Sondre Lerche - Avatars Of Love (Official Video)

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Animation by CJ Wallis, @fortyfps
2022 Tour Dates:
4/9 - Berlin, DE - Badehaus
4/10 - Amsterdamn, NL - Tuinzaal
4/13 - Dublin, IE - Pepper Canister Church
4/15 - Manchester, UK - Gullivers
4/16 - London, UK - The Grace
4/17 - Paris, FR - 1999
4/18 - Zurich, CH - Photobastel
4/19 - Milan, IT - Biko
4/29 - Vancouver, BC - Fox Cabaret
4/30 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
5/1 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
5/3 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel
5/5 - Los Angeles, CA - Masonic Lodge
5/6 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
5/7 - Palm Springs - The Alibi
5/8 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
5/10 - Santa Fe, NM - Meow Wolf
5/11 - Fort Collins, CO - Aggie Theatre
5/12 - Denver, CO - Daniels Hall at Swallow Hill
5/14 - Minneapolis, MN - The Parkway
5/15 - Chicago, IL - City Winery
5/17 - Ann Arbor, MI - The Ark
5/20 - Boston, MA - City Winery
5/21 - New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge
5/22 - Pawling, NY - Daryl’s House
5/24 - Philadelphia, PA - City Winery
5/25 - Washington, DC - City Winery
5/27 - Atlanta, GA - City Winery
5/28 - Louisville, KY - Zanzabar
5/29 - Nashville, TN - City Winery
Tickets: www.sondrelerche.com/concerts
LYRICS:
Who do you see when you close your eyes?
Is that a part of me or part of the disguise?
Ecstatic moments reduced to this
Is it a remedy or is it the abyss?
We knew the danger we rose above
And for a second we were avatars of love
We came very close, and yet not very far
Could we ever be more than an avatar?
Avatar, avatar of love
We picked our poisons, composed ourselves
Embodying the passions wasting on our shelves
All that excitement, long bottled up
Our insides poured into a flooded paper cup
We fit the moment just like a glove
And for an instance became avatars of love
We came very close, and yet not very far
Frozen in our history as avatars
Avatars of love
Release the pigeons!
Release the doves!
It doesn’t matter what you call it,
it’s not love
We came very close, and yet not very far
We’re not even fit to be an avatar
Avatar, avatar, avatar of love
So who are we,
lost in the stars?
We’re only flesh and smoke and mirrors from afar
This little trigger,
a glitch in time
A song to tip the scale as we turn on a dime
Play all of ‘folklore’ and all of ‘Blue’
Play half of ‘evermore’ and all of ‘Down To You’
Play ‘Sunset Village’
Play ‘Multitudes’
Play every take on ‘In A Sentimental Mood’
‘Águas de Março’,
‘Waters Of March’
any translation, key, or read from any chart
Play ‘Sherlock Holmes’
Play ‘Sacrifice’
Play ‘At The River’ and then ‘Smoke Gets In Your Eyes’
Play ‘Watertown’, I’ll be in tears
‘Slip Into Character’ performed by Britney Spears
Play ‘Everytime’ and then ‘Sex Kills’
And then ‘May Later’ by the talented Blake Mills
Play ‘I’ll Come Too’ by Jimmy Blake
‘A Case Of You’ in any tapping you can take
Now play ‘The Kiss’ by Judee Sill
Play ‘Jesus’ Blood’, play Lady Day sings ‘You’re My Thrill’
Play ‘Left Alone’ or ‘Omen 3’
‘If You Could See Me Now’ by Chet or Peggy Lee
Play ‘Signs’ by Drake or ‘Signs’ by Snoop
Play every single damn Disintegration Loop
Then play our song before we pause
It’s now the saddest little song there ever was
We came very close...close!
Play it for Pete and Polly, too
Play it for anyone who fell in love with you
We came very close, and yet not very far
Who are we in real life if not avatars?
But who were those two kissing underneath the stars?
Avatars, avatars of love

[@MrJechrome]

This needs more views.

[@electricavenuemusic9282]

A masterpiece that knows its reference points. Thank you so much for making such thoughtfully beautiful music and what a stunning video.

[@wildswan66]

Avatars Of Love is #1 in my heart! Thank you for making such beautiful music and our lives much better.

[@ingeebeltoft]

Cant have enough ❤️ my deepest respect Sondre 😎

[@singtogetheryoutube]

He mentions "The Kiss" by Judee Sill, listening to that song again makes me realize it was obviously an influence for "Why Would I Let You Go"

[@marier.k4949]

Love the «Waters of March» and King Krule references!

[@mattheusfellipe1726]

what a beautiful song, and what a wonderful tribute to our folklore and evermore! a hug from Brazil to you 👏🏻❤️🇧🇷

[@aristophia]

We were young, now we're old, and still art is long.

[@alejandrinagallegos1271]

I still can’t believe how beautiful this is!🥹🥲😭💛

[@MariaOrtega-og5xd]

Soo amazing!! 💗✨

[@sandrahall3330]

Another wonderful song from my favorite lyricist ❤ thank you ❤

[@omarrcoo]

Folklore and evermore my favorite part of this music video

[@ysteinvaglid6028]

it's exactly what i needed, crying in a good way

[@bjornmaxwellnetland3569]

Wonderful piece and superb execution ♥️

[@Catwithlipstick]

Thank you Sondre for your fantastic music. Cheers from Costa Rica.

