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  • Опубликовано: 22 фев 2022
  • We have created the Florence + The Machine official anthology ✨ Listen to ‘Under Heaven Over Hell’ now:
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    Directed by Autumn de Wilde
    Director of Photography // Jamie Feliu-Torres
    Choreographed by Ryan Heffington
    Costume Design by Kate Mulleavy & Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte
    Additional Costume & Wardrobe Stylists // Peter Aluuan and Fiona Hicks
    Hair Stylist // Odile Gilbert
    Makeup Artist to Florence Welch // Sarah Reygate
    Editorial Company // Final Cut
    Editor // Miky Wolf
    Assistant Editor // Matt Gabzdyl
    Editorial Producer // Maggie Mcdermont
    Visual Effects // Denis Reva
    Colour Co // Company 3
    Colorists // Jean-clement Soret and Yoomin Lee
    Finishing VFX Co // Framestore
    Sound Finishing // Machine Sound
    Sound Design & Mix // Nigel Manington
    Sound Producer // Ghazal Zargar Elahi
    Title Design // Thunderwing, Nic Taylor & J. B. Taylor
    Artist Management // Hannah Giannoulis
    Production Co // Anonymous Content
    Produced by Eric Stern & Juliet Naylor
    Assistant to Odile Gilbert // Taan Pham
    Assistant Choreographer // Ryan Spencer
    Workshop Choreographer // Benjamin Milan
    Production Manager // Ana Castellar
    BTS // Gilbert Trejo
    Artist PA // Catherine Torrie
    CAST
    Florence Welch
    Jack Riddiford
    The Henchman // Alexander Antofiy
    LACE MONSTERS
    Sia Gbamoi
    Chihiro Kawasaki
    Aisling Longshaw
    Naomi Weijand
    Kibrea Carmichael
    Zakiya Wellington
    Anastasiia Kharchenko
    Maryne Kuchskova
    GHOST ORCHESTRA
    Maksimilian Mihkaylovskiy // Violin
    Lyubomyr Klyufinskiy // Viola
    Ivan Massalyga // Cello
    Hilarion-Modeste Thea // Flute
    Vladislav Bilyachenko // Alto Saxophone
    Aleksander Pryzhenkov // Tuba
    Iliya Shevchuk // Trumpet
    Vadim Shevchuk // Trombone
    Stunt Coordinator // Slava Barabolia
    Stunt Doubles // Katrina Lilwall and Alex Pavlyk
    UKRAINE UNIT
    Production Co // Radioaktive Film
    Executive Producer // Kate Galytska
    Producer // Serafima Kutsenko
    Production Manager // Yura Galitskiy
    1st AD // Alina Yatsyk
    2nd AD // Masha Verboliuk
    Production Designer // Vladimir Radlinskiy
    Art Director // Max Halushka
    Wardrobe Stylist // Valentyn Bren
    Makeup Artist // Dasha Taivas
    Hair Stylist // Iris Onufrienko
    Casting on set // Masha Bondar
    2nd Cameraman // Ilya Maksymenko
    Focus Puller Cam A // Peter Chetverykov
    Focus Puller Cam B // Sergei Kolesnik
    Slate // Lena Sinelnik
    Gaffer // Leo Sidorenko
    Key Grip // Artem Pilipchuk
    Steadicam // Max Salo
    Sound // Misha Nikolaev
    Playback // Sergei Rupos
    VFX Supervisor // Denis Reva
    Location Manager // Zhenya Kasamara
    Production Assistant // Alex Belko
    Production Assistant // Yulia Nagirniak
    Unit Manager // Egor Pogrebniak
    Doctor On Set // Yana Shchebetiuk
    Assistant to Autumn de Wilde // Anna Kovalevskaya
    Chaperone // Liza Onysko
    Chaperone // Daria Sipigina
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    “King” lyrics
    We argue in the kitchen about whether to have children
    About the world ending and the scale of my ambition
    And how much is art really worth
    The very thing you’re best at
    Is the thing that hurts the most
    But you need your rotten heart
    Your dazzling pain like diamond rings
    You need to go to war to find material to sing
    I am no mother, I am no bride, I am King
    I need my golden crown of sorrow
    My bloody sword to swing
    My empty halls to echo with grand self-mythology
    I am no mother, I am no bride, I am King
    I am no mother, I am no bride, I am King
    But a woman is a changeling
    Always shifting shape
    Just when you think you have it figured out
    Something new begins to take
    What strange claws are these
    Scratching at my skin
    I never knew my killer would be coming from within
    I am no mother, I am no bride, I am King
    I am no mother, I am no bride, I am King
    I need my golden crown of sorrow
    My bloody sword to swing
    I need my empty halls to echo with grand self-mythology
    Cos I am no mother, I am no bride, I am King
    I am no mother, I am no bride, I am King
    I am no mother, I am no bride, I am King
    I am no mother, I am no bride, I am King
    And I was never as good
    as I always thought I was
    But I knew how to dress it up
    I was never satisfied, it never let me go
    Just dragged me by my hair
    and back on with the show
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Комментарии • 8 тыс.

  • @aliceshinrin4575
    @aliceshinrin4575 2 года назад +7413

    I'm now in Kyiv, Ukraine. I stopped listening to music, so I could hear sirens and identify explosions nearby. But... On the fourth day of that I suddenly bumped in this video. I decided to spend some time on it.
    I don't know, if I will be alive tomorrow, so I want to write those words here for you, Florence. I want you to know, that your songs and your voice helped me to stay strong with all demons inside me, when I was teen. And now I am adult, I have to protect my country from real demons, from those, who kill peaceful people, my brothers and sisters. I'm all in this situation. Thank you for these minutes of calmness. I appreciate that.

    • @bulibilbuli
      @bulibilbuli 2 года назад +36

      🙏🏻🧚‍♀️🌷

    • @pepaxxxsvinka3379
      @pepaxxxsvinka3379 2 года назад +35

      how are you?

    • @terezstastna1669
      @terezstastna1669 2 года назад +17

      ❤❤❤💛💙

    • @monique7504
      @monique7504 2 года назад +43

      Keep strong God or whatever spirit for you maybe , are with you and your fellow Country people ✨🙏 love from UK
      We are thinking of you,you are KINGxxx

    • @aliceshinrin4575
      @aliceshinrin4575 2 года назад +244

      @@pepaxxxsvinka3379 Woke up today with understanding, how little is needed to feel joy: my friends are still with me, healthy. _I must become a lion hearted girl._

  • @francescofavro8890
    @francescofavro8890 2 года назад +17984

    fun fact: no special effects were used to make this video, Florence is an actual otherwordly being come to exalt us with her voice.

    • @TCt83067695
      @TCt83067695 2 года назад +102

      Checks out 👍🏾

    • @Gingercatjax
      @Gingercatjax 2 года назад +62

      BOOM. Facts 😎

    • @emilieverland4606
      @emilieverland4606 2 года назад +87

      Seems legit to me

    • @Mscape7
      @Mscape7 2 года назад +21

      Don't be cheesy

    • @ommo458
      @ommo458 2 года назад +161

      Just Florence on a regular Wednesday

  • @shivanimittal100
    @shivanimittal100 5 месяцев назад +493

    “I am no mother, I am no bride, I am king” the scream of every woman who is tired of being tied to a role but has something inside of her, telling her, “ this isn’t for you, this isn’t you, you will always crave something powerful, you are meant for bigger skies”.

    • @willandrews9059
      @willandrews9059 Месяц назад +1

      Not sure but yeah sure

    • @TigerPrawn_
      @TigerPrawn_ 24 дня назад +1

      You are allowed to break free of any roles that do not serve you.

    • @4XYourGrowthNow
      @4XYourGrowthNow 19 дней назад

      But this is danger. This is what the Jesus.exe protocol is trying to do. We are the worst God.

    • @craig9299
      @craig9299 12 дней назад

      @@4XYourGrowthNow Only becuase you have allowed the dominance of men to convince you of your subservience, you are not to be subservient to men, men are to be subservient to you. Free yourself from the mental enslavement and understand your true essence.

    • @enzed2708
      @enzed2708 6 дней назад

      So you want to be a man 😁

  • @jarviscroatia2420
    @jarviscroatia2420 2 года назад +5113

    Florence Welch. I’m getting divorced from a very abusive husband and everyone keeps telling me I’m wrong because of who he is. You are giving me strength. Your scream is a voice for all of us. All I want to do is just take my power back and throw my voice to the heavens. God bless you.

    • @loserlove1987
      @loserlove1987 2 года назад +323

      It doesn't matter who he is. You don't deserve to be abused in any capacity. Take that strength and run with it!

