Synopsis
A young woman appears in two contrasting forms: one controlled, mechanical and emotionally sealed off, the other vulnerable, disordered and fully exposed to the roughness of her surroundings. Their parallel existence suggests two fractured aspects of the same identity, with each figure mirroring the other as they search for wholeness. As the tension between machine-like discipline and human feeling grows, the controlled persona begins to lose its rigid composure. The closing movement hints at a reluctant but significant release of control and a return to humanity.
Factoids & Trivia
- The video stars Xenia Leblanc and was filmed at Milk Studios in Los Angeles.
- The official video appeared in November 2013, shortly before the digital release of the "Lay My Eye" single on December 9, 2013.
- "Lay My Eye" was the first track used to introduce Electrosexual's debut album, "Art Support Machine," which followed in March 2014.
- The visual concept is built around the opposition between control and vulnerability, presenting the two sides as fragments of one person rather than as unrelated characters.
- The video's description deliberately leaves the identities unstable, raising the possibility that the supposedly robotic figure is the more genuinely human one, while the vulnerable figure may be performing emotional authenticity.
- The song was presented as sensual but ominous, and the video's sterile-versus-gritty visual contrast reinforces that uneasy combination.