Video: Julia Holter, “Moni Mon Amie”

March 27, 2012



Julia Holter’s video for "Moni Mon Amie," directed by Yelena Zhelezov, plays like a soft focus office romance fantasy with both characters portrayed by Holter. Helpfully, her label RVNG pre-interprets the video in the YouTube description—"The longing transforms the perception of the everyday, turning each moment into a poetic landscape in which the miniature and the gigantic become interchangeable" (Holter gets reflected in a fish bowl, for example)—which lets our brains off the leash a little bit, left to ponder new questions, like how Katy Perry and Justin Bieber got slotted as Related Videos on YouTube, and what that might mean about the ringtone prospects for Holter's newly released album, Ekstasis. Check her out on a three-month, international tour, the next step toward stadiums (or just a lot of free food and weird places to sleep).

US Tour Dates:
04/01/12 - Ekstasis Release Party (presented by Dublab) - Atwater Crossing - Los Angeles
04/16/12 - Arden Concert Gild - Arden, DE
04/17/12 - Underground Arts - Philadelphia, PA
04/18/12 - Unsound Festival NY - Issue Project Room - Downtown Brooklyn, NY
04/29/12 - Rickshaw Shop - San Francisco, CA
05/21/12 - Holocene - Portland, OR
05/22/12 - The Media Club - Vancouver, BC
05/23/12 - Barboza (Neumos) - Seattle, WA

European Tour Dates:
05/26/12 - Le Guess Who? - May Day, Utrecht, NL
04/16/12 - Arden Concert Gild - Arden, DE
05/27/12 - Paradiso - Amsterdam, NL
05/28/12 - Ancienne Belgique - Brussels, BE
05/29/12 - Vilette Sonique Festival - Paris, FR
05/31/12 - Silencio - Paris, FR
06/02/12 - Field Day Festival - London, UK
06/03/12 - Engine House @ IABF - Manchester, UK
06/04/12 - Forbidden Fruit Festival - Dublin, UK
06/05/12 - Brudenell Social Club - Leeds, UK* w/ Peaking Lights
06/06/12 - Xoyo - London, UK* w/ Peaking Lights
06/07/12 - Tou Scene - Stavenger, NOR
06/09/12 - A Tonal View Of Times Tomorrow Festival - Oslo, NOR
06/10/12 - Berghain - Berlin, GER
06/12/12 - Across @ Neues Museum - Nuernberg, GER
06/13/12 - Forum - Graz, AT
06/15/12 - Les Trinitaires - Metz, FR
06/16/12 - B-Sides Festival - Luzern, CH
06/17/12 - Spazioconcept - Milano, IT
06/23/12 - Cafe Teatro @ Dia De La Musica - Madrid, ES
06/26/12 - Centro Cultural Vila Flor - Guimaraes, POR
06/27/12 - Galleria Ze De Bois - Lisbon, POR

Video: Julia Holter, “Moni Mon Amie”