Premiere: Jenny Grace depicts Romeo & Juliet-style love in ‘Dreaming’ video
The singer-songwriter’s new video is like a fairy tale.
Jenny Grace ripes a page out of Romeo & Juliet for her song “Dreaming,” depicting forbidden love and the societal pressures that keep two lovers apart. “We both have such different lives, and this distance seems so far away,” she laments in the opening verse. Even the arrangement cries in its own way, tearing through the chest and leaving one’s heart on the floor.
Grace’s voice packs a punch, as she regales the tale from her own life. “I had a twin flame connection with someone I barely knew. We were both in other relationships, and the timing just always felt off. However, it seemed like the universe put us together for a reason,” she tells B-Sides & Badlands. “I think in a powerful way, it was bigger than the both of us. I would see this person at a gas station, the gym, or a grocery store at random times — always bumping into each other magically. We also both had these deep, astral dreams of each other for years.”
She continues to unfurl the love that seems otherworldly, transcendent, untethered by time and place. “Did I know you in another life? It seems like our worlds collide,” she sings, turning her eyes to the cosmos. “And now that you’re here, there’s nothing that seems clear / Tell me what you mean when I look into your eyes / It turns me upside down / No I can’t forget you now.”
There’s a divinity embedded with the song’s light and fluffy layers. It’s a confessional, a perfect exhibit for Grace’s true, unwieldy emotions. “It is truly a divine love, and I wanted to write about this mystical experience and how it made me feel. I think people can relate as a lot of these types of soul connections and divine partnerships are happening in the world today,” she says. “However, people can’t always be together because of the ‘tides that bind’ — society, marriages, property, kids, etc.”
Grace, who co-wrote the song with Brian Mckeever, details the story through a brand new video, premiering exclusively today. The clip, filmed amidst the sweeping hills of New Hampshire, dives into Grace’s hypnotic dreams of dating the dashing young gentleman. “I know I shouldn’t, but sometimes I think about you,” she sings. “And dream about you, oh yeah…”
Director Alexander Thompson (from Studios 15), entices with sharp, glossy, and cinematic imagery. It really is as though the viewer has fallen down the rabbit hole into Grace’s hazy dreams. The visual flutters by like flipping through a stack of polaroids, and Grace commands every single frame she, well, graces.
In a past life, Grace served in the army as an intelligence operations officer and nearly became a spy. But music tugged at her heart, and life took her in a drastically different direction. Between “Ghost” and “Dreaming,” it appears her instincts were correct. Her music positions her as one of the brightest newcomers, destined for greatness.
Teasing what’s coming next, Grace plans to record new music next month that promises to show “the darker side of me,” she says. “I think darkness is a part of life; you can’t have light without the shadows.”
Watch the “Dreaming” video below.