    • @kcjd10
      @kcjd10 2 года назад +103

      Stay safe! I don't care who he is, you don't deserve to be abused. 💜

    • @nicoleaustin3807
      @nicoleaustin3807 2 года назад +43

      Keep going

    • @TigerPrawn_
      @TigerPrawn_ 2 года назад +78

      Never blame yourself for not leaving earlier, blame him for not stopping being abusive earlier.

    • @Commenter339
      @Commenter339 2 года назад +49

      You deserve to be loved, you deserve to be treated well and respected, to be listened to; you deserve to have good things in your life, and to know happiness. Don't let anybody tell you or treat you differently. Only you know what goes on behind closed doors, and it is your responsibility to treat yourself well and choose what you think is best for you, because only you, deep down, really know the answers to what really is best for you. Others might want to make the choices for you, but only you will have to bear the weight of consequence, so choose wisely for yourself and choose with love and care.
      You are very brave for stepping up and standing up for yourself. I am proud of you. It's time to be free. To "shake it out", drop the chains and fly. I am so proud, and so happy that you are on your way to ending this dark chapter of your life, and opening up room for new and exciting things! You are amazing! Look for people and things that make you feel this way, because it's true! You've survived so much, you deserve to be surrounded by goodness. The dog days are over, baby!:) It's time to shine, and let yourself be free!^^ All the love and all the best

  • @OfficialPrettyLittleLiars
    @OfficialPrettyLittleLiars 2 года назад +3918

    I AM KING
    nothing but chills

    • @llm4187
      @llm4187 2 года назад +4

      How many heads, did the message fly over?

    • @MS-kq3yd
      @MS-kq3yd 2 года назад +6

      Florence is Wonderful. Someday if I’m lucky enough I’d love to see her . I AM KING !!!!

    • @danielbruning1213
      @danielbruning1213 2 года назад +1

      @@MS-kq3yd they are even better live. It will be a show u will never forget. You'll love it.

    • @allanachi7992
      @allanachi7992 2 года назад +1

      So much frisson I burst into tears. She is a goddess among mere mortals.

    • @E-ALVIN
      @E-ALVIN 2 года назад +2

      Are we just gunna pretend like the official Pretty Little Liars account didn't just respond?! What are you up to P.L.L?!

  • @Clarence62190
    @Clarence62190 2 года назад +451

    Florence doesn't do art.
    She is ART.

  • @frankiest100
    @frankiest100 2 года назад +1132

    That scream at 3:03 - the manic, almost angry way the dancers throw themselves around through it, morphing into fierce joy; skipping and twirling like children released after a winter indoors. Beautiful.

    • @AssassinsCreedMan621
      @AssassinsCreedMan621 2 года назад +12

      It literally gave my goosebumps

    • @NickSSSSSSSSSS
      @NickSSSSSSSSSS 2 года назад +3

      Love it so much

    • @user-ug5jk7xz8s
      @user-ug5jk7xz8s 2 года назад +4

      Literally the most bland, milquetoast "scream" I've heard. she basically just sings a note for a bit.
      If you want emotion, listen to the last few bars of "With or Without You" by U2.

    • @caitlinmalley
      @caitlinmalley 2 года назад

      AGREE!!!

    • @punkinhd726
      @punkinhd726 2 года назад

      I think we have all done this listening to Florence at least once

  • @lucasbrightburn3966
    @lucasbrightburn3966 3 месяца назад +38

    This album saved my life from suicide. These songs gaved me light when i was in darkness. Florence. Forever my Queen. My Goddess

  • @jerryd.4767
    @jerryd.4767 2 года назад +1832

    My son would've loved this as I just did, putting a smile on this weary and lamented face. I lost him almost 12 years ago, he loved this band and Ms. Welch most of all. He's the reason I am here as a fan of this extraordinary woman and this amazing band and why I still can manage a breath when the sun warms up the sky.

    • @jamescurfman3284
      @jamescurfman3284 2 года назад +66

      Aw, man. My condolences to you and your family.

    • @joshuahodges7906
      @joshuahodges7906 2 года назад +36

      so much love and bless to you, your son is always with you and loves you so much💗💗💗

    • @XoAmore
      @XoAmore 2 года назад +13

      Un abrazo enorme!!!

    • @dianecapolupo8227
      @dianecapolupo8227 2 года назад +62

      Same..my son loved her and he passed last January...I know the pain..I am so sorry...yes they would have loved this..my heart and prayers are with you..I miss him.so very much my baby he was 32❤️🌹💔

    • @zavs350
      @zavs350 2 года назад +16

      @@dianecapolupo8227 much love and condolences to the both of you. Hugs

  • @aDiosaDelAbismo
    @aDiosaDelAbismo 2 года назад +1829

    Florence is in another level, out of this world, we don't deserve her, we don't deserve her ART. What a masterpiece!!!

    • @DirtDanRider
      @DirtDanRider 2 года назад +51

      Speak for yourself woman I do deserve it.

    • @wolfaliceblueweekend4750
      @wolfaliceblueweekend4750 2 года назад +4

      Totally agree with you Sara. Well said!

    • @LeonardoDambrowski
      @LeonardoDambrowski 2 года назад +13

      I understand you, but here on earth there’s a lot of artists who are as amazing as she. She is not out of this world, she show us the beauty of this world. OUR WORLD IS AMAZING. THANK YOU FLORENCE POR MADE MY DAY!!!

    • @DirtDanRider
      @DirtDanRider 2 года назад +4

      She is there outside to bring us emotions and feelings as none else, I can't help crying with many of her songs, I can't really tell or explain how do I feel and the meaning of her songs for me, I totally, we, totally deserve to enjoy her master pieces.

    • @Jayinjapanese
      @Jayinjapanese 2 года назад

      We don’t deserve this mid

  • @tripleaaa6359
    @tripleaaa6359 Год назад +529

    Still obsessed with this song ever since it came. What a masterpiece.

    • @mirkovukoslavovic2636
      @mirkovukoslavovic2636 Год назад +3

      Personal yet anticipated the times we are in now.

    • @DaedalusGage
      @DaedalusGage 5 месяцев назад

      It's still shocking how rough this woman is with herself: she is the goddamn Shakespeare of self-castigation. Every word and theme is carefully chosen to expose her pride (rightly earned) and its costs (genius isn't free). She remains the best artist of this or any number of generations.

  • @gabrelas
    @gabrelas 2 года назад +454

    i've never wanted to be a background dancer more, those girls look like they're having the time of their lives! this is my favourite florence song to date, sometimes you just have to imagine letting go and being absolutely feral for a moment

    • @ext301
      @ext301 Год назад +2

      Same!!

    • @dirtbagminimal2268
      @dirtbagminimal2268 Год назад +3

      i had the exact same thought!

    • @craig9299
      @craig9299 Год назад +2

      Why dance in the background when you can dance up front. Believe in yourself. Own it.

    • @goober8798
      @goober8798 5 месяцев назад +4

      @@craig9299 For some people it's enough to be a part of something great. You're advice disregards the work of the dancers, whom executed what the coreographer designed, who is only a grand presence in this video becuase these dancers interpreted and telegraphed his intentions so well.

    • @craig9299
      @craig9299 5 месяцев назад

      @@goober8798 I meant spiritually not materialistically. Material values are no values. That's the problem with people today, they all want the spotlight and to be seen by many.

  • @thepi5cean375
    @thepi5cean375 2 года назад +566

    When she sings "But you need your rotten heart, Your dazzling pain like diamond rings, You need to go to war to find material to sing" it reminds me how us artists often lean on pain to create meaningful art. It's a wicked trade-off that renders us emotionally exhausted, but at the end of the day it gives us the catharsis we need to do it all again. ❤️

    • @markjilmerpascual7577
      @markjilmerpascual7577 2 года назад +32

      That line reminded me of "No Choir" as well.
      And it's hard to write about being happy
      'Cause, the older I get
      I find that happiness is an extremely uneventful subject
      And there will be no grand choirs to sing
      No chorus could come in
      About two people sitting doing nothing
      I'm so excited for the whole album.

    • @Dopefilthy
      @Dopefilthy 2 года назад +3

      If I could brainwash myself to hear that for the first time again I would

    • @ignacioizquierdo9878
      @ignacioizquierdo9878 2 года назад +1

      Numb - Marina and the diamonds

    • @d.flipot4049
      @d.flipot4049 2 года назад +1

      It remind me of Chris Farley, u're comment is beautiful

    • @YupOkayThx
      @YupOkayThx 2 года назад +12

      I feel that it's also a commentary on the perceived beauty and profitability of a woman's pain. It's a common, yet deeply problematic, trope in pop culture. This song and video are truly a feminist anthem from top to bottom.

  • @emmanuelventura2044
    @emmanuelventura2044 2 года назад +426

    She is art personified. Her music is everything. She is everything. This new era and music is everything.

    • @temukaify
      @temukaify 2 года назад +8

      I agree on everything and everything.

