Moses Sumney - Lonely World [Official Video]

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  • Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
  • Listen: mosessumney.ln...
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    Starring Sasha Lane
    Directed by Allie Avital
    Cinematography by Ryan Hope
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    Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely world
    Casts a shadow on the shallow love it hurls
    To the feet of swine it need not cast its pearls
    Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely world
    And the sound of the void
    Flows through your body
    Undestroyed
    And the sound of your voice
    Flows from your body
    White as noise
    And the void speaks to you
    In ways nobody speaks to you
    And that voice fills the air
    Fog in the morning, going nowhere
    Lonely, lonely, lonely face under a veil
    After all the laughter emptiness prevails
    Born into this world with no consent or choice
    Lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely…

КОМЕНТАРІ • 468

  • @misterhorse8327
    @misterhorse8327 4 роки тому +531

    Had it not been for Lovecraft Country, I would not have discovered this beauty. Wonderful music.

  • @manpriyasodhi
    @manpriyasodhi 6 років тому +833

    If you ended up here, you my darling have a good taste in music

  • @wheelock2
    @wheelock2 4 роки тому +119

    Moses will be heard 200 years from now, mark my words, his talent is way to head of our time...

  • @napalminthemorning8309
    @napalminthemorning8309 4 роки тому +167

    This song goes so well on Lovecraft Country. In a show full of sad character arcs, Montrose has one of the saddest character arcs yet. And this song in that scene encapsulates it about as fully as I’ve seen yet. Such a good song, such a sad character, such a great show.

    • @bkrharold
      @bkrharold 4 роки тому +2

      I liked how Montrose explained his reasons for marrying and having a family to his son Attica. It was a touching moment of reconciliation. Don't be sorry for Montrose, he is not sorry for himself, he comfortable with who he is, he loves his son, and his son loves him back.
      The script writers are very imaginative, keeping you on your toes. They are presenting the unvarnished truth of racism in a format which is accessible to a wide audience. Great acting by the whole cast.

    • @XxErinXx
      @XxErinXx 3 роки тому

      Yeah it’s sad he died recently

  • @bobfu8984
    @bobfu8984 4 роки тому +66

    Just got reminded of this song by lovecraft country and had listen to it again

  • @gab_gallard
    @gab_gallard 6 років тому +416

    This guy has far fewer views than he deserves.

    • @JohnSmith-bw6pv
      @JohnSmith-bw6pv 6 років тому +3

      actually hes way too popular for how annoying boring and simple his music is, all his songs sound the same this is not talent

    • @jorgemartin5093
      @jorgemartin5093 6 років тому +4

      As always happens with most of true artist like him.

    • @savtsik
      @savtsik 5 років тому

      Hell get there.

    • @lloydbishun43
      @lloydbishun43 4 роки тому +2

      He's doing that grandiose falsetto thing that Prince has. But he only seems to have one dimension of it... Prince has many different ways he comes at you. All of them great. All genres. Now people know what we Prince fans felt like when Prince wasn't fully credited and accepted for his gift!

    • @angelofdeath275
      @angelofdeath275 4 роки тому

      90% of youtube is shit

  • @vocexseta
    @vocexseta 5 років тому +109

    I love the color contrast between him and the mermaid. Black seems to be his favorite color. It’s mine too.

    • @aiyuki4681
      @aiyuki4681 4 роки тому +6

      Exactly. In this video, colors are perfect.

    • @Hellsing7747
      @Hellsing7747 4 роки тому +2

      Well, black isn't a color...

    • @lolaispure4296
      @lolaispure4296 3 роки тому +2

      He is a Witch. A Wizzard. Wise One. Black is the Color of Divine Chaos and our Origin before Light. Black is the color of Magic.
      BLACK MAGIC.

    • @aidanvela
      @aidanvela 3 роки тому

      @Choꓘolate and?

  • @jsc2991
    @jsc2991 4 роки тому +20

    This song gives me the feeling like I'm breaking free from something. I love it so much.

