The Aussie-born, UK-based jazz and pop singer Gabriella Cilmi is out with the music video to her new ballad single "Defender," the third release from her second studio album "Ten," which has been in stores Down Under since March this year. The Invisible Men-produced track is a moving ballad which features a marching band drumline to emphasise its lyrical message.Cilmi (pronounced 'chill me') was catapulted to global fame by her worldwide mega hit, "(There's Nothing) Sweet About Me," and her teen beauty and powerful voice may have quickly marked her out at the beginning of her career, but there was always a depth and variety about her that hinted at richer, wilder things. She has always taken luck into her own hands, and possesses a smoky, whiskey-soaked voice that belies her age and a feisty rock attitude that placed her on the inside fast track to pop stardom. The 19-year-old is set to surprise a lot of people with her bold, fresh musical direction and feisty attitude.
After 'Cilmi's foray into New Wave Disco flopped harder than Magikarp, the Aussie pop star has returned back to a more organic sound for her latest single "Defender." Her toned down the glitz & glamor for the song's music video, trading in her Barbarella space suit and 70's-era nightclubs for a dirty white tank top and the rape tunnel from "Irreversible." It's a touching and empowering ballad, and it fits Cilmi's unique vocal style a lot better than some of her underrated disco jams did.
From a feminine, the songstress transforms into a tomboy in this music video, which was filmed in Chelmsford's water factory. "There was lime scale falling from the walls and it was quite cold and lonely looking, but it had just the right character for the video," Cilmi explained about the filming location. The concept is to follow a girl leaving behind one world, stripping back everything that hides who she truly is and then going into battle to protect someone or something she believes in. In the video we see Gabi strip away from her popstar guise to prepare for combat mode. But who or what exactly is she defending in a wet tank top and baton, we'll never know.
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