Synopsis
"Anywhere" is built around surreal underwater imagery rather than a conventional performance narrative. A French man wearing goggles moves through the water in a prolonged breath-holding sequence, his face and body suspended in a strange, dreamlike environment. The footage turns the song's promise of total devotion into something both romantic and unsettling: a solitary figure pushing himself beyond ordinary limits while the slow, dark synth-pop soundtrack drifts around him. The result is an atmospheric visual meditation on endurance, intimacy, and emotional disorientation.
Factoids & Trivia
- "Anywhere" is the opening track on Rough Days For Diamond Trade's debut EP, "Somehow."
- Rough Days For Diamond Trade is the solo project of Danish musician and filmmaker Frederik Solberg, who has been associated with both Copenhagen and Berlin.
- The video was presented through the Looking Forward label and originally circulated on Vimeo.
- The clip's central image is an underwater French man in goggles holding his breath for an unusually long time. Its stark simplicity gives the video an almost performance-art quality.
- The song was highlighted by The Guardian in March 2013, when journalist Paul Lester selected Rough Days For Diamond Trade as his "New Band of the Day."
- The Guardian described the project as a Danish interpretation of early-1980s synth-pop and goth-rock, with comparisons to Joy Division, Bauhaus, and Tears for Fears.
- "Anywhere" also appeared on the 2012 promotional compilation "Nothing But... Electropop," helping introduce the project to a wider online audience.
- The track later received several remixes, including versions by Legowelt, Boom Clap Bachelors, Max Ulis, and Elka 8.