Spiritbox release new music video for ‘Constance’
SPIRITBOX have released a new music video!
The new music video, for the track Constance, is the brand new single from the Canadian progressive metal band and follows on from the roaring success of their previous single; Holy Roller.
The release is inspired both lyrically and visually by devastating loss. Both frontwoman, Courtney LaPlante and the video’s director Dylan Hryciuk suffered the passing of their beloved grandmothers this year. The track is a tribute to both Courtney’s grandmother Phyllis and Dylan’s grandmother Constance, whom the song is named after.
Speaking about the new song and its accompanying music video, frontwoman Courtney LaPlante says, “when Holy Roller took off, we knew that we wanted to use the follow up single as a statement to show that we are not just going to put out the same thing over and over. We wrote the music for this song at the same time as Blessed Be and Rule Of Nines, but I hadn’t ever committed to lyrics. I came to our director Dylan with a proposition: Let’s create the music video and the lyrical content of the song at the same time. We both felt compelled for the song and story to reflect the sorrow we both feel about our grandmothers passing away recently.
Due to border shut downs, I was not able to say goodbye to my grandmother Phyllis, to whom the song is in tribute, or attend her funeral. I always promised her that I would sing at her memorial service, because she always requested a “pretty song with none of that scary screaming”. I hoped writing this song with no “scary screaming” in it would help me find a sense of closure. Dylan wrote his video concept to honour his grandmother, Constance to whom the video is in tribute. Our music videos usually have a horror element to them, and we wanted to explore a different side of horror: the horror of feeling like your mind is betraying you, due to a long battle with dementia. With Dylan’s permission, we named the song Constance to immortalize her story.”
Watch the official music video for Constance here:
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