Synopsis

Natasha Khan moves between a bedroom, a construction site, dark streets, and brightly lit shop windows in a dreamlike search for connection. She sketches, studies strange objects, and encounters a group handling glowing bulbs before discovering a red, heart-shaped object. Returning home, she begins drawing again, revealing that the object and its imagined companion are part of a handmade creative project. The video turns loneliness into a surreal art-making ritual, blurring the boundary between Khan's inner world and the physical spaces around her.

Factoids & Trivia

• The video was released in August 2009, ahead of the single's UK release on September 7, 2009.

• "Sleep Alone" was the third single from Bat For Lashes' second album, "Two Suns." It was issued as a download-only double A-side with "Moon and Moon."

• The central idea is deliberately self-referential: Khan appears to be making an art project about making an art project. The video includes drawings, geometric artwork, glowing bulbs, and a small robot-like figure made from orange plexiglass.

• Contemporary coverage highlighted the video's handmade, surreal construction and compared its visual inventiveness to the work associated with Michel Gondry and Bjork.

• The video reflects the imaginative visual world surrounding "Two Suns," an album built around recurring characters, contrasting identities, and a strongly cinematic sense of fantasy.