Lal Tuna confronts trauma with haunting new single ‘Television Forever’
Turkish-born, Bordeaux-based artist Lal Tuna returns with a powerful new single and music video, ‘Television Forever,’ a raw and immersive ode to past trauma and survival.
Out now via French indie label Nothing Is Mine Records, ‘Television Forever’ is a striking blend of Japanese surf rock, doom metal, gothic Americana, and mainstream pop. The track delves into the lingering effects of post-traumatic stress disorder from the perspective of a sexual assault survivor who struggles to even leave bed. The song’s title stems from a deeply personal place—referencing the hospital TV that served as Lal’s only connection to the outside world during her recovery.
Visually, the music video draws from 90s grunge aesthetics inspired by Hole and Babes in Toyland, alongside the experimental edge of video artists like Sadie Benning and Pipilotti Rist. The result is a deeply affecting piece of art pop that mirrors Lal Tuna’s interdisciplinary approach to music, visual art, and poetry.
Lal Tuna explains:
“I was hospitalized on New Year’s Eve, due to a serious medical accident, and was unable to breathe for days. When I found out that I would (survive, for starters) be able to talk and sing again, I realized that singing/songwriting was what I always wanted to do, and if I died right there, I would die sadly for never having put out my songs. So when I left the hospital, I started recording my old and new songs, without aiming for a big project on the horizon. My idea was, and is, to put them out without a label holding me down, with no deadlines and promises. Maybe someday it will form an album, who knows. But for now, I’m just putting out songs, every once in a while. ‘Television Forever’ is the first song I’m putting out on this journey, and also is the last one I wrote.”
‘Television Forever’ is out now.
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