A lament for love, reimagined
On Amor, Belgian composer and singer-songwriter Tsar B takes flight quite literally. Hovering atop a colossal 12-meter animatronic bird, she gazes down at the chaos below. The single, inspired by Monteverdi’s Lamento della Ninfa, refracts the centuries-old soprano line through her own crystalline world: a lament not for a lost lover, but for a collapsing planet. Tsar B’s nymph sings from the wound of ongoing genocides, turning grief into a call for love.
Violins dissolve into synth washes, Monteverdi’s echo slipping beneath her urgent lyricism. It’s club-adjacent yet sacred, a ritual of mourning disguised as a pop single. Lennert Madou, her long-time “visual husband,” captures her emotional paralysis in cinematic grandeur. With this new track, Tsar B beautifully encapsulates the longing we all feel for a peaceful world during a time of unprecedented unrest and violence.
Images courtesy of the artist
Words by Gabriella Meshako
