♡TEEN IDLE♡

I wanna be an idle teen, I wish I hadn't been so clean...



I'm very proud to debut my first music video, Teen Idle by Marina and the Diamonds. Marina talked about this song in an interview: "I originally got the idea for the song seeing a jumper at a fashion show that had huge holes on it with 'Teen Idle' emblazoned across the front. Lyrically, it's a strange song as it crosses polar opposite themes -- innocence and darkness. I had waited a long time to write that song and it helped me acknowledge some experiences that I'd had in my teenage years. Ages 16-20 were kind of blackout years for me- Like I didn't even live them or they didn't belong to my life. I don't really remember them. It's most definitely one of my fan base's favorite songs on 'Electra Heart'. I'm really proud of it. The nicest thing about being an artist is realizing that a feeling or experience you had that you always thought was really obscure or embarrassing, is in fact very common, and that we all deal with pretty much the same stuff in one way or another."

Taking Marina's idea, I created a concept where a woman is looking back on her past and regretting how she lived out her youth. I played on the lyric "Feelin' super super super suicidal!" and storyboarded a sequence where the idle teen (played by Emily Victoria) carries out her last moments in a hotel room, where she poisons herself in true vintage Hollywood form. Just before she dies, she lives out her final fantasy by imagining being crowned 'Teen Idle'.

The film took several months worth of pre-production, one day to shoot and a week in post-production. I'm very happy with the result, and would hope to one day get Marina's feedback on my take of her song.