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The closing track of Burn Your Fire for No Witness, with a video by Rick Alverson.
Angel Olsen, from Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014)
It is the last track, 4:07, written by Olsen, produced by Congleton, and the third single. The official video came out on November 18, 2014, the day of the deluxe reissue, directed by Rick Alverson, who made The Comedy. Stereogum and Consequence describe it as slow and surreal: Olsen watching children play in a field, children smearing a substance on her face, and Olsen in Renaissance or Elizabethan noblewoman dress. She told Stereogum that she gave Alverson total freedom to set the tone and wanted only to be present within it, and that she wanted to make something cinematic and forward. The song was used in the final episode of the first season of Netflix's 13 Reasons Why (2017).
We found no statement from Olsen on what the song means, no exact recording date or studio, and no covers or samples, and could not retrieve a setlist.fm count. A converted church in Asheville has been mentioned for the sessions, but only in a search snippet, so we leave the studio unresolved.
Sources
- Angel Olsen shares video for Windows, Consequence (2014-11-18)
- Angel Olsen, Windows video, Stereogum (2014-11-18)
- Burn Your Fire for No Witness, Wikipedia