Synopsis
Martina Topley-Bird appears within a stark, dreamlike landscape where darkness and light continually shift around her. Rather than following a conventional narrative, the video presents her as a solitary, almost spectral figure, moving through abstract spaces that seem to shimmer, dissolve, and reform. The imagery mirrors the song's intimate fixation on desire, with the singer becoming increasingly absorbed into the surrounding visual world. Its slow, hypnotic progression emphasizes mood and transformation over plot.
Factoids & Trivia
- "Anything" was released in 2003 as part of Topley-Bird's debut album, *Quixotic*. The album was retitled *Anything* for its 2004 United States release, which also featured revised sequencing and new artwork.
- The video is one of the more abstract entries in Floria Sigismondi's early-2000s music-video work. Its imagery avoids a literal storyline and instead builds an iridescent, dreamlike environment around Topley-Bird's performance.
- Film and music-video scholarship has singled out the clip's visual treatment of color. The video begins from an almost entirely black visual palette, with shifting shadows and color formations gradually transforming the figures and their surroundings.
- "Anything" was included on a 2004 Paste magazine sampler DVD alongside other music videos and film material, giving the clip additional exposure beyond its original music-channel run.
- The official video uses a different mix of the song from the softer album version, with more pronounced drums, bass, and buildup.