Blondshell hunts for retribution in her “Salad” video

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Blondshell's self-titled debut, released earlier this year, is a collection of stories that come direct from the bottom of the bottle.

Sabrina Teitelbaum's songs are filled with sleazy guys, cheap drugs, regrettable decisions, and shout-outs to the friends that got her through the other side. "Salad" encompasses all of the griminess of the record and buries it inside a bloody revenge story befitting a true crime documentary. "How does someone end up with a stone in a chest cavity?" Teitelbaum asks rhetorically as she concocts a payback scheme against a man who has harmed someone close to her. "It wouldn’t be so bad," she tells herself before later adding "Gonna make it hurt," suggesting that actually it would be.

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The "Salad" video, premiering below, taps into this idea and takes inspiration from photographer Justine Kurland's 1990s series "Girl Pictures." It stars Teitelbaum alongside actress Ruby Cruz (Mare of Easttown, Bottoms), and Rana Ghiassi as a group whose seemingly innocent activities, foraging in the woods for flowers and herbs, slowly hint at a menu with a deadly purpose. "For the video, we were really inspired by images of girlhood and deep friendship," Teitelbaum tells The FADER. "We kept coming back to Girl Pictures.