Angel Olsen - "Windows" (Official Video)
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- Angel Olsen - “Windows" from the deluxe edition of 'Burn Your Fire For No Witness', out now on Jagjaguwar: smarturl.it/ang... // iTunes: www.smarturl.it...
"I gave him total freedom to set the tone and I wanted only to be present within it. I wanted to make something cinematic and forward, and I believe he did that here.” - Angel Olsen on the video
Directed, photographed and edited by Rick Alverson (www.madebedprod...)
Produced by Emile Rex
Costume Designer: Elizabeth Warn
Elizabethan Pyre by: Inida Swenson-Waring
Color by: Chris Messina
Production Coordinator: Anthony Restivo
Assistant Camera: Conor Burke
Grip: Hunter Brumfield
Costume Coordinator: Rachel Yonan
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Angel Olsen "May As Well" from the deluxe edition of 'Burn Your Fire For No Witness', out now on Jagjaguwar.
My friend who took her own life on October 1, 2017, put this on a playlist called "My Funeral". I miss her so much. Beautiful song, but it's making me cry so much. I want her back so bad. RIP Carley
I'm really sorry for you....I feel your pain since I know what its like to lose a friend....especially when she was your only friend
She is watching u from somewhere on ur room ..👹
Please don't make me cry
May her soul rest in peace
Let her go. i can understand you.... A cousin of mine did the same thing
Bryce: "So, I'll see you around?"
Justin: "Nah, I don't think you will."
Damn i remeber that episode and i still come here because of it...
I cried hard on that episode 💔
This genius woman will go down in the history as one of the greatest songwriters ever
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Burn Your Fire For No Witness is a poetic masterpiece, Angel is underrated.
I just said that about an hour ago. So we are all in agreement.
C1
C8 Flippant
This song fucking crushes me.
Keith Earickson get rekt
instablaster.
The windows are the heart, the light is love.
i think this song is about forgiving yourself and allowing yourself be happy & feel loved i.e letting in the light, moving on without feeling guilty about who you leave behind
There is nothing quite like the pain expressed in this song.
I agree
Agreed!! I'm at that point, just so numb ,sad,lonely, empty if it wasn't for my children i wood not be here 🖤🖤👣👣
You can't love someone back to life.
A I can try
13 reasons why?
makes me cry everytime #13reasons
You can try
+A who are you?
"We throw our shadows down, it's how we get around." Brilliance.
I think that the children represent the innocence, they enjoy themselves with a very few things (running around a carpet) and they are happy while angel feels empty and expresses no expression, the vaseline may represent her inability to be touched by the outer world (every things slips on her) during the period of suffering (depression)(even the kids' happiness which is normally very communicative doesn't move her). The costume might represent an illusionary and a desired image of herself, of the person she could have been in a better life, the autumn leaves around her imagined self could represent that this dream is falling apart as she thinks to have lost every strenght she had left... In the finale image she raises her eyes, maybe hope? this is my personal interpretation!
wow thank you!
Bear in mind that, most of the time, music videos have the Director's personal view. Maybe Angel and Rick collaborated together to reach this result :)
That seems like a sound interpretation. The costume, however, immediately reminded me of Mary of Scotland, who was, though sovereign, known as an unapproachable woman as well as the Virgin Queen. Thus, it amplifies Angel's isolation and inability to have human relationships, which can also be seen by how out of place she looks in this empty room with the leaves and undergrowth around her that makes it very difficult for people to reach her.
what grade did you get?
I got a migraine while reading this, stop using logic it hurts my brain
This song, especially from 2:30 on, gives me chills all over. Songs that shake you to the core like this are few and far between.
Ian I felt the same way, it gives me chills and I cry
The ending of thirteen reasons why on Netflix brought me here and I'm crying so hard. Such a pretty song
I can't believe all of the negative comments here! This video is beautiful. Stop trying to reduce it to an understandable clip. So much in this life is so obvious and in your face, its refreshing to have some mystery and magic. This song is a absolute blessing balm to my heart.
You my friend, rock!
ditto!
plus most people are here because of an inspirational show
It's not an inspirational show: 13RW breaks all the rules provided by all the associations that try to prevent suicide on how portray it on screen. It can actually increase the number of suicides among its viewers by triggering them. I know a lot of people love the show but I think we should not think of ourselves only. This show needs to be stopped.
