Blackbriar - Selkie (Official Animated Video)
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- Опубліковано 9 кві 2021
- ‘Selkie’ is the third single off our upcoming debut album ‘The Cause of Shipwreck’, which will be out on April 23! Pre-orders are available as of now at store.blackbriarmusic.com
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Blackbriar:
Zora Cock - Vocals
Bart Winters - Guitars
Robin Koezen - Guitars
Frank Akkerman - Bassguitar
René Boxem - Drums
Ruben Wijga - Keyboardist
Music written by: René Boxem, Bart Winters, Frank Akkerman & Robin Koezen.
Lyrics & Melody written by: Zora Cock
Arranged, Produced and Mixed by: Joost van den Broek @ Sandlane Recording Facilities, Rijen NL
Mastered by: Darius van Helfteren @ Amsterdam Mastering, NL
Artwork by: Alip Hudaya
Animated by: Instagood Promotions
Video edit by: René Boxem
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Selkie Lyrics:
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Onshore is where he waited for he was captivated by a woman in sealskin
When she was bathing in the morning light, he asked her "would you be my wife?"
She said the ocean is where I belong, with me you cannot come along
She swam away and kindly waved "So long, so long"
And he said
Selkie, please come along with me
Selkie, please come along with me
Onshore is where he waited for he was captivated by a woman in sealskin
Months turned into years, oh, his longing felt severe
Until the day she came to land and shed her skin lying in the sand
He stole what he believed he earned and took her by the hand
And he said
Selkie, now you belong to me
Selkie, now you belong to me
She took his hand and walked along, away from where she used to belong but left her heart there in the sea
Months turned into years, oh, her longing felt severe
Until the day she found her pelt and left without a farewell
She shifted back and swam away and disappeared into the ocean's sway
And he cried
Selkie, where are thee?
Selkie, where are thee?
Upon a cliff, he waited for he was captivated by a woman in sealskin
Months turned into years, oh his longing felt severe
Waiting to steal back her pelt, why she left, he could not tell
He'd lost the one he never had and threw himself off the cliff and fell
And he screamed
Selkie, I'll join you in the sea
Selkie, I'll join you in the sea
‘Selkie' is the most story-telling song of our upcoming album and so we felt like it needed a story-telling video to go along with it. It’s the third single off ‘The Cause of Shipwreck’, which will be out on April 23! Don't forget to let us know what you think by leaving a comment
Video super
love the NEW song and animated music video, Blackbriar!
I don't know if that's because of the beard, or because I find Zora zo attractive, but I can easily relate to that guy :')
So far my favorite song from the new album! So looking forward to have the album in my hands!
meravigliosa ☠️🤘
The original "She's just not into you, bro" story.
truer words have never been spoken.
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Hi raven, I'm raven! Also she still gave it a try despite it
@@Ravenbluesshe was kinda forced to.
Cracked me up, love Blackbriar.
He'll be sleeping forever in the arms of the ocean :D
It reminds me "Arms of the ocean" too
Yeees!!!
Another one? Wow, they're really claiming their victims 😂
❤️❤️❤️
What if this is the dude from "arms of the ocean"?
Guy in the video: My girlfriend turned into a seal.
Sokka: That's rough, buddy.
...But it's Zuko who says that line...
@@roseneeley6696 But Sokka's girlfriend got turned into the moon.
@@roseneeley6696 the joke went over your head lol
@@davidledoux3894 No, I "get" it, but also, I disagree with it. "That's rough, buddy" is an iconic Zuko line, you can't just give it over to Sokka. Sokka would say something completely different in this scenario. Hell, he might even just say "As a friend of mine once said, 'That's rough, buddy.'"
more like this:
Video Guy: My crash, turned into a seal...
Sokka: My girlfriend, turned into the moon...
Zuko: I ran away from my earth kingdom girlfriend, then my knife throwing GF. But made up with the Knife girl.
Me with my lonely guy cat: Yep... we need drinks.
Sirens, Banshees on the water, selkies... I am starting to notice a pattern. And I love it.
Same! Not sure if somehow, The Flying Dutchman can be incorporated into The shipwrecked vessel that then became a major haunt on the sea, but that'd be cool too..
As far as Selkies go, I always thought it was supposed to actually be a manatee which's related to a seal somehow?
"Why she left, he could not tell."
Maybe because you kidnapped her and force her to be with you?
Not entirely sure he kidnapped her though. I see that as an allegory of he stole her heart. If you watch the video, she seemed to hesitate, yet following him willingly. But then she realised she doesn't love him and that her place belongs in the sea.
