Naima Bock reflects on the past few years with new single, "Gentle"

"I’ve lived with this song for a couple of years. It’s a kind of copy and paste of different sections of my life, each verse is a different version of myself or situation I was in. None of them link in reality, but they fit together in this song, which leaves me with a sense of union and satisfaction," says Naima Bock. "I would like to allow for the listener to take the lyrics in whatever way is relevant to them. I can say it's my favourite song to play and one of my favourite songs that I’ve written. It means a lot to me."

Directors Ellie Wintour and Sophie Lincoln offer this: "Our jumping off point for the video began with the lyrics ‘You want me to be gentle, fragile, you want me to stay young. I pray that I stay gentle, fragile, I pray that I stay.’ We developed Naima a character playing on femininity as facade, but also her sense of easygoing style. In using two-dimensional substitutes for three-dimensional objects – mixing worlds of the real and make-believe – we tried to play on the song’s themes of expectation, assigned roles, and conformity."

Naima Bock recently announced a full UK tour in November which includes two shows in London at St Pancras Old Church and The Ivy House as well as a number of dates around the UK and European dates throughout December.