I love this song but totally with you on what you said Thibault A. That show was just completely misguided and some of the scenes were like a bad soap from New Zealand or something made by people who pretty obviously had no idea what they were trying to portray and what feeling suicidal is like or what it takes for someone to make the choice to end their life (why didn't the silly girl just leave the school, do homeschooling or something, move to her grandmother's home, why was she in the hot tub at the home of the guy who raped her? How come she was pretty much good at making an elaborate plan involving tapes and people and order when normally someone who is suicidal can't even get out of bed) so much unreality just made all her reasons seem invalid. And as you mentioned. I support Project Semicolon (USA) here in the UK and what i see is something which has become almost fashionable among young people (mental health issues and suicidal feelings) So sad, wouldn't it be good to have a real portrayal of what leads someone to end their own life. People don't want to die, they want to end the pain. They need a hand to hold and hold tight. The girl in that show was exactly that, just a girl in a bad show.
i like how she kind of writes in a cryptic way, it reads in a way that's never really definitive and can spark up so many different emotions
I love songs that make me cry. This is ranked #1
Can you please suggest me some other songs like this?
@@usmanahsan2785 darkher- the dawn brings you a saviour
What's so wrong with the light?
This is one of the most underrated songs of all time.
What is it about her voice that slays me? She could sing the Denys menu and it would entrance me. Doesn't hurt she's a brilliant lyricist too. Saw her live and it was magic. Keep on keepin' on Angel!
Tyson Wheeler you should listen to Lana del rey... i actually came from a comment on her song
What an absolutely beautiful song
I come back here regularly to listen to my favorite song of the 2010’s and watch my favorite music video ever.
I wish the things that came to my mind could be taken back.
Such a pure joy and sadness at the same time listening to this song.
The weather was beautiful today
Indeed it was.
Marina L. here it's raining. not that good-feeling rain sadly
Panda Romanian, Then you need to move to Night Vale, usually the weather is amazing there ;)
Yes! This was one of my favorite weather reports
C. Savage Agreed. In my top 3
This is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. The video is so sublime.
It’s so underrated. Extraordinary song writing.
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Post partum depression brought me here. This was my jam back then. I’m better now though.
This is a beautiful song and video! I enjoy the interpretations, and different ways of looking at it. It's so good to share and be inspired enough to write about it. What I got from it was that Angel (or her character) is imagining herself as this beautiful and regal figure. Like an art piece in a museum. Loved and actualized, not for living or even being pleasant - but just for being there. But even that regal figure isn't happy or even "real". Meanwhile the children seem to be so effortlessly enjoying themselves, and in their same reality she becomes like a prop for them to play with because she's so absent in her own real life. It's also ironic because the character's fantasy about being this other legendary museum figure won't even give her what she wants (she wants the light, what the children have) as she is already very much like her without the fancy clothes etc.. The children provide the contrast for her not even seeing whats right in front of her. She's totally pre-occupied with an empty ness. Great Job!!
Been waiting to hear this since I was born. Going to buy my first record player and record because of this song.
For folks confused about the meaning, it helps to realize the song and the video are two separate creations. The song is incredibly simple, and profound. I felt it was about how we become blind and numb to the beauty of the world and being alive because we obscure our perception of it, and Angel is gently but powerfully calling us back, to let it in, to be present, to feel, to see.
The video picked up on that, but there are other metaphors too. Her face representing the window to her soul; being painted by kids perhaps suggests it's not as clear as it was when she was a kid. So it's not just our perception which has become obscured, but also our expression of our inner selves. Calling us to shine, to let the light out.
Oh I remember this feeling. Feeling so mute and empty poked and prodded and manipulated yet having no reaction. Beauty all around, beautiful innocent playful happy children and you can't appreciate it or enjoy anything. I felt this Angel ♡
This song makes me cry every time just makes me think of my father who passed away in May. The lyrics just captivate what I think of our situation. I love you dad. I wish you opened a window sometime.
It's impossible to not cry when you hear this. 💔
Angel Olsen brought me here.
Nandyna no shit Sherlock
T R I S T E N 808 the fuck?
T R I S T E N 808 why so rude?
Lmao relatable much
Emperor Palpatine she’s rude because no one loves her and never had a cooked home meal before
Growing up with a mother with sever depression this video is one of the thing I'll most appreciate ever
just came across this artist for the first time. im floored. what a voice and video.
