mxmtoon - unspoken words (official video)

mxmtoon's second album rising is out now! stream or download rising here: http://mxmtoon.ffm.to/rising

the masquerade is out now! stream or download "unspoken words," or "unspoken words (acoustic)" here: http://mxmtoon.ffm.to/masquerade

this music videos means a lot to me, as i was really able to dive into my experience growing up as chinese-american! it’s rare and wonderful when you’re able to share pieces of your world, and working on this video was both challenging in trying to express a personal story in a fun way but to keep it meaningful as well. videos have been my favorite way of expressing my songs visually so far, and this one is no exception.

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credits:
directed & edited by jane chow
story by jane chow and peter rafe
production company: time code pictures
producers: ian tan, christabelle tan, jane chow


director of photography: danyal niazi
1st assistant camera: benjamin elias
gaffer: ace buckley
key grip: alex kary
best boy grip: james dayton


production designer: patricia cruz jamandre
lead carpenter: kevin mathein
carpenters: asa lory, connor smith
art assistant: camille rao
hair and makeup artist: tetiana glushchenko


associate producer: peter rafe
unit production manager: basil apostolo
1st assistant director: maddy oliver
production assistants: ryan crouch, liam lischak
set photographer: tiffany lo
set videographer: ryan nakajima


vfx artists: tancredi di paola, martin taube, sam waldow
illustrator: krishna kanaiya
color & sound design by jane chow

lyrics:
it wasn’t always easy
growing up we had our fights
though we wouldn’t say it
we wanted to play nice

i can safely say we’re friends
and that i love you too
but years ago that wouldn’t happen
because i didn’t get you

oh, it’s complicated
and i need to say it
cause time is fading away

i should’ve said it sooner
who knows what in the future
but now i need you to know

that i love you
you know it’s true
you don’t need to say it back to me
because i know you do

and i get it now
you weren’t allowed
the same life
that you’ve so gracefully endowed

i’m happy with it all now
we both had to grow and learn
to understand each other
and with patience we took turns

i’m sorry for my anger
i was just too young to know
that cause of your exterior
and just what you wouldn’t show

oh, it’s complicated
and i need to say it
cause time is fading away

i should’ve said it sooner
who knows what in the future
but now i need you to know

that i love you
you know it’s true
you don’t need to say it back to me
because i know you do

and i get it now
you weren’t allowed
the same life
that you’ve so gracefully endowed

oh, i love you
you love me too
unspoken words are preferred
but it’s the truth

i’ll shift the tide
leave windows wide
we are the start, our change of heart
will be our guide

oh, i love you
you know it’s true
you don’t need to say it back to me
because i know you do

i do
i know you do