Remy Bond Channels the ‘Diamond Sadness’ of the Seventies in ‘Moviestar’ Video
- Remy Bond released a new music video for her song "Moviestar," which features a Seventies-inspired aesthetic and references to retro Europop influences.
Remy Bond time-travels to the Seventies and sings to a distant, glamorous lover in her new video. On Friday, the rising pop star released the visual for "Moviestar," continuing her streak of retro-inspired releases.
"I was into a lot of Seventies Europop when we wrote 'Moviestar,'" Remy says of the track, produced by Jules Apollinaire. "It has a lot of that diamond sadness that I love about those songs."
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The Frances O'Sullivan-directed video opens with a clip of Remy and her sister Olivia showing off their bedazzled vapes (a reference to the cheeky lyrics "But you vape, you vape, you vape") before flashing to a vintage clip of two people watching Bond perform the song on an old-school TV show.
The video sees Remy and her sister in sparkly Seventies-inspired dresses, holding up retro microphones as they point at the crowd and Remy sings to a glamorous lover, whose antics are more than confusing. "You are a movie star/Look into my eyes and tell me who you are," she sings. "Just another minute as a superstar / it's a sunny day."
The new track follows February's "Simple Girl," and comes ahead of her Star Shaped Baby tour , which kicks off next week in Philadelphia, before she heads across the country for stops throughout June. She'll then tour the UK and Europe in July.
The New York City-raised star cites David Bowie , and the Fifties and Sixties as key inspirations to her artistry and has been championed by Elton John on his Rocket Hour radio show . "Moviestar" will likely be featured on her upcoming debut album.
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