Dodie releases music video for “I Kissed Someone (It Wasn’t You)"

Today, Dodie dropped the music video for their latest single “I Kissed Someone (It Wasn’t You).”

The video, which is available to view below, was directed by frequent collaborator Hazel Hayes. The director said this about working on the video:

“To me, this song is about the profound sense of loss, longing, and loneliness that comes from losing someone you love, and how our unhealthy attempts to fill a void often leave us feeling even emptier than before. My vision for the music video was to create a literal and abstract reflection of these themes using a grounded love story mixed with nightmarish elements. It was a wonderful creative experience and I’m so grateful to dodie for trusting me with such a personal song and for allowing me to show a very different side of her than we’ve seen before.”

Dodie said this about the song:

“‘I Kissed Someone (It Wasn’t You)’ is set in the aftermath of a newly-single person’s messy night out. It’s the feeling of trying to patch over a broken, lonely heart by indulging in a revenge fantasy of promiscuity - sadly only resulting in feeling lost, lonelier and shameful. I wrote the song to take place in a drunken, dark mindset - teetering on the edge of sinking deep into the bad thoughts that alcohol can amplify, before snapping back in the verses to a slightly more grounded, but still sad, place.”

“I Kissed Someone (It Wasn’t You)” comes from Dodie’s forthcoming debut album Build A Problem, which will be released on May 7 via Dodie’s own record label doddleoddle. Pre-orders for the album can be made here.