Dopo il video per la title-track Eusexua, FKA twigs e Jordan Hemingway rinnovano il loro sodalizio per Perfect Stranger: il regista britannico inscatola twigs in un cube di possibili femminilità, dalla mogliettina perfetta alla donna oggetto, dal balletto saffo-futuristico al BDSM, in un costante dialogo tra coreografia e motion control.
Un melange di quadri che sintetizzano le direzioni estetiche dell’artista e che riflettono le lyrics sul corpo di twigs, laddove nel brano è lei ad invitare l’altro a non rivelare nulla della propria storia, per lasciare del mistero e soprattutto per essere libero nel suo essere uno sconosciuto (“Just give me the person you are tonight”).
Credits
Director: Jordan Hemingway
Production Company: Object & Animal
EP/Producer: Morgan Clement
Producer: Sarah Tognazzi
Production Manager: Claire Adcock
Director’s Assistant: Max Gabbay
Production Assistants: Harvey Moore, Michelle Cheung
Production Runners: Archie Bigg-Wither, Nick Woodfield, Holly Hart
Choreographer: Mesh Henry & Shivawn Joubert
Talent Liaison: Cali Nice
1st AD: Julian Richards
2nd AD: Kitty Rajakulasingham
Runners: Cyrus Richards, Zoe Bradley
DOP: Daniel Landin
Focus Puller: Ben Smith
Clapper Loader: Freddie Lathbridge
Camera Trainee:Helena Bermejo
DIT:Paul Swann
Video Playback:Charlie Gibson
Motion Control: Cinemotion
Motion Control Operators: Aymeric & Louis
Grips: Daniel Laviada, Wolf Wasserman
Grip Trainee: Tiger Brewer
Crane Tech: Adam Samuelson
Crane Grips: Sergio Bernuzzi, Maja Jensen
Gaffer: Bill Rae Smith
Sparks: Josh Leonard, Grace Mason, Kit Wood, Sam Baker, Ryan Monteith, Tony Iaria
Lighting Op: Hudson Daly
Electrical Rigger: Andy Thompson
Rigger: Tim Petherick, Jack Cullis
Rigging Spark: Rob White, Tony Iaria, Klaudia B, Declan Duffy, Charlie Parker
Production Designer: David Lee
Art Director: Poppy Luard
Art Buyer: Ellie Hollis
Assistant Buyer: Tatyana Eastap-Johnson
Prop Master 1: Alfie Sowden
Prop Master 2: Charlie Britton
Assistant Props 1: Jordan Katz-Kaye
Assistant Props 2: Wing Lock
Art Department Assistant: Harvey Weston
Prop Transport: Jason / Marcus
Construction: George Miller Hoare, Fred Crouch, Jim Simmons, Dan Underwood, Steve Fox, Dan Carter, Fionn Hunter
SFX Company: Arcadia
SFX Supervisor: Alex Gunn
SFX Floor Supervisor: Tony Auger
SFX Technicians: Martin Auger, Joe Geday, Pedro Canato, Lorraine Pigot
Water Bowsers: Kark Wood-Emery, Daren Jones
Stylist: Georgia Pendlebury & Yaz XL
Styling Assistants: Helena Polanska, Maszia Oettgen, Kirsten Humphreys, Enrica Miller, Alexandra Lefevre
Tailor: Kevin Geddes
Additional Styling Assistant: Jace May Dobson
Hair Stylist: Louis Souvestre
Hair Assistants: Allou Zaïzy Babo, Pedro Paiva, Matt Farpy
Makeup Artist: Matilda Mace
Makeup Assistants: Aoibhin Kileen, Lily Vanita, Saint Maretto, Raphael Arcadios
Nail Tech: Natasha Blake
Post House: Purple Martin
EP: Joseph Radonich
Post Producer: Conor Joyce
On Set Editor: Zeynep Agcabay
Co-Editors: Charlie Von Rotberg, Fleming Mason
Edit support: Laura Lvarikova
Online editor: Alexander Elegov
Color Producer: Oliver Whitworth
Grade: Connor Coolbear
VFX Producer: Ollie Barron
VFX Artists: Ben Brewer, Jaime Leonad, Chris Chitty, Ozgur Taparl
Video Commissioner: Trevor Joseph Newton
Commissioner Assistant: Claudia Chiossone
Atlantic Creative Operations: Annie Moorhead
Director Studio Manager: Nikita Vatenin
Director’s Interns: Taissa Ivanova, Gustus Batkus
BTS: Aria Shahrokhshahi
Medic: Paul Mawson
Catering: Chloe / Jones and Sons
Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane
TALENT
Talent: FKA twigs
Day to Day Manager: Genneah Turner
Personal Assistant to FKA twigs: Jess Hallesey
Dancers: Emiliano Jimenez, Oscar Jinghu Li, Jaxon Willard, Daniele Sibilli
Stand-in for FKA twigs: Shivawn Joubert
ADDITIONAL TALENT
Mowalola, Mona Tougaard, Stefano Pilati, Yves Tumor, Tom Goodman-Hill, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Ebenezer Fasoranti, Amari & Zadie
Special Thanks: Movietech, Panalux, Jones & Sons, Troubadour Brent Cross, Box Artist Management, Elite Models, Brother Models, Allen Jones, Maximilian at Almine Rech
Perfect Stranger
Lyrics by FKA twigs