Those lyrics man.
Hit me like a brick the first time I heard this, which was during a period when I simply didn't go out. Summer or fall of 2014 it must've been. Ahhh, shitty times!
this song always makes me cry. her voice is always so soothing to me. let this song be a reminder to all of you that things DO get better. whether you've been sexually assaulted, feeling suicidal,, or something's just bringing you down. lift your head up, the light will come again soon.
The sound of her voice sends me to a dimension where my inner child cries freely and catharticly.
“So I’ll see you around?”
here
But eventually they do
I don't think you will
But we all do at the end amen
*Yes, just drop kick my heart, why don’t ya*
13 reason why !!!!
Also if ur going thru depression , I want u to know that ur not alone ! I know it's hard , I know it hurts , I know u just can't anymore but plz try ! And try very hard because it will stop hurting , I promise u ! And once all this stop ! U will feel alive again ! Look for help and if u can't find it help ur self ! Love ur self and do it enough of that it will make the pain go away !!
I don’t mean to be negative, but it’s a lot harder than that. I know you mean well, so thank you for your message. But depression, it feels like you’re trapped in a box. You keep trying to push, to escape.
But no matter how *hard* you try to get out, you’re stuck.
It starts to make you angry, because you aren’t in control of your own damn life. When you try to scream for help, it’s like no sound comes out. You feel alone. You feel useless. And eventually, it breaks you. You just stop caring.
Obsessed with this masterpiece 😍🥲
This is one of the most powerful pieces of music I have ever heard
I always love the beauty in the sadness of this song
God, I used to be obsessed with this song a few years ago. Glad I'm back to listening to it. I love Angel so much.
I was having a bad day but discovering Angel Olsen made it better ❤️
love this... thank you NPR for introducing me to her!
Same here.
I liked it so much, I just bought two tix to her show in Denver... in February.
so glad I found her
Lyrics
Won't you open a window sometime?
What's so wrong with the light?
What's so wrong with the light?
Wind in your hair, sun in your eyes
Light
Light
We throw our shadows down
We must throw our shadows down
We live and throw our shadows down
It's how we get around
In the sun
In the sun
Why can't you see?
Why can't you see?
Why can't you see?
Are you blind?
Are you blind?
Are you blind?
Are you dead, already?
Are you all right?
Are you all right?
Won't you open a window sometime?
Won't you open a window sometime?
What's so wrong with the light?
What's so wrong with the light?
Wind in your hair, sun in your eyes
What's so wrong with the light?
What's so wrong with the light?
What's so wrong with the light?
What's so wrong with the light?
What's so wrong with the light?
What's so wrong with the light?
"Ok Google whats the saddest song?"
"Ok Google how to not be sad?"
I adore this song. It helped me to get through a kind of a depression last spring.
I can’t stop listening to this song, it just kind of hits every bit of my soul that I don’t usually pay attention to.
This gives me goosebumps, every single time. Seeing her live is one of my top priorities in life.
She's touring right now! Go see her :D
Unfortunately she isn't playing anywhere near me. Would have to drive 100's of miles to see one of her shows and it's not an option at the moment ;( Hopefully i catch her on her next tour ;)
bluesyman just ve been tonight at her gig. She s awesome and with the new tour and band lineup she shines :) hope u can see her live soon too
What a beautiful vibe when you are alone and you are working hard !
- 5 September 2023
Won't you open a window sometime
What's so wrong with the light
What's so wrong with the light
Wind in your hair, sun in your eyes
Light
Light
We throw our shadows down
We must throw our shadows down
We live and throw our shadows down
It's how we get around
In the sun
In the sun
Why can't you see
Why can't you see
Why can't you see
Are you blind
Are you blind
Are you blind
Are you dead
Already
Are you alive
Are you alive
Won't you open a window sometime
Won't you open a window sometime
What's so wrong with the light
What's so wrong with the light
Wind in your hair, sun in your eyes
What's so wrong with the light
What's so wrong with the light
What's so wrong with the light
What's so wrong with the light
What's so wrong with the light
What's so wrong with the light
Brilliant
The light hurts when you are in a very dark place, yet this dark place hurts as well. Bad evil things thrive in the dark so try to reach for the light and warmth in the end you will be free of the darkness and become light.
This is the kind of song that will make you tear up in public.
