'Music is incredible and it can really make two strangers feel like they know each other.' Meet the rising star, heyitsau_ra, who's not afraid to confront her nightmares
A gamer herself, much of Au/Ra's past work is inspired by Japanese anime and Studio Ghibli films, so it only makes sense that she is now putting her own touch on one of the virtual dreamlands from iconic Japanese video game creator Hideo Kojima.
The video, released today , was shot at an abandoned military base in California. “It was the weirdest two-day shoot I’ve ever been on -- it was so creepy and awesome,” she shares. It follows Au/Ra’s character in a post-apocalyptic world, as she uses heatwave detectors to search for another human who also survived the disaster.
“It was so integrated into our everyday lives, but then when I asked them if I could make music and if they would support me, they said no,” she recalls. “They knew how hard it was to do this and how much you have to sacrifice and how tired it makes you. But I stubbornly continued.” At the time she was already posting covers on YouTube -- around the same time that Shawn Mendes was finding fame from the platform -- so she continued down that route on her own.
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