Mereki creates a charming, animated landscape in official video for “In Everything”
JOINS THE FAIRYTALELIKE COLLECTION OF VIDEOS FROM HER
DEBUT SOLO ALBUM DEATH OF A CLOUD
Reminiscent of the classic animated fairytales that raised us, Mereki today releases the official video for “In Everything” from her debut solo album Death of a Cloud. Created by Danny Sangra, who has directed some of Mereki’s other recent videos, this is the first drawn depiction of the natural world the Australian/English savant of purposeful pop draws her influence from. Sparkling bodies of water, gently floating lily pads, and ever-blossoming flowers are some of the small places Mereki derives the most meaning from – Watch.
Sharing the writing process of “In Everything,” Mereki, said, “I was bunny sitting for my friend Lizzy. It was just Harvey (the bunny) and I in her place in Silverlake near the reservoir, and she had this beautiful Wurlitzer in her apartment. I usually had roommates, so it was the first time I had felt properly alone in a while and I wanted to write about my dad, but I didn’t want to write about losing him.”
She continues, “So instead, I wrote about all of the places that I get to find him now that he’s not physically here anymore. I find him in rivers and lakes, underneath the waves and inside the night sky or on the glitter the sun makes when it kisses the water…inside the trees when their leaves dance in the breeze. That’s where I first found him actually, after he went to the other side, inside the softest morning breeze, I’ll never forget that.”
“In Everything” joins the visual universe Mereki has been painting with her recent videos for “Presence,” “Wake Up Dead,” “Purple Moons,” “The Garden,” “Twin Flame,” “Wasted Love” and “End Of The World.” All exhibiting the enchanting allure of both fairytales and reality, while tapping into the styles of an array of directors, the beauty within Mereki’s videos showcase her ability to take hold of every moment of life.
Back in March of this year, Mereki released her debut solo album Death of a Cloud via BMG and her own label BunBun Records. Created over seven years and three continents, in collaboration with a roster of the artists Mereki trusted most to bring this deeply personal and intuitively conceived material to life, the album is a look into the joy and difficulty of self-realization and finding the universe within, expressing this journey through music.
Death of a Cloud received praise from the likes of Billboard, FLOOD, Atwood Magazine and many others. In celebration of the body of work, Mereki hosted an album release party at Friar Park. At the release party, guests were welcomed with a Lily Vanilli tea party and a bed suspended in the clouds. Mereki’s guests were then invited to take a solo healing journey to self-realization through the magical garden walk, while listening to the record. The grounds were dotted with baby blue mushroom fairy circles and letting go rituals linked to each song on the record.