Caroline Polachek releases a new track in anticipation for Desire, I Want To Turn Into You, her album due on February 14, 2023, by giving “Welcome To My Island” a very interesting and visually stunning video.
Co-directed by Polachek, the video starts with a close-up of her face as she lets out a mixture of a primal scream and an incredibly impressive siren call. We watch her casually grab a coffee before she’s crammed into a cardboard box and transformed into a griffin-like creature. At one point, blood gurgles out of her mouth like lava from a volcano.
I have to say the video is what grabbed my attention first, and the song itself is original, dreamy and enticing. Her style has elements of Kate Bush and Bjork, all for a new generation to digest.
“Welcome To My Island / Hope you like me, you ain’t leavin’,” Polachek dictates in the refrain, sliding effortlessly in the soaring chorus: “Desire, I wanna turn into you / Float on / The ocean blue.”
“Welcome To My Island” was co-written with noted Olivia Rodrigo collaborator Dan Nigro. Polachek has also dropped “Sunset” and “Billions” this year, with “Bunny Is A Rider” landing in 2021.
I think I would like to be on her Island. Watch the unique video below.
Brian Richards
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