For the past years I decided to step back from music videos, because it was just too much extra work for me, I didn't have the creative head space left or the extra money. But as my debut EP "my therapist says you're an asshole" came out this May, I knew that I also wanted to honor my personal little milestone visually. I have been working on this idea for many months and I am super proud to be finally releasing this video. Many hours of work, brainstorming sessions, talking to people, location scoutings, costume concepts, building doors, looking for second hand toy snakes etc. went into this project and I am very proud of how it turned out. I had this idea of playing every song on the EP while creating a little world for each song. The day of the videoshoot was such a cool experience for me, because I had these insanely talented people around me and my best friends were the sweetest "helping hands" I could've wished for.
The biggest special thanks go out to Chris and Dom for helping me with turning my ideas into reality and helping me with the creative process.
Felix for the mental support, being an amazing drummer and also taking care of the live sound, mixing and mastering.
Raphaela for letting me borrow her beautiful hand sculptures, creating the stunning outfit applications and door applications.
My dad, uncle and Felix for building these super cool doors! BG/BRG/MG Dreihackengasse for letting us shoot in one of their gyms!
credits:
video concept & idea: Astrid Hirzberger
all songs written and produced by Astrid Hirzberger
video producer: Chris Pilch, https://leftkiss.com
video producer, cut, color grading: Dominik Hofer
dop: Tim Zoidl
b camera operator, 1st ac: Onur Arslan
behind the scenes: Minna Rothbart
costume design / set design / hand sculptures: Raphaela Miklauc
set design assistant: Natascha Miklauc
outfit concept: Raphaela Miklauc & Astrid Hirzberger
outfit applications: Raphaela Miklauc
live mixing & mastering: Felix Paschke
production assistant: Florian Thausing
production assistant: Martin Moser
production assistant: Rosi Pernthaller
extra thanks to:
BG/BRG/MG Dreihackengasse https://www.3hacken.at
Printhouse Films https://www.printhousefilms.com
Kaiserschnitt Film https://kaiserschnitt-film.com
Banana Rental https://banana-rental.com
Lichtwerk https://lichtwerkgraz.at/
Leon Merkel for audio equipment
Station 1 / NEXT STATION:
idea: Astrid Hirzberger
set design & hand sculptures: Raphaela Miklauc
set design assistant: Natascha Miklauc
song written & produced by Astrid Hirzberger
Station 2 / LOST HOME:
idea: Astrid Hirzberger
doors: Johann & Manfred Hirzberger, Felix Paschke
doors applications: Raphaela Miklauc
song written & produced by Astrid Hirzberger
Station 3 / AFTER ALL THERE IS NOTHING REAL OUTSIDE OUR PERCEPTION OF REALITY:
idea: Astrid Hirzberger
video clips: Astrid Hirzberger
song written by Astrid Hirzberger, produced by Astrid Hirzberger & Fridolin Krenn
Station 4 / TWO YEARS:
idea: Chris Pilch
song written by Astrid Hirzberger, produced by Astrid Hirzberger, Benno Hiti and Paul Wurm
Station 5 / I'M GLAD WE DON'T HAVE TO PRETEND TO BE FRIENDS:
idea: Astrid Hirzberger
all snakes are either bought second hand or borrowed from friends.
special thanks to: Kerstin, Ulli, Selina, Thomas, Paula, Diana, Katrin, Hannah, Gabriel, Niki.
song written & produced by Astrid Hirzberger
Station 6 / EXPECTED END:
idea: Astrid Hirzberger
set design & hand sculptures: Raphaela Miklauc
set design assistant: Natascha Miklauc
song written & produced by Astrid Hirzberger