Also, I prefer Blackbriar's music ^^"
@@ElGentoo
He kidnapped her. He took and hid her one and only item to return to her home, family, and friends. "Selkie, now you belong to me." Referring to/Treating her as if an item to own.
If a human did this to another human it'd be a toxic relationship if not a straight up crime.
@@savagesavie1701 technically she is not human.
@AdamBreez
Have you read or heard any of the Selkie stories? Most selkies go "willingly" because they literally have no other choice. The man stole their one and only means of returning home, they literally cannot leave, that's the point. The men trap the selkies on land with them and then force said selkie to marry them. And the selkie does because, what else are they gonna do? Run away? To where? And with what money?
So in these stories the selkie almost always submits completely to the man, becoming completely dependent because the man stole the physical form of their independence. That's why as soon as they get their coat back they bail.
I'll ask again, if a person did this to another human, would it not be a crime?
Also music is art and art is subjective. If you find a deeper non literal meaning, good for you. But to me this is a literal story about a literal fairy. Not a metaphor.
I can't get over the fact he didn't understand why she left when she never wanted to go along with him in the first place.
Right? "Oh, dear; I wonder why the wife I kidnapped and kept prisoner left me. It's a mystery." XD
if this is based off of the legend i think it is, he ends up having kids with her and years later is off to go hunting seals and has a dream where she warns him not to kill the big bull seal in a cave with their pups and he does anyway out of revenge and she curses him and all his people to jump off cliffs into the seas til they can fill up the sea or something
Well there is the one little redeeming part where she takes his hand. She just missed home. I do wish there had been a line or two about them talking on the shore before he asked her to marry him so it didn't feel quite so rapey or shallow, but I think it was meant to be consensual... though perhaps she was the one lured in at first. She knew she shouldn't, but she did, and it ended in tragedy. I don't understand why he felt he earned the skin. There wasn't a romance period. He didn't do anything but see her and ask her to marry him right off the bat.
@@path1024 I mean that's really just how most selkie stories I've ever heard go. Consent is just... not overly important to the fishermen, so much as 'hey, free wife!', which... yeahhh, you really shouldn't be so shocked when she leaves you forever, dude. >_>
@@Nahsaghara It's an old theme common in Irish music sung by women. They're always being carried off without their consent. It also reminds me of "The Willow Maiden" by Erutan. I definitely understand the theme. Eppie Morie, Step It Out Mary, and to a degree Raggle Taggle Gypsy have this sort of basic idea of the maiden being treated like property without a will of her own. I'm sure a common theme in real life back then as well. Here's a playlist of mine with all those songs on it: (It's not letting me post the link. It's the only thing on my channel.)
This song gets my seal of approval.
I see what you did there.
Dang, you beat me to it. Well played!
Oooooooh
In mythology...it's usually the child from the Selkie and the Man who finds her coat and gives it back to her and it's sad...since their mother leaves without explanation and leaves them with their human father
It also says that Selkies go to the shore to see how their human children are growing up without them
Moral of the story: don’t steal a girl’s clothes, she won’t want to be with you if you do that
Jaka tarub intensifies
Very true
@@classified150 you are from Indonesia
Seriously. I love the selkie stories but the buys are always terrible.
I would like a modern story without a trash man.
@@andrewrockwell1282 watch Song of the Sea (2014), its an absolutely wonderful selkie movie.
If Willow Maiden has taught me anything its that you really should just accept when a woman says no
Love that song!
Just so true
Yes!
Yes. Why do all these creepy men think oh she blatantly rejected me; guess I'll just abduct her.🙃
the "guy won't take 'no' for an answer" story
This isn’t just about Selkies. This is a tale about how not to treat women. We are meant to be free not locked away.
Indeed! If anything, the man here is fully responsible for sealing his own fate.
@@QueenPinksweets "sealing" lol
@@quixoticplebeian xbxbnndndn I ACTUALLY DIDN'T RECOGNIZE I'D END UP MAKING A PUN! 😂🤣
No, it's a tale about locking your treasure away better so no one can find it.
No, this is a tale about how to treat seals.
Love the song and the summerized version of the tale it gives. In the longer version, the selkie after leaving the man visits him in his dreams and warns him to not go looking for her nor bring harm to her husband and children. Later the man plots revenge and hunts down the very ones the selkie told him to stay away from. This enrages the selkie, and she lays a curse on the man and the island. The curse she lays starts with the man throwing himself from the cliffs, and continues on with more men falling from the cliffs until their bodies can form a hand-in-hand chain that encircles the island.
