27. Zachary Bailey | I Will Follow - Songs Of Surrender

40 Songs re-recorded by us. Re-imagined by you. #U2SOS40

Songs Of Surrender. Out Now: http://u2.lnk.to/SOS

Zachary Bailey is an LA based filmmaker originally from Clarksville, MD. He explores themes of nostalgia, dark humor, warped realities and the beauty within it all.

"The driving inspiration for the piece was the feeling of discovering your favorite song for the first time. I wanted to imagine a kid coming across U2’s music for the first time blasting "I will follow" in his headphones. I would film videos as a kid on my vhs-c camcorder and add in-camera effects to make little movies, so I felt this to be a fitting scenario to build the story within. “I will follow” for me is about bursting with excitement to share that feeling with anyone and everyone. Since it is a song re-imagined, we set it in an ambiguous mix of modern day and the past. We had our actor (Marloe Delgadillo) watch the original music video for the song from 1980 and mimic Bono’s dance moves. He records himself and leaves the tape in a tree as a love letter to whoever comes across it (The band, his crush, a stranger..etc). It's a declaration to follow (whatever that is for you) to the end of the world and back."

"Both me and my creative partner who worked on the piece (Louis Celano) have had a connection to U2 since a young age. I remember telling my mother who loves U2 and hearing her excitement as well. Louis added the orange-tinted sky effect in post-production because he remembered liking it in their original music video for the song Gloria from 1981. Our cinematographer (Daniel Agre) shared the connection and can recall U2 playing in his house as a kid. Of the 40 songs re-imagined this was my favorite track which made it that much sweeter. Excited to hear and watch the rest as they release."

Find out more about Zachary Bailey:
https://www.instagram.com/bros_n_cons/
https://zacharybailey.xyz/