    • @jol0973
      @jol0973 2 года назад +1

      Lame.

  • @Sfidatorul
    @Sfidatorul 2 года назад +122

    This is not a simple song. This is art.

    • @Evtheevil42
      @Evtheevil42 6 месяцев назад +1

      This is no art
      It is king

  • @living_water-
    @living_water- 2 года назад +812

    Powerful lyrics..."didn't know whats going to kill me is from within" meaning motherhood could kill her music career. These are real issues women deal with in life that men don't have to worry about.

    • @isaachebreromoreno7304
      @isaachebreromoreno7304 Год назад +53

      Hopefully that will change with time, I got plenty of examples around me where women have successful careers and more than one child. Parenthood involves two people and one thing shouldn't mean the end of the other.

    • @TheHardTruth315
      @TheHardTruth315 Год назад +1

      Considering this was filmed in Kiev, the irony is the men there have to fight and kill too survive and for thier families. Mandatory!
      Cry about motherhood when you're lying in a bombed out basement with your pals dying or rotting around you while soldiers you don't know are trying too end your life.

    • @drollknight6654
      @drollknight6654 Год назад

      Get over yourself.

    • @bigsima2k23
      @bigsima2k23 Год назад +1

      💯💯💯

    • @elizabethwonderwoman6390
      @elizabethwonderwoman6390 Год назад +19

      Some women can't have kids like me. Endometriosis ended that after tears of physical torture ....got my unterous removed. However, your point is on part with the ideology of the lyrics.

  • @OnlyBrandonSays
    @OnlyBrandonSays 2 года назад +1364

    This song is like the perfect culmination of all of their previous work...
    The dark lyrics from Lungs. The harps and "Breaking down" drum pattern from Ceremonials. The horns from HBHBHB. The controlled, subdued vocals and matured delivery from High As Hope.
    An instant favorite for me 👏🏽

    • @thehulk525
      @thehulk525 2 года назад +5

      You are so right. I missed the horns though, where were they in this song?

    • @KYeung-be4lw
      @KYeung-be4lw 2 года назад +6

      @@thehulk525 around the 4.00 mark, they're pretty subdued

    • @OnlyBrandonSays
      @OnlyBrandonSays 2 года назад +4

      @@thehulk525 @ 03:45 they come in. The mix is clearer when you listen to the audio version though.

    • @thehulk525
      @thehulk525 2 года назад +3

      @@OnlyBrandonSays Yeah I hear them in this version too. Didn't realize the entire flying orchestra was part of this song. Thanks.

    • @MoonlightAoAO
      @MoonlightAoAO 2 года назад +26

      Yesss I was thinking the same thing. Even like… lyrical callbacks? When she said “never let me go”??? The group of women, the pronounced sound of breathing from Big God??! It’s so beautiful. Florence and her whole team are amazing.

  • @kseniya_sid
    @kseniya_sid 2 года назад +717

    I was so afraid that I wouldn't like it, that after all these years neither I or her have changed. We did change, but we're still on the same wavelength. Beautifully written, beautifully sang, beautifully filmed. She's always there when you need her, yet when you least expect it. Long live the KING.

    • @lifewithmejessiemarie2570
      @lifewithmejessiemarie2570 2 года назад

      Yes!!!!

    • @arnoldmogielinski93
      @arnoldmogielinski93 2 года назад +11

      "She's always there when you need her, yet when you least expect it." 😭😭😭 MY HEART. I 100% agree, especially after coming off of yet another bad period of my life. Life does work in mysterious ways indeed!

    • @DaryStabbo
      @DaryStabbo 2 года назад +5

      Totally agree. Same feelings. She manages to reappears in the exact moments of our lives when we totally need her to speak for us through her otherwordly voice and match our wavelength and life experiences.

    • @Purplesky923
      @Purplesky923 Год назад

      Yes!! I’ve been saying this for years! I just so happen to move across the country every time she releases a new album. Her music is my therapy and inspiration-keeps me going.

  • @abaigealcarroll81
    @abaigealcarroll81 Год назад +202

    THE CHILLLLLS I GET FROM THIS SONG absolutely incredible

    • @craig9299
      @craig9299 Год назад

      Dancing in the light shall keep you warm, she is heavenly sent.

  • @clem5194
    @clem5194 3 месяца назад +12

    Finally a full diverse group of dancers that don’t shy away from showing Asian dancers in the front. Think about it, not many MVs do this. Thank you Florence for actually integrating diversity in art

  • @Deb_Elle
    @Deb_Elle 2 года назад +804

    This song could not have come at the most perfect time for me. I can relate so much to this. I’m 37 and coming to the realization the society and biological expectations are decisions echoeing in my head on a regular basis and I have no desire at this moment to pursue them. I have great ambitions of traveling and freedom but a small part of me will always wonder if I will be giving up something that I will never have. Should I settle down or should I continue to roam free? My desire and my ambition says to roam free... I am no mother, I am no bride, I am KING.

    • @christinedbrown
      @christinedbrown 2 года назад +35

      Thank you thank you thank you for echoing my sentiments exactly! I think Florence captures this perfectly.

    • @elizabethevelyn7125
      @elizabethevelyn7125 2 года назад +9

      This ❤️

    • @dfggf9885
      @dfggf9885 2 года назад +20

      Congratulations this video was successful in brainwashing you. Society is telling you? If anything the constant message of society is to abandon important values and do what you really want to do. In other words give up our true potiential to live a more fulfilling and selfless life in exchange for a more selffish one which is pleasurable in the moment but will bear bad fruit when the harvest season comes.

    • @wapoidewapowapoide
      @wapoidewapowapoide 2 года назад +14

      Wow, your words are so beautiful. I loved the way you captured her lyrics and made them yours. 💕

    • @celestialgz
      @celestialgz 2 года назад +3

      ♥️

  • @Joyhart25
    @Joyhart25 2 года назад +255

    Florence has taken her power back. This seems like the other bookend to Big God - visually and lyrically. Can't wait for the rest of the album!

    • @amybarrett7300
      @amybarrett7300 2 года назад +1

      Looks like the same dancers, too.

    • @jamiecheeka4987
      @jamiecheeka4987 2 года назад +1

      Totally agree! Great thought

    • @YoullClapWhenImGone
      @YoullClapWhenImGone 2 года назад +2

      I think the same woman directed big god and all the new singles so far.

  • @PneumaNoose
    @PneumaNoose Год назад +31

    I am 37
    I am no bride
    I am no mother
    I will ALWAYS be KING
    I created a Lion Mentality for myself as I drove 12 hours through the night and across 3 states to escape my owner. I was a -- --- from age 14 to 19. I roared like a beast, cried and screamed as I drove. I played “Rose” by A Perfect Circle over and over to make sure I wouldn’t turn back. From that night on, I became the KING of the mf jungle. I’ll devour throats before I sacrifice a molecule of my worth ever again.

  • @nolandalla
    @nolandalla Год назад +165

    I just heard this song used in the Netflix series "The Law According to Lidia Poet" which is in six-parts (in Italian) which is loosely based on the first female lawyer in Italy (before Poet, women could not practice law). I was BLOWN AWAY by the scene and this song, which is used as the finale and cliffhanger to (hopefully) next season. I has heard of Florence and the Machine but did not know much about her and her music, so thankfully I discovered the full song here. I recommend seeing how it's used in the Italian Netflix series.

    • @danielaalvarez6205
      @danielaalvarez6205 Год назад +10

      No more words to add. Felt the same...that scene, that lyrics...everything fits.
      In my case I had never heard anything related to Florence but what a woman! How much power (voice, music, topic, interpretation)!!!

    • @anitaforika5355
      @anitaforika5355 Год назад +2

      I discovered it the same way 🙈 it’s amazing !

    • @mistress_tev
      @mistress_tev Год назад +3

      Me too, I discovered the song from 'the law according to Lidia poet'. Have listened to Florence the Machine before, buh this is my favourite song of hers.

    • @hypatia4754
      @hypatia4754 Год назад +3

      Came here for the same reason, googled the lyrics and found it was Florence and The Machine, and I´ve never really been interested in them before. This song really speaks to me, as a writer and artist.

    • @BrigitteNP
      @BrigitteNP Год назад

      Same 💖

  • @amyfitz1130
    @amyfitz1130 2 года назад +638

    Speechless. Exactly fits her artistry and everything she's about. Been waiting for a new single. Your hiatus was well deserved but I was sad as I waited. This was def worth the wait. This song was nothing but perfection. Fingers still crossed for US tour dates to follow.