I haven't heard that one before. I have read or listened to 3-4 variations of the tale, but not this one. It is very interesting
You can't tell me better news than Blackbriar releases a new song
Actually i can tell, Blackbriar relases two new songs 😂
@@nlucasto187 Or a whole album...
23 Nisan'da da albüm:')
@@yoursoulismine666 vazgeçtim bu daha güzel bi haber XD
@@MythMad kesinlikle:D
"Why she left he could not tell" Hmmmm, I wonder why. Maybe find someone who actually wanted to be there in first place
I love how at first the Selkie tried to be polite, but once he forced her to be with him she's like "nah this bitch isn't even getting a goodbye from me!"
This reminds me of a tale of a selkie. Instead of her finding where he hid her selkie skin it was many years later and one of her children told her about how their father hid something that seemed important inside of the chimney. She had ached for the ocean for all those years, so she left while he was out with some of their sons fishing. He recognized her swim away but she never came back.
I heard the same story but onve a year the children she had came to the sea and found gifts of seashells and pearls and gold coins and could hear her sing of how she missed her land children but belonged in the sea with her underwater family.
@@lizanna6390 I really like that addition. I had always thought it odd how a mother would leave her children and never check on them or anything.
I love this song . especially the way it's structured with the repeated lyrics with modification makes it feel like a song a bard would perform in the past
What voice! What song! What band!
If he really loved her in the first place, he would let her bc she can't live in suffering without sea.
In Germany, we have a similar story, I think it's also know in Europe, the Swan Maiden (Apparently, I only know the story as Swan Princess). It's basically the same a this story, but the girl has a feather cloak to transform into a swan. One day, a Hunter steals her skin, when she isn't looking and then offers her a place to stay. He kept the cloak hidden for 10 years, but then she found it and flew away
*The Swan Maiden isn't the Swan Princess....the Swan Maiden is a German legend...the Swan Princess/Swan Queen/White Swan/Odette from "Swan Lake" is a Russian fairytale ;) "The Swan Maiden", "The Selkie/The Seal Maiden" and "The Willow Maiden" are very similar legends since in all three a man (a fisherman or a sailor or a hunter) FORCES a supernatural woman to marry him :( In "Swan Lake", on the other hand, a Prince must demonstrate his True Love and Fidelity to a Swan Princess/Swan Queen who RETURNS the Love of the Prince and who is prisoner of an Evil Owl Sorcerer ;)*
@@QueenPersephoneKore95 thanks, then I got some names mixed up! Maybe the Swan Maiden legend has different names in different places
I've heard something similar but it was a mermaid in the Northern region of the EU. I can't remember which country it originated from.
That is pretty interesting.
It's a common archetype called "animal wife".
Blackbriar has proven time and time again that they are masters of melody. "Selkie" is no exception. Another fantastic song!!
Reminds me of the song "The willow maiden" but rock and a happier end for the girl
My thoughts exactly bro
I thought so as well! It's a common trope with female spirit creatures meets male human in myths!
I need a selkie hoodie now. With a seal head as the hood.
Please!
Somehow I thought I replied to this... this has been brought up on Zora's discord. Thought you would like to know, this may happen.
@@ctberchem7303 :)
@@ctberchem7303 haha that'd be fun
Now I think Zora is actual siren, this could be the reason why I can't stop listening her! Hauntingly amazing voice.
Yes, that is the answer I've been looking for!
No shit this was in my recommendations and HOLY COW IM IN LOVE WITH HER VOICE.... it's so ethereal yet so menacing...idk how to explain???? But im leaving my work right where it is and trying to learn more about this band
Welcome!
Glad you found Blackbriar. I remember when UA-cam finally recommended Blackbriar to me and life has never been the same. Maybe we will see you on Zora's discord. (Through Patreon)
Welcome to the club we all felt the same exact way upon hearing it
Welcome to the club!
That's how she sings I LOVE it
Damn, man's obsessed with seals combined with some beefy hallucinations
You cannot control someone. If they do not love you, they do not love you.
A beautiful song and an historic lesson. You cannot force love, nor companionship. You can only earn it..... or not.
MUST thank Spotify for suggesting this.
