C: And it was the end of that dichotomy because I had to address the sadness properly. I immediately sent the song to my team and I was like, "I think we need to release that song soon," because as a performer, I think I have a duty to be honest.
It might be a bit cheesy to say it like that, but I really want to relate to what I'm singing on stage. I think that song was kind of realigning myself with the words I would be saying. At first I thought I would just release that one, that song, but then I just realized it opened a gate. I couldn't stop writing, and I wrote several other ones. I think everyone around me understood that it was necessary for me to do that EP, and nobody got in my way. And then it escalated into this short movie.
"It was a process of reconstructing myself with [La Vita Nuova], and it was both really humbling and beautiful because I was reminded of why I started Christine and the Queens in the first place."
I didn't want to comment on that EP. I was like, "How can people receive it as fully as they can with me being silent in a way," and I immediately thought a short movie would be the perfect way to just address everything with theater. It was a process of reconstructing myself with [La Vita Nuova], and it was both really humbling and beautiful because I was reminded of why I started Christine and the Queens in the first place.
It was exactly the same thing: I was trying to reconstruct myself, and empower myself, and heal, and it was kind of like a full circle. I was back to that point where I needed healing again, and so actually, the shooting of the movie was quite cathartic.