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Shura 'Religion (U Can Lay Your Hands On Me)' by Chloé Wallace

Ned Botwood - 18th June 2019

Ever seen a nun vogue in a swimming pool? You can in Chloe Wallace’s new video for Shura - the British singer’s second collaboration with CANADA.

Pairing sex and Catholicism is the birthright of music videos, and CANADA make a habit of it. But you won’t have seen nuns this blue since Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle. Shura plays a female clergyman in a convent where smoking and dancing are permitted, and love is the order of the day.

There’s some great casting here, especially in Latoya Edwards, who has a rare magnetic presence. But arguably, the true star of this video is Shura’s spectacular hat, a white galero befitting of a young pope. Thanks to this, some gorgeous compositions, and delicate Picnic at Hanging Rock costume design by Katharina Windemuth, sacrilege has never looked this cute. It’s a real home nun.

“For centuries we have been told by different faiths what is right, what is allowed… but here the leader is a woman, and the women are encouraged to love each other,” director Chloé Wallace explains. “We wanted to make a world of sexiness without being exploitative.”

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Ned Botwood - 18th June 2019

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  • Choreography
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  • Pick of the Day
  • Synth Pop
  • Alternative Pop
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  • Pop
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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Chloe Wallace
Producer
Karen Saurí
Production Company
Executive Producer
Oscar Romagosa
1st AD
Cecilia Delgado

Camera

Director of Photography
Jack Kendrick
Focus Puller
Shao Min Chew Chia
2nd AC
Cheryl Wong

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Nick Kalajdzic

Art

Art Director
Kendra Eaves

Casting

Casting director
Kate Antognini

Editorial

Editor
Lizzy Graham
Editing company
The Whitehouse

Grading

Colourist
Ruben Galamba
Colour grade company
Metropolitana

VFX

Post Producer
Álvaro Posadas

Commission

Label
Secretly Canadian

Misc

Head Of Production
Alba Barneda

Other credits

Line Producer

Mathew Kim, Molly Gillis

Costume Designer

Katharina Windemuth

Associate Costume Designer

Heather Cameron Freedman

Graphic Designer

Albert Romagosa

Still Photo

Esteban Chacin

Production Coordinator

Ellpetha Tsivicos

Production Assistant

Camilo Quiroz-Vazquez, Felix Eason, Niklas Möller, Z Ambramowitz

Swing

Alex Hass, Danyal Niazi, John Zeng

Art Assistant

Alex Baird

Shura's Hat Designer

Eric Javits

Post Production Coordinator

Maria M Campomanes @CANADA

Ned Botwood - 18th June 2019

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