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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

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The Police - Wrapped Around Your Finger

Music Appreciation

I'll start with the music video because I recall being mesmerized by "Wrapped Around Your Finger," particularly the captivating candles and the man with blonde hair prancing around the maze. Directed by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, the video features Sting navigating a labyrinth of towering candle-filled candelabras, creating a striking visual representation of the song's themes of manipulation and power.

Written by Sting, "Wrapped Around Your Finger" is from The Police's fifth and final studio album, Synchronicity, released on July 8, 1983, in the UK. Sting described it as "a spiteful song about turning the tables on someone who had been in charge." He added, "This song is vaguely alchemical and probably about a friend of mine, a professional psychic and my tutor in tarot, with bits of Doctor Faustus and The Sorcerer's Apprentice thrown into the pot for good measure."

via The Police

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Monday, July 7, 2025

Devon Cole - W.I.T.C.H.

Music Appreciation

While scrolling through TikTok in the summer of 2022, I stumbled upon a video of a young girl in a blue jean jacket and studio headphones, smiling as she sang "W.I.T.C.H." into a recording microphone.

The song, written by Canadian alt-pop singer Devon Cole along with songwriters John Mark Nelson and Alexandra Soumalias, was released through Arista Records on July 7, 2022. In 2023, Cole was nominated for Breakthrough Artist of the Year by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

In an interview with The Hidden Hits reporter Alissa Arunarsirakul, Devon explained the song's significance: "To me, ‘W.I.T.C.H.’ is a song that reclaims the witch as a symbol of women’s resistance. It celebrates women’s strength, autonomy, and rebellion – traits that contradict the patriarchal idea of what a woman should be and how she should behave.”

The music video, directed by Martin Klapperbien and choreographed by Michelle Hanitijo, features Devon and six other girls in prairie dresses and Mary Janes dancing along a dirt road and open field, playing with a Ouija board, and prancing around a bonfire.