Watch James Blake’s Assume Form: A Short Film

Singer-songwriter and producer James Blake posted a new video detailing his thoughts on his recent album, Assume Form. The video, titled Assume Form: A Short Film, showcases Blake’s skills behind the piano as he plays a live rendition of the album’s title track. Directed by Babak Khoshnoud, the short film is artfully shot in Blake’s typical avant-garde style.

In between verses, interview footage with Blake is played, during which he describes the emotional process of recording the album. Blake says:

I definitely don’t always feel melancholy, although my music might suggest that I do. The biggest thing that unsettled me, maybe, was the comparison to the alias I had created. The performer, and the person. You assume that people want a certain thing from you, and you realize that if you are just yourself, people—the right people—will accept you.

Watch the short film in full below and check out Blake’s music video for “Mile High” beneath that.