Today, i-D premieres the brand new video from our favorite south London dystopian eccentric, Klein. Citing such disparate influences as Andrew Lloyd Webber and Rodney Jerkins, Klein makes music that is truly a thing of cerebral wonder. Her recent EP, Lagata, was an unsettling concoction of experimental thoughts augmented via the realms of electronica. Track titles from Lagata include “Moist Yatt” and “Elders at Work.” The EP received rave reviews from Wire and Fact, as well as i-D (we even featured Klein in our Class of 2017). “It does sound weird but it’s likeable ‘cos I’m still singing melody,” Klein noted of Lagata during an interview with i-D earlier this year.
With some of her releases worth hundreds on Discogs, Klein continues the lifespan of Lagata with a brand new video for the beautifully strange “With U,” directed by i-D’s own Stephen Isaac-Wilson. “I wanted to marry super soft visuals with the jittery and eerie nature of the track,” says Stephen. The song features distorted violin and ricocheting ruminations from Klein and pal Kahlia Bakosi. “I thought it would be cute to shoot in the leafy and rarely seen patches of south London — and play around with the themes of sci-fi and fantasy.”
“With U” is about being an absent friend, and wanting to be a better one, according to Klein. “In terms of the basic premise of ‘With U,’ it’s simply about me reconnecting with a lost friend. The song was about a close friend of mine dealing with depression and I just wanted to let her know I’m there. The song itself is, I guess, quite dramatic with the drowning violin sounds, hence why I thought it’d be great to present it with an almost T4 pop video.”
Press play on “With U” and prepare to drown in Klein and Stephen’s strange sci-fi vision of south London.
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Text Hattie Collins