Swiimers, the Seoul, South Korea Dream Pop trio started in the early 2010’s, comprising founding members, leader Jo Min-kyung (guitar/vocals) and Jang Seon-woong (drums), and the new addition Song Jae-kyung (guitar/producer), delivers an Official Music Video, animated by Pory (with MidJourney), for “Butterfly: Non Terra Sed Aquis,” the ninth song on last year’s second 12-track album, “Swiimers High,” via Ruloorala Records.
“Butterfly: Non Terra Sed Aquis | Not by Land but by Water,” gently sways with comforting immersive textures of wistful twinkling guitars, sulking, humid, weeping and wailing melodies, and cool, dry, noisy effects, ruffled by warm anxious rubbery bass pulses and shuffling drums, to create a colorful, moody, thoughtful aura around lush, emotional female vocals, soaring then falling, with a cathartic whirlwind of low whispery haloes, into saturated streams of deep felt, grief and longing.
The Official Music Video, animated by Pory (with MidJourney), is a beautiful, thought-provoking ‘live’ watercolor painting with origami ships and butterflies. Color, texture, and distance combine with the lyrics and symbols to bring forth a comprehensive understanding of the human condition. The inner world is depicted with a fluid, cyclical nature that changes from calm to stormy, level to slanted, light to dark. If one pays attention to the cause of the tidal shifts into the abyss, then growth through reflection transforms, ‘After this deep dive, Remember this wave.’
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