Mereki creates a charming, animated landscape in official video for “In Everything”
Reminiscent of the classic animated fairytales that raised us, Mereki today releases the official video for “In Everything” from her debut solo album Death of a Cloud. Created by Danny Sangra, who has directed some of Mereki’s other recent videos, this is the first drawn depiction of the natural world the Australian/English savant of purposeful pop draws her influence from. Sparkling bodies of water, gently floating lily pads, and ever-blossoming flowers are some of the small places Mereki derives the most meaning from – Watch.
Sharing the writing process of “In Everything,” Mereki, said, “I was bunny sitting for my friend Lizzy. It was just Harvey (the bunny) and I in her place in Silverlake near the reservoir, and she had this beautiful Wurlitzer in her apartment. I usually had roommates, so it was the first time I had felt properly alone in a while and I wanted to write about my dad, but I didn’t want to write about losing him.”
She continues, “So instead, I wrote about all of the places that I get to find him now that he’s not physically here anymore. I find him in rivers and lakes, underneath the waves and inside the night sky or on the glitter the sun makes when it kisses the water…inside the trees when their leaves dance in the breeze. That’s where I first found him actually, after he went to the other side, inside the softest morning breeze, I’ll never forget that.”
“In Everything” joins the visual universe Mereki has been painting with her recent videos for “Presence,” “Wake Up Dead,” “Purple Moons,” “The Garden,” “Twin Flame,” “Wasted Love” and “End Of The World.” All exhibiting the enchanting allure of both fairytales and reality, while tapping into the styles of an array of directors, the beauty within Mereki’s videos showcase her ability to take hold of every moment of life.
Back in March of this year, Mereki released her debut solo album Death of a Cloud via BMG and her own label BunBun Records. Created over seven years and three continents, in collaboration with a roster of the artists Mereki trusted most to bring this deeply personal and intuitively conceived material to life, the album is a look into the joy and difficulty of self-realization and finding the universe within, expressing this journey through music.
Death of a Cloud received praise from the likes of Billboard, FLOOD, Atwood Magazine and many others. In celebration of the body of work, Mereki hosted an album release party at Friar Park. At the release party, guests were welcomed with a Lily Vanilli tea party and a bed suspended in the clouds. Mereki’s guests were then invited to take a solo healing journey to self-realization through the magical garden walk, while listening to the record. The grounds were dotted with baby blue mushroom fairy circles and letting go rituals linked to each song on the record.
ABOUT MEREKI
Indie Australian/English artist Mereki creates pop with a purpose – vibrant musical worlds that share messages of transcendence and healing without sacrificing the fun. Now based in the UK, she first moved from her native Australia to the USA where she quickly found a home in the spiritually minded creative community of the east side of Los Angeles, collaborating with an impressive collection of producers, writers, and musicians as she refined her song writing and voice, laying the foundations for what was to come.
Mereki began writing and releasing music with esteemed writer and Grammy Award winning producer Dan Nigro (Olivia Rodrigo, Caroline Polachek), Justin Raisen (Grace Ives, Angel Olson), and SADPONY (Drake, Lil Yachty). Producer Ariel Rechtshaid (Troy Sivian, Adele) spotted her talent, prompting their collaboration, “Golden Boy”, recorded by fellow Australian icon Kylie Minogue. She has writing credits with Phantogram and Atrak, and guest artist and co-writer credits on tracks with Dhani Harrison, Goldroom, Basenji, Flight Facilities and Holychild. While fronting Goldroom, she performed everywhere from middle America to NYC to Bogotá, Colombia, before going on to perform with electronic act Flight Facilities as their featured vocalist on the duo’s sold out North American tour.
Kindness and magic are at the backbone of everything Mereki aims to be and be around in her music and in her life. She finds expression for her message in many creative outlets. In addition to music, she also has her own record label, BunBun Records, and has a musical in the works. In 2016 Mereki created Mereki’s Clubhouse in Los Angeles, a pop-up event platform with a focus on kindness and creating spaces to give a voice to up-and-coming female artists. The Clubhouse motto “Be Kind” grew into a non-profit organization of the same name which then held an annual Holiday Benefit Concert – its final hurrah seeing it sell out the legendary Troubadour.
Through all her work with and for others, Mereki found time to create her own music. Her debut solo single, “Blue Lake”, was released to critical acclaim from the likes of SPIN, NYLON and FLOOD Magazine. After enduring some personal tragedy and heartbreak, she found catharsis in a brief foray into high-energy punk rock, releasing a few singles that landed her music in a Victoria’s Secret commercial. In 2017, Mereki returned to the essence of who she truly is with the release of the Beach EP. The songs on Beach have Mereki’s signature style, a distinctly pop-feel with positive messaging, while tracks like “Spiritual”, “French Kissing” and “Got It All” also hold an ethereal, dreamy quality.
With the release of her debut album, Death of a Cloud, and a performance at the legendary Glastonbury Festival, this has already been an extraordinary year for Mereki, with more to come.
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