I am agoraphobic, I won't go into detail as most of you won't understand or care to grasp the meaning of this illness. This video made me understand my mental illness more, not in a negative way however. I made me feel less afraid of what was on the other side of the window.
How do you deal with working? I'm just curious because I'm struggling with general anxiety disorder and finding it tough!
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I can't even get hired in the first place so I have no idea... I'm on meds now and I only get mild "anxious" feelings, I only get panic attacks if I forget to take them. I've been on meds for almost a year now and I can leave my house without feeling overwhelming panic.
RaysOfAura How do you not work? Are you dependant on others for financial support or are you getting disability checks? I guess if that's the case you have to be officially diagnosed by a doctor. Have you been? Just curious! Hope you find more songs to quell your fears.
I have been officially diagnosed as I am on medication and yes, I'm basically dependent on my mother. I'll be 23 in a few weeks so as I'm getting older it's getting more and more pathetic feeling. I hate being so helpless. I've always pictured myself to be so much more at this age. I'm hoping I'll find a work environment that will make me feel comfortable. I have history in the arts. I'm hoping I can do something like that.
one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard
This song kills me, it's like lightning in a bottle. Thank you for making such beautiful music!
Only very few can understand this song, those who suffer with depression like me feel it as the song of our heart.That choking pain we can't share with anyone but feels like if there's a shoulder for us to cry.All the alone battles inside where every time we loose and the tears conquering us.It's worst to mold that pain in words,cause that pain is indescribable with words.
It brought me tears.I love her voice very much. God bless her.
+Nadeem Ahmad if you ever get the chance to see her live you should, even if you have to travel far. I saw her live (solo) once...her music has made it so much easier to get through some problems ive had in the last few years. she's literally the only person I feel I can relate to sometimes...but yea so if u can see her live then you should, she so so good live.
+halfstep44 I wish I could my friend. I live so far from America. If God wills I'll surely see her live. Bye. Take care.
well, not sure what country you're from, but she has made it as far east as Greece (can you tell ive watched every live vid of her, I'm a little obsessed, but in a good way:)...perhaps Europe would make it possible...I'm lucky to live here but still I know what its like to love a foreign artist that you can never see live...like Selah Sue from Belgium...check her out!
I'm living in India.
Sou suspeita para falar sobre o trabalho maravilhoso dela! E essa letra...
Angel Olsen é uma das poucas vozes que se pode dizer que tem o dom de tocar a alma...
Tarkovsky, Tori Amos, Red House painters - all in one song / video! Excellent!
I was scrolling through to see if anyone else saw the Tarkovsky influence!
Love this track ♥️♥️
Finished the "13 reasons why S1" in lockdown, love this one song too... Irreplaceable song.. it's very sad to know this story.
God please never let happened with someone in real live 💔
Tremenda obra maestra
Hey you might enjoy a band called the Doublejumps if you like Angel Olsen
i’m here because i miss someone who used to love this song. somone i loved but never met
hauntingly beautiful. Night Vale is so relaxing yet creepy. so much live for this song~
*love
this song is really emotional and deep, its deeply resonate with me
the thing regular ppl dont understand about art is that it means different things to different ppl. i think we can all agree the video is dull but its saying something with its simplicity
i think Windows and Chance are two absolutely imcredible songs that have reached deep into me she is fantastic.
Hey you might enjoy a band called the Doublejumps if you like Angel Olsen
This song was used in the Netflix series "13 Reasons why". I found this song through the last episode. Beautiful song.
This has always been one of my most favourite songs of Angels, I couldn't begin to explain why. Must've played it a thousand times.
So I went to check if I made it into nursing school today but unfortunately I didn’t. The only song I thought of that’ll make me cry while I overthink was this masterpiece . THANK YOU
Maybe there's a better path that's destined for you! Never lose hope
the small guitar sound back from 3:45 is sooooooooo breathtaking
I am seeing her live in June and I can't wait.
+crazygood4 same! in Winnipeg
I am seeing her in Fargo. Almost didn't believe it when I saw her tour anouncements that she is coming to Nodak!
its been 6 years since this song came out and I still dont know whats so wrong with the light
Same I’m still trying to figure it out. What’s so wrong with the light?
Chills. Every time.
This song so soooo amazing awesome
1:49 the best part!!!
this song makes me think that all that i've done to my life, all love that i gave to my friends was simply useless because now i'm lonely, only with my thoughts and this beautiful song.
