iamamiwhoami; good worker

chapter 3 from the audiovisual album "kin" by iamamiwhoami.
www.ionnalee.co...
music and performance by iamamiwhoami & ionnalee
directed by Robin Kempe-Bergman
DOP John Strandh
produced by To whom it may concern.

[@arslanahmad6373]

Years later .. there's something still so magical about this song.

[@kicksex]

Im addicted. Ive been listening to iamamiwhoami every day for months. I cant stop. Its like shes speaking to my soul or something..

[@ruven3230]

kicksex I UNDERSTAND YOU! ugh... forever I'll listen to her! 😍😍😍😍 hope she's making new music.

[@SmooshGoo]

Same, it's a bit scary to be honest....

[@joelrodriguez3416]

Same

[@rimiaya2287]

she's speaking to ur souls, I find my self in her songs

[@luisbejarano1991]

@@SmooshGoo jaja truth

[@karnella]

I'm sad that she will never be "popular" but it also makes me happy that only those with a good ear for music are able to find her. It's like buried treasure.

[@michaelsinclair2731]

Very true. She is too cool to be mainstream

[@RalpheC____]

11 years later & I could say the same 🙂‍↕️

[@laurzadoll]

"Denial is a virtue." That line something about it just sums up so very much.

[@user-bo1ue1ur3t]

those SYNTHS and that DRUM MACHINE are doing WORK!!

[@abrahamkennedy652]

I like it when strange creatures drag people around in the woods while they sing songs.

[@jiyoungoscar]

"good worker" You make a neat and tidy house, a good worker does A pinion of labors men as capable as trust From a lower point of view, comes the underlying truth Keeping yourself unaware, confident we know you care Looking out your little mind, recognizing time has passed Ready for some further use, denial is a virtue I make a good and steady friend, a companion through life But who am I, when all I am is your designated wife? From a lower point of view, comes the underlying truth Keeping yourself unaware, confident we know you care Looking out your little mind, recognizing time has passed Ready for some further use, denial is a virtue [x2] Sadly, I have not defined where you're taking me

[@SafeTripHome33]

i love the very last sentence so much

[@danielbernas2293]

jiyoungoscar omg thanks luv!

[@trashtopher]

always thought it was “can’t convince you time has passed” and “sadly i have not a friend where you’re taking me” 🤷‍♂️

[@rimiaya2287]

when I hear this song I feel she's taking me to my own heaven

[@wilhelminamagdalenakapatow3213]

Is it about marriage ?

[@hyperborean72]

This is SO beautiful and haunting. This song is just perfect in every aspect - musically, poetically and visually

[@danryan7718]

I miss them so much I hope she will revisit this even though her solo stuff is Godly as well

[@hyperborean72]

I am 48 yo, and I love this brilliant album even more with each passing year

[@ErlGaGa]

i have just discovered her in a blog and i love it, her music is kind of magic or something... and she is swedish and i love swedish music

[@dkeller28601]

Never heard a band that gets me addicted to every song they release. Thank you iamamiwhoami!

[@wd336]

I haven't been this moved by music in a long time. I am just astounded. IAAIWAI just keeps bringing it.

[@TheNothingEverything]

this is such a special project because everyone seems to interpret the videos differently and see their own meanings in them.

[@gaelsibriel]

This song is pure magic.

[@somewhatwoolly]

Just had the privilege of seeing them live in Portland tonight. She and her band put on an amazing show and her voice is 10x more stunning in person👏👏👏

[@TeamPhooz]

She sure does enjoy that "close up on the face" intro. In pretty much all of her videos haha. Awesome music!!

[@belleofkilronan8565]

+OUT ON THE PORCH Her skin is luminous enough to take it.

