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Dolci Rain: 'Free Your Heart'

Commissioned by rising UK duo Dolci Rain to create a video for their new track 'Free Your Heart,' film-maker Ethan Barrett opted for a personal portrait. Ethan has provided the following words about the end product.

"I started filming this knowing I wanted to include my parents, but had no idea how it would turn out/what I would make. When you’re a kid, your parents/parental figure(s) seem like these somewhat monolithic figures… a bit distant in a way. They’re ‘mum’, and they’re ‘dad’. You love them, of course, I don’t think you have much of a choice in that… But they’re sort of separate to the world you operate in as a child. Somewhat distant. Not relatable, almost..? Just a thought.

But over the past few years, and probably due to maturing a lot (I think) during that time, they’ve been sort of humanised a fair bit. I think this kind of realisation they’re real people, too… with flaws, interests, feelings, their own personal identities, is a thing I’ve thought about a lot recently and probably influenced this a fair bit. They’re not just ‘mum’ and ‘dad’, they’re Sharon and Patrick, too… Weird one, but yeah. That’s sort of what the film ended up being about in a very strange way, if that makes any sense at all."

'Free Your Heart' is taken from the new Dolci Rain EP, 'West Street' - stream it here.