Skrillex's "XENA" Music Video Advantages Victims of the Devastating Turkey–Syria Earthquake

On February sixth, a violent, 7.8 magnitude earthquake devastated Turkey and Syria, killing over 50,000 individuals and leaving hundreds of thousands with out water, shelter or meals.

Now, Skrillex has partnered with OXFAM Worldwide to drive donations for the aid group’s emergency response fund, offering victims with clear water, meals, medical care, hygiene kits and different catastrophe aid necessities.

The music video for “XENA,” a observe that includes Nai Barghouti, units a backdrop for a robust sequence of scenes whereby girls resist and overcome violence by music, dance and emotion. They in the end reveal their inherent nature to struggle for freedom and the appropriate to discover and specific themselves, particularly within the face of hate.

“The movie is round feminine ardour/rage, liberation, duality of tradition, freedom of selection and resistance,” defined the video’s director, Amara Abbas. “It’s in regards to the girls who’re main revolution in techniques which are designed towards them…it’s about what this motion represents, what these younger girls characterize—and what they encourage.”

“Not loads of us have skilled being in areas the place such intense occasions have occurred and the bones of what has occurred remains to be very a lot there,” Abbas continues. “This movie is, indirectly, the phoenix second of ladies who’re dwelling this actuality.”

The outline of the “XENA” video features a donation hyperlink to assist victims of the Turkey-Syria earthquake. You possibly can donate to OXFAM Worldwide’s aid efforts here.