PREMIERE: Singh & Blanes - I Choose You

10 May 2017 | 12:54 pm | Staff Writer

Enigmatic frontwoman of Bombay Royale, Parvyn Singh, and pianist/singer Hue Blanes have collaborated on a stunning new project called Singh & Blanes, culminating in the music video for I Choose You, premiering today on theMusic.com.au.

The duo have created an album of haunting love duets — I Choose You is the stripped back title track, featuring the lilt of Indian classical sounds like the harmonium and the sitar, and delicately filmed by director Thomas Henning.

Hue says, "We were aiming for an arthouse style clip that asked the question "how close is too close?" This clip went above and beyond in representing reality, filming a scene where I literally am waking up from actual sleep."

Singh adds, "In the clip we wanted to show that love is not always sparkles and roses and that every day life is not always perfectly polished surfaces and exciting adventures. It has images of the drudgery of domestic life but with an honesty in the love that is shared between the two characters.

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"The clip was shot at Hue’s house in Brunswick and they are real shots of him actually waking up and getting ready in the morning. It is certainly the first time I’ve had a camera focus in so closely to a very natural, "real" looking me. I was also 32 weeks pregnant when we shot the clip."