  • @lyannass
    @lyannass 2 года назад +337

    Florence….she is absolutely one of a kind there will never be anyone like her. She’s a poet, she’s mystical, she’s terrifying, and she’s so beautiful. This is just another masterpiece and honestly what did we expect ❤️

    • @tomaselgalan6944
      @tomaselgalan6944 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/user/shortspk0nNpXpW90?feature=share

  • @donaweasley5261
    @donaweasley5261 6 месяцев назад +86

    When Florence screams, she screams for us all.

  • @redbusinessangels
    @redbusinessangels Год назад +99

    Why is junk repeated on the radio but something as remarkable as this never gets out. 1 year later I find something that is true ART!

    • @dylanramirez7274
      @dylanramirez7274 9 месяцев назад

      Unfortunately shitty music is cheaper to produce

  • @VikramSingh-wb5kt
    @VikramSingh-wb5kt 2 года назад +624

    Florence doesn't need ropes to levitate. Their music is enough.

    • @thehulk525
      @thehulk525 2 года назад +22

      She is flying, snapping someone's neck, calling herself King. Are we sure she isn't auditioning to be next Superman?

    • @vicentaguarcas5945
      @vicentaguarcas5945 2 года назад +1

      @@thehulk525 ruclips.net/video/Pez2jS950O8/видео.html

  • @vukkicos5688
    @vukkicos5688 2 года назад +445

    One thing I always feel when listening to Florence's new songs is a mixed feeling of acquainted comfort, and yet strange and unfamilliar, in some way, soothing disturbance that pushes me to feel things Ive never felt before, that I was always meant to feel.
    She is a truly remarkable artist in this, heck, in any day and age.

    • @DANIEL-sh2fh
      @DANIEL-sh2fh 2 года назад +2

      you could not have described it better

    • @euo95
      @euo95 2 года назад +7

      A soothing disturbance is a beautiful way to describe it thank you

    • @jamescurfman3284
      @jamescurfman3284 2 года назад +6

      Any day and age? I am SO glad that she is with us in THIS day and age because she definitely would have been put on trial as a witch way back when. Just because she is SO herself, fits into NOBODY's box or mold but her own, somebody else would have decided she is not fit for this world. I am so glad to be alive in the Twenty-First Century with her in it.

    • @queersnowflake
      @queersnowflake 2 года назад +1

      Not only her but whole team xxx

    • @gabortoth5142
      @gabortoth5142 2 года назад +2

      Strangeness and charm

  • @MyDedededededededede
    @MyDedededededededede Год назад +104

    Everything in this world is about weddings, mothers, children, housewives, etc. C'mon, we deserve one song!!!

  • @tiffrainey88
    @tiffrainey88 2 года назад +75

    Hearing this song tonight seriously might have saved my life. I feel like everything she sings about is so relevant to me- especially as a single artist and of similar age. In her screaming out I feel the unlived expectations of my femininity, both voluntary and simultaneously stolen from me by this sick world. Thank you Florence. I feel a lot less alone 💙

    • @nimhu
      @nimhu Год назад +6

      Lots of us are out here. You're never alone there are always thousands jsut like you - we just don't know who or where they are. I feel completely isolated in many ways as a childfree woman.

    • @oliviaknight1123
      @oliviaknight1123 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@nimhuwell said. We stand together alone ❤

  • @TimeBucks
    @TimeBucks 2 года назад +1708

    This woman is amazing

    • @ryang8824
      @ryang8824 2 года назад +5

      Damn right she is 😎

    • @tomaselgalan6944
      @tomaselgalan6944 2 года назад +2

      @@ryang8824 ruclips.net/user/shortspk0nNpXpW90?feature=share

    • @plsolar
      @plsolar 2 года назад +1

      Goddess!!

    • @vicentaguarcas5945
      @vicentaguarcas5945 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/Pez2jS950O8/видео.html

    • @vicentaguarcas5945
      @vicentaguarcas5945 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/Pez2jS950O8/видео.html

  • @renolove3218
    @renolove3218 2 года назад +45

    “ I never knew my killer would becoming from within” WOWEEE I LOVE THIS

  • @Utotoshka
    @Utotoshka 2 года назад +135

    I have been listening Florence & The Machine for years, and I'm so happy to see that this clip was filmed in my hometown. Not only filmed in Kiev, but also engaging ukrainian team of filmmakers. Now my city is under attack, but we will win, survive, and will have to offer much more great things to the art world. Love to Florence.

    • @TheHardTruth315
      @TheHardTruth315 2 года назад

      You need too exile those drug addicts and Nazis who are ruining your country.
      Your elected president and his entourage. It's no secret.

    • @Chefe.Matheuss
      @Chefe.Matheuss 5 месяцев назад

      Much off only brazil 2023

  • @dmatia
    @dmatia Год назад +79

    Man this is one of her best songs and one of the best feminist songs ever. No cliches, no 100times-already-said things. Its soft and powerful. Joyfull and painfull. Love Florence, what a genius. What a king.

  • @lanternwaste8361
    @lanternwaste8361 2 года назад +1074

    As a single, childless, 28 year old, and a female artist, I feel this song in my bones. I’ve chosen this path so far, it may change but I need to be free without ties and so many people don’t understand they want me to tie the knot like a noose and sometimes it’s not a noose but I slice that rope with my bloody sword to swing. I am no mother. I am no bride. I am king.

    • @creativecreep
      @creativecreep 2 года назад +52

      I'm a mother and a bride and it still hits. It's about having the choice...minus the judgment.

    • @knowahnosenothing4862
      @knowahnosenothing4862 2 года назад +24

      Some times I think, motherhood has been taken off the pedestal on purpose and it's almost a crime that some of the most beautiful and talented people who are so self governing will never reproduce. We have created a world in where it could be argued moral not to have children because of the state we have inherited and left things in. Sometimes I think holding onto the flame and seeing the silver lining is the most beautiful thing there is, and all that really matters. I think as we become oldies the decision matters more. We have about twice as many successful female ancestors than male ancestors and that's because they became mothers.
      You have to establish what the meaning of personal victory is for your self. The law of Nature only has one answer and the final say.

    • @KyleHarmieson
      @KyleHarmieson 2 года назад +51

      @@knowahnosenothing4862 Are you complaining about the state of the world, or about womens' choice not to have kids?

    • @Girl-tr8mh
      @Girl-tr8mh 2 года назад +10

      She did not say she did not want them 👀she said childless,, women can be so fast to judge on either side of this! Everyone has ther own path.

    • @lanternwaste8361
      @lanternwaste8361 2 года назад +3

      @@Girl-tr8mh I didn’t say I didn’t want them either.

  • @wheeloffortune2908
    @wheeloffortune2908 2 года назад +661

    Florence's song always resonate with me. She's a poet with majestic voice

  • @medhros
    @medhros 2 года назад +20

    It is very brave to invite someone to your world like this. This is not only a song, but a visit. Thank you, Florence.

  • @Tarbh_Aziir
    @Tarbh_Aziir 2 года назад +149

    Why is this artist… this goddess of song and inspiration, so brilliantly, and mythologically captivating?! Why does her voice methodically and meticulously weave her way into my soul?! Every note, breath, pause, motion, and expression torturing with freedom and ecstasy bring us here, Heaven Is Here… Florence + The Machine, My Love, you have brilliantly burst into our world again and reminded us why you are King.

    • @owlstarot
      @owlstarot 2 года назад +5

      maybe because she practices magic/witchcraft?

    • @Tarbh_Aziir
      @Tarbh_Aziir 2 года назад +2

      @@owlstarot Haha, me too, but this woman is a true goddess of music! Does she really? I always thought so, perhaps that is why she speaks to my soul so!

  • @mariatag6396
    @mariatag6396 2 года назад +152

    This is amazing. "I need golden crown of sorrow, my bloody sword to swing, my empty hall to echo with grand mythology." Literal chills from this song. ❤❤ So so glad she's coming back.

  • @meshiawriter
    @meshiawriter 2 года назад +398

    I love how raw and straightforward this video is; no more beating around the bush-- she's a full-on witch. I mean KING. I love that she's not chasing after the guy or wrestling with herself or crying bc she misses him or second-guessing letting him go or ashamed that she's taken him back. I smiled when I heard his neck snap bc it symbolized finality. She doesn't need to do what she did before, she can celebrate and dance and love her career without guilt or longing. Or maybe I'm completely off base but that's my takeaway.

    • @jorgemiguelmartinezbatz194
      @jorgemiguelmartinezbatz194 2 года назад +6

      I love your point!

    • @searching9978
      @searching9978 2 года назад +5

      I feel like it's tongue-in-cheek, about how nowadays so many people are obsessed with fame and ambition, for some kind of glory. I mean I also don't want to be a mother or a bride, but that part of the song makes me cringe a bit. I love all her music but this one I didn't get. Maybe it will grow on me.

