D’Arcy ‘XTC’ Video Turns Clubland Seduction into a Murder Drama
New Music
D’Arcy brings her electronic side into focus in the music video for ‘XTC’, drawing on New York’s house and techno clubs to turn a night of seduction into a surreal murder drama.
D’Arcy has built her repertoire by refusing to stay in a single sonic lane. Anyone who only knows her debut album could be forgiven for assuming she’s strictly a dark, melodic rock/pop artist. That’s the side of her we heard on her previously featured track, ‘One Night’. But she also thrives in the broader realm of electronic music under the same moniker, with her NYC club rotation front and centre in ‘XTC’.
Directed by Genevieve Andrews, with director of photography Dan Debrey and producer Ilias Kyriakides, the single’s visual companion explores sensuality and seduction through an increasingly unsettling narrative.
Set in a hazy, half-dreamed nightclub, the video captures close-ups of individuals and couples dancing, groping, and smoking. Bodies and outfits drift in and out of focus, while the camera stays locked on skin, entwined hands, and subtle facial shifts, capturing the tense, erotic interplay between D’Arcy and co-star Katja ...