VIDEO PREMIERE: Áine Tyrrell - Don't Be Left Crying

Irish-born, Australia-based troubadour Áine Tyrrell has unveiled the stylish but confronting video for new single Don't Be Left Crying, proudly premiering today on theMusic.com.au.

The visceral nature of the clip — which unfolds in reverse, Tyrrell "beginning" as a wine-soaked, tormented soul who is gradually pulled back together by the video's end — is a fitting complement to the song's introspective ruminations on the destruction often wrought by those caught in a cycle of addiction.

"At the heart of Don’t Be Left Crying is a story of addiction," Tyrrell, who co-wrote the song with Glen Hansard, explained in a statement. "I have lost many loved ones along the way and seen and personally felt the destruction of relationships due to life’s little vices.

"Whilst the song is a song of heartbreak for me personally it is also the tale of the degradation of a relationship over time. At the heart of what I was writing was how the various addictions we have in life take us all away from truly being present to ourselves and the people around us. They are a silent wall. And we are all really only one drink, one hit, one smoke away from being trapped inside our own walls and destroying what we love so dearly."

Conveyed in slow-motion, the video is directed by Jayney Galbraith and took the team just under a minute — 58 seconds, to be exact — to film. Drawn out to three, sometimes hard-to-watch (but not in a dismissive way), minutes, Don't Be Left Crying captures Tyrrell's discomfort — and resolve — in close-up, the reversed timeline seeing her move from deconstructed mess to defiant, determined survivor.

"With this subject matter, I wanted to make a piece of art, not just a music video," Tyrrell mused. "In my mind, I saw the hands of life doing things to a character, offering and forcing things. I watched it in my head for weeks, but I kept stumbling over the character being destroyed by the end and that thought didn’t appeal to me; there always has to be hope.

"A little lightbulb moment came when I thought of reversing the video. To begin in destruction and to rise strong at the end is the message of hope through life’s battles. Reversing it also saw the hands coming off the character as well, which, to me, is more empowering."

Tyrrell is currently in the final stages of a tour in support of the album, having kicked off in early May and made her way to seven destinations so far.

She's got more dates still to come, starting tomorrow night, 10 June, at Studio 188 in Ipswich, as well as going on to shows in Uki, Lismore and Melbourne.

See theGuide for further details.