    • @meshiawriter
      @meshiawriter 2 года назад +44

      @@searching9978 here is a quote from her press release about the song:“I had modelled myself almost exclusively on male performers,” Florence and the Machine singer says of new single, “and for the first time I felt a wall come down between me and my idols as I have to make decisions they did not”

    • @searching9978
      @searching9978 2 года назад +8

      @@meshiawriter interesting. It seemed to me that she hadn't done that except maybe on HBHBHB. To me it seems she'd never held back from being herself. I always loved how down to earth and real she was, which is rare for someone that famous. I don't know I'm just not feeling this one, it sounds egomaniacal, and why "king" as if saying "queen" is not enough? Anyway it's not that serious, just love her music and wondering about the message

    • @rachelrobot
      @rachelrobot 2 года назад +1

      I didn't hear any snap??

  • @peanut.buhtur
    @peanut.buhtur Год назад +30

    *”your dazzling pain like diamond rings you need to go to war to find material to sing i an no mother i am no bride I. AM. KING.”*

  • @tanayaramyani2674
    @tanayaramyani2674 Год назад +137

    I want to be a background dancer in a Florence Welch music video

  • @faline6458
    @faline6458 2 года назад +198

    Ready to reinvent my entire personality and aesthetic based on this album

    • @philippa4650
      @philippa4650 2 года назад +11

      For real though. And I get a darker vibe from this album which I'm here for

    • @faline6458
      @faline6458 2 года назад +12

      @@philippa4650 The promotional images have been just *chef’s kiss* so far - in line with her Pre-Raphaelites vibe, but with moodier tones

    • @jorgemiguelmartinezbatz194
      @jorgemiguelmartinezbatz194 2 года назад

      Omg YAS!

    • @thehulk525
      @thehulk525 2 года назад +1

      Molding your entire personality around her album. Hmm. Why is that so relatable?

    • @bulibilbuli
      @bulibilbuli 2 года назад

      💜

  • @WhitneyAvalon
    @WhitneyAvalon 2 года назад +3501

    This gave me actual goosebumps. Love the lyrics, the harmonies, the visuals!

    • @oreramic7334
      @oreramic7334 2 года назад +20

      @@mightyjoeyoung what do you mean, she always writes her own songs?

    • @silver_bike96
      @silver_bike96 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/GYIehX2DaLI/видео.html
      Seriezinha nova de Ocarina of Time

    • @MrJohn0fficial
      @MrJohn0fficial 2 года назад +4

      Yea

    • @Hildegardvonblingin
      @Hildegardvonblingin 2 года назад +12

      Hey Whitney, fancy seeing you here! Totally agree, this is pure magic.

    • @teddyeatspudding
      @teddyeatspudding 2 года назад +4

      @@mightyjoeyoung don't be stupid

  • @annasassen2734
    @annasassen2734 2 года назад +16

    This is one of the greatest songs ever written. It is perfect in every way.

  • @mastopakya
    @mastopakya 2 года назад +14

    As a child of the 60's I have seen a whole lifetime of videos, and I have to say this one is absolutely stunning. Both in the musical sense and the incredible visuals. Very very well done!

  • @patrickcrowley4682
    @patrickcrowley4682 2 года назад +492

    Fun Fact: This video was made entirely WITHOUT any CGI or other special effects. Florence really is just that powerful.

    • @drewinsects
      @drewinsects 2 года назад +27

      she is THAT witch

    • @scott8919
      @scott8919 2 года назад +6

      Her hanging in the air without strings isn't CGI, apparently.

    • @OddlyMaison
      @OddlyMaison 2 года назад +10

      @@scott8919 Did you even read the comment my man

    • @drewinsects
      @drewinsects 2 года назад +16

      @@OddlyMaison it's Florence's magic, she really put the stupid spell on them 😍her impact and power

    • @OddlyMaison
      @OddlyMaison 2 года назад +5

      @@drewinsects omg you’re literally so right.... it’s not even his fault, it’s her POWER!

  • @tanagholattorobche1173
    @tanagholattorobche1173 2 года назад +245

    I really hope this album has some rock/belty songs that hit hard. Songs like bedroom hymns, what kind of man, which witch, big god, drumming song, breath of life, moderation, heavy in your arms, and what the water gave me...all my favorites :)

    • @ah-ie9dy
      @ah-ie9dy 2 года назад +10

      We love the same Florence sound! How lovely to see. The southern gothic witchiness going from quiet to belting out to casting a spell to howling... That's when Flo is at her most powerful; her war cries. Which Witch is without a doubt one of her best songs!

    • @cainyourkids
      @cainyourkids 2 года назад +18

      Which Witch stills hits hard for me (as well as the rest of the HBHBHB album) and I feel like we're hopefully getting this vibe in this next album

    • @alainaluu
      @alainaluu 2 года назад +7

      @@cainyourkids which witch is my favorite Florence song hands down

    • @mollusc3125
      @mollusc3125 2 года назад +2

      You missed Howl 😉😂

    • @eloconline3801
      @eloconline3801 2 года назад

      Those are all my favs

  • @SentientHairBall
    @SentientHairBall 9 месяцев назад +9

    When she drops her voice to a deep, soft, husky tone it really does something to me. Almost sends shivers down my spine

  • @vanessahill1260
    @vanessahill1260 Год назад +41

    I am a Mother, I am a Bride but this song is just about how I am a KING despite that. Absolutely one of my favourite songs of all times. Moved to tears when I listen to it. Thank you for this beautiful gift Florence.

  • @mojcamesko9597
    @mojcamesko9597 2 года назад +228

    What a privilege it is to walk on the same earth as this wonderful ethereal goddess. I can already tell this album will be another masterpiece

  • @paulaferreiranieves1791
    @paulaferreiranieves1791 2 года назад +1107

    I don't think the song is just about women who chose not be to mothers or wives, I think it's about ALL women, and how we are independent persons with desires and goals of our own regardless of being called mother or wife or anything else. Our value is determined by us and what we want, so don't live your lives only caring for other people because your life is your own to live however you chose to do so!!!

    • @sonsolesblanco8927
      @sonsolesblanco8927 Год назад +4

      absoluty agree !

    • @nicolechg98
      @nicolechg98 Год назад +6

      W O R D

    • @greenbanana1001
      @greenbanana1001 Год назад +34

      Yea!! I’m a mother of 4 who fled domestic violence was almost killed at 9 months pregnant. And I have a child who’s disabled and being a mother strips you of your identity your just seen as a mother .. this song could also be interpreted as a woman who’s a mother remembering who she truly is she is much more than just a mother or someone’s wife

    • @bavi647
      @bavi647 Год назад +5

      @@greenbanana1001 You're such a warrior woman, I'll never gonna end up admiring women like you fr, much encouragement and never forget about you and your dreams even if sometimes it could seems hard, you're also gonna be the hero of those kids once they grow up, take care of yourself cuz you deserve it! Sending you hugs 🥀

    • @KevinoftheCosmos
      @KevinoftheCosmos Год назад

      It's another chip out of the dam holding back the destruction of western civilization

  • @poojaninanayakkara
    @poojaninanayakkara 6 месяцев назад +13

    This actually is insane a MASTERPIECE right here her emotions through her voice wow got goosebumps

  • @AnnaT.31
    @AnnaT.31 10 месяцев назад +19

    I instantly start crying when I hear her voice... She is out of this world. The energy she sends... everything. Is overwhelming. I venerate her ❤

  • @StartAtTheEnd
    @StartAtTheEnd 2 года назад +952

    This song is brutally honest and crushingly tragic...most days, the cost of being a woman in this world feels far too high...it seems there's never a "right" answer, but everyone has an opinion on who and what you should be...there's no easy middle ground, and nowhere to be free...I dream of brighter days. My heart is set on Eternity...

    • @MsBettyRubble
      @MsBettyRubble 2 года назад +35

      Wait until you're 40ish. Then the pathetic opinions of other ppl won't matter to you. It's YOUR body and YOUR life. Most of the idiots trying to control you won't be with you at your death bed, so don't waste your time pleasing anyone. You own them nothing.

    • @koladearasanmi2005
      @koladearasanmi2005 2 года назад +2

      I am sorry,I truly am

    • @giovanacamargo351
      @giovanacamargo351 2 года назад +4

      I don't wanna wait untill 40 , am still 20 😭

    • @thomassmith3397
      @thomassmith3397 2 года назад +5

      You are getting your wish, western men are dropping out of society. There are more women in college. Men are no longer marrying. The funny part is many woman know how the women lib movement really destroyed modern woman and with it society. Western women are more free than ever, but studies show they are the most unhappy they ever been.

