Our music video will be to Halsey's Control, which is a new song from her début album BADLANDS, which came out 28th August 2015. The song addresses a pressing issue in society; mental illness. In a recent interview she did whilst promoting BADLANDS, Halsey decided to reveal her own struggle with this, saying she suffers with Bipolar. She said that, for her, "badlands" was the place she was "trapped in" during a very testing period of her life and therefore her album tells the story of her struggle suffering with it and overcoming it.
'Control' is a very emotional song, that is completely honest about what she experienced due to her mental illness, talking about "villians that live in my head". However, one of the most vital parts of the song is when she says "I'm meaner than my demons". Most of her fans are attracted to her because they find a connection with the songs and as she is such a prominent, public role model, it was important that she mentioned how she did not let her illness consume her, and managed to escape it by being "meaner".
Due to the serious subject matter we do not want to make the video too extravagant and detract from the meaning of the song. We have decided to film in 2 or 3 different locations which I will do a blog post on soon. We have also started planning our costumes, which I will also dedicate a full post to.
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