S. Touze - “Two Lives”
S.Touze’s first music video and debut release, “Two Lives,” opens like a murder mystery film, with S.Touze cloaked in all black, head bowed beneath an umbrella, standing ominously before a towering mansion. The screen flashes to black and jumps to “later that night,” when a group of costumed characters stands together, their faces cast in deep blue light. They’re planning a heist: “This spot is worth 2 million. We get in, we get out. No games played, you understand?”
Then credits roll, and the music begins. Slow, smooth shots of expensive artwork, cherub statues, and the mansion’s grandeur drift across the screen. We watch S.Touze run his bejeweled fingers over the brush-stroked surface of an oil painting in a gilded frame. He strolls through a cemetery, balancing a black umbrella on his shoulder, in between shots of slipping treasures from the mansion into a black duffel bag. As the music picks up, so does the intensity of the images. The music video tells a story through roving camera shots, detailed costumes, and the beat of the song in the background: “I know there’s a price to pay, but what’s the cost?” One particularly eye-catching scene depicts S.Touze dropping his duffel bag and strolling confidently into a room basked in dramatic red light, where an intricately dressed woman sits in a throne. She approaches him for a kiss before placing a chalice at his lips. The image of her bejeweled headpiece exudes power and intrigue, and she smiles in satisfaction as S.Touze stumbles out of the room, poisoned. He staggers through the mansion in hopes of escape, through rooms of blue and purple light and haunting images.
In the last minute or so of the video, the music and camera shots slow and a chorus of background vocals reverberate. The sun rises on the cemetery in between shots S.Touze stalking down the aisle of a cathedral. The effect is chilling and cathartic. Whether you’re drawn by the music, the set, or the camerawork, this masterpiece of a debut will hold your attention long after it’s over.
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