursr]

Haunted, haunting. Beautiful.

[@renovatio9529]

My soul is already So many been broken, through people...afterwards they say, live and let live but after many many times, You become anxious en stressfull when You are in contact with any people. For me i can say...enough is enough😭 my soul is crying, my soul is broken, i am alone in This vast harsh world and This song gives me So much comfort and a bit of hope. Thank You for This song 🙏🏼🧡

[@tsarmi9864]

*cries yet again* This song always makes me ugly cry. I just love it so much, it hurts. I do love it a lot though.

[@owsie1800]

I'm still doing it

[@aaronmcmurray2629]

so beautiful I am in love with her poetry and temperance... delicious!

[@alquinn8576]

temperance? isn't she alcoholic?

[@Ring0fSaturn]

Just this morning, I read about Aldous Harding in the Sunday San Francisco Chronicle "Pink Section". Read that Lorde had kind things to say about Aldous and am happy to say that Aldous is less pop. Have been a fan of 4AD since This Mortal Coil (1980s) and still enjoy Throwing Muses, Kristen Hersh. AH is visually dramatic with a keen sense of song.

[@Andy_M986]

Word!

[@jeanbrigue8786]

Astounding and so emotional, this fantastic girl deserves to be better known !

[@1gna5io]

I'm crying...

[@jakheerhussain5511]

Man this is the most beautiful and strongest song..

[@malcolmlee2561]

This song once sent me over the edge but like a drug, I cannot keep from coming back to it

[@hadhad69]

I must have listened to this song 1000 times and I just got it. I cried before but now i know why x

[@jacquelinehauser220]

Just heard this on one of my Australian shows. Not sure but I do like it it's depressing but that's my mo.

[@hrayraganikian1589]

I AM READY TO DAY FOR THIS SONG

[@themysticmuse1111]

She's as deep as one can swim. ❤

[@tarokeefe7722]

[@tubehacker]

Ironically this song always has me in tears by the third line. Intensely beautiful

[@ElMariman]

The same shit. How's that possible

[@markustriwahyudi785]

Amazing poetry ❤

[@ThePyrexia]

Ich werde Dich wohl nie kennen lernen dürfen😢... Aber ich werde immer mit Dir in Verbindung bleiben ... Über Deine Musik- und darüber das wir, als Grünäugige nur 2% in der Welt ausmachen!!! Danke Dir für alles!!!!😘

[@mikekaufmann5311]

As serious and sad as this music and video are, the incongruous hilarity (mask falling off, dramatic pose at very end) are what make it Aldous and genius.

[@themysticmuse1111]

I always come back to this vid. It's symbolism unpeels in yet another layer, everytime.... Incredible piece of visual art for this amazing song. Your music IS truly MAGIC. The old, the new. I'm here for all of it. I love you 'Aldous'. I C U. 👀🙏❤😇

[@airbagdeployed3438]

This song (& video) got me through the pandemic.

[@Deedolphin]

That's exactly the effects this singer and woman has got on us all...She is the one and only singer who is able to reveal us to ourselves today! Aldous is my number one singer and music producer! This song once again is a Masterpiece, an Ode to Life!

[@juliocesarpereira4325]

I'm so happy for having discovered or introduced to by algorythms to the wonderful music of Aldous Harding. I've already acquired her album 'Designer'. I've already checked out some songs from her latest 'Warm Chris' and it is beautiful.

[@daskleinegluck4553]

The beginning is so japanese and the whole video is so touching and disturbingly wonderful.

[@eminahist710]

its so beautiful that it nearby is killing me. oh im so grateful you found your room and voice in this human world. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@darrencarr3605]

What a great month I've just had for albums. First King Krule The OOZ then baxter dury Prince of tears and to cap it all off Aldous Harding Party. Amazing. I feel blessed

[@shannonarthur7104]

The beauty, the ache, her music is magic.

[@nelsongonzalez9288]

You must first feel the hurt before you feel the love, you know you have learned to love when you hold your pain in your hand and mold it and play with it and know that pain is yours and yours alone and never share it but keep it inside and only bring it out of your pocket that resides in your heart when the love you so treasure Denies you your love you feel you deserved.

[@thedarthtrooper]

this song reminds me the story of Grace Gifford and Joseph Plunkett, and the song Grace by the Dubliners

[@whatsbestnow]

Many may disagree but this is like an old Irish folk song. There is something about her voice that reminds me wee bit of Nico mixed with Moya Brennan

[@sambell385]

Very unique artist, love Aldous, i like that she’s different than most music out there, stunning girl.

