Synopsis

The video presents "Passage" as a dreamlike journey toward an unseen but irresistible force. In murky, cinematic images, Aleksa Palladino is framed amid shifting darkness, bursts of light, and restless visual movement, while the song's slow build gives the sequence a sense of mounting danger and release. Rather than resolving into a literal story, the clip turns attraction, dread, and inevitability into its narrative.

Factoids & Trivia

• The video was released online in April 2012 through Secretly Canadian's Secretly Jag channel, several weeks before the album's May 22, 2012 release.

• The video's central idea came from the feeling of being drawn toward something inevitable, compared by the filmmakers to a moth approaching a flame.

• Its visual approach was designed to match the song's unusually broad dynamics. The track begins quietly, expands into a dramatic wall of sound, and then recedes, giving the clip a structure closer to a short film than a conventional performance video.

• "Passage" is the opening and title track of Exitmusic's full-length album. At 5 minutes and 39 seconds, it leaves enough room for the video to develop gradually rather than relying on quick-cut pop-video pacing.

• The song and video helped introduce the band's dark, cinematic dream-pop style during a period when Aleksa Palladino was also known for her acting work on HBO's "Boardwalk Empire."

• The clip's deliberately murky atmosphere reflects the broader visual language associated with the album: nocturnal, emotionally intense, romantic, and slightly ominous.