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Alanas Chosnau & Mark Reeder Why? (Mark Reeder’s Heartache Mix) Why? Is the first release taken from Life Everywhere, the new album by Alanas and Mark. The video depicts two people on the run. Are they being chased by foreign forces? Or are they running away from a totalitarian society in search of a happier life? Video director Emily Jade Hagan () has created a contemporary but poignant image of people on the run, an image we are all too familiar with these days. Why? begins with a melancholic surge of balalaikas and dulcimers to create an Eastern European feeling, which harks back to the childhood years of Alanas, while he was growing up in the Soviet Union, having fled from war torn Iraq during the military dictatorship of Saddam Hussain. Alanas knows only too well what it is like to be a child refugee, running away to an uncertain future in a foreign land. The shoot was a mini-adventure in itself. We filmed from morning until nightfall amongst the beautiful, wilderness in North Brandenburg. The farmhouse was very rustic, like stepping into another world compared to the metropolis of Berlin. Joined by two actors, Nico Ehrenteit and Salber Williams, our director Emily Jade Hagan captured a cinematic music video reminiscent of Terrence Malick’s works. A vision sensitive and fitting to the emotional depth of the song. Why? (Mark Reeder’s Heartache Mix) Written by Alanas Chosnau, Mark Reeder & Micha Adam Produced and mixed by Mark Reeder & Micha Adam Vocals by Alanas Chosnau Backing vocals by Mark Reeder Guitars, Bass, Balalaika, Dulcimer, FX, Organ, Drums, Synths & Strings by Mark Reeder Additional Synths, Drums and programming by Micha Adam Recorded & mixed at Monumental Studio, Berlin Published by MFS2, Vsl Wow Projektai & Copyright Control. ISRC DE-H05-22-00015 The Original Version appears on the Album, Life Everywhere Available on and all digital platforms. Video Conceived & Directed by Emily Jade Hagan Executive producers Mark Reeder, Alanas Chosnau & Valda Chosnau Filmed in Brandenburg, March 2022 MFS 7192-1 Published by MFS2, Vsl Wow Projektai & Copyright Control. P&C 2022 MFS All Rights Reserved Lyrics: Alanas Chosnau & Mark Reeder Why? Lying right beside me Your skin shines in the light Our hopes and fears Were washed in sadness For wrong, is never right Standing by your window Silence all around No beating Heart Or stirring movement You said, We’d never part Why does my heart feel so sad? You never asked me questions Just to calm it all Why does my heart, ache so bad? My love was killed with kindness Now you’ve left it all You found it easy To lie to my face Your chance to prove it all You found it easy to waste all my space No time to lose it all The sirens all around us It’s time for me, to hide The running sounds Will end my freedom For wrong is never right You found it easy To lie to my face Your chance to prove it all You found it easy to waste all my space No time to lose it all Why does my heart feel so sad? You always hurt my feelings But you never saw… Why does my heart ache so bad? My love, was killed through madness Now you’ve left it all Why does my heart feel so sad? I never asked you questions Just to damn it all Why does my heart ache so bad? I killed our love with kindness Now you’ve left it all.
