A black background and a piece of white chalk seem to have been enough to bring the music video for VANDANA’s latest single, “This Hunt,” to life. But beyond simple strokes, the seemingly minimal images create such an impact that the screen turns into a sort of altar. The song itself is a ceremony that feels both industrial and intimate, yet sharp. The visual expands that feeling with a simplicity that never dilutes its intensity.
The video is rooted in a powerful image: the Night Blooming Cereus, a flower that blooms for a single night and disappears by morning. Its beauty is brief, almost secretive. For VANDANA, it became a symbol of desire and the dangerous impulse to possess what should remain free. That idea of something appearing only to vanish, beautiful, untamed and impossible to hold, runs through every frame of the clip.
From there, the visual language unfolds through stark symbols, such as hands that measure time, eyes watching from the darkness, and figures divided in half. Nothing in the video is ornamental. Each line seems to be drawn in real time, vibrating with the same pulse that drives the percussion. Everything appears, trembles, and dissolves, echoing the fleeting nature of the flower that inspired it.
The images were created by contemporary artist Carlito Dalceggio, whose work blends painting, sculpture, installation, and movement into a personal mythology. His lines and figures feel ritualistic. Dalceggio’s world, where art crosses borders and becomes a form of liberation, fits seamlessly inside VANDANA’s ancient futurism. The video feels as if both artists are speaking the same language, one made of symbols rather than explanations.
The video avoids the obvious and bets on simplicity, repeating certain gestures, letting them breathe, and achieving a hypnotic effect without excess. The images don’t try to explain anything; they simply provoke something in the viewer.
There is also a detail that sharpens the intimacy of the piece: VANDANA edited the video herself. Every cut, every pause, every moment of stillness is guided by her hand. The rhythm is entirely hers, and that authorship adds a sense of breath to the visuals, a feeling that the clip is unfolding directly from the body of the song.
“This Hunt” is the first preview of VANDANA’s upcoming full-length album. The song blends industrial textures, haunting vocals, and cinematic tension to explore the fine line between desire and destruction. It captures that moment when beauty turns dangerous and when what fascinates us also consumes us.
VANDANA sees in the night-blooming cereus a metaphor for human desire, that constant need to possess what is fleeting. For the artist, the flower represents both beauty and a warning, the destructive cycle where desire and conquest end up exhausting what they love.
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Single artwork shot by Elisabet Davidsdottir @elisabet_davidsdottir
