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More of that desire to capture this youthful naivete went into the video for "MY MISTAKES" which Eleanor made with musician/video-maker Sara Magenheimer. An old VHS tape found in a dusty basement was the starting point for the story . The tape revealed a forgotten art project shot 14 years ago at the University of Texas by Friedberger’s college friend Beth Lieberman ("She was 19, I was 20, it was a pretty cool time (at UT-Austin) then- Britt Daniel (of SPOON) makes an appearance too, we obviously wanted to make some kind of a feminist point with it, OBVIOUSLY"). In the footage, we see Eleanor preparing for a date, going through ritualistic motions: she works out, showers, shaves her legs, applies eyeliner, and fixes her hair… leading up to the climactic moment of the date’s arrival. The new video juxtaposes this tape with footage of Eleanor today, going through the same motions.

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