    • @74kross
      @74kross 2 года назад +1

      lol men have it much harder shut up with the sjw victimhood crap

  • @ahmadhamze5090
    @ahmadhamze5090 2 года назад +439

    I have been a fan since lungs and I have admired the evolving she has went through in the past four albums but this song is the perfect result of the harps and somber themes of Lungs, the helpless romantic of Ceremonials, the classic rock and soul of How Big How Blue How beautiful and the emotional and vocal maturity of High as Hope. This is the perfect follow up containing of all of the highlights of her previous works. It is also the perfect song to sing in the car lol. All hail Florence the true King❤️

    • @natalieread789
      @natalieread789 2 года назад

      Yes yes yes.

    • @ThatDataLady
      @ThatDataLady 2 года назад +1

      Her and I evolved so much together. All these years, we’ve changed so much, but have stayed so much the same.

    • @kbreacao
      @kbreacao 2 года назад

      🇰🇷🇧🇷

    • @masihiun6008
      @masihiun6008 2 года назад

      @@natalieread789 ruclips.net/video/Fe9zPOZvDxI/видео.html

    • @Alpha13Wolf
      @Alpha13Wolf 2 года назад +1

      @@natalieread789 i agree this could’ve easily been on either of those two albums. It’s the perfect mix of both, even the lyrical theme fits.

  • @cherriesprite5793
    @cherriesprite5793 2 года назад +7

    "I never knew my killer would be coming from within". Well damn.

  • @moyeenm.bhuiyan6249
    @moyeenm.bhuiyan6249 Год назад +14

    I just discovered florenceandthemachine today, and i'm so in love with the songs. Her voice is the most PERFECT female voice I've ever heard.

  • @olivia1910
    @olivia1910 2 года назад +724

    I've been following Florence since Ceremonials technically (all caught up with the Lungs era haha) and honestly I feel like this is the natural, mature culmination of all of these witchy, supernatural influences, she's really embracing it fully and I couldn't be happier ! her evolution as an artist is truly seamless and I feel like that's why I can never be disappointed with anything she comes out with

    • @earnmoneyonline2756
      @earnmoneyonline2756 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/bxI4gDlfzVA/видео.html

    • @vicentaguarcas5945
      @vicentaguarcas5945 2 года назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/Pez2jS950O8/видео.html

    • @autumnphillips151
      @autumnphillips151 2 года назад +7

      Witchy music is my specialty, probably my main passion, so I’d love to make some band recommendations to you since it seems to make you happy, too.
      First of all, I absolutely have to tell you about the ‘60s band Coven, fronted by Esther “Jinx” Dawson. Although Ronnie James Dio took the credit, it was actually Coven that introduced the Sign of the Horns 🤘 to the musical world.
      And now I have to tell you about the 21st century occult rock revival that revived the spirit of Coven. There are many great bands in this movement. I’m just going to name my top six favorite bands of all time (all of which formed within the last sixteen years) for now, though:
      - *Thundermother* (not a witchy band per se, but a great all-female band that I just had to mention-don’t worry, we’ll get on to the witches again now)
      - *Jess and the Ancient Ones*
      - *The Oath*
      - *The Bridge City Sinners*
      - *Blood Ceremony*
      - *Twin Temple*
      I’d love to hear what you think of these bands :)

    • @MimiYouyu
      @MimiYouyu 2 года назад +4

      Its nowhere near as good as the earlier stuff you mentioned. Some of the lyrics are good but thats it.

    • @JBlovelymia
      @JBlovelymia 2 года назад +1

      yes I love when she is in her witchy bag

  • @christinag2919
    @christinag2919 2 года назад +131

    Man I’ve never felt more seen with this song. The conflict of family versus ambition, the superiority complex but also knowing you’re not as good as you’d like to be, wanting to be a fairy king swinging your sword, just everything.

    • @joycraig1503
      @joycraig1503 2 года назад

      I’ve seen her live 4 times she casts quite a spell on the audience ❤️

  • @caroline.hoogendoorn
    @caroline.hoogendoorn 2 месяца назад +2

    This isnt music this is performance art. Such a powerful statement about what it is to be a woman without a child and the longing for love. She is so starving for her unrequited love that she consumes him. Also the parallels to the virgin Queen Elizabeth, bravo.

  • @saltywisdom
    @saltywisdom 2 года назад +25

    King"
    We argue in the kitchen about whether to have children
    About the world ending and the scale of my ambition
    And how much is art really worth?
    The very thing you're best at
    Is the thing that hurts the most
    But you need your rotten heart
    Your dazzling pain like diamond rings
    You need to go to war to find material to sing
    I am no mother
    I am no bride
    I am king
    I need my golden crown of sorrow
    My bloody sword to swing
    My empty halls to echo with grand self-mythology
    I am no mother
    I am no bride
    I am king
    I am no mother
    I am no bride
    I am king
    But a woman is a changeling
    Always shifting shape
    Just when you think you have it figured out
    Something new begins to take
    What strange claws are these
    Scratching at my skin?
    I never knew my killer would be coming from within
    I am no mother
    I am no bride
    I am king
    I am no mother
    I am no bride
    I am king
    I need my golden crown of sorrow
    My bloody sword to swing
    I need my empty halls to echo with grand self-mythology
    'Cause I am no mother
    I am no bride
    I am king
    I am no mother
    I am no bride
    I am king
    I am no mother
    I am no bride
    I am king
    I am no mother
    I am no bride
    I am king
    Oh
    Oh-oh-oh-oh
    Oh-ooh
    Oh-oh-oh-oh
    And I was never as good
    As I always thought I was
    But I knew how to dress it up
    I was never satisfied, it never let me go
    Just dragged me by my hair
    And back on with the show

    • @anthonyhiggins7409
      @anthonyhiggins7409 3 месяца назад

      It’s funny, every time I listen to this I hear “dazzling pain like lemon rings„ 😂

  • @LeslieKatrice
    @LeslieKatrice 2 года назад +1334

    I get a Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks vibe. Absolutely nothing wrong with devoting your life to your art. Long live the King!!

    • @Jordinfanzon
      @Jordinfanzon 2 года назад +21

      Have you Heard her cover of Silver Springs? Pure magic

    • @samjovanovic096
      @samjovanovic096 2 года назад +5

      My instant thought when I first heard the song!

    • @connorikswoktaiwk6627
      @connorikswoktaiwk6627 2 года назад

      I DID TOO

    • @naomilopez31
      @naomilopez31 2 года назад +3

      YES YES YES!! I'm so glad others think this! Stevie nicks is a Queen! And Florence is up there with her!💛

    • @someoneout-there2165
      @someoneout-there2165 2 года назад +4

      Stevie Nicks did a song with Lana Del Rey which is amazing. I'm shocked Stevie hasn't done one with Florence.. here's to hoping...

  • @rapthor666
    @rapthor666 2 года назад +150

    This kinda 'inverted' Florence sounds different but also VERY familiar.
    Used to her almost signature bombastic storm of vocals and instruments taking you over with the force of a hurricane, it's surreal how this gentle gust will still sweep people of their feet

    • @aimingforstars1125
      @aimingforstars1125 2 года назад +3

      THIS is such a poetic way to put it!!!!!

    • @rapthor666
      @rapthor666 2 года назад +1

      @@aimingforstars1125 thx! F+tM music does that to me

  • @imixmuan9081
    @imixmuan9081 Год назад +17

    Stunning. How did I not know this was out? Disconnected from social media is how I guess. She is so maturing as an artist, a person, really good shit, the best thing I've heard from Florence and her Machine since Drumming song. Damn.

  • @jular.6690
    @jular.6690 Год назад +9

    This gave me HUGE goosebumps when discovering the song at the Netflix series Lidia Poet. Formidable

  • @fantomaorgasma5906
    @fantomaorgasma5906 2 года назад +178

    Rejoice, everyone! Florence is back and she is OUR king! This is another absolute masterpiece!
    All hail King Florence! 💝💖

  • @muhammadahmadkhurram8186
    @muhammadahmadkhurram8186 2 года назад +211

    The imagery , the lyrics , the movement , color scheme and overall production is incredible - amazing , cant wait to see what else you have

  • @juyla100
    @juyla100 2 года назад +35

    “King” is the first single from Florence + the Machine’s fifth studio album, Dance Fever. The lyrics depict Florence Welch struggling with the desire of going on with her a career and a silent wish of having children, as explained by the artist in an April 2022 interview with Vogue. In her head, those feelings are opposite and don’t go well together, because she can’t see how kids could fit in her lifestyle.
    "The whole crux of the song is that you’re torn between the two. The thing I’ve always been sure of is my work, but I do start to feel this shifting of priorities, this sense of, like, maybe I want something different."
    The song was first teased in a letter sent out to some fans on February 21, 2022, that said “CHAPTER 1” and had a card inside. On the following day, billboards throughout London had the same card displayed, and the band’s website was updated with 15 cards, the first one being the “KING”, and an announcement that new music would be coming soon.
    The single artwork was shot by American director and photographer Autumn de Wilde, who had already previously worked with Florence + The Machine by directing the music video for “Big God”. She also directed the music video for “King”.
    This is the group’s first release since “Call Me Cruella”, released in 2021 for the movie Cruella starring Emma Stone.

