DESERT TO THE SEA

“Desert to the Sea is a song about having the courage to go after your dreams despite your current situation or what other people—including your parents—might think. This song is what I imagine I’d say to my teenage self, who felt completely out of place growing up in a small, suburban town & longed for a world beyond the Mojave Desert.”- Jen Kwok, music artist

The minute I heard this song, I had the story. It’s so visual and emotional, and I immediately grasped the heart of it, because it was my own experience leaving home and setting off to find my place in the world. Just as this song is an ode to Jen’s younger self, the video is very an ode to mine. Many places in the video are pulled from my own life.

This video was a dream project to work on. I had waited for an opportunity like this for years, and I’m so, so happy that when it finally came along it was for this.