[@chaosbringerpig]

Thank you, thank you so much. Your music saves my life.

[@ingeebeltoft]

Genius 😎

[@hannimitsurugi]

Whooaaa, I wasn’t expecting that there are so many easter eggs (music, musician, and other pop-culture references) in the lyrics and video.. 😻

[@hannimitsurugi]

Glad to found a few references of my favorite things in these lyrics & video 💛: - “Aguas de Março (Water of March)” track by Antonio Carlos Jobim - Chet Baker - Peggy Lee - “You’re My Thrill” track & Billy Holiday (Lady Day) - Joni Mitchell (“Blue” albums) - “In a Sentimental Mood” track by Duke Ellington - “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” track - Even, somehow the “mini dancing people silhouette” reminds me of the mini couple silhouette on one of Radiohead’s OK Computer artworks. 😝🤞🏻 - oh, and of course, the legendary Sherlock Holmes story.

[@PedroPetracco]

Gotta love that! Great research material.

[@user-dk6bz6hk2u]

Sondre, вы потрясающий мелодист, даже где-то лучше, чем любимые мной pet shop boys, а что касается эмоциональной составляющей написанной Вами музыки, то Вы один из лучших в этом стиле! А послушал я немало... Спасибо Вам, пусть Господь не оставит Ваш талант без поддержки.

[@emmanuellefevre9654]

Magnifique chanson Sondre og tusen hjertelig takk for konserten på Parkteatret.

[@baccalaurea]

Thank you Sondre 💖🌹

[@anonnotanks3756]

A masterpiece. Thank you for you doing what you do. heart pulls

[@ingeebeltoft]

Genius ❤️

[@Roberto-rq6ve]

Amazing music as always… Taking a chance with a long track duration but it is worth it to construct the feeling and to go beyond… Chapeau! I can’t wait for the whole album #AvatarsOfLove 🙌🏻🥰

[@wasntborntofollow]

Exceptional delivery by Sondre & Team...CJ Wallis pictures are evocative but precise, superb!...The tune is constantly wonderful! Congratulations! Will look for the vinyl x2...Greetings from Madrid City Spain...

[@chadbeck4139]

Absolutely spot on! Stellar track! 🤙

[@mariyam9861]

this MV style is so cool!! The simple colors and art style fits Sondres calm singing 👌

[@billminnick7938]

Paddy sends his regards :)

[@IvanCampoMusic]

This is just... AMAZING! What a wonderful work of art, both song and video :)

[@yandereswift6970]

Came here for taylor but the song is so good omg...

[@rupankarghosh3283]

It's so soft♥️

[@wockup2405]

Qué genial!!! No había visto y oído algo tan hermoso en mucho tiempo :')

[@Kosgrim]

Nydelig låt! Husker jeg hørte den første gang veldig godt. Gledet meg allerede etter introen på hva som skulle komme videre i låta. Og det KOM, noe så grosalt! Bra jobba Sondre

[@aishaniaggarwal4224]

This was so soothing😭😭

[@CinnaCake]

Love the new video and song

[@nothing-something]

Fading the sax solo is criminal, it cuts out the emotion of the ending, the aural nirvana is lost

[@stephanelarocque77]

It looks like they wanted to launch it at Valentine day and 10 mins of animation was too long to do for that date. Anyway, it's a lyric video and all the lyrics are there and it gives you the occasion to listen it from the album ;). It happens often to see music video shorter than full lengh songs from albums.

[@sondrelerchemusic]

You might want to explore the album version! Three more minutes of animation would have meant a month more work for poor CJ!

[@nothing-something]

​@@sondrelerchemusic Yes! The video and album version are lovely works. Inspired artists inspiring artists - you and CJ have inspired the Nothing Something studio all year. #albumonrepeat

[@NichtWunderkind]

You are wonderful, this is amazing

[@santicanari3551]

Me ha recordado a Prefab Sprout

[@yandereswift6970]

Period❤️

[@devindugamage537]

All of " folklore " half of " evermore " WHY WORLD WHY? F love this btw

[@anishafiraldi2322]

6:05 :") Totally loving the whole EP

[@ZBimmerGuy]

Great song. I loved the acoustic version you played at Largo

[@PedroPetracco]

You the man, Sondre! Love the High Llamas-ish intro and the Águas de Março reference. Beautiful work!

[@dhraven]

Buena música

[@stephhogan4662]

Half of evermore???

[@janivarekroll2293]

I feel personally attacked. Men superfin låt!

[@Harta23]

Very Nice Vidio Greeting from MACAU CHINA

[@andrzejgodota9952]

Poland

[@fuadarhamsafin8812]

Whoa Taylor swift is here 😍

[@ZoltanBuzady]

🎯 wishes from #MyBUDAPEST, Hungary. Dr. Zoltan Buzady #KhanSultanbek🎈🇭🇺

[@kelvikpineda9923]

A caipirinha and it rains outside

[@yandereswift6970]

Swifties rise

[@arthurl.a9579]

Lol how did you get here

[@christophercarlosii5314]

Taylor Swift💖

[@leonardticsay8046]

*sad single people noises*

[@scarlett_demon1456]

The disrespect to evermore though 💀

[@eckpolmick5080]

Lerche's new album is mostly rip-off's of 1960-classics and more. This one for instance: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKvMdJ6QobF1jtk is a remake of Cohen's classic "Suzanne". And the rest is pompous nonsense.

[@wamu654]

Ratio👎 L you