  • @rig152medic9
    @rig152medic9 3 роки тому +7

    In the end, it was he who was the siren all along, capturing us all with this mesmerising voice.

  • @iristheukulele4214
    @iristheukulele4214 10 місяців тому +3

    honestly he’s most underrated song

  • @msredd1965
    @msredd1965 4 роки тому +17

    Lovecraft Country brought me here! This is the most beautiful, melancholy, soul provoking song I’ve heard in FOREVER! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😔💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽🎯

    • @planetwhy
      @planetwhy 4 роки тому

      well make sure to check out the album this is from, it was the best album of 2018, and all the songs are of this quality

  • @jaeadams7997
    @jaeadams7997 6 років тому +319

    The siren calls the sailor and prescribes him freedom from the loneliness of the sea. Cover your ears and look away, because she'll crash you into the rocks so you would be swallowed by the sea . There is no freedom from loneliness in the arms of another, be at peace first with your situation to be able to thrive in it.

  • @gregjacques6051
    @gregjacques6051 6 років тому +73

    a deity sings through these mortal lips.

  • @charlie_arteaga
    @charlie_arteaga 4 роки тому +41

    He remember me to Nina simone , Radiohead, Prince , his music is unique!

  • @MarkHusey
    @MarkHusey 4 роки тому +4

    We heard Moses Sumney open for Sufjan Stevens in 2015 and I thought, "Now, there's a headliner." Lovecraft Country brought me back and I'm here to stay.

  • @MyKoreanBoyfriends
    @MyKoreanBoyfriends 4 роки тому +58

    They just featured this song on Lovecraft Country Ep 5. This song was already one of my favorites & I just lost my mind when it started playing. The scene was well paired with Moses's musical essence💜

    • @robinmanning8361
      @robinmanning8361 3 роки тому +1

      Same I said...Omg omg...wait...

    • @simplychaos1
      @simplychaos1 3 роки тому +1

      It's one of my favs too. I did a quiet scream when I heard it on that scene lol. It was a perfect song for that moment.

  • @oddryblack3066
    @oddryblack3066 4 роки тому +20

    Im so glad and greatful that the quarantine lead me to find him and his music

  • @bbuuttercupp
    @bbuuttercupp 4 роки тому +26

    Everytime I come back to this I expect it to already have millions of views because it just seems like it SHOULD. The music is so beautiful, the lyrics, the VISUALS. I accepted that at this point it’s just a matter of time. But mark my words, he will be gigantic one day. As of April 2020, still underrated though.

    • @candylmikayla4291
      @candylmikayla4291 4 роки тому +1

      You are so right, should have millions of views. I became acquainted with Moses last night as I watched the CBS Tribute to Congressman John Lewis. The Proctor and Gamble commercial featured his song "Doomed" and I had to know who was singing. I searched the Internet to find out who was behind that voice, but his contribution to the commercial is obscured. I found the commercial on UA-cam, finally, after 20 minutes of searching by asking "Who is singing the song in the P&G Commercial called "The Choice" turned up nothing. Once I found the You Tube Video, I was able to read other articles that came up in that search and one of them mentioned Moses's name. I felt like I won the lottery. I may be late to the party, but I'm here now!

    • @bbuuttercupp
      @bbuuttercupp 4 роки тому +1

      Candyl Mikayla I love it! Yeah, he’s really like a hidden treasure. I can’t even really remember how I found his music but I just remember listening to one song after the other, in AWE at how every single one is so beautiful. He’s an amazing artist, really. Also, I can’t believe I wrote that 3, almost 4 months ago and I still listen to him a lot and it still holds true. He’s still underrated.

  • @teezymurowe8544
    @teezymurowe8544 2 роки тому +3

    This is one of the best songs ever made and ever produced! Moses’ build up and Thundercat on that bass and Ian Cheng on those drums😩❤️‍🔥 life made complete!

