{"id":38508,"date":"2020-12-08T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/?p=38508"},"modified":"2020-12-07T16:29:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T21:29:58","slug":"premiere-nainnoh-run-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/premiere-nainnoh-run-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Nainnoh Enlists Dancers Kristine Bendul and Abdiel Jacobsen For Stunning \u201cRun\u201d Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Nainnoh-press-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Nainnoh-press-photo.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Nainnoh-press-photo-324x216.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Nainnoh-press-photo-416x277.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Nainnoh-press-photo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Nainnoh-press-photo-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Nainnoh-press-photo-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Nainnoh-press-photo-700x466.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Photo Credit: Irma Mtchedlishvili<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Nainnoh (pronounced nine-oh) knows what it means to run. Originally from Georgia, formerly a USSR-held territory, she came to America nearly 20 years ago \u2500 to not only escape a restrictive government but to fulfill her childhood dream. Her song \u201cRun\u201d celebrates severing toxicity from your life, in whatever form it may take, with rhythmic production and sweeping strings. \u201cRemember how I was treated, feeling so low,\u201d she sings. \u201cEven though you have thrilled me, I\u2019m letting you go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accompanying visual stars champion dancers and choreographers Kristine Bendul and Abdiel Jacobsen, known for helping break gender boundaries as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dance-enthusiast.com\/features\/day-in-the-life\/view\/Abdiel-Jacobsen-Kristine-Bendul-Gender-Neutral-Hustle-Competitive-Ballroom-Dancing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gender-neutral couple in ballroom dancing<\/a>. They\u2019re also known as frequent collaborators with Twyla Tharp and former principals in the Martha Graham Dance Company. In the video, Bendul and Jacobsen sculpt an evocative dance piece that fully embodies the song\u2019s fluid and ethereal motions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know it would be a dance piece [at first],\u201d Nainnoh tells Audiofemme, but when she started thinking about doing a video, she turned her eyes to the fledgling artist community of New York City. A close friend originally suggested she star in the video herself, but that didn\u2019t feel right. \u201cWhy should I showcase myself when I can actually support and give life to other people?\u201d she offers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nainnoh met Jacobsen and Bendul last year at Stepping Out Studios, a central Manhattan space, home to dance, Zumba, and bootcamp. \u201cI was so impressed by them. They\u2019re such beautiful people. I read about their story, and it was so heartbreaking and symbolic,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019ve always been passionate about supporting minorities, Black Lives Matter, and LGBTQ+ rights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nainnoh - Run (Official Music Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SADET9s7EnE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI gave them creative freedom because they\u2019re both choreographers and they\u2019re very good at what they do. I trusted them,\u201d she adds. \u201cThey did an amazing job. It\u2019s an emotional song, and they just crafted it beautifully.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRun\u201d is the second single from Nainnoh\u2019s forthcoming self-titled debut record, which took nearly a decade to complete. One thing after another, from personal tragedies to a hectic schedule, kept putting the music on the backburner. Appropriately, the collection cultivates personal turbulence with spiritual awakening and results in a true testament to her growth as a human being. \u201c[The album shows] how we all are connected and should cherish each other,\u201d she notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking back, she sees herself as quite \u201csincere and kind. I didn\u2019t know how to face darkness. I didn\u2019t see other people. But I started to and started to feel what they were feeling. That was a major discovery for me.\u201d Many of the songs were written around the time she had these revelations, so the record really is a celebration of her evolution. Musically, there\u2019s an air of transformation, as she veered away from pure pop in those early days to folk, rock, and psychedelia. \u201cPeople can feel how I\u2019ve grown as a musician, too. I feel like songwriting is some kind of stream and I have to download it,\u201d she muses with a laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Album opener \u201cCambium Rings,\u201d for example, harkens back to her airplane ride from Georgia to the United States. \u201cI actually wrote it on the airplane,\u201d she says. \u201cI was like \u2018Oh my god, I don\u2019t even have an instrument here. What am I going to do?\u2019\u201d She kept pen to paper, however, and the song sprang from her soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nainnoh\u2019s debut record is very much her liberation movement. Her childhood in Georgia &#8211; a country known for its suppression of individuality &#8211; instilled within her strength and endurance in the face of adversity. \u201cGrowing up there, it was so hard for me to express myself, artistically,\u201d she says. It was even difficult to obtain any vinyl records from America. \u201cSomehow, my parents secretly obtained these records, and I was listening to so many artists like Nina Simone and Ray Charles. These extraordinary sounds really inspired me,\u201d she remembers. \u201cI think it\u2019s very important at the early stages of a child\u2019s development to develop a musical taste \u2500 to introduce them to these great artists and musicians. I was lucky.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With restrictions around who she could even hang out with, she longed to immigrate to America, where \u201cyou could do whatever you wanted to do. Right now, the country has changed and is completely different, thankfully.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nainnoh also loved and studied the work of such novelists as Fyodor Dostoevsky and poets like Shota Rustaveli, a Georgian writer from the 12th Century &#8220;who was in love with <a href=\"https:\/\/theculturetrip.com\/europe\/georgia\/articles\/a-brief-history-of-georgias-only-female-king\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tamar, the female king of Georgia<\/a>, at that time. He was a Shakespeare before Shakespeare or before Hafez or Rumi.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her curiosity led her deep into songwriting when she was only 11. \u201cMy grandmother gave me the biggest gift of my life when she purchased a piano,&#8221; Nainnoh remembers. &#8220;After a couple weeks, I started writing music. I didn\u2019t want to sing what other people were singing from TV like all my friends in my circle. I wanted to write songs myself and what I felt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her album, expected in 2021, pieces together themes of strength and power, while also imparting the listener with their own understanding about the world. \u201cI hope the listener takes away the knowledge of existing in the darkness and still finding love and kindness,&#8221; she says. &#8220;We can survive, and we\u2019re going to be okay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Follow Nainnoh on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nainnohmusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nainnohofficial\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> for ongoing updates.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nainnoh (pronounced nine-oh) knows what it means to run. 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