Sharon Van Etten Instagram – 11 years later… The official music video for Serpents is finally coming out tomorrow at 12pm ET with a special note from me airing before we premiere the video. I hope to see you there. About a year or two ago, @naomivision (Naomi Yang of #Galaxie500) reached out to me after she had rediscovered a video that we had made together in 2011, during the making of Tramp, just before the album’s release. It was for the song Serpents. At the time, I didn’t have much experience with music videos. I was very insecure about being the focus of a video. Maybe I wasn’t ready to face my demons. I know it sounds funny. I could write and perform them, but facing them and baring my soul on camera felt like an entirely different thing, and when I looked at myself, I felt uncomfortable in my own skin. I chose not to release the video. While reading Naomi’s email during the pandemic, and watching this younger version of myself, I felt empathy for the emotions I was trying to express in the song and the video form. I could see the drive within me to share my soul and connect with others that felt a similar drive and desperation for answers, resolution. The timing was uncanny, approaching the anniversary of Tramp. #SusanneSasic #Tramp11