  • @starlabradshaw2969
    @starlabradshaw2969 3 роки тому +10

    I'm so glad to see more and more people discovering and appreciating Moses' music and art. This man changed me in a way that few artists have, honestly I haven't felt like this about anyone since I first discovered David Bowie when I was a little girl.
    His expression is like a conduit to a Higher Truth. I fucking LOVE him.

  • @JohnPreston888
    @JohnPreston888 7 років тому +81

    Sonically beautiful, visually disturbing. I see a relationship based upon salvation, disintegrate into conflict and destruction. But I so love the drumscape...

    • @SeAsombije
      @SeAsombije 6 років тому +3

      John Preston I love your description dude! So vivid!

  • @CJH71587
    @CJH71587 2 місяці тому +1

    Classic from 2017! 🖤

  • @Mahoyage
    @Mahoyage Рік тому +1

    the most beautiful voice ive heard in my lifetime

  • @noeliavalverde1
    @noeliavalverde1 4 роки тому +15

    his voice is so unique, that as soon as the tune came up in Lovecraft country, I knew it was him! Such an underrated artist

  • @diefantasy
    @diefantasy 7 років тому +21

    Aromanticism is fucking amazing.

  • @miriammoore2135
    @miriammoore2135 7 років тому +36

    This man is an angel

  • @TaylorReneeDB
    @TaylorReneeDB 7 років тому +212

    At first I didn't like this, but then when it got to the end...DAAAMN THIS IS GOOD. I feel like it shows how people try to fit their significant others into a certain mold, so that they can be alike. Because people can be so uncomfortable being who they really are in a relationship unless the other person is the same way. But in the end everyone ends up suffocating they're own potential

    • @theculturedvegan4443
      @theculturedvegan4443 7 років тому +4

      That was a beautiful assessment of this! Perfectly summed up!

    • @idk-tf7rh
      @idk-tf7rh 6 років тому +3

      Taylor Renee is this not from aromanticism?

    • @JohnSmith-bw6pv
      @JohnSmith-bw6pv 6 років тому +4

      what the hell were you watching ? how the fuck is anyone trying to mold the other one? just desperate to spit out your motivational facebook quotes..

    • @Sarai1996
      @Sarai1996 4 роки тому

      Agreed! ☺️

    • @yevgeniyaleshchenko849
      @yevgeniyaleshchenko849 4 роки тому +4

      @@JohnSmith-bw6pv What the fuck is wrong with you, everyone is entitled to their own interpretation, FUCK OFF BITCH!

  • @kisslena
    @kisslena 4 роки тому +41

    Who followed me here from Lovecraft Country?
    What a beautiful song and video!⭐️👏🏾
    😘

  • @georgerudinsky489
    @georgerudinsky489 4 роки тому +2

    Mesmerising, ancient,powerful, addictive, truly spectacular piece of art. Thank you.

  • @Bladestar7
    @Bladestar7 Місяць тому

    This Song is so Beautiful and Sad.

  • @kfields1004
    @kfields1004 2 роки тому +3

    Just discovered him from watching the Apple TV Movie, Swan Song. I’m addicted now. Have been listening all day. AHH MAZINGGGG

  • @shackywack8926
    @shackywack8926 4 роки тому +2

    Incredible voice.

  • @sherrymshephard-massat5929
    @sherrymshephard-massat5929 Рік тому +1

    Glad glad glad to know that I wasn't the only one knocked out by this song when I heard it on 'Love Craft Country'. When I heard it I immediately thought, "Lorrrr, I could have this looped through my entire house and not get tired of it! Beautiful.

  • @Xxamxum
    @Xxamxum 7 років тому +25

    You're 4-for-4 at this point, Moses. Your album is going to be so sooo legendary. I pray it don't get slept on.

    • @JohnSmith-bw6pv
      @JohnSmith-bw6pv 6 років тому

      This shit sucks it will literally have people sleeping..

