"Everybody Knows It. It's a fact. Kiss Kiss"

Okay, Lana Del Rey's "Born To Die" might actually, officially be my favorite album of 2012. I don't really care about the rumors and what everyone says that she's just to made up and "fabricated". Come to think of it: nowadays, who isn't anyway? She happens to have a great team behind her curating her impeccably rendered prissy-meets-rowdy image which, honestly, couldn't fascinate me more at this point.

National Anthem is one of my favorite tracks off "BTD" and though it triggered images of a different feel in my head, I am utterly in love with this 7+ minute video. Directed by Anthony Mandler of Les Enfants Terribles. National Anthem is amazingly styled and lazily evolves into a gorgeous masterpiece. I love how certain iconic references are beautifully woven together in a pretty unconventional light and script!

For some reason "Money is the reason we exist, everybody knows it. It's a fact. Kiss kiss." is stuck in my head since the first time I heard this song, maybe because -sadly- it's the truth.

In Anticipation

I swear, this post could be huge, I could be writing for hours about how this time around, the process was different, how many "firsts" were tackled along the process and how everything starts to shape into new magical stuff. But I wouldn't want to bore anyone so I'll stick to the important: New line, new shoot, new space, first video.

Noomi Rapace | Dazed & Confused

Noomi Rapace from Prometheus and the original Dragon Tattoo was photographed by Sølve Sundsbø and styled by Styling Katie Shillingford for the June issue of Dazed & Confused. "Amazing" would be a poor word to describe this shoot.

Crazy In Love

I don't know why, but I found myself looking for Beyoncé's Crazy In Love on YouTube and I realized that the video is easily one of the finest videos of the last two -yes; two- decades. Directed by Jake Nava, also responsible for the amazing Single Ladies, the video is still relevant in terms of aesthetics, styling and may I say, structure? 

In 2003, nine years ago when Crazy In Love came out, I had barely completed the first year of my studies and was yearning to create my own path in the visual communication realm. So this video, especially the sequence on the rooftop and that in front of the huge vent, made me dream of the day I'd be able to pull something as remotely as appealing as this off. 

I'm sure that if this song with this video came out tomorrow, it would be a chart topper. 

Two

July is around the corner, and we are once again planning, plotting and scheming for what's to come.

Najwa - Donde Rugen Los Volcanes

I don't remember which was the first film I saw Najwa (Nimri) play in, but I most certainly remember the first song I heard of her: It was "Capable" back in 2007 and it still brings back all sorts of memories from that summer when I was still trying to figure out the core of what I wanted to do/be. (Hint: it wasn't advertising)

Now, Najwa, after having explored a more rock sound, (re)turns to the electro ground which suits her the best, in my humble opinion, with her latest album "Donde Rugen Los Volcanes" (Where Volcanos Roar). The title song is a gorgeous track with an intense lurking darkness and with an even darker video which feels very much like a densely emotional photo-essay. 

Directed by Virgili Jubero. 

Cunningly Taylor!

Irrelevantly enough, I had to post this! It seems that -for once- Ms. Lohan took something seriously. Quite a few images of her portraying Elizabeth Taylor circulated around the web, but this one is gorgeous!

Let's hope this will be a comeback.

Crossed Bridges, More to Cross.

So it’s been a hectic period since I last updated my blog. So many things happened since then; internal and external conflicts, confusion, struggles with deadlines, endless yet fruitful brainstorming -by myself for the most part- then I turned 30 and got the keys to my new place/studio (I need to go and connect the electric bill there) and then I remembered that memrants turned three and that I hadn't even noticed or shared anything on the matter. 

In the next few days I hope to share some of the accumulated stuff that triggered ideas, offered inspiration and made things a bit easier these past few weeks. 

Happy new beginnings!