You are now watching: Lucinda Williams’s music video, ‘Copenhagen’ is Purely Conceptual

What I love about “Copenhagen” is that it is as much director Dave Willis’s work as it is Lucinda Williams’s. Music videos used to be only about promoting the artist. That made them no better than a commercial. That same could actually be said about many of the songs themselves. But when a musician is willing to let go and recognize the video director as a fellow artist, then you can tell that they are sincere about creating art. It underscores the fact that Lucinda Williams is confident in the strength of her work without having to call in the glam squad. I think that Willis’s interpretation, rather than distracting from the song, actually focuses our attention on the emotions that are there in a way that a more traditional music video would have missed. Bravo.

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