Florence Welch takes on a series of creepy motel rooms in the latest music video for "Delilah," an electrifying track off of her most recent LP, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful.
The clip, choreographed by Holly Blakely and directed by Vincent Haycock, is the sixth segment of Florence + the Machine's theatrical "The Odyssey" series, which also boasts "What Kind of Man," "St. Jude," "Ship to Wreck" and the short for "Queen of Peace" and "Long & Lost."
The "Delilah" music video opens with a powerful monologue from an elderly man who pleads, "Love yourself. Forgive yourself. You can't love and forgive other people if you don't first of all love and forgive yourself."
Welch, 29, then breezes through a labyrinth of motel rooms as she dances, comes face to face with a terrifying goblin and cuts a man's hair. "I'm gonna be free, and I'm gonna be fine," she sings on the track's chorus. "But maybe not tonight."
In the beginning of the month, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful was shortlisted for the esteemed Mercury Prize, which rewards the year's best LP put out by an artist from the U.K. The ceremony will kick off in London on Nov. 20.
Welch and company have had a pretty impressive 2015. After the Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl tumbled off stage and broke his leg, Florence + the Machine stepped up into the rock band's headlining slot for Glastonbury 2015. Having constantly toured the festival circuit, the group was ready and able to fill the shoes of the mighty Dave Grohl but that didn't go without endless thanks, well wishes and a cover of "Times Like These."
The "Shake it Out" musician stopped by Ellen on Tuesday to perform an exquisite version of "Ship to Wreck," all while standing in a swimming pool.
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