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Jesse Jo Stark Goes ‘Blair Witch’ in New Video For ‘Modern Love’
Jesse Jo Stark, rock’s newest creature of the night, shows off her backstage world the way only a true horror-movie junkie would: Blair Witch-style. In her new video for “Modern Love,” Stark writhes and wriggles at a shaky camera, sometimes on the floor, sometimes in pitch black. Her layered growls hang over a driving thrum of guitar and drums. [embedded content][embedded content] Stark said the inspiration for “Modern Love” came from observing social interactions in the world around her. “Something in my guts told me we’ve crept away from the pure love I have always wanted,” she said in a press statement. “People making friends as accessories, climbing people like ladders. It made me feel like a stranger in my own body.” The music video is a stripped-down version of the signature ma...
Jesse Jo Stark Sings From Her Wild Heart on ‘A Pretty Place to Fall Apart’
Jesse Jo Stark sets her two loves — old-school country and punk — ablaze on her new EP, A Pretty Place To Fall Apart. The title track is an intense rock ballad — half the Lana, double the Alanis. Stark’s voice twists from soft to a full-on tornado of anguish, belting about she’d like to be alone if she wasn’t so good at getting in her own damn way. As she says, “it’s a mess, but it’s all mine.” The single, as well as the other songs on her EP, are also the soundtrack to Fracture, a five-episode limited series created by Oliver Rousteing, the creative director at Balmain. Stark stars in the series and learned to play guitar for her role as Mya, a struggling singer-songwriter living in Le Reve, a romantic-yet-nightmarish motel outside L.A. (Watch the full series here.) The show and Star...
