Seattle-based artist Sea Lemon (Natalie Lew) shares thriller inspired music video for her latest release, ‘Vaporized’ – the lead single from upcoming EP, Stop At Nothing, out 25 August on Luminelle Recordings.
‘Vaporized’ is an upbeat song that faces a dark topic: anxieties and fear surrounding death.
Sea Lemon shares the following about ‘Vaporized’:
“‘Vaporized’ was the first song I wrote that I knew specifically would be for the new EP. The song is all about my personal health anxieties and fear of death, which is something I’ve dealt with since I was little. The chorus’ “I thought he was buried alive/out of my mind/I thought she was vaporized/out of my mind” is playing on the most unlikely, almost impossible ways to die because I think making light of my personal anxieties can help me from spiralling. I have insomnia a lot and wake up in the middle of the night, and used to have this tendency to read headlines while I was awake (a terrible idea), wondering if some horrible accident might happen to me too. The song instrumentally gets a little heavier and more intense each chorus, which implies this impending doom feeling that gets worse and worse as I worry.”
Sea Lemon
“Alex (Otium) and I shot the video over a weekend in Seattle this summer. In the video, I’m playing two characters—an unknowing protagonist that’s been allured to dark magic, and the allurer, who is this mysterious other character in a nightgown, red gloves and a mask. The song and video as a whole are meant to represent how uncomfortable it is confronting one’s fear of the unknown, and the video pulls on these classic, campy thriller movie tropes that remind me of being a kid and watching the old VHS player in my playroom. I wanted to step out of my own comfort zone with this video, and do something a little more conceptual and weirder that felt like an honest depiction of Vaporized core themes.”
Sea Lemon
Check out Sea Lemon’s upcoming live dates!
August 12, 2023 - Seattle, WA @ Day In Day Out (DJ SET)
August 28, 2023 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios w/ Hatchie
August 30, 2023 - San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord w/ Hatchie
August 31, 2023 - Ventura, CA @ Ventura Music Hall w/ Hatchie
September 1, 2023 - West Hollywood, CA @ Troubadour w/ Hatchie
September 9, 2023 - Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern (Release Show)
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