Synopsis

Natalie Merchant appears as the central attraction in a fantastical traveling circus, moving through a series of theatrical personas and eccentric performers. The colorful spectacle unfolds like a living picture book, with Merchant singing amid carnival imagery, costumes, staged tableaux, and playful visual transformations. The video turns the song's grateful, celebratory tone into an elaborate show of appreciation, blending old-fashioned circus pageantry with the surreal character work associated with the Ophelia era.

Factoids & Trivia

• The video was released in 1998 alongside "Kind & Generous," the first single from Merchant's second solo album, Ophelia.

• Merchant's human cannonball character connects the video to the broader visual world created for Ophelia. The character had already appeared in the album's accompanying creative concept.

• The album's visual campaign included six female characters associated with the title track, as well as a short film in which the characters interacted through dialogue, singing, and dance.

• "Kind & Generous" became Merchant's most successful song from Ophelia and received substantial exposure on VH1.

• The video was later included in the Ophelia home-video release, which collected the album's promotional videos along with several videos from Merchant's earlier album Tigerlily.