Siren Song

Director

Music video for Kelso Jeans. When a young Siren finds themselves performing on stage to a group of invasive and prying audience members, they find peace and strength in the memories of their underwater ocean home in Siren Song. Inspired by the imagery of The Great Wave of Kanagawa, Siren Song explores the traumas embedded in Queer, Asian, and POC folks living in North America. In recruiting predominantly POC members for our project and including subtle visual references to Asian imagery and tokenization within the music video, we sought to celebrate our heritage, grow awareness against systems of oppression, and shed light on Asian experiences.

Written and performed by @kelsojeans

Director @paulanerdormiendo
Producer @sabrina_soto_ @asadchx
Executive Producer @paulanerdormiendo

Director of Photography @_joonia

Assistant Director @sofcapista
Production Manager @alithestoryteller
Production Coordinator @ssamanthaay
Office Assistant @minervanavasca

Steadicam Operator & Gaffer @yevgeniy.vaskov
1st AC @tonyskuji
2nd AC @kinglaurac
Electric @henrydaemen
Swing @mattgmquinn & @vic.bacani

Mix, Master & Bass @theharmful_
Recording Engineer @danielcopithorn
Lead Guitar @sean.stover
Drums @robyn_bond

Production Designer @francesantiago
Art Assistants @minervanavasca @bilzwilzz

Hair and Makeup @lillianma0610

DIT & Stills Photographer @alexburkes

Transport @mattgmquinn

Set PA’s @karinsfilms @stevenmp98
Extras @mattgmquinn @asadchx @stevenmp98

Picture Editor @naomi_films
Colourist @_hugo.hum

Graphic Artist @tkblu

Special Thanks - Compass Bible Church, Marcel Payette, Alex Burke, Tita Flips & Matt Quinn
@compasspointbc @alexburkes @titaflips / @kanto.ca

Sponsors - Advance Brampton Fund & Ontario Camera
@ontariocamera