Eryn Allen Kane - fragile (Official Video)
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- Опубликовано: 16 май 2019
- I wrote a song about generational trauma called “Fragile”.
The idea that my traumas are my mothers and her mothers.
They’re passed down from one strong woman to the next.
We’re told “you’re tough as nails” while we struggle trying to take on the weight of the world.
We’re told “you’re not in pain” when we are hurting.
We’re told “you’re too loud” when we try to speak up.
We’re told “you’re too aggressive” when we are passionate.
We manage everyone’s feelings, hiding our own tears, hiding who we are; it becomes second nature.
We take on this idea that we aren’t worthy of being considered and yet somehow we continue considering, loving deeply, and asking for so little in return.
Mostly because we barely know how to ask for anything at all.
As these things occur we create these barriers between us and our own emotions.
Disassociating ourselves from our own bodies, our own feelings, as a means to cope.
It can be a dangerous place to live in.
I wrote this song about the beauty and strength in vulnerability.
About addressing the traumas our ancestors passed down to us so we can begin to heal.
I dedicate this to my mother, my grandmother, my female ancestors, women of color who are born into this world carrying a specifically heavy load, and to any of you out there who have learned to ignore your own voice for someone else’s sake.
Director: Eryn Allen Kane
Assistant Director: Ian Eastwood
Creative Direction/Concept: Eryn Allen Kane
Choreography: Tessandra Chavez
Assistant Choreography: Ian Eastwood
Featured Dancer: Tash Crudup of UNITY LA
Camera Operator: Gerald Nonato
Assistant camera operator: Bong Buño
Grip & Lighting: Bong Buño
Set Design: Eduardo Sanchez
Produced by Ian Eastwood and Eryn Allen Kane
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My mother was a blind architect, her mother was too
Designing huge walls no man could ever get through, mmh
Born with a brick heart and mortar tongue, they made do
Now the only thing I know is to build those same walls too
Don’t you build it too tall
It may never fall
The air's getting thin
You're still human, fragile woman
My mother taught me the way to operate a crane (Ooh, crane)
Carrying heavy loads with a smile through pouring rain
These walls I'd perfected left me unprotected
From that emptiness inside, now
No asking why, just get out while there's still time, baby
Don’t you build it too tall
It may never fall
The air's getting thin
You're still human, fragile woman
Armed for destruction
Don’t you hurt yourself, girl
Don't you build it too tall
(Don't you, don’t you, don't you build it)
It may never fall
The air's getting thin, thin, thin, thin
You're still human, fragile woman
Tha ks for the words it helped understand the so g and video better powerful
Thank you.
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Ummmm... wasn't planning on crying this morning, thanks girl.
Listen to this one talking about crying
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Yup.ty.
RIGHT!!
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Same 😭🤯😭
Wow. Just wow. At first I was just like woooooh my girl KILLED it both the singing AND the dancing, who even knew she was this sick of a dancer! MATEE! Then the description. Amazing, and could not be more relevant to me right now you don't even understand.
I dunno if anyone will care but for anyone that might be in the same boat, yesterday I cleared off my dresser and finally made like a little "shrine" kinda thingy for my mum, after 7 years of her passing, her anniversary is in a week (I just remembered 7 was her favourite number as well). For the first time, I feel like I've hit a point with my grief that feels like I'm finally starting to feel what it feels like to accept things for what they are, appreciate what I had but I need to stop holding on to all this pain cos it hurts too much, and let it go. I recently found a little note she wrote to herself in a diary I was finally ready to face reading, I cut it out and kept it, stuck it on my wall, like it's a message from her to me. It says "Relax, everything is okay".. It was just a note to herself but lord it's painful realising my mum must have not felt okay to right that for herself. I only started writing to myself like that since I started experiencing depression and anxiety. Right next to her shrine is a wall with of messages I wrote to myself and stuck up to keep me going in life. I'm so glad I put all these things up, especially side my side because I realised, SHE KEEPS ME GOING. She's still here with me. She'll continue being my strength. She'll never really die because her energy lives on and she's in me, all of her pain, all of her greatness, have it within me and I will continue her legacy on and better myself for her memory.
