Distance – Song for Exit West

“Distance is a relative notion”, says the chorus. I think it goes pretty well to describe Nadia and Saeed’s relationship: While they were separated because of the war in their country, they shared an intense intimacy thanks to their phones; once they share their daily life together after “moving”, this intimacy slowly but certainly goes apart…

 

Also, I’m questioning about the video clip. I love this song, but I just discovered the video.

About that, maybe I should mention a “TW blood” for the end of the video (after 3mn).

I’m questioning because if on one hand, I find it very beautiful, with a great direction, on the other hand, the thing is that it’s showing a violent gang of young Asian people in Saigon, whereas none member of the band is Asian, neither the directors… So yeah, the producer and the shooting team are Asian, but you know…

It’s probably an important question to ask why a band made of French White guys present a video aestheticizing violence in another country, especially a former French colony.