Memphis born LA musician Babyfangs is excited to share her new single “Prima Bella Donna” along with a bewitching music video shot within the confines of an ornate but unkempt Victorian mansion, worn by time and left in the care of a mysterious black cat. The setting fits perfectly with the song and Babyfangs’ Southern Gothic aesthetic, with vocals that seem to call out to the listener from a distant past. Sharing deep dark secrets not meant for temporal beings.
The lyrics says Babyfangs (Ava Wilson), “subtly delves into queer relationships I had as a young teenager. Using poisonous flowers as metaphors for the toxic relationships I endured during those years.”
Babyfangs has felt a connection to nature and animals for as long as she can remember, drawing comparisons to a real life Snow White from family and friends who’ve witnessed wild animals practically hop in her lap or alight upon her shoulder without coaxing. She grew up spending the summers catching frogs and playing with the rabbits and foxes that inhabited the overgrown abandoned 3 acre lot next to her grandmother Mimi’s house, and at one point tamed a wild sparrow she named Bread (named after its favorite treat). The natural world’s sublime influence and inherent mysticism is pervasive throughout Babyfang’s music. From the awe inspiring power of a summer thunderstorm storm racing east over the Mississippi River, to the incomprehensible beauty in the pink and orange golden hour cloud banks that inevitably follow one.
Music has been a steadying force for Babyfangs ever since. An anchor to fall back upon in difficult times. And at no other time in her life to date was its value and importance to her more apparent than during her stay at the Utah treatment center, where as she puts it, she coped with the situation by “making music my girlfriend.” With good behavior she’d earn privileges or “privs” as they were called by the staff and residents, and then use those “privs’ to buy time with the guitar and piano the facility had on site. “I would write on these instruments and sing to myself as a way to comfort myself,” says Babyfangs. Other residents started to take comfort in her songs too, and would listen in as she wrote and played. “I think seeing my music moving people and helping them get through tough situations made me want to do this for the rest of my life.”
What do you think of Babyfangs’ new single “Prima Bella Donna”?
