Singer, Songwriter, Director & Producer Emmanuelle June Releases Debut Single & Video For "Snake Spit"

SINGER, SONGWRITER, DIRECTOR & PRODUCER
EMMANUELLE JUNE
DEBUTS CAPTIVATING SINGLE
“SNAKE SPIT”
ON STREAMING SERVICES NOW


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“SNAKE SPIT” MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERED EXCLUSIVELY
VIA BUZZBANDS.LA ON THURSDAY, JULY 23



WATCH THE ENCHANTING VIDEO: https://youtu.be/nseVED379iA



(“Snake Spit” Courtesy Photo – Edited By: Emmanuelle June)



“[‘Snake Spit’] frames a dark, daunting emotional purge in four gripping minutes of experimental pop… [it’s] almost a psychoactive drug itself… The song recalls the spoken-word work of Patti Smith, featuring June in full serpentine splendor, narrating over menacing beats that pulse and recede like the very urges the song embodies.” – Buzzbands.LA

Los Angeles, CA – Tuesday, July 28th, 2020 - Swedish singer, songwriter, director & producer Emmanuelle June debuts her first single for the sultry, daring song, “Snake Spit” available here on streaming services. Watch the music video here, which premiered exclusively via Buzzbands.LA on Thursday, July 23. June’s trademark mystique captivates with hints of Lana Del Rey, Björk, Nico & The Velvet Underground, Fiona Apple and A$AP Rocky. The track, produced by the extraordinary Chris Kaz, blends June’s hypnotic melodies over distinct beats to transport the listener to dimensions unknown; a psychedelic acid trip through the dark side of the heart and mind to find oneself more powerful on the other side.

“’Snake Spit’ is about Kundalini rising. Awakening desire and slaying demons,” says June. “I wrote the lyrics in London in early 2019. Walking around Kensington Gardens I began pondering on the word serpentine since I was walking past the Serpentine Gallery every day. Also, a cobra happens to be one of my spirit guides ever since I was a child. I got into my creative concentration and the lyrics came out. At first, I thought it was as a poem. Another day, I heard Chris playing this track he had made some time before and I felt such a strong urge to sing on it. He recorded my vocals a day or two later. ‘Snake Spit’ fell into its place as a song. It’s been a magical creative process for me in so many ways and I am beyond thankful to have made this piece with two people [Chris and Seamus McGarvey, cinematographer & co-director] whom I cherish so much as creatives.”

The video for “Snake Spit,” directed by Academy Award™ nominated cinematographer, Seamus McGarvey and June herself, was shot entirely in Los Angeles at The Dream Hotel in the heart of Hollywood. June also edited the video and had this to say about the creative process and concept behind it:

“We wanted to make the video highly claustrophobic and fervent to reveal a character filled with desire and compulsion… Longing and desire as savage as Oscar Wilde’s Salomé and as crippling and morbid as the playwright, Sarah Kane’s work, Psychosis 4.48. We had a couple of other locations and details such as costume and make up set, however, after that one shoot on the balcony, looking through the footage we just looked at each other and said, ‘This is it.’ It’s fully shot within the doorframe of a balcony at The Dream Hotel in Hollywood - hence the massive orbs and pixels of colorful lights. It’s all the lights of Hollywood. I see these lights as separate entities that are inside the character’s head which is a full-on frenzy of lights and movement, whereas the reality is she is isolated and in confinement which could very well be an asylum. This being a direct reflection of how society has treated strong, confident women throughout history. I edited the video during quarantine in LA. It was a real challenge to edit since every single frame of hours and hours of footage was magically intriguing and perfectly shot… need I mention Seamus is one of the greatest cinematographers in the world.”

Watch “Snake Spit” now on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nseVED379iA

About Emmanuelle June: Emmanuelle June was born in Sweden and raised predominantly in Stockholm. She completed her undergraduate degree in London and New York where she studied at one of the most prestigious acting schools. She’s been featured in off-Broadway and independent films – having directed and written many such pieces herself. A true creative at heart, June found her voice whilst performing in a rendition of the Sam Shepard and Patti Smith play, Cowboy Mouth. June reflects, “I had to sing in the character work part to understand the role and her rhythm. I realized that I loved it and remembered singing was what I wanted to do when I was little, but I had suppressed it.” June moved to Los Angeles in 2014 and became more and more engulfed in the music scene, jamming with friends and manifesting lyrics from her poetry. June performed in post-punk and psych rock bands briefly before focusing her energy on her solo career as Emmanuelle June. She has performed at famed Los Angeles locations such as The Hotel Café and Moroccan Lounge with her band at the time, Whisper. She is also a published writer under various nom de plumes with poetry works that were once available at Los Angeles bookstores such as Stories in Echo Park. “There might be just one copy left in all of LA,” June jokes.





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