I just love how they drew Zora Cock, the lead singer in the music video. Selkie is one of the myths that aren't talked about, instead, mermaids and sirens are known the most. Thank you so much Blackbriar to tell us their story by this fantastic song
That part of the song at 2:08 where she decides to take the man's hand is so heavy with folk-song inspiration that it's literally sending chills down my spine. Amazing voice, flawless technique. Beautiful.
This story makes me think of The Willow Maid by Erutan. Beautiful music and vocals, too.
It reminded me of that song too!
"This one says I am redhead with a darkside.... BUT THIS ONE SAYS I AM AN OTTER... with a darkside."
YES
What a lovely story! I like the ending where the creepy incel dies alone.
the storytelling reminds me of celtic folk songs, i especially love the melody of the last chorus when zora sings "selkie" with different melody.
Being Elf struck ( in love with a fae) always leads to madness or death or both for the man.
If the fae chase after you, you may survive as long as the fae doesn't preform the spell "the calling."
But if you chase after the fae woman, you are as good as dead already.
People are sleeping on this band.
In Norse and Celtic mythology, selkies (also spelled silkies, sylkies, selchies) or selkie folk (Scots: selkie fowk) meaning "seal folk"[a] are mythological beings capable of therianthropy, changing from seal to human form by shedding their skin. They are found in folktales and mythology originating from the Northern Isles of Scotland.
The folk-tales frequently revolve around female selkies being coerced into relationships with humans by someone stealing and hiding their sealskin, thus exhibiting the tale motif of the swan maiden type.
There are counterparts in Faroese and Icelandic folklore that speak of seal-women and seal-skin.
Poor Selkie, all she wanted was to enjoy the sunshine and not be bothered by a human man. I'm glad she finds her pelt and ditches him.
0:20 "well, that escalated quickly"
This reminds me of willow maid by erutan just with a happy ending!
YES! I thought the exact same thing!!!
YEAH
What about the way Zora sings the four different parts by the man in three different ways, according to the emotion of the moment? That's GENIUS! Breathtakingly tragic, yet insanely beautiful. A masterpiece. And the animation is perfect. Thank you!
Someone in my family must have been a selkie, because I am drawn to the sea as so. There must be a sealskin hidden someplace that belonged to my ancestor, when I find it, I will return to my true home.
it's under the tree in your grandparents back yard. might have to wait until midnight to start digging.
blackbriar empowers women and its really inspiring!!
At first I thought the Selkie was gonna take revenge when he stole her skin
Well...she did, kind of, he committed suicide. Slow revenge
When you hit LIKE before the video has even started as you already know it will be a blast.
Big yes
Exactly!
Fuck yeah
This song reminds me so much of the willow maid by erutan
I was literally coming to say the same thing
real
Yet another song I've always felt a deep connection to.
This reminds me of one of my favourite Swedish fairy tales, The Swan Maiden. It's essentially the same story, but instead of a seal the maiden landed on a beach in the form of a swan. Also, in that version the man doesn't kill himself, but just withers and dies within a year after his wife regains her freedom.
This gives me Arms of the Ocean x Let Me In vibes. I love it 💜💜💜
Zora does seem to do really good water themed music. I was saying last week that I would love to see Blackbriar perform at an aquarium near me. (They did a seal release about a month ago) The aquarium is also near a seaport for old ships (Mostly whaling ships I think) which would be very appropriate for "The Cause of Shipwreck"
@@ctberchem7303
If someone can say that it's CV friendly, your idea & a boatload of other venues will hopefully re open & then, maybe we can all catch the band play live somewhere!
Selkie sounds like a cute nickname for Selket! The Netherlands is calling my name. 🖤🌹
SELKIEEEEEE! 💕💕💕💕💕💕
Blackbriar dinlemeyen çok şey kaybeder...
katiliyorum!!!!!!!!!! aynen!!!!
❤️😍
Reminds me of The Willow Maid by Erutan.
This is giving me Willow Maid vibes
Reminds me of the Chinese (I think it was Chinese...?) Folktale about a man who stole the "wings" of a "fairy" woman and made her marry him. When she found her "wings" she went back to the heavens with their child. He then finds a way to get to heaven to get his child back (idk if he got her too I read this story a long time ago)
Yes it's a common motive in northern Europe and east Asia. I think the East Asian pedant are often translated as heavenly faerie or similar. Their garment is normally a sort of wings and their palace is in the sky. Examples are oxherd and weaver or the crane wife. Selkie is northern Europe and usually has a seal skin. Not sure if they have palaces, not in the tellings I know. They are clearly related as stories and I am sure other places have their own unique versions of the story! :)
Korea has such a story too. In there, the woman is one of the maids of the king-in-the-sky, and the man is a woodcutter, and the wings are her magic clothes. Quite fascinated to see something here and there.
