S3E1 The Cinema of Tori Amos

For our Season Three premiere, we’re zooming in on Tori’s relationship to cinema 🎬 Film isn’t just a reference point here—it’s the language. The way light, memory, and emotion move. The way a story unfolds in images as much as in words. In Season Two, when we spoke with John Philip Shenale, Joey asked him how he would describe Tori’s music. This episode picks up that thread—and follows it all the way through. Because if you listen closely, Tori isn’t just writing songs—she’s constructing scenes. We see her as a true auteur: an artist whose work feels directed as much as it is written. Her songs unfold like films—layered, immersive, and emotionally precise. She moves between genres the way a filmmaker does, shifting tone and texture while holding onto something unmistakably her own. That clarity of vision starts with self-knowledge. With *Little Earthquakes*, Tori proved she could render her inner world with striking detail—mind, heart, bones—fully realized. And because she did it so early, she gave herself the freedom to expand her mythological multiverse outward: into character, into narrative, into something truly cinematic in scope and size. What emerges over time is something rare—a body of work where sound and image feel inseparable. Where the listener doesn’t just hear the story, but sees it unfold. Today we are cataloguing and contextualizing Tori Amos many dalliances with cinema, so please join us as we launch Season THRAY. Link in bio! 🎥 ✨ 🎹 👩🏼‍🦰