    • @juyla100
      @juyla100 2 года назад +3

      "As an artist, I never actually thought about my gender that much, I just got on with it. I was as good as the men and I just went out there and matched them every time. But now, thinking about being a woman in my 30s and the future, I suddenly feel this tearing of my identity and my desires. That to be a performer, but also to want a family might not be as simple for me as it is for my male counterparts. I had modelled myself almost exclusively on male performers, and for the first time I felt a wall come down between me and my idols as I have to make decisions they did not."
      "Sometimes songs just arrive fully formed, and it’s always when you think you’ll never write a song again. I felt like my creative abilities were finally at the peak of how I understood myself as an artist and what I wanted to do. But if I wanted to have a family, there was this sense that suddenly I was being irresponsible with my time by choosing this thing that I’ve known my whole life, which is performance, which is making songs, which is striving to be the best performer that I can be. Somehow, it would be your fault if you miss the boat. I think that scream at the end of “King”, it’s just one of frustration, and confusion as well. I was thinking about Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen. I was thinking about how they can commit their body entirely to the stage. I was like, ‘Oh my god, I’m not going to be able to do that. I’m going to have to make choices.’ It’s a statement of confidence, but also of humour that the album has, of ‘If I’m going to sacrifice these other things in my life, I have to be the best.’ I was like, ‘Why not me? Why can’t I be king?’"

    • @craig9299
      @craig9299 Год назад

      @@juyla100 Or perhaps the symbolism within the song is more powerful that what you have read/said.

  • @BexFlynn
    @BexFlynn Год назад +6

    I am grateful for this song, not just for myself as a woman, but also as a mother to two young girls. This is everything a woman should be able to feel about herself; have strength, know your worth and make sure everybody else knows it too. Florence has a refreshing humanity and it really touches my soul.

  • @KeelyBurnMusic
    @KeelyBurnMusic 2 года назад +3350

    Reading the interpretations that some have given of this song, I'm surprised to find that I've been interpreting it the exact opposite way. I didn't see it as someone devoting herself to her craft over starting a family- I saw it as someone who's always devoted herself to her craft, but now she wants to start a family and she's trying to reconcile that desire with the same desire to be free and keep creating.
    Florence said about the song:
    "As an artist, I never actually thought about my gender that much, I just got on with it. I was as good as the men and I just went out there and matched them every time. But now, thinking about being a woman in my 30s and the future, I suddenly feel this tearing of my identity and my desires.
    That to be a performer, but also to want a family might not be as simple for me as it is for my male counterparts. I had modelled myself almost exclusively on male performers, and for the first time I felt a wall come down between me and my idols as I have to make decisions they did not."
    In this context, it seemed like "I am no mother, I am no bride, I am King" was a sort of mantra, something she kept telling herself as she tried to fit this masculine mold. Wanting to be recognized as a woman but also seen as equivalent to the men in her field, to the point where she models herself after them and tries to be "one of the boys." But wanting a family alongside a career sets her apart from the men around her, because many men can't bear children themselves and don't have to worry about whether they'll be able to have children in the future, from a biological standpoint. Not to mention the social stigma- for women, it's almost always framed as a choice between being tied down and stuck in a traditional role (ie starting a family), fulfilling the mother archetype, or to be free and answer to no one (ie pursuing your art), fulfilling the "strong, independent woman" archetype. But what if you want both of these things? There's nothing inherently shameful about either one. You can have a family and still devote time to your art. I think most men don't get to make this choice as often, or at any rate it doesn't carry as much weight for them.
    So, I dunno- I think it could be empowering towards those independent women who pursue a career above all else, and as such a woman myself, I'm very grateful to have a song that can be interpreted this way. But I also think it could be about wanting both paths, about how there's nothing wrong with embracing marriage and motherhood, even as a confident performer who makes music for a living. Either way, it's such a radical song and I really love it. This album is going to be great.

    • @GirlyVampiress15
      @GirlyVampiress15 2 года назад +129

      I agree 100% with your comment above, that was my take on the song as well! It seems to me as a constant struggle between what you have, want and should want; it resonates closely to me for the same reasons. Florence is just a complete masterpice.

    • @doublecarbon8714
      @doublecarbon8714 2 года назад +38

      I'm in Russia now. I have roots from another country, I am a very young girl who recently got the right to vote. and I never gave a voice to this president, although I was ready to listen to him - just why, maybe he want to be artist too and carry dead artistic body inside? his childhood? just what? but he took off his mask so fast now. none of my friends and acquaintances and their circle knows people who would vote for him. I never feel there like home. people are sooo bright, but terror was right in the ground.
      at first, the whole world was closed to me because of the virus, but I found a warm wound inside me during the crisis and a hard diamond in my stomach, around which I wrapped my whole body. for a long time I denied the creative fire in humiliation, then I recognized it and began to carry and hide it in a boat from my hands. I just started taking care of it, and it grew like a flower. on cold ground, and my first family - not children and husband, but parents were a difficult barrier. then the illness of my body, the recovery, the virus around. I have always registered how cold the soil of this state is for any creative person. I have met a lot of war in subtle edges, words, in attempts to separate the spirit of people, to take each person apart inside themselves, to kill the imagination. now, in a flood of horror, I cooked dinner for my mom. I don't blame her anymore, it's past, meaningless. I want carry her like a child. I'm not afraid death. only the knowledge that someone is afraid of my death slows me down.
      and I can't eat myself now, and suddenly I was walking on the edge of the world and found a new Florence's song. and the hours and month before that I thought so much. these were tender, destructive, wild, and childish thoughts, I cried myself and found the answer myself to catch on and climb higher. besides my personality, thinking about every personality in society. and now I'm sitting down and being completely electrified by thoughts, I can clearly hear in this chorus how the president of this state rejoices that he is not a mother with her dead sons, and not a bride, but king kong. I imagine him bald and angry in a veil. and I see Florence, who so beautifully took on the voice of all this. for me, these lines just can't sound any different now. I hope that soon my problems will be creativity and family again, and not that the state is becoming a policeman, wants to become an authoritarian dictatorship, and in their opinion I should not even know about the possibility of wanting to be like Florence or like Tori. but they won't destroy my inner center. their plan has failed

    • @robertcarter8600
      @robertcarter8600 2 года назад +2

      @@doublecarbon8714 As a person born and wasted decades of life in your new "homeland" - and who escaped on the first opportunity as far as possible from land condemned by the blood of slaughtered innocents, - I find your wordy laments too anemic for "very young girl".
      Hope there is, still, some alive sense left in your body to make decisions and the right move (aside from reflections over the kitchen stove, while preparing lovely dinner for unnecessary in your voting age parents).

    • @robertcarter8600
      @robertcarter8600 2 года назад +1

      What a fascinating reading of new masterpieces. Congratulations!
      So, the recipe to combine musical creativity with motherhood and family includes (or consists of) breaking man's neck and dragging lifeless body to the presumed grave?
      Being a proud energetic woman "pursuing a career above all else" as you are, you should focus on establishing wedding shops and halls chain, playfully combined with funeral business, another highly profitable enterprise.
      Success is guaranteed!

    • @robynmitchell9563
      @robynmitchell9563 2 года назад +76

      @@robertcarter8600 poor little man, offended by a representation of symbolic sacrifice. You have a pauper's heart. Keep pulling, you obviously need the relief from yourself.

  • @adlacastro9164
    @adlacastro9164 2 года назад +110

    I love how she’s always so loyal to her essence. This song is so powerful. Thank you 🖤

  • @therealbronxbull8541
    @therealbronxbull8541 Год назад +6

    heard this track on "The Power"
    I'm 65 years old and it's effin awesome!

  • @annakusa-groth2172
    @annakusa-groth2172 Год назад +7

    This song makes scream, weep and smile at the same time. I am no mother, I am no bride, I am King

  • @nathanfeder4659
    @nathanfeder4659 2 года назад +85

    I need my golden crown of sorrow
    My bloody sword to swing
    I need empty halls to echo
    My self-grand mythology
    I am no mother. Am no bride. I am
    KING
    Another great art masterpiece from Florence

  • @danielledennis7662
    @danielledennis7662 2 года назад +191

    To me.... this video is a love letter to the fans, a proclamation of her dedication to her art and the bonds forged with it -- no matter the cost. And the cost is high.
    Absolutely beautiful. Now let's go snap some necks and conjure curses.

    • @rea8224
      @rea8224 2 года назад +2

      Your comment made my whole body shiver! Love it!

