My Mother Says (Official Music Video)

My Mother Says (Official Music Video) | Paola Bennet

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DIRECTOR REMARKS from Marielle Boland:
"Myself and Iris love working closely and intimately on visual stories. I was so excited when Iris brought me the opportunity to direct a video for Paola, especially for the song that meant so much to me. I lost both my parents this past year and this song made me feel a connection to my mom again. I racked my brain at what could do my mother justice, while also being fitting for Paola’s fanbase. To Iris, I brought up the idea of using some visual themes from my all-time favorite music video, “Les Filles Desir” by Vendredi Sur Mer. She was excited about the idea after years of me showing her the video whenever I saw her. We presented the full idea to Paola, and 24 hours later we filmed it. I wanted to make a tribute to my mom by filming the things she loved: grapefruits, the ocean, painting to music, and I even got to feature the piano her mother’s mother gave her before my mother was even born. In the 70s, my parents started a juice company that’s still around today. But it began as a juice cart on the street where they squeezed oranges by hand. My brain was spiraling trying to figure out how to fit all these personal concepts into something for the public that really wouldn’t have anything to do with me at the end of the day. Two of my longtime best friends were visiting at the time: Melanie and Alissa Guther, twins, whom I was able to feature in this video. While of course there are visual echos between our video and “Les Filles Desir,” these videos could not be more different: I wanted to show through the closeness of sisterhood and familial love. How great of an impact our mothers can have on us. How similar we can be to our siblings, and also different. How well we can get along, and also the fights that occur in any family. And most of all, how mothers are missed even in the quietest of ways. I want to thank Iris and Paola for the chance for me to bring this together. I want to thank Melanie and Alissa for trusting me to put them on screen. I want to thank my boyfriend, Josh, for organizing it all in a matter of hours. And of course, I want to thank Vendredi Sur Mer for endless inspiration. With love, Marielle Boland."
VIDEO CREDITS
Director: Marielle Boland
Director of Photography/Editor: Iris Lee
Unit Production Manager: Joshua Min
Starring: Alissa and Melanie Guther
Special thanks to Cole McCarthy
MY MOTHER SAYS - AUDIO CREDITS
written & composed by Paola Bennet
produced & recorded by Adam Tilzer
mastered by Serge Espitia at Tiny Thunder Audio
vocals, electric guitar, synths: Paola Bennet
additional electric guitar and synths: Adam Tilzer
bass guitar: Benjamin Wright
drums: Brian Delaney
LYRICS:
Tuesday 2pm
and I haven’t left my bed
Something holds me quick
Molasses stuck between my ribs
Ain’t that witty and easy to follow?
Make it pretty and easy to swallow
Pretend as if I can stand this place
When I can barely stand up some days
I want to hit the walls until they break
Someone to say to me I’m no mistake
I want an inch of kindness
But I know that if I want to find it
I’ll have to bare my throat
And how can I, how can I
And my mother says, “Being sad sometimes is alright
At your age, God knows, so was I”
How do I tell her it’s a constant haze, it’s always
It’s the sky breaking over me all the time
Breaking me all the time
I want to hit the walls until they break
Someone to say to me I’m no mistake
I want an inch of kindness
I don’t know, am I being spineless
If I bare my throat
But how can I, how can I
I want to stop pulling my hair out
The noise between my temples to settle down
I want an inch of kindness
But I know that if I want to find it

Пікірлер: 18

@juliettebennet3200 3 жыл бұрын

Authentic, ethereal, and softly mischievous. I love the range of emotions watching this production brought me through! ⭐️

@olieshin2758 3 жыл бұрын

Soooooo deep feelings... I am drowning in this warm nostalgic vibe...

@glorious6779 3 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry about your parents 😔. I hope you find some peace my love.

@AmeliaRosa-ei8jr Жыл бұрын

Hi Paola, I was scrolling through KZbin and I listen to your beautiful songs! You have an amazing voice and have grown into a beautiful woman. I'm hoping you remember me when you went to my home daycare in Boston, Ma. with your sister Juliette.