Bat for Lashes - The Hunger

What this video is

Released August 5, 2019, 'The Hunger' video arrives as the third single from Bat for Lashes' 80s-concept album Lost Girls (AWAL Recordings), an album explicitly referencing the aesthetic and iconography of 1980s vampire and horror cinema. The video's title deliberately echoes Tony Scott's 1983 post-punk vampire cult film The Hunger, starring David Bowie and Bauhaus. Operating within a broader 2019 cultural moment…

Why it matters

A defining example of late 2010s art-pop auteurism: the artist as sole director, performer, and narrative architect. The video's synthesis of synthpop retrowave audio with occult-feminist desert ritual visuals represents a mature evolution of Bat for Lashes' mythological storytelling tradition.…

The director

Natasha Khan (b. 25 October 1979, UK), recording artist and multi-disciplinary auteur known professionally as Bat for Lashes. In addition to her music career, Khan has directed numerous of her own music videos and short films. She scored the BBC/Netflix…