The animal bride (sometimes groom) is a trope found in many different folklores around the world.
I love these kind of songs like this one and Willow Maiden
Immediately reminded me of that song, too!
Zora's voice is really worthy of a Mermaid's
listening to blackbriar is trully an transcendental experience
I love this song, so heartbreaking
This song reminds me of the movie song of the sea, it makes me think this is like what the father felt after his wife left
I'm 39 minutes LATE?! 39 minutes of my life will forever be emptier and nothing can ever change it. NOTHING! *sobs*
He’d lost the one he never had.
Love this💙
Reminds me of "The Willow Maid" by Erutan
Omg if you guys ever create a concept album that would be AMAZING!! Love the new song and can’t wait for the album drop!
I really like your voice. So strong.
I adore storytelling songs and this one is fantastic. Really glad that the band has such good taste in stories, which they execute beautifully
Wooooooooowwwww
Always a good day when they drop new tunes...
Blackbriar has such unique art to accompany their EP albums, songs, and soon full-length album. It's so cool and different from most bands nowadays!! ❤
His mistake was to force her to obey.
Wow
As we say here in Brazil, "Brabo". Amazing!
“Why she left he couldn’t tell”
He has to be extremely daft to not come to a possible idea.
He stole something that belonged to her, something that was extremely important to her, and practically forced her to be with him.
Quite daft.
Men can be that way, particularly when they think they're in love. In this case, I think the guy confuses his desire for the selkie and love for her, hence his actions. She already belongs to the sea, hence her actions. He clearly does desire her strongly, hence his rather idiotic action at the end.
That IS the ancient Scottish legend. Yup, he was dumb
He just needed to hide his skin better. That's all.
I cannot EXPRESS what your music means for my religion but the fact you kept to the stories of the selkies and made it so impactful is truely amazing. You hardly see anything written of the old tales, and never this well done
I listened it twice. Once was for admirating the animation and music, and another one for understanding the lyrics. It was really beautiful
This and Lilith Be Gone slaps so hard
I love it🖤🖤🖤
It gets better and better each time i am hearing this.
As always, Blackbriar has put out another great song, and now we have Saturday morning cartoons to watch while we listen to great music!
SELKIE Belongs to the sea.
I think one of the other channels released it early by mistake cause the song is up to listen, letting you know
Thank you for keeping an eye out xKINGxOFxDONSx ! It was not a mistake though! The song has been released on other platforms earlier today (including the video you mention on UA-cam) IT's something that happens automatically via our distributor. No worries though! Thnx again
The music's official release was yesterday. The video release had a slight delay.
@ xKINGxOFxDONsxit could be worse! If you want to hear the most annoying song of all, go to LICH KING on UA-cam & see their "Livestream" about a 6th album that turns into an April Fool's joke!
The Stream took 4 hours altho the real content was over in less than 5.
Not sure WTH was the wait for the stream to go song, but everyone made up lyrics for it, like "Get your teeth back" for the beginning part that kept looping over & over ad nauseum!
If Zora sees this, feel free to check it out, it is kind of funny & would be better if your band could make it into a real song!!
Maybe throw some blast beats or something to spice it up a lot!! Lol
that beat drop 😍😍😍
Oh this hits
I CANNOT wait for this album.
It is a bit like the dark side of Disneys Arielle! Love the song and video!
Great song, great story, great animation video and finally amazing vocals. I love it.
This song is beautiful and I love the animation. The selkie is cute when she's a seal.
That's right! I'm glad to see comments that recognize it for what it is.
Ah he thought their love was SEALed ..he was wrong
.. great band... Big hug.. Argentina.!
soo beutiful , she is the queen of metal
Cool song
Reminds me of The Willow Maid from Erutan
I agree!!
Rightt!
I love the story of the selkies and especially this song. Here I feel the really talent, Los quiero!
Супер!
Very good song. Of the three singles this is the best, it's not like the other ones are bad, indeed these are great too but this is my favorite one. Waiting for the album, which for sure will be amazing.
This is not just music. This is masterpiece! 🖤🖤🖤
I saw the word Selkie and had to listen, I've been reading Selkie stories since I was little.....
I learned about this ancient Scottish legend, when I first heard “Silkie” by Joan Baez on my grandmothers album. It’s always help my imagination. This song is closer to the true. Legend, then the one by Baez.