Annie has hit the Internets with her latest single “Russian Kiss” in support of the Russian Gay community who are facing unheard of hate crimes by their very own government. The high octane techno track blends well into the video featuring men, women kissing and embracing their sexual identities without prejudice.
Everyone in every corner of the world should have basic human rights including the right to love who they chose to love.
Enjoy Russian Kiss below.
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The Winter Olympics are not just skating styles, waxing techniques and jump lengths. The Winter Olympics are also deep emotions: interpersonal, national, and global. Millions of TV-viewers are witness to these emotions. Usually, they find their expression in embraces and kisses. You can observe this at the finishing area and during the medal ceremony — teammates embracing each other, winners kissing their partners.
This may be difficult when the Olympic Games take place in Sochi in February. As we know, Vladimir Putin has introduced laws prohibiting gays and lesbians to show their love in public in Russia. Furthermore, it is prohibited to talk positively about homosexuality in public. This is the reason why an increasing number of leaders worldwide have decided to boycott this year’s Olympics. In Norway, the political leadership has rejected calls to remain at home. As a great power in winter sports Norway is in a unique position to flex its muscles in a situation like this. This could have been an occasion for Norway to stand up for the fundamental right to express your feelings towards the one you love.
In Norway, many gays and lesbians — and not only gays and lesbians — have reacted against this. One of them is one of Norway’s best-known elite artists: The New York-based artist Bjarne Melgaard (http://stabfrenzy.com/). Therefore, at the beginning of December, together with the Norwegian songwriter and performer Annie (http://anniemelody.com/), he took the initiative to Russian Kiss: a short movie about the right to kiss one’s beloved — regardless of sexual orientation — wherever one likes.
Melgaard invited the photographer and director Richard Kern – http://www.richardkern.com/ – to direct the movie; famous for his collaborations with Marilyn Manson, Sonic Youth, Indochine and Is Tropical. On short notice Kern and his team joined forces with Annie and Melgaard.
The result is “Russian Kiss” – a critical cry from Norwegian and American elite performers — albeit not from the Olympic disciplines.
Director: Richard Kern
Melody: Annie
Lyrics: Annie & Richard X
Production: Richard X
Additional vocal: Bjarne Melgaard & Andy Baumecker
Production: DT Films
Director of Photography: Kevin Hayden
Art Director: Bjarne Melgaard
Curator/ Project manager: Nicholas Møllerhaug
Designer: MVM – Magnus Voll Mathiassen
Editor: Jim Demuth
Casting: Annette Ramos
Styling: Miyako Bellizzi
Hair: Alexandra Andrade
Makeup: Andrew Colvin
Label: Totally Records
Release date: feb. 7th 2014
Supported by Fritt Ord Foundation and Music Norway