[@BureauDosAssassinos]

I really don't care for blue eyes, but her eyes are just 😍💕

[@carnage1295]

really hooked on this song right now

[@Cristogoldxx]

words cannot describe how i felt at 0:48, when I first heard this song... I was expecting a sever pt 2 (although brilliant, but a complete different vibe), when i heard the synths and the vocals I honestly couldnt stop smiling; no other band or song makes me feel like that... i fucking love this group : )

[@OrfieuOficial]

the car scene in other angle to make it as her vision as she's being dragged in so genius

[@bluequailsound]

From a lower point of view, comes the underlying truth 🎶

[@hjdllirlmbslfrk]

Pure art...

[@MrTimothyBehr]

Taken literally, her wild and instinctual side is dragging her back to nature after a time in a society devoid of and separate from nature. She has a passive willingness to be taken back and her expressions show she is content in this direction. Reflections of the trees in her eyes show that she is directly informed by nature and her perception is shaped by the natural world around her. The inclusion of the in-car scenes shows the internalised and real representation of this creative direction.

[@geoffolehane]

People who discovered her music before I did are fortunate. I am finding everything I can.

[@charissergiou200]

same here.. i discovered them during the end when ShadowShow was released imagine that.. but we still have a lot to look forward to Jonna always has something in store

[@richard8798]

If someone didn’t tell me about her back in high school I would never have found her. I started listening when “T” was just released.

[@Yks0]

@@richard8798 cool!

[@CHEFWAFFLES]

My heart was beating so hard through the 45 seconds of intro. Jonna Lee and her team have such an amazing way of bringing things full circle, even though we're not there yet. I think we'll all receive a big surprise when the Kin series is over.

[@soulvibe319]

I agree Coral her music is overwhelming and conjures up such powerful emotions.I absolutely love her and hope to experience her live some day.

[@Anomaly1618]

Another bit to support this idea of two characters: when it shows the character being dragged (which has hair that is much more curly and frizzy and a hood as shown in the beginning) it shows stems of plants flowing left to right. When it shows the character that is in the car, she has much more straight and tamed hair and the plants are shown flowing up and down from only her right side.

[@farizkovalchuk]

i am addicted to this song!!! can't stop listening to it, seriously!!!

[@BuildingHP]

I find that good worker isn't necessarily a happy song, but a sympathetic song.. an accepting song. I always feel at home with it, like I can be someone who won't be judged.

[@EmilyLikesRock]

I can't stop listening to this song

[@NicoXenakisMusic]

The people complaining about this song (And the new Sever series in general) don't seem to understand that artists change and evolve as their music progresses.Nothing iam has released has sounded anything like the preludes for a long time. It's not as if this is a sudden change. I'm liking the faster paced/ "radio friendly" tracks. No matter what style or length of song Jonna writes, she's an amazing musician. If you can't put aside your nitpicking, why are you here?

[@dkeller28601]

Love the way they show her riding in the car throughout the video (but from the side) but then show her apparently being pulled. Such a lovely song and wonderful vid!

[@burnedparadise]

I love her music and everything she represents so much that I don't know what to do with myself. She is the essence of true artistry in this day and age.

[@osuperlegal]

My favorite parts: 0:00 to 5:00. So creative.

[@lestttt]

I love their faces when traveling in the car! So many interpretations! I'm stuck!!!

[@etyelleng]

Essas músicas me fazem muito bem!

[@classiccarlos5006]

Um pouco tarde pra responder, mas me fazem muito bem também! Essa em particular é uma das minhas favoritas dela.

[@lumositsandreza]

This is just perfect, I'm sooooo happy to see the forest again, and the snow... ♥

[@gryff1047]

"You make a neat and tidy house, a good worker does. A pinion of labors men as capable as trust." Bullet interview too :D

[@eineinmeier]

Somehow this song reminds me a tiny bit of 'empire of the sun' - especially because of the way the vocals do sound. But once again it's such a very unique production. Luv it!

[@darkandfried]

omg... i wait too long for these videos, and its always worth the wait.

