The Band Explains: Witch's Wall - 'Lady Love'
Witch’s Wall talk to us about sifting through public domain footage to create the music video for their dream punk single ,‘Lady Love’, which uses visuals that present pleasant memories or ideas about love and happiness.
Where was the footage for ‘Lady Love’ filmed?
The footage was all public domain. Some of it’s from other countries. It’s from different years. We knew what we wanted to communicate, and it took a hefty amount of footage to achieve the effect we were hoping for.
How does it connect?
Contextually the song starts with these thoughts and emotions that bubble up, and the different images that pop up in the video represent pleasant memories or ideas about love and happiness. Some of the clips are home movies so they’re both evidence for the existence of love but also—maybe—something more to people in the clips, in the memories.
Could you tell us about the ideas, themes and imagery used?
There is a bit of a double-edged aspect to the song, and there is a duality to love. There is the best and worst of a relationship; a beginning and ending. The best memories can trigger the most heartache and doubt when a relationship ends, but while the lyrics are questioning love, there is a lot of optimism in the music. There’s hope—maybe a love that didn’t last isn’t the only kind of love. Maybe just because a relationship didn’t last forever, that doesn’t mean it was a failure.
Do you have any behind the scenes stories you can share with us?
Nothing really sticks out. We didn’t spill anything on the keyboard editing all those clips. We did visit the Alabama state fair to shoot footage for another video where we spent entirely too much on cocktails only to learn that cooking rum is non-alcoholic
Is there a message the song is trying to convey?
Really we just hope they like the tune. That they’re left with that beat, that bounce. We weren’t really trying to challenge listeners to question their ideas about love, but if the song dovetails with a listener’s existential concerns then that’s cool too.
Interview by Karla Harris