Choosing the Track

Whilst choosing our track we had to make sure we chose an unsigned artist and ask for their permission to use their song, as we cannot use a mainstream artist such as Rihanna, Chrs Brown etc due to the risk of copyright infringement. At first our song choice was a whole different genre to the one we decided to do. It was 'What a Night To Be Alive' by the 99s http://www.unsigned.com/the99s. However we felt that this song didn't meet the fast beat pace we were looking for and didn't appeal to our target audience of 16-24. After reaching the conclusion that the song by the 99s wasn't for us and then continued the search into a different genre of music with was Indie Rock. Eventually, we came across 'Kink In Your Soul' by Red Emperor, and this was a great song as it ticked every box. It had a fast beat for majority of the song, it was young, it was hip, it could be easily interpreted into an excellent video with narrative and performance shots. Additionally, it had no foul language or offensive lyrics that would steer anyone away from our music video.

Here it is. Kink In Your Soul by Red Emperor.




She was always on her own,
She just always seemed too shy,
And she would hide her heart away, living in the ecstacy, hoping it would make her stronger,
And they would take her dreams away, save them for another day,

And it was not my choice, to let you go,
And I should have have taken more care, should have made sure,
And if I could turn back time, I would have let you know,
Oh how could I have known you had a kink in your soul?,

You've got a kink in your soul, oh oh oh oh…,
Oh how could I have known you had a kink in your soul?,
Oh oh oh oh oh…..,

Oh how could I have known?,
Oh how could I have known?,
Oh how could I have known you had a kink in your soul?,

She used to run from the one she loved,
It seems old habits never die,
And every time she'd run away, she would hide the sun away, she preferred it colder,
She should have been bolder, should have never sold her soul.