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First Watch: Maya De Vitry's Healing Song And Astonishing Video

In this astonishing stop animation video, the Stray Birds singer Maya De Vitry collaborates with visual artist Andrew Benincasa, who poses the question: "How have you felt unseen as a person?"

It took a beckoning of sorts for the Stray Birds leader Maya De Vitry to write songs for her own album. It also required a great deal of patience, confidence and determination. Add to that the care and craft.

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