Westbound Music Video
Collage-Style Animated Music Video "Westbound" music by singer/songwriter Lily DeTaeye
Westbound is a quirky animation with a vintage collage feel. Ultimately, it draws inspiration from the song lyrics by singer/songwriter Lily DeTaeye about navigating and finding your way in the wider world. In the end, you're still yourself no matter where you go.
“As I was listening to the lyrics and thinking about the idea of going westward and the idea of starting over and navigating a new path or a new way of existing, [I was] thinking about what that looks like,” Tate said. “I felt like the visual idea of something that looked a little historic kind of fit. We talked about what the song meant to her and am I interpreting in a way that still resonates with [DeTaeye’s] intention. We came to this loose storyline that the goldfish has been in captivity and is setting out on her own in the wider ocean, and it has some encounters that uses the stars and the moon to maybe try and find a new path to somewhere else in the great wide ocean.”
Tate sourced the visuals for the video from a variety of sources, including images from the Library of Congress and vintage Valentines from her grandmother’s basement. Cece Mitchell for IPR StudioOne
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