BONZIE has released a new music video for her latest single “lavalamp,” the track is off her album When I Found The Trap Door. Shot in Tokyo, it follows BONZIE in a journey through the city’s complex minutia accompanied by her photographer, accomplished Japanese photographer Motohiko Hasui, on film.

The accompanying video matches the track’s sun-dappled energy, following BONZIE on a winding tour of Tokyo, beautifully shot on film by photographer Motohiko Hasui. BONZIE says, ‘Motohiko and I wanted to keep a natural, real Tokyo feel— we didn’t artificially color the footage. This is what Motohiko describes as ‘Japanese color vs. American color’, akin to the visual aesthetic of 80’s and 90’s Japanese films.

“I’ve been studying Japanese for 15 years, so it was wonderful to be able to show my love and respect for the city. The man at the end of the video was a shop owner in a small neighborhood we happened to stumble on. He told me he’s been running his fruit and vegetable shop for over 40 years. The name of the shop was ‘Ohashi Shoten’… literally ‘Ohashi’s Shop’, his name. There was a restaurant next door called ‘Restaurant Next To Ohashi Shoten’. I think he’s somewhat of a neighborhood celebrity.”

The writing of When I Found The Trap Door, was dreamed up each exquisitely detailed track in BONZIE’S home studio and at famed facilities like Hollywood’s EastWest Studios (where she recorded a full orchestra led by conductor Anthony Parnther, who’s contributed to the scores to such films as Oppenheimer) and Electrical Audio (the Chicago studio founded by the late Steve Albini, who also worked with BONZIE on a 2016 project). After overseeing production entirely on her own—an exceptionally bold move in a musical landscape notoriously lacking in female producers— BONZIE joined forces with Michael Brauer (Bob Dylan, Coldplay), who further refined the resplendent sound of When I Found The Trap Door.

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