Olivia Rodrigo‘s latest music video definitely strikes a chord, shining a light on the lives of today’s kids in areas affected by warfare.
Posted Friday (March 6) on Instagram, the visible pairs with the pop star’s cowl of The Magnetic Fields’ 1999 tune “The Book of Love,” which she recorded for War Child Records’ new charity album, Help(2). As Rodrigo’s light voice sings the transferring lyrics over delicate strings, footage captured by kids in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine and Yemen sew collectively on display screen.
The clips present how all of the youngsters discover items of normalcy in the chaos — working round and enjoying video games with one another in open fields, roads coated in rubble and different settings affected to differing levels by the upheaval in their nations.
The video comes the identical day that Help(2) dropped. The album options recordings from Arctic Monkeys, Damon Albarn, Depeche Mode, Arlo Parks, Beabadoobee, Big Thief, Fonatines D.C., Wet Leg and extra. It comes three a long time after the unique Help, which introduced collectively Paul McCartney, Oasis, Sinéad O’Connor and Radiohead to lift cash for the Bosnian battle in the Nineties.
This time round, War Child and its collaborating artists are working to profit folks affected by the humanitarian crises in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine and Syria, in addition to the civil wars in Yemen and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Rodrigo has been outspoken in her help for Palestinian folks amid the continuing battle in Gaza, writing on Instagram in July, “there are no words to describe the heartbreak I feel witnessing the devastation that is being inflicted upon innocent people … it is horrific and completely unacceptable. to give up on them is to give up on our shared humanity.”
In an interview concerning the album, producer James Ford recalled how particular Rodrigo’s session in the studio was whereas making her model of “The Book of Love.” “I talked Olivia into doing what we were calling a ‘Sinatra-style’ take, which was recording live with a string section,” he advised Billboard. “She was such a pro and was happy to take a gung-ho approach to it — she just walked into the studio and nailed it.”
Listen to Help(2) under.
