"Damsel in Distress" | ||||
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Single by Rufus Wainwright | ||||
from the album Unfollow the Rules | ||||
Released | February 27, 2020 | |||
Length | 4:42 | |||
Label | BMG | |||
Songwriter(s) | Rufus Wainwright | |||
Rufus Wainwright singles chronology | ||||
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"Damsel in Distress" is a song by Rufus Wainwright. On February 27, 2020, [1] the song was released as the second single for his ninth studio album Unfollow the Rules, released by BMG in April 2020.
Wainwright wrote the song to honor Joni Mitchell. [2] He said, "My husband and I now live in Laurel Canyon. I wasn't that familiar with Joni's music but Jörn [Weisbrodt] became obsessed and took me on a journey into her music. We ended up hanging out with her and I get now why she's one of the greats. So it's part Laurel Canyon, part a song about a personal relationship that I'm trying to come to terms with, but mostly my Mitchell virginity being broken." [3]
The song's animated music video features "a woman in bellbottoms sauntering through landscapes with the song's lyrics displayed in the clouds". [3]
Stream [4]