Telenovela

Overview

Telenovela is a short film&video that accompanies the song Televonela by singer/songwriter March.

Telenovela is about my tendency to overfeel and overthink everything. And about my love of hyperbolic metaphors. It’s one of my favourite tracks on the Pop Psychology 101 album, an electro-pop concoction with a splash of Spanish guitar, courtesy of the great Michel Garrido.

Hope you’ll enjoy the track and video and let me know if you can work out what’s going on. It’s a convoluted tale of intrigue, like in a telenovela, indeed. Here are the lyrics:
Telenovela

All of my options are wearing thin,
so I get stuck in a celluloid dream
where I can be who I want to be
where there’s no end to my fantasies

All of my notions are vanishing,
I seek some shelter inside this script
I have been writing since I was three
trying out variations on the same theme

All of these characters come to my aid incessantly
(With their stories, so many tales to tell)
Call it escapism, but every time it works a treat
(who cares if I’m stuck in some constant daydream)

I’ve been thriving on a love
That is larger than life
That shoots me high above
And leaves the whole world behind
When the drama unfolds
And the emotions run wild

I’ll embellish every minute,
wear a scarlet letter
Magnify every detail:
Straight out of a telenovela

All of my assumptions are running out,
I was so convinced, I had no doubt
that by the time I reached this age
I wouldn’t be playing on the same old stage

All of these fictional characters don’t mean a thing
(With their lying, so many lies to tell)
Call me delusional, but I still seek sincerity
(who knows if I’m ever going to find it here)

I’ve been thriving on a love
That is larger than life
That shoots me high above
And leaves the whole world behind
When the drama unfolds
And the emotions run wild

I’ll embellish every minute,
wear a scarlet letter
Magnify every detail:
Straight out of a telenovela

Director : Marcello Mereu

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