Worship

Album: Communion (2015)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song finds Olly Alexander singing of his intense attraction for someone. Such is his blind devotion to this guy, he likens it to worship.
  • The video is a statement about sexuality and queer discovery. Olly Alexander collaborated with a couple of other gay creatives for the clip; director Matt Lambert, who has previously shot visuals for Patrick Wolf and Hercules And Love Affair and choreographer Ryan Heffington, who has also worked with the likes of Sia and FKA Twigs.

    Olly Alexander said: "When we get the chance to make a video I start by asking myself a bunch of questions - what should it look like? How can we portray the songs meaning in the video? Is there a 'statement" I want to express? What am I trying to say and what if it's misconstrued? I go round and round like this and recently I've been questioning nearly everything, asking myself I'm doing enough, if I'm helping at all and what use, if any, do I have as a singer in a band? Honestly, I don't know the answers to these questions. I can't pretend I haven't felt, at times, profoundly discouraged and disheartened. I feel like I won't ever be able to do enough. So, reality check, I make pop music. This is a video for a pop song. However, the visibility of queer people feels more important to me now than ever.

    I couldn't have been more excited and grateful to work with two artists I massively respect, Matt Lambert and Ryan Heffington. Their super charged magical queer creative energy was a real privilege to be a part of. This video is a collaboration between us and I am very proud of it."

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