I know this is a TLDR but for anyone that might be in the same boat I hope this can help, in saying these things for myself it also applies to anyone reading that may feel the same kinda feelings and struggle with similar problems with grief, and maybe doing something similar for yourself may help cos I'm wondering why I didn't do this years ago! But maybe I wasn't ready, everything in its own time I guess. Lord I feel so vulnerable right now sharing this shit is fucking difficult cos I hardly mention this shit to anyone, I hate pity and I don't want people to think I want sympathy, but I realised, it helps when anyone tells me they're living with depression/anxiety/bereavement cos no one really talks and opens up about these things, so if I know I feel comfort when someone tells me (as it re-affirms my existing knowledge that I'm not the only one, even when I feel like I am), why don't I share my own experiences as well, I really hope it helps someone reading this, even if it's just a thing where you can see, it does get better, it just takes time, I hope you have hope and can find some inner peace in KNOWING it will get better. Cos I never thought I'd feel how I feel right now and I feel blessed.
Eryn I doubt you'll see this but THANK YOU SO MUCH for this, the song, your voice, the dancing, all the words in the description. It's triggered a bit of a milestone for me you know! It honestly felt like you were speaking directly to me, and I realised ah shit it's not just me that feels like this then, we're all in the same boat man and it's great to know your not alone in this massively scary but beautiful ocean of life!
Wow. This story was so touching. Thank you so much for being so brave to share. I love you and know you’re not alone! So much peace and love to you sis!
I know your mother is so proud of you!
Thank you so much.This really touched me deeply(it made me tear up reading this beautiful comment).I found this comment at the perfect time in my life right now.God bless you.Much love to you and all your loved ones.Love and peace of mind❤😍❤❤❤
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This is deeper than deep. I studied this video and song many times. It’s so profoundly relevant, especially for Black women and our ancestry. Sometimes we have no idea about those emotional walls and how we got them until we see the breadcrumbs that lead to a traumatic history filled with “surviving”. If a child exhibits these signs today, a psychiatrist would diagnose them right away. If generations linked to slavery exhibit it, there’s very little discussed about the trigger trauma and coping skills passed down as if it were a personality type instead of a coping mechanism passed down through centuries of learned behaviors. Many of us are stronger than we can even understand, but still so...well...fragile. I plan to introduce this video as a talking point to the women in my fam. Awesome insight! ❤️💡
This is what you call ARTISTRY! The song matched the dance the clothing matched the setting😍! Thanks Eryn now there's something in my eye! 😒😢
Miine too both of them
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I love that music and dance are a universal language and this just proved how powerful it can be.
I didn’t take my eye off the screen the entire time!! Loved this 😩😍
My eyes hurt cause I didn't want to blink it was that good
This whole song spoke to my HEART and dam near had me in tears😥(broken women) I DONE CAME ALONG WAY THROUGH CHIRST(GOD) THANK U JESUS! I 👏🙏
Oh so that's where that missing page of my diary got to then.
If you could just send it back when you're done, Ma'am.
Please and thank you!
😭💖👏🏾😭💖👏🏾😭💖👏🏾😭💖👏🏾😭💖👏🏾
Breathtaking and had me engrossed the moment it started. Thank you for making this masterpiece. 😢
I have no words , this is ... wow 😩 everything about the music , down to the choreography .. I’m stunned
Thank you!
Right?
It really does deserve an award. I come back to this so often x
What a powerful song, it's time to break free!
Man.........
Finally! Get it Eryn...This video is beautiful! Cannot wait for that album 🥰😁
thank you!! coming soon!!
@@ErynAllenKane you know how long I've been listening to yo same songs on repeat? This album better have 22 songs, at least 7 turn up songs and you better blow tf up cause you deserve it. Been underrated too long.
The message of this song just sends me. Thank you ✊🏾☺💗💎
This is such a relevant and tragic message. I experience this myself and have had unspeakable issues with my own relationship with my mother. I hope this helps someone recognize and heal their pain before passing it on to their children as well. Thank you. Love you. You are amazing Eryn Allen Kane.
Eryn (especially), Ian, Tessa and beautiful brown dancer: THANK YOU. From the cornrows, to the sister with the blue ombré braids, to the lyrics, to the heart you exuded in this-thank you for making us feel seen. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It’s a gift to see your soul reflected in art. I’m so grateful for you all. Looking forward to supporting your work. ♥️👏🏾😍🙌🏾
Man this right here so beautiful, she deserves a grammy
damn right
Grammys are worthless, they don't recognize real talent.
i just love the passion this beautiful lady puts into her projects. the lyrics and the way they emote their movements. so many women grow up with their mothers unhealthy walls and insecurities which young women feel they should imitate. she captures this so perfectly.
