Complex History Of A Dying Star

Christchurch born songwriter Annabel Alpers (aka indie artist Bachelorette) was always fascinated by astronomy, and used stars and galaxies as inspiration on her 2004 debut album Isolation Loops. Her interest is obvious on track 'Complex History of a Dying Star'; over synthesisers and a drum machine, Alper's multitracked choir of one vocals soar into space, the lyrics a kind of beginners' guide to astrophysics. The video is strictly celestial.  Alpers' passive face floats in space before the singer, clad in a Star Trek robe, splits into multitudes and creates an an endless loop of patterns and shapes.

When I was an university doing really experimental stuff, I had this aching desire to make melodic pop songs. And then after doing that for a while in Bachelorette, I needed to experiment more again, rather than just fall back on a set of pop songwriting skills I'd developed. There comes a time when you want to challenge both yourself and your audience, and push into new territory again.

– Songwriter Annabel Alpers ( aka Bachelorette) on her development as a musician, Stuff website, 18 June 2017

Key Cast & Crew

Louise Clifton

Director