We spoke with internationally famend electrical violinist, singer, and songwriter, Ginny Luke, whose profession has seen her touring with Meat Loaf, and recording with the likes of Britney Spears, and The Foo Fighters.
Are you able to inform us about your journey as an artist and the way it has led to the creation of this music video?
My inventive journey began in classical violin and piano at age 3, electrical violin at age 9, and led to writing songs and recording at 14 years previous. I recorded for Snoop Canine and J. Cole at age 17, and went on to tour with Meat Loaf at 20 – that’s after I actually began discovering myself as an artist. I began harnessing my energy, actually commanding the stage, and studying from the unimaginable artists I used to be working with in my early 20’s – Will.I.Am, Black Eyed Peas, Britney Spears, Avril Lavigne, Ben Moody from Evanescence and lots of extra – all of them taught me completely different classes that knowledgeable my inventive spirit. This in the end led to the place I’m at now and the “Satan At My Heels” music video – I envisioned a video idea wherein I wished to painting a daring badass narrative of a lady persevering a poisonous situationship and overcoming by discovering and harnessing her internal energy.
Are you able to share any particular inventive influences or function fashions who’ve impacted your inventive course of?
One of many greatest artists that impacted me musically was Orianthi, who I had an absolute blast attending to work with within the studio on this tune.
Different inventive influences on this interval of life are largely highly effective ladies with large voices and loads to say – Dorothy, Bishop Briggs, Beth Hart, vary from Slash to live performance violinist Hilary Hahn to Christina Aguilera.
What challenges have you ever confronted in your inventive journey, and the way have they formed you as an artist?
The music business stares artists within the face with obstacles. The business itself is stuffed with challenges particularly in 2024. I’ve confronted every little thing from persevering as a teen arising in LA (from age 14 on), working professionally as a lady asking for equal pay and equal alternatives, initiatives getting cancelled and file offers falling by way of, sexual assault, not residing near household, discovering the religion to maintain believing in my dream – all of those formed me to have a tricky mindset and keep the course. I hope to encourage younger artists to advocate for themselves, attain out to mentors and skilled artists for help, and preserve believing of their dream.
How does the imagery in your music video relate to the themes or message of the tune?
I’ve recurring themes in my movies that make me really feel highly effective – fireplace, smoke, electrical violins, and excessive excessive heels.
What function do you assume visible storytelling performs in enhancing the viewers’s connection to your music?
The visible of a violin often brings up themes of decorum, classical music, orchestral environments, and oftentimes excessive emotionality. I attempt to current new themes with my violin enjoying and stage presence that encourage new associations with the violin – energy, bravery, dominance, riot, management. The visible storytelling in my music movies is fairly clear and direct in partaking the viewer to think about these qualities when taking a look at a lady rocking out on a violin.
How do you hope audiences will interpret or have interaction with the imagery and storyline of your music video?
I hope they really feel highly effective watching it, think about the violin in a brand new mild, hook up with the storyline of the unhealthy boy difficult and tempting his lover, a lady discovering her energy – and I would like them to rock out!
What feelings or ambiance have been you aiming to evoke by way of the visuals, and the way did you obtain this?
I wished to evoke a way of badassery – dominance, energy, riot, and discovery by way of the visuals. We interspersed pictures of me singing and performing the tune with the narrative of the poisonous love story. And naturally, shut ups on the violin.
What was probably the most memorable second or scene for you throughout the filming of the music video?
I believe the poisonous love/lust scenes have been probably the most enjoyable – I’m not gonna lie there was whiskey on set!! and we received to jam on violin and guitar amidst the LA sundown.
What do you hope viewers will take away from experiencing your music video, each on a floor stage and a deeper, extra introspective stage?
I hope they’ll see that 1) ROCK IS NOT DEAD and ladies in rock are badass and a pair of) harnessing your energy and discovering your energy can change the course of your life.
What can your followers anticipate subsequent?
I can be on the highway persevering with the AJR’s enviornment tour across the US in June, July and August, and I’m releasing a pair extra singles earlier than my full album drops Nov. 1st!
Watch the video for ‘Satan At My Heels’ beneath, and discover out extra about Ginny Luke and her music on-line on her official web site, YouTube, Fb, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok.
