We are pleased to share the first assembly of Girl Who Cried Wolf, the title track and music video from Jasmine Jethwa’s debut album, released on Friday via AWAL. Directed by Ned Botwood, the witchy video explores self-sabotage through the imagery of folklore, tarot and superstition. In a spread of ritualistic trials, Jasmine is drawn to make the same mistakes over and over again. Navigating a forest blindfolded. Climbing a hill that keeps getting steeper. Struggling against harsh weather. And evading the prowling, titular wolf. The video was shot by regular DoP Bethany Fitter on stark, grainy black and white film — channelling Béla Tarr, Derek Jarman and Andrei Tarkovsky. With B-Unit photography by Isaac Klaas. The shoot was a labour of love, shot with a three-man-crew in rural Devon. Appropriately, the shoot was plagued by spooky goings-on, owls and run-ins with wild animals.

Colour: Ruth Wardell @ Time Based Arts

Colour Producer: Dan Kreeger

Film Processing: Cinelab

Cast: Zvone Antic and Julian Chan-Diaz

Thank You: Laura Drault, Somesuch and Sophie Bould-Lynch

Shot on Kodak Vision 3

Director: Ned Botwood

Director of Photography: Bethany Fitter

B-Unit Photography: Isaac Klaas

Following the release of the album, the new video marks the final chapter in the visual world Jasmine and Ned have been building across the album cycle. In which different, bruising shades of romance are explored through visceral rural set-pieces. Crawling through a bleak mudscape, launching repeatedly into open sky, and treading water in the dark Atlantic. ‘Girl Who Cried Wolf’ pushes further into darker, stranger, more confrontational territory.