Buel explores the complexities of her true identity, refusing to bow down to society’s simplistic expectations.
Buel – Dancing With Devils of Mine
Dark disco diva Buel has just released her new single Dancing with Devils of Mine, a somewhat sombre, deep dance cut flavoured with lush beats. The catchy synth riff pumps throughout unyieldingly backed up by a wall of strings, accentuating the introspective atmosphere. It is contagiously danceable and at the same time a little eerie, which is just fitting for a song about exploring the truth hidden inside one’s inner self.
The video perfectly captures the concept, by showing a shaggy-looking Buel who dances writhingly with wild, spontaneous moves. She combines Madonna’s look in her Girl Gone Wild video with a more Lucky Star-like choreography. A lot of the time her dancehall is the dimly lit nave of a church as she inquiringly gapes forward the whole time, her fiery blue eyes marvelling at the infinite. Such takes are interspersed with images of a deep blue sea, signifying the never-ending fascinations of her own inner world. Society may try to reduce or simplify us, but here she is winkingly welcoming you to the maze of her mind. “Ask me to name it/Why?/Not yours to take/It’s mine”, sings the girl with a mixture of playful abandon and wonderment.
The lyrics reflect Buel’s discomfort being forced to constantly define her own gender expression and sexuality, having to accept the categories offered by society. “This acceptance feels a bit like an invasion of privacy to me”, she explains. “I think the more we accept to explain our gender and sexuality to others, the more we create space for suppression and judgement”.
Long based in LA, Buel has been in a love story with music ever since the age of two. This is the lead-off single from her debut album, due next year.
“Dancing With Devils of Mine masterfully marries a catchy sombre-tinged dance beat and introspective lyrics that reveal a woman who refuses to be defined by society’s simplism”
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