Cody Simpson appears in drag in his new "Captain's Dance With the Devil" music video, directed by Miley Cyrus. The singer-songwriter tells the story of a sailor "yearning for freedom" on his latest track, and the new clip, filmed in quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic and released on Thursday (May 21), offers an intimate, moody portrait of the song's character. "The song can be interpreted in myriad ways and this was my primary idea.
Miley interpreted the song, which is reflected in the newly released visual, as the Captain’s struggle with societal norms regarding masculinity, and his secret affinity for dressing as a woman at a time when this was not as widely accepted as it now has become," Simpson explained (quote via Rolling
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