[@YuriBogdan]

Это просто волшебство! Я влюбился! Очень талантливо!

[@CrazyAleeex]

Hey we meet u in the train beetween Lyon-Annecy ! Continue your song brings emotion and serenity ! Great from France

[@willpower]

Don't mind me, just losing my shit in emotional despair, alone in my house with my mask as you do...

[@nayvalleyman1243]

willpower I know right! I wasn't even feeling any odd way other than myself till I heard this. Makes me think about childhood, pain, suffering, innocence, love, beautiful babies, my little dog who I lost.. .everything!!!!

[@aprilmoon7680]

Couldn't be more true.

[@renovatio9529]

Yes indeed, so it is for me now. This song gives me comfort in burn-out. 🙏

[@NIGHTINGALES]

Beautiful song and video. Love Aldous's sweet voice.

[@jdwoods2008]

Love this song and the video, but it gave me some crazy dreams a couple nights in a row.

[@judaseven9851]

amazing song, sensibility and simplicity.

[@fionabattrum7071]

I saw her in concert I think she is an amazing recording video artist . For me I was unable to enjoy full beauty of her art in the concert and I was a bit frustrated and disappointed . I totally love her though. Such a unique creative !

[@suedykes3992]

A musical genius, methinks!!

[@ALDM404]

my god this is incredible can't believe i've missed out on her for so long

[@wilsonallender6334]

А ДМ same she’s all I’ve been listening to lately. Thanks algorithms!

[@kevinterestelar5927]

Your music gives me that peace of mind that I like so much. so, you're amazing

[@Littlemouse884]

All her vidios to her music are amazing - so many times music vidios let the song/s down (it's like reading a really good book and you're too scared to see the film because you know it can't live up to that connection you felt). But her vidios are such a part of her story telling - it works ❤

[@lifeloverlorijean]

What a sad song!

[@razorback7828]

What a talented Artist.

[@OhPenSezMe]

Just saw AH in Sydney. Largely played 'new' unreleased songs. Incroyable! Can't wait for the new record!

[@AvrilleduPlessis]

Magnificent. In every way. I watch this over and over. And I know why.

[@derekroussy9078]

How did it take me 5yrs to find this 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 goosebumps

[@annadelory8371]

This. Kills. Me… Truly-please play it first at my funeral.

[@waynenorthspacebuoy3529]

SUPERBE ... wish my Bowie Interpretation was as good ... youtube is so ace ....YOU ARE A LEGEND!

[@elizabethcraig7399]

I am so mesmerized I shall never recover

[@andyfield7397]

really nice choral work and folk guitar gives the haunting sound of the pain of the heart in a prayer of silent tears

[@mindscraftsman]

Irre und genial

[@cian49]

All of her videos are completely different. Love it.

[@lentewinrrett2033]

te descubrí recién. hermoso lo que haces, aca lluvia en argentina, y acompaña cada gota. cada terma que escucho es increíble!!!!

[@puddintym]

heard a song from her on KEXP radio station but never got her name. she is the newest favorite of mine in music mind and touch. to me she in herself is a savant. another that is so hard to see that she is totally globaly known. i am showing all I know her. and her video talent fills me with joy laughter and awe !!!!! evry song ive heard of hers is a gift.

[@owsie1800]

Yes I get the savant bit. Watching and listening to her I was thinking talent like this could almost be an affliction

[@Suzi.M]

You fill my need for emotional expression. What a gift you have, and so brave of you to work this deeply with the shadow. My thanks, Suzanne.

[@andrewharper10]

so much grief 😢

[@sophialo1232]

Magnificent !! 💖

[@jenniferdonovan727]

I can feel your pain, been there too, so sorry for your loss,

[@philippepages9929]

wow.. the lyrics.

[@BruceLee-zd9bw]

I 100% totally agree, She is very unique and original, a very rare talent compared to the talentless plastic manufactured so called artists of today. She can sing, play guitar and certainly perform with so much passion and feeling. Wonderful..👍

[@chilledtorsion]

its her best song by a country mile

[@thecc3446]

No one mentioning Nick Cave? I think it's an absolute reference to Aldous. A poet, a songwriter and interpreter.

[@fabricegrard1001]

Perfection, une artiste exceptionnelle et troublante, la caresse du vent sur l'âme

[@damdem1997]

BEAUTIFUL