A Sweet Kind of Venom: COUCOU CHLOE in Tokyo
COUCOU CHLOE [
@coucouchloe ] is someone we have known and loved at sabukaru for a long time, so when she came to Tokyo for her gig, making something together was the obvious move. Art director Marta Espinosa [
@martaespinosa__ ] and Shirin Pasqual [
@shirinpasqual ] followed her through the city to create this short film, CHLOE moving through Tokyo as if it was already hers, while we dissected crowds, isolation, and music against the weight of it all.
The film arrives alongside VENOM, her most recent single, a track that sits low and pressurized, built from post-punk and lo-fi digitalism with a cadence that grazes rap without fully landing there, all of it constructed by her.
Few cities hold that specific contradiction like Tokyo, a place that runs at a pace that absorbs everything and everyone into its current, and somewhere inside that constant motion lives a specific kind of solitude, the kind that is harder to name precisely because it exists surrounded by people. The short film was built around that feeling, what it means to move through one of the world’s most populated cities and still arrive somewhere deeply interior, what crowds do to a person, what the relentless pace of the contemporary world demands, and where isolation finds its way in even when everything around is in motion.
Directed and interview by Marta Espinosa
@martaespinosa__
Shot and edited by Shirin Pasqual
@shirinpasqual
Makeup by Miyabi
@oi.___iii
Text
@disabeer
All dressed in John Lawrence Sullivan
@johnlawrencesullivan_official 
![A Sweet Kind of Venom: COUCOU CHLOE in TokyoCOUCOU CHLOE [@coucouchloe] is someone we have known and loved at sabukaru for a long time, so when she came to Tokyo for her gig, making something together was the obvious move. Art director Marta Espinosa [@martaespinosa__] and Shirin Pasqual [@shirinpasqual] followed her through the city to create this short film, CHLOE moving through Tokyo as if it was already hers, while we dissected crowds, isolation, and music against the weight of it all.The film arrives alongside VENOM, her most recent single, a track that sits low and pressurized, built from post-punk and lo-fi digitalism with a cadence that grazes rap without fully landing there, all of it constructed by her.Few cities hold that specific contradiction like Tokyo, a place that runs at a pace that absorbs everything and everyone into its current, and somewhere inside that constant motion lives a specific kind of solitude, the kind that is harder to name precisely because it exists surrounded by people. The short film was built around that feeling, what it means to move through one of the world’s most populated cities and still arrive somewhere deeply interior, what crowds do to a person, what the relentless pace of the contemporary world demands, and where isolation finds its way in even when everything around is in motion.Directed and interview by Marta Espinosa @martaespinosa__Shot and edited by Shirin Pasqual @shirinpasqualMakeup by Miyabi @oi.___iiiText @disabeerAll dressed in John Lawrence Sullivan @johnlawrencesullivan_official](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6739141154161938293911_0_ca64f8e819ffaae4e7aace57d1b74b16.jpg?o=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&h=61e860af63da07fba2d30d91a690b73a)
