Music
The video for “Juna” was shot at the Wrestling Open at the White Eagle in Worcester.
This cover image shows the self-published book “Charm” by Clairo. (Clairo via AP)
Indie pop singer Clairo doesn’t wait until her October concerts in Boston to pay tribute to her Massachusetts roots.
The Carlisle native shot her latest music video for her song “Juna” at a wrestling match in Worcester.
The music video, their first in five years, was filmed during the Wrestling Open show at the White Eagle in Worcester. “Juna” is the latest single from their new album. Charm.
“It was just a very, very fulfilling day overall,” said Ryan Clancy, a wrestler who appears in the video, about the filming. “It was definitely a new experience and I’m very grateful.”
In the video, the singer attends a wrestling match. While standing alone in the ring, she watches the wrestlers jump, leap, tumble and punch each other. Clancy said that Clairo (whose real name is Claire Cotrill) spent some time watching the set when the cameras weren’t rolling.
“She was in the ring and did what a lot of people do who aren’t familiar with our business, which is check the ropes,” he said. “They know they’re real ropes and the ring isn’t soft.”
Later in the video, real Open fans watch the fights. Clairo joins them, with a glass of wine in his hand and a new shirt. The shirt? Clancy’s own merchandise.
“It was her decision,” he said. “Actually, it was a surprise to me that she was wearing my shirt. Some of the other wrestlers pointed it out to me. I had no idea she was wearing my shirt, so I thought that was very cool.”
He decided to donate all the proceeds from the sale of the T-shirt she wore in the video to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. “I feel like it’s right that I can just give it away to other people who are probably doing more than I am to raise awareness about something that I think is very, very important,” Clancy said.
Coincidentally, Clairo’s music is an advocacy for mental health and suicide prevention. Clancy said he had no idea about Clairo’s involvement.
“It’s funny how these things work,” he said.
In a notable section of Juna, Clairo makes trumpet noises with her mouth. Towards the end of the video, the camera pans to the audience playing. Everyone is making trumpet noises with their mouths in time with the music. Some pantomime playing trumpets.
In the video’s second-to-last shot, Clancy jumps off the ropes and lands in the ring. His biggest takeaway from the shoot wasn’t the publicity or a rising star in the music world wearing his merchandise, he said. It was the connections he was able to make.
“I’m very, very grateful, and I’m sure all the other wrestlers are, for the experience she gave us,” he said. “Because, you know, she did that for us.”
The video ends with Clairo surrounded by all the other wrestlers posing with the championship belt resting on their shoulders.
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