En 2017 conocí está canción por 13 Reason Why... Y a día doy, en 2022 me sigue haciendo sentir mucha nostalgia. 🥺✨
Unmatchable lyrics and music. The mixture of peace and emotion...really heals my heart and brain.
hello, my two penneth on the video. the angel is depressed/agoraphobic. the vaseline scene is a bit of a mystery, but the children have helped her realise herself and the trivialities of this world that can sometimes crush us, despite their relatively innocuous impression to the wider world. the scene where she transforms is metaphorical and purposely visually discordant. she is the phoenix rising, reborn, she has returned to the world, brought back from the edge of oblivion by the tender touch of innocent youth. this video/music inspires me. i am moved. i'm going outside.
armand tamzarian woah, that is beautiful. Thank you for sharing this
I take the Vaseline scene as a barrier between her and the rest of the world
@@miad6160 So my interpretation of the vaseline part is that it's like here armor....it's a healing thing. Then she becomes the queen inside. I interpret it this way because the song has so much about sort of a fear of the light...trying to hide from the light by not opening a window....hiding from the injuries of life. But she starts to question "what's so wrong with the light?"....Since the light and life has burned her, almost like a sunburn, the children (perhaps the male and female of her inner child?)...rub the vaseline on her to heal the burn / wound. Vaseline was often used on sunburns and other wounds when I was a kid...it was common for older generations.....with the healing she became the best version of herself..the queen.
The kit that she wears at the end slays, beautiful song too......!!
I was listening to this song when I tried to kill myself. 6 years later, I’m able to return to this song and say that I’m genuinely happy to be alive. Jesus Christ has given me a joy I couldn’t find anywhere else. Anyways… I love you. I hope you’re doing well. If not, I pray you hang in there. It’ll all be worth it. I promise.
I’ve fell in love with this song again. Thank you Angel.
Oh this is painfully beautiful, don't understand the negative comments. The song lingers on as well as the images, remind me Tarkovsky movies. I'm glad she doesn't try to do "normal" stuff and always step out the comfort zone.
Starlight Weaver people will always find something to critic, to say some horrible stuff about. Maybe because they don’t know how to appreciate things, or respect things they don’t like. That’s bad, but that’s it
Never gonna get this voice out of my mind.
My god this song is so lush X
This song makes me think of being a child and seeing my father being depressed. It's only now I dont blame myself for it.
I am so happy Angel Olsen's music was used for one of the most powerful TV season finales I have yet seen! This and St. Vincent in the same show? 13 Reasons Why is a landmark in TV/Streaming series.
Forever in love with her voice .... ❤😻
I think the song is about a friend of hers that suffers from depression
Yes and it describes how she is trying to get her out of it. "We live and throw our shadows down" is how you need to get on with life and live for another day. "Are you dead already? Are you all right?" Shows how she is caring for the other person
BonoLightier agreed
I think she’s singing to herself.
I think it may be about her mother. She has another song called “lonely universe“ and it talks about her mother commuting suicide. At least that’s what it sounds like.
This will always be my soul song,
Thanks dear Angel.
Hannah BAKER
Please suggest songs similar to this because I can't get enough of it!!!
Listen to her other songs they are all equally as good
Jamie Drake To my love
Oh Wonder All we do
didn't expect iTunes would sell this
Keep sharing your amazing talents. Thank you
"I cost a girl her life,because I was afraid to love her"
Dragana K so fucking trueeee
😭😭😭
good
One of the dumbest representations of bullying, its causes and solutions.
@@UnitAlir ooga booga nigga nigga
I don't know why but this song is linked with rainy season in my mind ,like when I close my eyes while listening to this I feel its rainin out side ! I know it's weird !
such a rad video. beautiful!!
angel olsen brought me here, can't wait to see her on 2017 tour!! 😊
I now know what angels sound like! ....WOW!
"Won't you open a window sometime" -Me whenever someone farts while we're in the car and all the windows are up
I'm so sorry I just wrote that, it just made sense in that weird stupid humor part of my brain. but I truly do love this song, and its lyrics, and Angel Olsen in general is a blessing!!
thank you for that joke :) I think you just saved me from suicide
:)
@@MSAZgreen no don’t be sorry that was funny you made me laugh😂😂