Have you ever heard of that cliche saying "a friend of a friend"? Well sometimes, or more accurately most of the time, cliches are true. Here is a prime example. Jessica Ashley, a talented vocalist, is a friend of a friend. This friend (who we will get to later) opened my eyes to a video that I am now in love with -- and apparently so are over 800,000 people around the world. Check out "Neverland".
Let me start out by saying I'm in love with this song now. The track is the strongest song off of her debut ep "Prelude", and is probably my favorite thing to have heard from her so far. The song is about finding an innocent love that is not only timeless but always feels like that perfect honeymoon phase of the relationship. It may sound like a fantasy, but much like the video, it could really happen.
It's the video, though, that truly brings this piece together. It may reference Peter Pan, but she takes on the role of Cinderella as opposed to Tinker Bell (I guess she didn't want to be a huge jealous brat the whole time). She is neglected by her family, including my pal JC Cassis who plays her mean-but-not-ugly-because-JC-is-gorgeous step sister. They take it to the extreme just like in the fairy tale, to the point to where JC drops a cup of tea because it wasn't just right.
Eventually her prince charming shows up at her door and takes her away. Instead of going to a royal ball, they show up at a local nightclub where he shows her what real life is like and they awkwardly slow dance while everyone else is doing the usual club dancing.
The entire video is obviously a metaphor for how our world is today. People go out to clubs so they don't have to 'act their age' and can stay in a state of "Neverland" for a while where they can act like kids all night long. While a neat concept, it does create a strange juxtaposition to what the song is actually about, which is an innocent and pure love. Regardless, it is a very polished video that has had a lot of people captivated and wanting to know more about Jessica Ashely -- including me!
You can grab the track on iTunes, as well as her entire EP "Prelude" here!
Awesome Article!!!!
ReplyDelete