Josienne Clarke - Katie Cruel (Official Video)

The official video for Josienne Clarke's interpretation of Katie Cruel. Katie Cruel - Trad Arr. Josienne Clarke When I first came to town They call me the roving jewel Now they've changed their tune Call me Katie Cruel Oh the tongue is sharp And the words so strong All the changing notes Of a different song (new verse written by J.Clarke) If I was where I would be Then I would be where I am not Here I am where I must be Where I would be, I cannot Swim and swam O’er the briny sea ’til the freezing deep nearly drowned me (new verse written by J. Clarke) All through the woods On the marshy moor Down a long dark road To a different door If I was who I would be Then I would be who I am not Here I am where I must be Who I would be, I cannot Directed by Alec Bowman_Clarke. Director's Statement: "The visual architecture of my video for 'Katie Cruel' is built upon the concept of a temporal palindrome, reflecting the haunting duality of a life folded in half. By mirroring the vibrant desirability of youth against the ghostly invisibility of age, the film explores how time distorts our sense of self. We see the 'young' and 'old' Katie existing in the same physical spaces, separated by a veil of memory. This symmetry suggests that the song is not just a linear journey of decline, but a circular trap where the ghost of who she was constantly haunts the reality of who she has become. The result is a visual echo that mirrors the song, a story that reads the same in both directions: a woman seeking a home she can no longer find, a place she no longer belongs and a body she no longer inhabits, when, in truth, all of those things co-exist, in time & in memory. Thanks to Christopher Nolan's Tenet for inspiring this piece."