[@Selauuu]

I know, and the most of us preffered the line "sadly I have not a friend", but watch the live performance she clearly says "sadly I have not defined where you're tacking me" ;)

[@selenaheatherly2510]

Always will remind me of my ex and friend Evan thank you for the killer music I know your still watching years later

[@Anomaly1618]

Originally I believed it was two Jonnas, but given the lines of lyrics : "From a lower point of you, Comes the underlying truth Keeping yourself unaware Confident without a care" I think the images of her being driven are a hallucination created by perception

[@bechilled202]

i dont normally like to listen to a track more than once in a row, exception made

[@victorcarvalho9526]

essa musica é tão genial e reflexiva...

[@scarredqatsi]

I'm so glad she is back. I wish she would come to Ohio so I could see her live.

[@sapyor]

Strong, Cogently, Comfortably.

[@netsignal]

"sadly i have not a friend where you're taking me"

[@MegaCatVomit]

I like how they have made so many videos for a year and they're actually all good videos.

[@ivaniv83]

she is a genius

[@lokain123]

I think this will be the song that puts Iamamiwhoami on the map. I can totally imagine this being played to the mainstream. Keep up the good work!!

[@AbbaForensis]

I think this song is parallelling two events, the one in the car and the one she feels is happening in her mind. Being dragged through the woods incapable of freely escaping, and then being brought along on a ride to who knows where.

[@kilteran7514]

03-02-21 Revisiting this master piece. Queen!!!

[@worsefail]

Been watching the iam videos since the first few clips but have never once commented, and I don’t know what the current consensus is, but the feeling I definitely got from this video was that the woman we see in the station wagon is the creator of all of this, and the more done up version being dragged is her imagination, so what I think we're seeing is the real version of this woman taking what looks like a cathartic drive into nature and her imagined version of herself as this happens.---

[@farizkovalchuk]

I love that so many fans are trying to interpret and understand the concepts of these amazing videos! and while, I learn a lot from all the interpretations shared and offered here, sometimes all I need is to simply enjoy the sounds they use and the visuals. The art directing itself is fantastic! and the best part for me - Jonna is so natural and genuine and probably the least pretentious artist I have ever seen :)

[@yamammiwammi]

once they grow on you, they are the only good things you hear. ever. nothing even comes close anymore -_-

[@Anomaly1618]

Two months and several life experiences later, and I interpret the song as being about settling into a cookie cutter life, doing everything society says you should, only to realize its not what you really want, so you disconnect to cope. "Denial is a future"

[@Tanru2000]

This song has been stuck in my head!! So amazing!

[@Anomaly1618]

There's two characters in this. One is being dragged, the other is in a car. Notice how the stems of the trees in background streams left to right (relative to her head) in some shots as opposed up and down as they would if she was being dragged on her back.

[@sarahhile9385]

Love this song and the music video is really cool

[@Cdubzhappy]

if i could have one love in my life: it would be jonna. all of her majesty. as a knight, i would bequeath myself to her and serve her for love in eternity.

[@willobi]

right a simon cowel moment of judgement. a quasi kate bush video loved the filming of the video the song was so so love the voice range of the singer on the whole not to shabby.

[@tyuig64]

This one slowly seems to be becoming my favorite, though this is subject to change.

[@Maxianaconda]

I love how her music attracts pop and metal fans alike lol.

[@SafeTripHome33]

metal is literally the only thing i listen besides this

[@self-annihilator]

I was in a really sad moment..but someone posted this on my facebook,and a picture that said "prayers turn to promises". I started crying like a damn kid.

[@naxete85]

Love the aesthetics and photography of the new Iamamiwhoami series, and of course, I do love the music and enigmatic voice.

[@Torrentialrx]

i LOVE how quickly you're releasing new songs ! its like a constant fix just when i need more :) and Pleaseeeee for the love of all that is good , have a concert SOON in Berlin !!!!

[@Tanru2000]

"They" are my favourite music artist/group at the moment, and probably have been for the last year and a half.

[@freakishlyunique]

When she is dragged by the "big hairy monster", I see it as the "monster" is her emotions. And these emotions control her what she does and where she goes, and when she drives away in the car, she distances herself from her emotions I may be wrong, but that's how I interpret it.

