Jensen McRae - Wolves (Official Video)

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Stream my debut EP 'Who Hurt You?': https://orcd.co/whohurtyou
Listen to "Wolves": https://resources.lnk.to/Wolves

This music video is meant to communicate the story of psychic violence against women. Not to be a frame for frame retelling of the lyrics; no, instead it needed to show the bigger problem, how women’s pain is commodified, fetishized, transfigured by male heroism and then broadcast as artistic. Katharine immediately understood the song completely, and her direction fiercely & precisely interpreted the source material. It was so rewarding to watch the incredible crew so efficiently bring her vision to life. And I’m so glad my music lent itself to something so striking.

Lead: Lina Green
Featured: Sophie Wood, Preston Daniel Grant, Justin Kim, Adam Vaughn, Andy Kenareki, Tania Possick
Background: Bruce Hu, Ashley Hopgood

Director: Katharine White
Producers: Erin Dellorso, Julianne Dowler, Virginia Reece
Production Company: Little Bull Productions
DP: Katharine White
Steadicam: Thor Wixom
1st AC: Kylie Hazzard
2nd AC: Kate Graves
Gaffer: Kyle Thor
Key Grip: Daniel Kang
Swing G&E: Armando Vazquez, Sebastian Lam
Production Design: Gabe Notarangelo
HMU: Tara Segar
HMU Assistant: Megan Nicoll
PAs: Alex Vaughan, Kat Gregory, Cameron Kelly
Editor: Erik Vogt-Nilsen
Color: Dave Levine @ Breakaway Post

LYRICS
I was 15, still in the valley
Walking in a parking garage
First time I met a wolf in person
At first I thought it was a dog
I tried to dodge him, he was faster
Than I’d ever had to be
He smiled and howled in the same moment
It knocked the wind right out of me
And though I got away
I never walked the same

Now I bury my smile and show no interest
Now I carry myself a little different
Now I avoid the woods
Now I know the wolves

I was 19, still fun at parties
He plied me with shot after shot
He assured me he was harmless
Why did I ever trust a fox
I ignored all of my teachings
How I survived I can’t believe
I almost let him get his claws in
Still knocks the wind right out of me
And though I got away
I never walked the same

Now I bury my smile and show no interest
Now I carry myself a little different
Now I avoid the woods
Now I know the wolves

Saw a teenage girl on my street
Talking tall to one of them
Recognized him in an instant
Heard about him from my friends
Thank god women learned to whisper
But I crave a megaphone
That wolf said “it’s dangerous out there”
That wolf said “let me walk you home”

Now I bury my smile and show no interest
Now I carry myself a little different
Now I avoid the woods
Now I know the wolves