Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Book of Love’ Video Filmed by Kids in Gaza, Sudan

Olivia Rodrigo‘s newest music video positively strikes a chord, shining a light-weight on the lives of in the present day’s kids in areas affected by battle.

Posted Friday (March 6) on instagramthe visible pairs with the pop star’s cowl of The Magnetic Fields’ 1999 music “The Book of Love,” which she recorded for War Child Records’ new charity album, Help(2). As Rodrigo’s light voice sings the transferring lyrics over refined strings, footage captured by kids in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine and Yemen sew collectively on display screen.

The clips present how all of the children discover items of normalcy in the chaos — working round and taking part in video games with one another in open fields, roads coated in rubble and different settings affected to differing levels by the upheaval in their nations.

The video comes the identical day that Help(2) dropped. The album options recordings from Arctic Monkeys, Damon Albarn, Depeche Mode, Arlo Parks, Beabadoobee, Big Thief, Fonatines DC, Wet Leg and extra. It comes three a long time after the unique Help, which introduced collectively Paul McCartney, Oasis, Sinéad O’Connor and Radiohead to lift cash for the Bosnian battle in the Nineties.

This time round, War Child and its taking part artists are working to profit individuals affected by the humanitarian crises in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine and Syria, in addition to the civil wars in Yemen and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Rodrigo has been outspoken in his assist for Palestinian individuals amid the continuing battle in Gaza, writing on Instagram in July, “there are no words to describe the heartbreak I feel witnessing the devastation that is being inflicted upon innocent people… it is horrific and completely unacceptable. to give up on them is to give up on our shared humanity.”

In an interview concerning the album, producer James Ford recalled how particular Rodrigo’s session in the studio was whereas making his model of “The Book of Love.” “I talked Olivia into doing what we were calling a ‘Sinatra-style’ take, which was recording live with a string section,” he advised Billboard. “She was such a pro and was happy to take a gung-ho approach to it — she just walked into the studio and nailed it.”

Listen to Help(2) beneath.