2022 Prism Prize Eligible Video: Luna Li - Silver Into Rain (Feat. beabadoobee)
The 2021 Prism Prize for Best Canadian Music Video was awarded to Theo Kapodistrias, for his clip for Haviah Mighty’s Thirteen. We will continue to profile noteworthy Canadian videos that are eligible for the 2022 prize, including this one from a fast-rising Toronto indie rocker.
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The 2021 Prism Prize for Best Canadian Music Video was awarded to Theo Kapodistrias, for his clip for Haviah Mighty’s Thirteen. We will continue to profile noteworthy Canadian videos that are eligible for the 2022 prize, including this one from a fast-rising Toronto indie rocker.
Luna Li - Silver Into Rain (Feat. beabadoobee)
Luna Li is an up-and-coming Torontonian rock musician who broke onto the local scene in Toronto and Montreal in 2017 with her dreamlike rock melodies. Trained in her youth as a pianist and violinist, those instruments feature primarily in much of her work. Recently in 2021, her Jamz EP, a collection of short songs and musical motifs, attained brief virality on TikTok, pushing her closer to becoming a household name and one of Toronto’s most talented musicians.
Silver Into Rain is nothing out of the ordinary for Li. Wistful verses break into a grungy guitar-led chorus and give the sense that one has been transported to some kind of dark fairytale. Li’s voice is subtle, almost to the point of a whisper at times and at least for the first few listens, deciphering lyrics may be a bit much to ask. Rain and water are constant and lead to some absolutely beautiful frames, whether it’s water-like teardrop makeup or a tableau of Luna with an umbrella surrounded by floating neon red bubbles. The music may not be anything special for what we’ve come to expect from Li, and the feature doesn’t add much of anything, but the visuals are an absolute treat.
Director - angelicamílash / Maya Balkaran
Talent - Luna Li, beabadoobee, Isabella Aspiotis
Producer - Maya Balkaran
Production Manager - Amber Lynch
DP - Vika Svisheva
Offsite DP - Tommy Davis
Editor / VFX - Noah Weisfogel
Additional VFX - Rene Gibson
Titles/Animation - Maya Balkaran
Colorist - Kevin Wu
AD - Isabella Aspiotis
Gaffer - David Grif
Key Grip - Alex Mallon
1st AC - Austin Macdonald
Production Designer - Electa Porado
Stylist - Bulia Puteeva
Hair - Maria Hartiz
MUA - Kathy Nguyen
BTS Photographer / Film Shots - Halle Hirota
BTS - Gennelle Cruz
PA - Masha Mykhailova, Carolyn Dadd, Chayanne Khandan
Management - Dexter Brown / Inside Pocket Music
Special thanks - In Real Life Music, AWAL, 88rising, Dirty Hit Records, Kathryn Bowen, Imran Ahmed, Ollie Zhang, FACTOR, 2d House & Ontario Camera
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