The all but black and white video treatment by Alex Schuurbiers for Shellter’s single “Wissant” poignantly complements the song’s feeling of utter emotional desolation. Shellter’s powerfully expressive vocals manage to be forceful yet fragile as she sings words that describe the aftermath of a break-up. But it is bereft of any rage, of any anger, and all that’s left is the hurt and the vulnerability that you have to allow yourself to feel in order to process the experience of a bad break-up especially one in which one’s emotions were put into such turmoil and in which you were made to feel like the villain. The ache in the lines “How your voice hit me hard without caution/How I broke like a branch in slow motion” and later the refrain of “How you made me believe that was me” hit deep even though Silke Janssens (aka Shellter) sounds like she’s merely contemplating some melancholic episode of the distant past with some time and space between. Her words for this song are poetically visceral and without going into the gory details it’s obvious she felt that hurt profoundly and found a way to transmute it into a song that with the presentation of her voice front and center and tender instrumentals augmenting the reflective vibe of the song is something one can take on and maybe find a way to process one’s own heartfelt hurt in the resonance of the lyrics and accessible tones employed by the songwriter. Watch the video for “Wissant” on YouTube, follow the Belgian singer-songwriter at the links below and give a listen to the rest of Shellter’s debut EP The Sun’s Already Low which was released on November 26, 2021.
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