Emma Stone has reunited with her frequent collaborators Yorgos Lanthimos and Jerskin Fendrix for an otherworldly new music video for Fendrix’s song, Beth’s Farm. The video, released recently, showcases a surreal and reflective portrayal that diverges from conventional music video imagery, blending elements of film narrative with symbolic visuals. This collaboration has roots in their previous projects and highlights Stone’s continued exploration beyond traditional acting roles.
Visual Storytelling Set on a Farm
The video opens with Jerskin Fendrix navigating a rustic setting resembling his childhood farm in Shropshire, where familiar sights like barns and fields create an intimate backdrop. Emma Stone’s entrance is striking as she falls from a tree wearing practical farm attire, including black rain boots and a burgundy barn jacket, paired with a disheveled pixie haircut. Throughout the six-minute video, Stone and Fendrix engage in various farm-related tasks—carrying hay bales, caring for horses and cows—and their movements occasionally mirror one another, creating a harmonious visual rhythm.
Notable moments include Stone lying motionless on a country road before soon after driving a tractor, adding to the video’s enigmatic atmosphere. The visual unfolds with a blend of poetic and surreal scenes, building to a fiery climax featuring the burning of eclectic items such as a piano and fingernail clippings. The pair dance around the bonfire energetically, ultimately collecting the ashes and dispersing them near a barn. The final image is a mound of soil expanding over a small bed, a recurring motif throughout the video symbolizing growth or transformation.
Creative Collaboration Rooted in Film and Music
This project marks another creative collaboration between Stone, Lanthimos, and Fendrix, who first gained significant attention in 2023 with the film Poor Things. That film, an adaptation of Alasdair Grey’s novel, featured a darkly inventive storyline and garnered substantial acclaim, including an Ivor Novello award for Fendrix as the composer and an Oscar for Stone’s acting. The trio also worked together on Kinds of Kindness and are currently preparing to release the dark sci-fi comedy Bugonia later this year.
Stone and Lanthimos’ partnership extends beyond these films, including their work on the acclaimed period piece The Favourite and the short film Bleat. The Beth’s Farm video serves as the lead single from Fendrix’s upcoming second album, Once Upon A Time. . . In Shropshire, which will be released on October 10.
Artistic Reflection on Their Ongoing Collaboration
Reflecting on the project, Yorgos Lanthimos remarked,
“It was lovely to team up again with Emma and a number of people that we have been working with for quite a while to contribute a bit of film narrative to what I think is a remarkable second personal album by our very important artistic collaborator and friend, Jerskin Fendrix,”
—Yorgos Lanthimos
This music video not only highlights the deep creative synergy between Stone, Lanthimos, and Fendrix but also emphasizes their ability to blend cinematic storytelling with music in innovative ways. As audiences anticipate the album release, the visual for Beth’s Farm offers a thoughtful and evocative glimpse into the artistic vision shaping this collaboration.