WOW! just....WOW!
ok now..... have never heard of you Ms Kane....but sister, you did that. Bravo!
Beautiful... giving me serious Meshell Ndegeocello vibes ❤
She's incredible!
Nice work miss. I felt the dance rhymed with your song. I'm glad to share this. Eli from Africa, Kenya 🇰🇪.
Aye tuko kadhaa kumbe 😁😁😁
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And then I fell in love with the dancer....
This song is a page in my journal... Beautiful. Well done.
mine too!
okay, I have seen this many, many times.. the meaning is just now hitting me.. I've been forced to come to many painful realizations since the passing of my Mom.. here I am alone, all walled in.. I get it now.. thank you Lord for clarity..
Did anyone else cry ?
Man like baby
I didn't cry though I like the song
Wow thats so crazy I haven't even heard this yet and I just got done crying 😭 because of something else she was in singing lol she is definitely Dope 🔥 🏹 ♐ 🏹 ❤️💯❤️
Sitting at work and crying like a baby. What a beautiful song. May God continue to bless you. This song is amazing!! Everything about it!!!
I got so happy to see the alert that you rocked out this amazing video! Waiting patiently for your album!! Bravo, Eryn, on a great song and video! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Awesome music as usual! The guitar on the track is 🔥🔥🔥
This is by far one of the most moving and beautifully touching visuals I've ever seen. Which with its just as beautifully emotionally and touching choreography really truly brings this vulnerably beautiful record to life like no other. All of the emotions from Eryn's beautifully rich and powerfully touching vocals coupled with her and the dancers just as beautifully touching dancing will have you either moved or almost moved to tears with how beautiful it's. Especially seeing all forms of such great art come together to show what a truly great to the core artist Eryn really is. You can definitely see why the late great Prince was such a fan and even collaborated with her before his untimely passing.
Wow thank you!
This woman is insanely gifted. Went to her show here in Chicago not too long ago and was blown away. Vocally one of the greatest to ever do it. Prince took her in for a reason.
Beautiful video!! Love it Eryn!!! So great to hear new music from you ☺️🙌
That trauma has a source. That source has a name. It's called hegemony.
Beautiful song Eryn glad you made a song about this.
African Women are beautiful.
Stay strong girls!
Interesting, I got it completely different... more of a "too strong for to long" state, a pattern conditioned by family and experiences... I know this too and the song spoke right to my heart
I'm a guy so i would trust your perspective over mine. I feel like what you describe is most likely what Eryn's talking about.
But i'm still sticking with hegemony too. You could keep tracing back to that.
If you think of the effect it would have had on the Men in the past, which then they would have impacted on the Women, their wives, sisters, daughters.
Then the generations down the line. Powerful shit!
But that's just my perspective. I'm not Black but i know hegemony. It's a killer.
Everyone knows it too, just maybe not consciously.
@@uchihahikaku1630 Interesting thoughts for sure, thanks for sharing Uchiha! 👍
There's a saying my people have that translates to "With your knowledge and my knowledge, the tribe will live on".
I want all of us who need healing to live our lives free from this inherited bullshit. If my thoughts help us live on then i am more than happy to share.
Awe struck! I’m jealous of my past self because I’ll never get to experience the joy of seeing this for the first time again. 🤩
God this was beautiful. This is art. I'm a new fan of Eryn Allen Kane. Also, I saw Ian Eastwood listed as a contributor. Been a fan of his work. Happy to see that he contributed to this.
i am still so deeply in love with this song. it got me through some rough rough days. it was also really special to me because my sweet dog would always stop what she was doing to watch this music video if it was playing. Not sure what it is about this specific visual, but I've never seen her so attentive EVERY time i played this. This song heals me time and time again. Thank you Eryn.
i got chills. you are magic.
This is one of the most beautiful songs ive heard from out generation in a long time. this song makes me cry and brings up so many emotions thank you to gifted people like you who can put so much soul and emotion into music its what music is for.
This brought real tears to my eyes. Thank you for making such a beautiful song with such a touching video. Your mind and soul are so bright❤️
The lyrics, voice, melody, choreography and concept of this video restores my faith that good music is still alive and kicking. Beautiful.
