Glasgows The Ninth Wave have released the video to their track ‘I’m Only Going to Hurt You’, which is taken from their upcoming EP Happy Days!, landing July 31st. What you have here is a tormented woman, forced to deal with pain whilst in an isolated room. With her surroundings consisting of only an old TV and a lamp, she goes from a manic state to finally a place of peace. ‘I’m Only Going to Hurt You’ is directed by Bryan M Ferguson.

Regarding the video, Bryan M Ferguson said:

“I wanted the video to explore both mania and introversion through a voyeuristic lens. Taking influence from the French New Wave and putting that pop art vibe inside a more industrial concrete setting. The woman and the room are both an allegory of a manic heart inside a chest – the textures of the walls are almost bone-like, the woman is draped in red inside a space that grows tighter and more claustrophobic. I shot and cut the video with my wife (Vari Ferguson) in the middle of lockdown and it felt important to set the entire video in a windowless room with nothing but two essential pieces of furniture – a lamp and a television. The television transmits nothing but static – which at that time during the inception of the lockdown – the media often felt just as scrambled. I wanted to explore isolation not just because of how we were being forced to live during the current climate but also because it fused with the lyrics of the track – that personal alienation of heartache and how difficult intimate relationships are once damaged.”