Joni Mitchell has shared the first official music video for her classic track ‘River’, which was released in 1971.The song featured on the singer-songwriter’s seminal album ‘Blue’ and over the years has become a melancholy Christmas staple.For its first-ever video, ‘River’ has been given the animation treatment by director Matvey Rezanov and Skazka Studios.
Splashes of black land on a white screen like dripping ink on a page before forming a black-and-white portrait of Mitchell looking out over a frozen mass of water.Later, the cartoon musician is seen ice skating over the river, before it cracks and turns to a branch growing in a dark sky.
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