Don't Let Your Lover Make A Mess Outta You
DONโT LET YOUR LOVER MAKE A MESS OUTTA YOU
Performed by Collin Clay Chace and JUHA
Directed by Adrian Tauss for Swiss Chocolate Pictures
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBjU9f5xOmBeYVRymAag0WQ
Words by David Cale
Music by Collin Clay Chace and Christopher "Chops" Ingold
WORDS FROM COLLIN:
As an actor, one greets the prospect of their first on-camera Love scene with trepidation; that mine was with a rubber chicken and several mannequins only added to the pressure. But we had a wonderful Intimacy Coordinator on-set who made everyone feel both comfortable and sexy all at once.
The story behind โDonโt Let Your Lover Make A Mess Outta Youโ: When I was in high school I fell in Love with David Caleโs one-person show, Smooch Music. It was a script full of urban fairytales โ a lady who kisses snakes for a living, a boy carried away by his pink tutu, a dildo named Donna Summer โ and it was hypnotic. I first performed it at School One, the โalternative high schoolโ I went toโฆ but a journalist was in the audience one night, and I wound up on the front page of the Providence Journal arts section, which led to a production at 2nd Story Theatre โ my first professional gig.
โDonโt Let Your Lover Make A Mess Outta Youโ is one of Davidโs monologues from Smooch Music. I never got to see David perform it โ the script was published only after heโd moved on to other shows - so without his version to model myself after and with the influence of De La Soulโs 3 Feet High And Rising spinning on my record player, Davidโs words were hip hop to me. So I rapped them and added a hook melody. Iโve carried it with me ever since, wanting to commit it to record. David Cale generously gave his blessing.
Iโd worked with director Adrian Tauss on the videos for โThe Carcass On Your Plateโ and โSteppinโ Out,โ where he took some basic concepts I presented and brought them to new heights with his vision. So I knew he was the guy for the job. The difference with โDonโt Let Your Loverโ is that I didnโt even have a loose concept to offer Adrian, just a couple stray images of shower caps, a turkey baster microphone, and rubber chicken back-up singers kicking around in my noggin. The entire aesthetic for the video was a gorgeous surprise to me - though Iโve learned to count on being surprised and delighted by Adrianโs artistry, and itโs always an honour to work with hid Swiss Chocolate Pictures.
If youโve always wanted to see me make out with a rubber chicken, this is your chance!
"Don't Let Your Lover Make A Mess Outta You" is available on Spotify, Apple Music, and all the usual digital platforms as part of Juha's single "The Carcass On Your Plate."