  • @adwilliams1591
    @adwilliams1591 3 роки тому +2

    I first heard Moses Sumney when he was featured with James Blake on the song Tell Them. I instantly recognized his pure tones on Lovecraft and just this past weekend you can hear his beautiful voice in Ta-Nehisi Coates "Between the World and Me star studded documentary. It's been a long time since I've been lifted by music.... I have an out of body experience each time I listen to Sumney's voice.

  • @glaucoart
    @glaucoart 7 років тому +15

    so much beauty! congrats Moses... no of the best albums of the year!

  • @maevakameni1349
    @maevakameni1349 6 років тому +32

    Chorus 1]
    Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely world
    Casts a shadow on the shallow love it hurls
    To the feet of swine it need not cast its pearls
    Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely world
    [Verse 1]
    And the sound of the void
    Flows through your body undestroyed
    And the sound of your voice
    Flows from your body, white as noise
    [Verse 2]
    And the void speaks to you
    In ways nobody speaks to you
    And that voice fills the air
    Fog in the morning going nowhere
    [Chorus 2]
    Lonely, lonely, lonely face under a veil
    After all the laughter, emptiness prevails
    Born into this world with no consent or choice
    Lonely, lonely, lonely,

  • @bambitucker7108
    @bambitucker7108 2 роки тому

    "The Miseducation of Cameron Post"... I wonder if this is the same girl from that movie... Beautiful artistry all around...👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @MichelleReedBookHangovers
    @MichelleReedBookHangovers 7 років тому +31

    Oh how I adore Sasha Lane 🖤

  • @MsJrzy
    @MsJrzy 6 років тому +6

    This dude is phenomenal!

  • @theplantlifecanada
    @theplantlifecanada 3 роки тому +4

    Sitting here thinking... how did I live any kind of life not knowing about Moses Sumney and this song for the last three years?

  • @offisk
    @offisk 6 років тому +1

    I am in awe of this guy and his melodic phrsing along with the guitarwork and it’s ambiguities.

  • @challenja
    @challenja 6 років тому +7

    Gorgeous.. glamorous..

  • @lindycervantes6525
    @lindycervantes6525 4 роки тому +1

    So beautiful, the voice, the music, everything 🎶🎶💖

  • @rickdeckard4213
    @rickdeckard4213 3 роки тому

    Lovecraft Country brought me here, oh and am I glad it did, this piece is absolutely mesmirisingly beautiful.

  • @amont83
    @amont83 2 роки тому

    Moses Sumney and Tosin Abasi, both unmistakable artists, nobody like them.

  • @keithwatkins6465
    @keithwatkins6465 3 роки тому

    We require melanated ecologies, to endure the atrocities heaped upon us. Distance and patience, like reclaimed land, required as well. Thank you.
    From Brooklyn, With Love. Peace.

  • @geraldsteele4384
    @geraldsteele4384 4 роки тому +2

    His voice sirens ghostly.... Reminds me of early Tenor Saw.....

  • @eugenesheshenin2060
    @eugenesheshenin2060 4 роки тому +2

    Real emotion/ Vision apparent/ Fresh sound/ Good freaking luck, Moses/

  • @bobjones5524
    @bobjones5524 6 років тому +9

    I'm happy to have found this guy

  • @elizabethasikpo2847
    @elizabethasikpo2847 6 років тому +2

    I keep being drawn back to this video. The sound and the visuals are so mesmerizing. I'm addicted...

  • @ronnelldarrell8802
    @ronnelldarrell8802 4 роки тому +4

    LOVECRAFT PUT ME ON TO THIS SONG...ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS

  • @nicegyrl1
    @nicegyrl1 4 роки тому +2

    I still wear this song out and to hear it featured on Lovecraft Country gave me such joy. Moses is such a great artist. I'm glad he's getting more recognition

  • @garthybrookens4839
    @garthybrookens4839 3 роки тому

    One of the most underrated talents of our time!!
    His talent is so overwhelming that the sheer magnitude of his elite artistry in all his work makes the masterpieces he gives us in most of his records eventually ends up underappreciated.
    Plus Love craft country brought me here..

