Florence and the Machine - "Queen of Peace / Long And Lost" [Music Video Premiere!]
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English indie-rock band Florence and the Machine have picked a new single from their latest studio album “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful” and it’s “Queen of Peace”. The new single will be officially ‘out’ in the UK on September 7th.
The music video for “Queen of Peace” was directed by Vincent Haycock, who has directed all of the Florence and the Machine music videos released so far this era, filmed in the Scottish isle of Easdale, and premiered today, July 27th, on VEVO. As you will notice, the clip begins with “Queen of Peace” and it eventually flows into the album track “Long & Lost”. Don’t get confused, though. “Queen of Peace” is the real new single. “Long & Lost” was only used in this ten-minute short film because it helped wrap up its storyline/theme better.
From the official press release:
“We filmed ‘Queen of Peace’ and ‘Long & Lost’ in Scotland, one of my favorite places I’ve ever been to or filmed,” Haycock says of the video. “The coast of Scotland is breathtaking, beautiful and harsh, an aesthetic mix that both Florence and I have been very interested in during the making of these videos. The Scottish people are amazing and especially the town of Easdale, the small island that we lived on and filmed. We shot in the winter and it was cold, brutal and endlessly inspiring, which I think really helped the story of Florence’s struggle with her family, the younger innocence vs. the feuding violence of the men around her, etc. The end of the video was done in a single take, at the very last seconds of light during a stormy barge ride on a freezing sea. The effort and focus on both the actors and crew was so amazing, Florence delivers one of my favorite moments to date and it’s one of my proudest technical and narrative accomplishments.”
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