If you haven’t, read the description box
This comment reigns!
And now I’m crying 😢
Thank you for cause I wouldn't have otherwise
Showed my husband this in 2024 and he literally cried. The artistry is amazing. Thank you for the purity of it all.
The way you relay your message is so beautiful.🍀
i love how in an era of women seeking asylum amongst one another x trying to be Wonder Women everywhere Eryn humanizes all women x admits to still being fragile. so beautiful. and i need this album STAT!!!
Absolutely brilliant piece! I felt this x
Beautiful and so real
Oh my gosh!!! This is beautiful!!!!!
I had to watch this video more than once. I had to. I just needed to feel it the way I did when I heard it for the first time. One of my favorites for the year indeed. I love it!!!
One of the most underrated artists. Wow.
This is the most beautiful song and video! I found it on Spotify 3 days ago and have been obsessed with it since. WATCH ON REPEAT!
Eryn!!! So incredible!😭😭😍😍😍
This is beautiful. The way you put how I feel into art. God bless you Eryn
Thank you for your shamanic healing work.
Sat still for a minute after watching this. Beautiful song and the visual is amazing.
Genius. A week after discovering this video Im still going back to it to watch.
Powerful , soulful! 💫
This is a divine feminine on a total beautiful clearing & setting herself free it's absolutely everything 🙏🏼❤️🌹
Soul with a message..I love it❤
I DIDN'T KNOW I NEEDED THIS TILL NOW
The fight, the dance, with the inner wild, the heart, to chose the raw, vulnerability of openness and freedom or the generational coping of walled off survival. Everything about what you created here touches my heart. Thank you.
So emotional and beautiful! Please more music 😩💕
Song and video so beautiful, the message makes it even more so. Thank you Eryn!!!
So much love to U Eryn.. I know Prince is watching over U, He would be so proud of u & all that U are doing..
Get it girl!!! So great!
This is beautiful 🌹
Truly remarkable Eryn!! Keep it coming!
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! I just discovered this video. This song absolutely sublime, real, empowering, riveting & transforming & healing. Oh, so real! What a beautiful interpretation of it it the video. Thank you!!!
You amaze every time thanks for bringing this subject up❤️
Wow 😭😭
🔥🔥🔥👏Masterpiece 🔥🔥🔥🔥😎
Sobering & powerful on so many levels
Beautiful!!!
wow, powerful, beautiful i can play this all day, thank you for creating this song and visual, its needed. x
Seriously so beautiful. Well done everyone.
This was so incredibly beautiful, properly put me in my feels
Wow, that was beautiful and deep!!
So many thoughts and words flood my mind.... but all I can say is wow...wow...wow!
Wow wow wow!! Everything about this is amazing!
BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR NEW MUSIC!!!! Such a powerful heart and mind💜
Beautiful song and video. And 👏for the directing and acting too. Beyond impressed
This was so beautiful!!!!!
This is pure inspiration.
Every time I watch this video I take away something different, and my heart just soars in appreciation for the artistry and message of this song! If this isn't nominated for Grammy...it would be an entire tragedy.
Wow. This hit home and brought tears to my eyes. The lyrics, her voice, the interpretive dance……I felt it in my bones.
Beauuuutiful piece of art. So thorough, so genuine. Thank you for this. You and everyone involved.
yessssss!!!💖
Moving. Beautiful.
That was so just breathtakingly beautiful.
By far, one of the most underrated artists, songs and videos on YT... Just powerful!
Thank you so much for this. Honestly.
😱❤️‼️🔥
Wow what a great song, very deep and real lyrics!!
I have had this song on repeat. I can relate to creating walls to keep folks’ love and goodness out. And I have seen the women in my family do the same. But no more! You probably won’t see this Eryn but thank you for creating this beautiful, wondrous, and introspective song. This song is for all of the strong Black women who need to know it’s okay to be vulnerable.
Nicely done! Thank you!
I love it!!!! #fragile I can’t wait for more Eryn Allen Kane 🖤
I love it eryn. ❤
This is beautiful!
What an experience..to hear beauty is far more transcendental than to witness it. What you smell you taste, but what you hear stimulates a sense we have yet to name. A flourish of original musicality born of a natural musician. Thank you Eryn for the experience. I am now a fan.
This touched me I'm in tears beautiful
Found this song 2days back. Can't stop repeating 😖