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Shapeshifter is a jazz-influenced pop ballad by Canadian singer-songwriter Alessia Cara, released on July 15, 2021, as one of the lead singles from her third studio album, *In the Meantime*. Co-written and produced by Salaam Remi, the song delves into the emotional complexities of a relationship marked by deceit and transformation. The accompanying music video, directed by Tusk, premiered on July 23, 2021, and showcases Cara portraying multiple characters—including a scorned wife, a cheating husband, a private investigator, a gardener, and a maid—in a theatrical narrative that underscores the song's themes of identity and betrayal. The video's conclusion connects to the ending of the visual for "Sweet Dream," the other lead single from the album.
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Alessia Cara’s music video for “Shapeshifter”, released 2021. Directed by Salaam Remi and Tusk. 3:11 in HD, 1,880,261 plays and 66,947 likes on YouTube. Filed under Jazz, Pop and R&B. AltSounds Curated.
- Director
- Salaam Remi, Tusk, Nicole O’Connell, Hart Represents
- Cinematography
- David Bolen
- Producer
- Veronica Radaelli
- Executive producer
- Frank Borin, Ivanna Borin
- Production
- UnderWonder Content
- Editor
- Ben Klebanoff, Tusk
- Colour
- Matt Osborne, Company 3
- Creative direction
- Kid. Studio
- Make-up
- Zara Kaplan
- Label
- Def Jam, Universal Music
- 1st AD
- Joshua Glassman
- Production manager
- Dakotah Hitt
- Production coordinator
- Rain Zheng
- 1st AC
- Quinton Rodriguez
- 2nd AC
- Jonathan Cypress
- Steadicam
- Justin Danzansky
- Gaffer
- Sebastien Nuta
- Electric
- Gabe Knoos-Newton, JC Falcon
- Key grip
- Sean Hale Hunt
- Grip
- Matt Seest, Eddie Crosby
- Production designer
- Michelle Patterson
- Set decorator
- Petra Vasvári de León
- Prop master
- Sadie Moon
- Set dresser
- Sunny Mills, Warner Hiatt, Brianna Ingemi, Gregory Reeves
- Wardrobe stylist
- Chris Horan
- Wardrobe assist
- Charlie Burke, Lauren Jeworski
- Hair artist
- Malcolm Marquez
- Hair assist
- Annie Wyric
- VFX supervisor
- Mauricio Neira, Kawika Banis
- VFX artist
- Mauricio Neira
- Title font
- Kid. Studio
- 2nd AD
- Keensen K.C. Chambers
- Commissioner
- Yolande Geralds, Remi Williams
- Set photographer
- Olivia Aita