  • @naherabdul
    @naherabdul 6 років тому +11

    this track has me inspired

  • @SeherSeven
    @SeherSeven 3 роки тому +1

    Frequency stories. God stories. Where love comes from.

  • @ayshalive
    @ayshalive 7 років тому +17

    That was intense. Loved it 🖤

  • @manuginobilisbaldspot424
    @manuginobilisbaldspot424 4 роки тому +1

    The song choices from Episode 5 of Lovecraft Country were just EXQUISITE! This one being at the top of the list.

  • @vndrevlves
    @vndrevlves Рік тому

    Thank you Lovecraft Country, that scene was perfection

  • @RaneMarie
    @RaneMarie Рік тому

    Pure art

  • @brnne
    @brnne 3 роки тому +1

    This song is so powerful and chill. I got all these emotions

  • @jorgc.kachel8301
    @jorgc.kachel8301 4 роки тому +2

    LOVECRAFT COUNTRY, Season 1, Episode 5
    Wonderful choice!

  • @veryhappyunbirthdayy
    @veryhappyunbirthdayy 3 роки тому +1

    1:09-1:17 are some of the most beautiful sounding seconds in history, such a good song

  • @weshskugangwabreheyyah9111
    @weshskugangwabreheyyah9111 6 років тому +3

    Respect from Belgium!

  • @Raiche58
    @Raiche58 4 роки тому +1

    This music is exquisite!

  • @babycakes915
    @babycakes915 4 роки тому +1

    “Utterly Speechless”🌹😎 ❤️💙

  • @picro
    @picro 3 роки тому

    Never ever ever comment but I stumbled across this by accident and have made a rare rare exception. This is beautiful and brilliant.

  • @davidraus8275
    @davidraus8275 7 років тому +143

    I'm not sure if caring a mermaid on land is helping her... no wonder why she got mad at him

    • @Paulmazuk
      @Paulmazuk 7 років тому +1

      I just couldn't stop thinking of Worth It watching this.

    • @3303jeri
      @3303jeri 7 років тому +73

      His loneliness kept him from returning her to where she belongs, instead keeping her to himself which angered her she kills him. Cool video.

    • @zay4643
      @zay4643 7 років тому +82

      I thought that too but slightly different towards the end. She didn't want to go to the land with him because it's not her habitat (comfort zone), but instead wanted to take him underwater where he would literally die (his discomfort zone), so she struck his head so he couldn't resist and took him underwater where he will obviously die from. I think it represents a struggle of a relationship in which both sides are not seeing eye to eye and being selfish, and they ended up broken apart. It represents a bigger picture of how romance actually works in the world, and he's saying that we are all being trapped in this loop and that the world is actually a lonely one where no one will forever stay with another.

    • @qotsa007
      @qotsa007 7 років тому +21

      I second the 'selfish love'-theory, Zay. Except I don't think she killed him because she wanted him dead, I think she took him underwater simply because she wanted the same as he did; a chance for romantic love... which, due to humanity's selfish nature, side effected into him dying. Talk about 'aromanticism', jeesh.
      They meet at a kind of common ground (some water some land) and as they (the relationship) progressed, they quickly got bored with the inconveniences of having to live another way. A romantic love however, would be one where they meet at a common ground and stay their untill they die... one might understand Moses Sumney's troubles with accepting the experience of true romanticism. ; )

    • @zay4643
      @zay4643 7 років тому +4

      Brocht Vasquez that’s what I meant to say.. she wanted to take him under water because of the attraction but not knowing that that will ultimately kill him unless there’s some sort of magical power in her kingdom that will make humans breathe under water

  • @HavootuMusic
    @HavootuMusic 7 років тому +39

    Beautiful! So many meanings in this, true exposure of the desperations heart.

  • @funkmasteryellow
    @funkmasteryellow 3 роки тому

    wow...that was something special

  • @Anub1s0
    @Anub1s0 3 роки тому

    Have to say , only things about Lovecraft country I loved , the first couple of episodes , the different ad libs they add , this song , and Christina . Thank God for Tune Find

  • @relacionomia
    @relacionomia 3 дні тому

    It was about loneliness
    Ended about fear

  • @UndergroundRap4eva
    @UndergroundRap4eva 3 роки тому

    Everything about this is beautiful.

