With her latest single, “Star 111,” and its accompanying music video, you could say that Mimi Oz hit the nail right on the head. Why are we so bold as to state this? Because you won’t find a song, or a video, that captures the emptiness of the moment quite like this one. Although it was written all the way back in 2016, “Star 111” catches the singer-songwriter at a vulnerable moment. Emphasized by its minimalist approach of just acoustic guitar and vocals, the lyrics are squarely focused on issues of safety, intimacy, and vulnerability. There has perhaps never been quite as vulnerable of a time than right now, something the video looks at with it cutting back and forth between dancers/choreographers Gabrielle Malone and Andrew Robinson, director of New York’s Metropolitan Opera, dancing in...
