# QUEEN KWONG Releases Provocatively Visceral Video “I Know Who You Are” via Flaunt

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/queen-kwong-releases-provocatively-visceral-video-i-know-who-you-are-via-flaunt/
- Published: 2022-03-16T15:00:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

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“Carré Callaway’s tough-as-nails attitude mixes oddly with her esoteric innocence.
You wouldn’t expect the freckled-face singer to lead a ‘visceral rock’ band named
Queen Kwong.” – **_LA WEEKLY_**

“Queen Kwong’s music might not be loud in the traditional sense, but it certainly
packs a visceral, primal punch.” – **_LOUDER_**

“Powerful, creepy, beautiful… Callaway has often been compared to the likes of Iggy
Pop or Patti Smith.  That’s fair (and flattering), but if she keeps building and
changing, Callaway’s music will allow no comparisons.” – **_BUST_ **

**QUEEN KWONG**
**Releases Provocatively Visceral Video****“[I KNOW WHO YOU ARE](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=768e358799&e=615f2b8493)“**

Premieres _via_ **[Flaunt](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=5fda10d108&e=615f2b8493)**

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**Inspired by Isabelle Adjani’s Iconic Scene in Andrzej Żuławski’s 1981 movie [_Possession_](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=97384c47d9&e=615f2b8493)**

_**Couples Only**_** out July 12th **_**via **_**Sonic Ritual**

**LP Features Roger O’Donnell (The Cure), Kristof Hahn (Swans), Laura-Mary Carter(
Blood Red Shoes) and more**

**March 15, 2022 (Los Angeles, CA)** —  “Though it looks like I’m screaming my head
off, I had to stay nearly silent the entire time because we couldn’t draw attention
to ourselves and risk people coming into the tunnel while we were shooting,” says**
Carré Kwong Callaway — **aka **Queen Kwong **about her provocative new video “**
I Know Who You Are” **which premieres today** **_via _[**Flaunt**](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=bfc3fd995c&e=615f2b8493).****“
This was a super-fast shoot but it was probably the most challenging video I’ve 
ever done.  There were only three of us — **Joe Cardamone **[of The Icarus Line]
directing, **Jacob Mendel** filming, and me, and we only had one take to do the 
main tunnel scene because I could only break everything I had in my hands once.”

Queen Kwong - I Know Who You Are (Official Video)

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Watch this video on YouTube

**Queen Kwong “I Know Who You Are”**

Modeled after the [iconic subway scene](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=76298e1833&e=615f2b8493)
from Andrzej Żuławski’s classic 1981 horror film _Possession, _Callaway drew inspiration
from actress Isabelle Adjani’s shocking performance of a woman who suffers from 
a demonic attack in a subway tunnel.  The harrowing video premieres _via_ Flaunt
who says “_Singing through a stinging lyrical letter… ‘I Know Who You Are’ borders
the delirium and darkness of divorce and finding a way out._” Calloway adds, “You
can see a part when I accidentally hit my head against the wall and that combined
with the bag being so heavy with a gallon of liquid made me nearly fall over every
time I swung it around, so that also helped add to the authenticity.” While visually
in line with the film, the theme behind the song as well connects with the source
material. “The movie is largely an allegory for divorce; hence, Joe suggested the
concept for the video a while back because the movie and my record share some thematic
commonalities,” she says.  

![](https://i0.wp.com/mcusercontent.com/f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984/images/d06f0552-
67fe-7ea4-d6ad-4b7774b29446.jpeg?resize=335%2C497&ssl=1)

**Queen Kwong**
photo credit: [Laura-Mary Carter](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=4b90e96bf2&e=615f2b8493)

The one condition Callaway had was that the video ends differently than the movie.
She tells Flaunt, “_Possession _was written from a male’s perspective and the last
thing I wanted to do was portray yet another ‘crazy bitch’ who’s to blame for everything
falling apart.  That’s the opposite of what my record is about.”  While the film
observes Adjani’s character spiral downward, Callaway and Cardamone swapped out 
the tragic ending with one of hope instead as her character emerges from the other
end of the tunnel.  “Ultimately, relief and freedom are on the other side,” she 
adds.

Her upcoming album _**Couples Only**_** (Sonic Ritual; **release date:** July 12,
2022)** from which the song is taken, captures every emotion from shock to grief
and ultimately triumph that came not only from Callaway’s divorce but also from 
the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis that presented her with no more than a decade left
to live. It’s a fearless account of facing the worst betrayals and accepting the
deepest losses.  But, ultimately, it’s a testament to the endurance of the human
spirit.  Flaunt states “_Couples Only_… _tells the darker, often tunnel-vision of
loss and grief, show humans persist and somehow find the light again_.” 

Assembling a notable cadre of contributing musician friends including The Cure’s**
Roger O’Donnell** (_keyboards_), Swans’ **Kristof Hahn** (_lap steel_) and Blood
Red Shoes’ **Laura-Mary Carter** (_backing vocals_) who appear on assorted tracks
on the upcoming LP, Callaway worked closely with friends and allies, including Cardamone
who produced and  **Tchad Blake** (_Arctic Monkeys, Elvis Costello, Fiona Apple_),
who mixed the record.  As with every Queen Kwong release, all music for the upcoming
album was entirely improvised, freestyled and recorded on the spot — nothing was
pre-written lyrically or musically.  Needless to say, _Couples Only_** **is Callaway
setting the record straight, and across these 11 songs, she takes no prisoners

Discovered by **Trent Reznor** who invited her to open Nine Inch Nails’ _With Teeth
_tour (2005) and again in 2009 and 2018, she has released two albums (_Get a Witness_
in 2015 and _Love Me to Death_ in 2018) and two EPs (2013’s _Bad Lieutenant _and
2019’s _Oh Well_).

**_Couples Only_** will be released on **July 12, 2022 **_via _**Sonic Ritual.**

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