[@yamammiwammi]

I think this is the best song on kin. Unbelievably addictive.

[@IslandLife04]

the smile at the end means she's glad to be back in the forest :)

[@hauchpedro]

I mean I simply LOVE the scenarios of iamamiwhoami's videos! So dark, magical, yet so full of life. OH!

[@yamammiwammi]

this song...grows like a shroom when you listen to it more. like holy fuck, this might be my favourite track by them. that last lyric is completely sublimity

[@MrTheNova]

The description describes this piece of art amazingly.

[@netsignal]

Does anyone else get the impression that their videos touch on the current environmental crisis and the abuse of natural resources? The socket, the car, the water bottles, the contrast between man-made and nature. I know it may be a bit hackneyed but the old-school Alraune story was, in part, a cautionary tale against stripping the earth for profit. What if the line "my worst fear is real life" doesn't only imply denial but that iam's greatest fear exists now as a reality, that it has come true.

[@lumositsandreza]

Everything about this video is perfect!

[@AndyZaturno]

whoever is behind iamamiwhoami is a fucking GENIUS!!!!!!!!!

[@antistatiqq]

love this song and video is great!

[@kevvie100]

I just had to watch an ad before watching this video. Jonna would not approve.

[@AndyZaturno]

Jonna looks absolutely lost and confused, it's like she doesn't even know what's happening. In the Bounty series she was in control of everything.

[@srabontysarkarsrabon3044]

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[@Kathysart]

I LOVE LOVE this ... because it is me.

[@chadstchad]

this song wasn't my favorite at first, but it definitely grew on me. My favorite is play, but this is a close second.

[@donniexedwards]

People can call Jonna "ugly" all they want, her voice is beautiful, and it gives me chills *.*

[@adrienlezima8539]

BEST CRO MAGNON CAVE WOMAN SINGER,sheer beauty, the best.love joana Lee

[@Charmicaela]

well i guess im on a video marathon of iam. Argh i haven't seen any of her videos in like a year.

[@pi11zhere]

This reminds me of the movie Hannah

[@brionity]

Everything about her reminds me of the movie Hanna!

[@mikeyturnpaugh9856]

You two are the only other people I've ever heard mention that movie.i love it as much as this band 👍

[@worsefail]

---And the monotony of the apartment this woman lives in coupled with the appearing and then disappearing trees and boxes in ‘sever’, I can’t help but think this is finally the real character in this story and all the other forms this woman appears as are her imagined selves in various different circumstances but centered around a real relationship that ended badly but resulted in a child, and the often conflicting symbolism in the videos are---

[@manoman2u]

Love her as always

[@verkenderkraftwerk2]

Coolest song and video so far for the mop monster series...thing.

[@scarredqatsi]

Give us more!! I can't get enough!!

[@salvocom]

i just love her!

[@olayer]

most beautiful song ever

[@nibbcub]

I just noticed something today. Look at the cover to This is Jonna Lee. The parking garage is in the background.

[@lawrenalvarez1198]

another to add to the list. Her voice!

[@yamammiwammi]

that doesn't mean we disregard them. Project, imo, is the most fitting.

[@FYIize]

my favourite song from kin

[@dkeller28601]

One that people must realize when they watch this video is that the hairy creature is not pulling Jonna (well not the way you may think) but instead he is pulling the car that is wrapped up from drops (she is in the car). Remember that at the last of drops the car is wrapped in plastic (also remember that plastic is like the aluminum foil in bounty).

[@sibilla90]

meravigliosa, sempre.

[@lostinstgo2]

@yamammiwammi and I agree. I'm watching and hearing this song everyday on my bed and I can describe what I feel.

[@fitorey5]

@VincentDaFox The first time i heard the song, I felt joyfull ! Today, while driving to work, found myself crying while listening to this song. It was around 1:20 WEIRD.

[@iamkabuki]

i cannot stop listening to this song! holy shit!!!