September 11, 2020
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Saleka Night appears in her debut music video "Clarity," from an upcoming album. Night and younger sister Ishana, the video's director, are the daughters of filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan.
Philadelphia-area native M. Night Shyamalan has been putting out eerie and thought-provoking films for nearly 30 years, and most recently shifted to television for the Apple TV horror series "The Servant."
Shyamalan's daughters, Saleka and Ishana, are now showing off their own creative talents.
Saleka is a classically trained musician and Ishana is a young director. This week they released their first music video, which was shot in Northern Liberties at Ortlieb's.
Their dad previewed the release this week, saying he's been tough on his daughters to excel as artists.
I’m super tough on my daughters. I demand a lot of them as artists and as people. My daughter @SalekaNight is releasing her first song and music video “Clarity” on Wednesday September 9th! You can presave the song by going to https://t.co/ytGsXK9JlI
— M. Night Shyamalan (@MNightShyamalan) September 8, 2020
"Clarity," the first release from an upcoming album, is a soulful R&B song that shows off Saleka's range and vocal control. The texture and percussion give it a polish that offers substantial promise for the rest of what's to come.
The video features Saleka performing in vibrant red at a dark and swanky club, where she quarrels with a gentleman before slipping away through a garage and into a forest reminiscent of the 2004 thriller "The Village."
"It’s a song that I wrote at a really vulnerable moment when I was struggling with how to listen to my own instincts," Saleka wrote in an Instagram post, where she thanked her collaborators. "I knew in my gut that certain things in my life weren’t right, and the lyrics were an attempt to try and empower myself to stay strong and follow that truth. I wrote it through the voice of a character that had a little more attitude and confidence than I really did at the time, and singing it has helped me become a little more like her."
It's unclear when a full-length album will be released, but additional singles seem to be on the horizon.
In another Instagram post, Ishana said the project is the first of many to come from the sisters.
For Shyamalan's fans, it's a welcome development to see that his daughters will carry on his creative legacy.