  • @irissagar1080
    @irissagar1080 4 роки тому

    Endlessly obbssesed. How does this not have millions of views? Every frame is beautiful, and the song is otherworldly

  • @lafemmenoire6146
    @lafemmenoire6146 6 років тому +16

    Apart of me is like What the hell and the other part of me "is like girl stop you listen to Sevdaliza." XD

  • @tanyapineda7212
    @tanyapineda7212 3 роки тому

    Finally, someone who understands us Pisces.😉

  • @ayotalsamoth6867
    @ayotalsamoth6867 3 роки тому +1

    Heard you on Lovecraft series!!!! Omg I'm so proud of you Moses........

  • @daniellemay3186
    @daniellemay3186 4 роки тому +1

    I've been sleeping on Moses and Lovecraft Country was my alarm

  • @ugomma1207
    @ugomma1207 2 роки тому

    Keep doing your thing Moses love and light 😊😍

  • @rob0k1tty74
    @rob0k1tty74 4 роки тому

    Ur music makes me feel so calm n happy

  • @mattecscc
    @mattecscc 4 роки тому +1

    I loved the intro!! The excerpt of the Flight of the Bumblebee, amazing

  • @alexiaevellyn
    @alexiaevellyn 6 років тому +2

    OH MY GOD I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!

  • @timsanchez2584
    @timsanchez2584 4 роки тому

    This song is a jewel...thank u Lovecraft

  • @stephenwilliamsjr
    @stephenwilliamsjr 7 років тому +3

    Beautiful

  • @bibidibabidiboo
    @bibidibabidiboo 6 років тому +2

    This is beautiful

  • @sandramendez1159
    @sandramendez1159 4 роки тому

    Thank you so much "Lovecraft Country" for introducing so many amazing songs! It's just pure art🙏

  • @ricardoa.pessoa8509
    @ricardoa.pessoa8509 2 роки тому +1

    Lindíssimo, belíssimo, envolvente, dolorido 🖤🖤🖤

  • @AnkhGirl
    @AnkhGirl 3 місяці тому

    Its funny, most mermaids are taken for sirens but this one didn't make a sound and she still lured him in. 🧜🏽‍♀
    Beautiful video and song.

  • @turtleblazed
    @turtleblazed 2 роки тому

    I loved this guy ever since one of my fav songs by flume 🖤

  • @LittleTut
    @LittleTut 3 роки тому

    I mean, I keep saying, I bet Prince would kill it dueting with Moses if he was still here with us. Also, reminds me of Billie Holiday with his swoons and melodious sounds . :))

  • @HelloLiv
    @HelloLiv 6 років тому +3

    Beautiful ❤️

  • @sesanonasanya5753
    @sesanonasanya5753 4 роки тому

    Moses and Sasha, what a combo!

  • @et2skilove
    @et2skilove 3 роки тому

    Wow! I'm speechless....👏👏👏

  • @sylvetteslavika5930
    @sylvetteslavika5930 4 роки тому +1

    Ooohhh goooseebumpsss! 🙆

  • @Pikachu_Dubstep
    @Pikachu_Dubstep 6 років тому +1

    I LOVE HIS VOICE

  • @el88997
    @el88997 4 роки тому

    Goosebumps. Every damn time.

  • @TaiwoBamisile
    @TaiwoBamisile 7 років тому +2

    wow, this is outstanding, amazing! this was a movie, a film, I will be so happy when you and the world walk hand in hand on stage. Amazing you are Sir.

  • @skinsman3
    @skinsman3 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you Lovecraft Country...

  • @trevorfahey3269
    @trevorfahey3269 7 років тому +3

    Awesome 👏🏽!

  • @luxmealuxable
    @luxmealuxable 3 роки тому

    Outstanding.