    • @mary-josnively7192
      @mary-josnively7192 2 года назад +1

      Love this comment. It was about the only thing that made me laugh on this horrible day for the world.

    • @nana-ct4jv
      @nana-ct4jv 2 года назад

      Hmmm

    • @rootedinland6823
      @rootedinland6823 2 года назад

      Fuck yeah, LET'S.

  • @SB-xp5xn
    @SB-xp5xn Год назад +6

    I'm a big brown guy and I know I look absolutely CRAZY dancing and singing too this but... I am King 🤴🏽? I love Flo, how she liberates the tortured soul.

  • @universomundano
    @universomundano Месяц назад +2

    your art, somehow, always bring me back from somewhere I got lost. Thank u

  • @sariyasenderovic8261
    @sariyasenderovic8261 2 года назад +434

    I've been a fan of florence since 2008 and I honestly think this is a beautiful testament to her finally understanding her true power 😭 since I've been following her shes loved the bride and mother beautiful tropes and yet they also subject her to a less dominant trope...in this song she OWNS the fact that she is powerful and assertive and incredibly special 😭 maybe I'm reading too much into it but I feel like it shows some insane inner growth and I LOVE IT

    • @alonunfusasif4290
      @alonunfusasif4290 2 года назад +24

      "You need to go to war to find material to sing" . This line with today's events wow.

    • @tomaselgalan6944
      @tomaselgalan6944 2 года назад

      @@alonunfusasif4290 ruclips.net/user/shortspk0nNpXpW90?feature=share

    • @ellieontherise
      @ellieontherise 2 года назад +5

      I am willing to bet she knows now that her Dog Days are never really over. Her Growth is, as stated, just beautiful and powerful. She is a phenomenal artist and human. There is a video of her singing to a woman in the hospital, as the woman couldn't make her concert due to her cancer complications.
      ruclips.net/video/0HuYEOO2r1g/видео.html

    • @lickenchicken143
      @lickenchicken143 2 года назад +1

      winters are hard but we are harder.

    • @ThatDataLady
      @ThatDataLady 2 года назад +1

      2010 for me. It’s amazing how much both her and I have changed over the years, yet how much we have stayed the same. Loved her from the first note, love her still. She sang to my life 12 years ago and sings to my life now. It’s like we grew up together in a way. Love it.

  • @moniramos81
    @moniramos81 2 года назад +39

    And when you don't have the power of a voice to shout in pain, there comes Florence's voice to rescue you. Such a release.

  • @db7073
    @db7073 2 месяца назад +2

    Underrated musician, she is absolutely talented 😊

  • @elijamjar._.717
    @elijamjar._.717 Год назад +16

    9 months later and I’m still shaken by how incredible this woman is, I remember my excitement for this songs release and still now I feel that amazement

  • @meghanmae512
    @meghanmae512 2 года назад +182

    I swear everything that Florence is and does ages like fine wine. Another song on 🔂

  • @aleksandraknefel9824
    @aleksandraknefel9824 2 года назад +49

    Florence did what we all want to do: run through an empty building with a cape and scream.
    It is a work of art. Thank you

    • @Nightbrrd
      @Nightbrrd 2 года назад +3

      3:21 FOR OUR SOULS

  • @rika362
    @rika362 Год назад +2

    The Law According To Lidia Poët brought me here and seriously, underrated artists are much more artisitc in their songs. I'm so glad I found this. It's such a masterpiece. Thank you, Netflix 🧡

  • @Danny-kb5tg
    @Danny-kb5tg Год назад +3

    I am so glad to live at the same time of florence

  • @skarrven
    @skarrven 2 года назад +99

    I get chills, this is everything. In a time when we most need it, the goddess blessed us with her abundance. Florence, you are phenomenal.

  • @catlinstark6557
    @catlinstark6557 2 года назад +144

    I can't believe Florence just told us she was the Supreme. But also -- goosebumps!! lots of crying!! an overflowing heart!! If this is the only good thing to come out of 2022, I'd still be so happy!!

    • @alanbravo7005
      @alanbravo7005 2 года назад

      Wdym mean supreme ?

    • @ClownPriincess
      @ClownPriincess 2 года назад +3

      @@alanbravo7005 I believe this is a reference to season 3 of American Horror Story, with the witches. :3 There was one powerful witch called "The Supreme"

    • @catlinstark6557
      @catlinstark6557 2 года назад +4

      @@ClownPriincess @Alan Bravo yes! The most powerful witch in the coven was called "the Supreme" and it was supposed to be a surprise who the next Supreme was and many witches fought for the title. This music video is almost like Florence is saying that SHE is the new Supreme!

    • @therealrichphilly0494
      @therealrichphilly0494 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/ltdLybqMLOw/видео.html

    • @mightyjoeyoung
      @mightyjoeyoung 2 года назад

      @@ClownPriincess she didn't write the song your reading far to much into something that isn't there , you do know this is an X factor style band created by a record company right !

  • @teddyeatspudding
    @teddyeatspudding 2 месяца назад +1

    The way she never missed with a single song. Insane discography.

  • @angradu8886
    @angradu8886 2 месяца назад +1

    I'm journaling when in a crisis like this and this lady is making a piece of art in the same crisis 😊

  • @CrippledSanity
    @CrippledSanity 2 года назад +103

    When you actually take a break from work because the notification of Florence's new masterpiece rang on your phone;
    Oh, Florence, my dark and sweet Lord and Saviour, what an ability you have to make your people shiver and cry of awe with your art.
    You are King.

    • @TheClosetAstrologer
      @TheClosetAstrologer 2 года назад +2

      Same!!!!

    • @hannahd4116
      @hannahd4116 2 года назад +5

      *currently hiding in the toilet at work for this*

    • @CrippledSanity
      @CrippledSanity 2 года назад +2

      @@hannahd4116 would definitely do that as well, but thank Flor I'm doing home office so now I'm just blasting the song on my speakers repeatedly.

  • @alexisatkinson7420
    @alexisatkinson7420 2 года назад +251

    First of all... this song is INCREDIBLE. Lyrically, sonically, musically, vocally. I'm just aghast and in awe.
    And just the power and potency in it all. Just WOW.

  • @stormymangham5518
    @stormymangham5518 6 месяцев назад +2

    I remember having to go to a music store to buy a cassette tape when we liked a song. Or record on magnetic tape when the song finally played on FM radio... Things were so different 40 years ago. I feel old and somewhat left behind. One saving grace is that I am able to listen to this on RUclips whenever I choose and thats pretty special.

  • @ldswan9music
    @ldswan9music Год назад +5

    These latest videos are amazing. Florence's voice starts soft and mellow and then she opens a door to a choir.

  • @queenpan21
    @queenpan21 2 года назад +157

    This song reminds me of a conversation in the Fleabag series where it says something similar:
    “Women are born with pain built in, It’s our physical destiny: period pains, sore boobs, childbirth, you know. We carry it within ourselves throughout our lives, men don’t."
    “They have to seek it out, they invent all these gods and demons and things just so they can feel guilty about things, which is something we do very well on our own. And then they create wars so they can feel things and touch each other and when there aren’t any wars they can play rugby.
    Florence: I need my golden crown of sorrow... You need to go to war to find material to sing.

    • @rosalienmander9357
      @rosalienmander9357 2 года назад +2

      yessss!!!

    • @JonathanGomez-gz5cl
      @JonathanGomez-gz5cl 2 года назад +2

      Not only womens also minoritis like trans, gays ,natives AND more

    • @CallMeLexis
      @CallMeLexis 2 года назад +2

      need to do a third re-watch of fleabag

    • @masihiun6008
      @masihiun6008 2 года назад

      @@rosalienmander9357 ruclips.net/video/Fe9zPOZvDxI/видео.html

    • @Pedro-dd9fs
      @Pedro-dd9fs 2 года назад

      I think the verse you referenced, she's singing abt the importante of the pain and sorrow to keep you going.... for weirdest it sounds, we need the pain so we can "sing" later

  • @deevries3960
    @deevries3960 2 года назад +95

    I've missed this exhilarating feeling of new music by Florence so much. I'm always a bit apprehensive when my favourite artists release something new - what if I won't like it, what if I'm not in love with the new version that they've become? But this song is perfect, soft and rough and so Florence.
    Thank you for sharing your shining talent with us in these challenging times 💖

  • @theelephantintheroom5340
    @theelephantintheroom5340 2 года назад +6

    Went to see them last night in Blackburn, this was one of the many if not the most powerful performance of the entire night. It was Second song in and I was already nearly crying from how overwhelmingly incredible she was, even singing live and dancing it was almost like she was a studio recording.
    Long live Florence Welch

  • @teesoongtan100
    @teesoongtan100 Год назад +7

    This song came out in the last 7 mins of Amazon's the power episode 5, glad I found this amazing soundtrack that went so well with the episode😀