" Remy sings softly, dreaming of a pistol's recoil over flickering, ethereal guitars: "Don't offer no reason / Instill in them the fear that comes from being prey.
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Making its debut at the Joyce Theater this week, Black Grace, a dance company from New Zealand, opens its program with dancers standing in a ritual circle as someone sings softly.
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"You shoplifted as a child / I had a model's smile..." she sings softly and deadpan in "We Float," before the whole thing blooms and transforms completely, a new song within a song.
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"My father was a young man / My mother off the boat / My eyes were fresh at twenty-one / Bruised but still afloat," he sings softly above a thrusting, electro-inspired drum pattern and an off-kilter piano.
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With a foreboding tone that bends tenderly on command, Mitski delivers on the weight of her lyrics: "I wouldn't have to scream your name atop of every roof in the city of my heart / If I could see you," she sings softly, and from a deep place.
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The verses feel urgent and emotionally charged ("Please," Astrid pleads, "When you look at me like that / There's no way to fight back"), but in the chorus, she dials it back for a sweet, staccato hook that evokes Ellie Goulding: "When I'm with you, I forget to bre-e-athe," she sings softly.
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Over finger-plucked acoustic guitar and murmuring ambience, Sprague sings softly about the parts of her existence no one else sees: that book she'll never finish, the sand she wants out of her hair, the ivy plant she wakes up to every morning, when she feels the dark pull of the ocean at night.
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'At the Window' is simply white noise while Katiejane's voice sings softly over it. As within all the films so far, KatieJane is at the centre of the screen and little else around her is seen. There is only a single window surrounded by darkness in the video that gradually gets bigger. This episode is played in fast motion and KatieJane appears to be putting on a private show.
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Afterwards, he tries to kill Antonio but is shot by Uncle Pedro. Ultima's Owl – Embodies Ultima's soul, the power of her mysticism, and her life force. The song the owl sings softly outside Antonio's window at night indicates Ultima's presence and magical protection in Antonio's life. Ultima's owl scratches Tenorio's eye out as he stands in Gabriel's doorway and demands the right to take Ultima away from Gabriel's house.
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