Rachel Sage Releases 'Big Star' Video

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Rachael Sage has released her brand new music video for "Big Star", the forthcoming single from her latest album "Delancey Street".

To view the clip from the 2-Time Independent Music Award Winner and 3-time OUTMusic Award recipient , visit her YouTube channel.

The song was written years ago and quickly became a fan favorite, with Sage performing it on acoustic guitar at such East Village haunts as Sine-e, The Sidewalk Cafe and CB's Gallery; but was never officially released.

Then, when Sage's friend Semi Precious Weapons singer Justin Tranter became Lady Gaga's favorite glam-punk frontman, she gave the song new life. Inspired by Justin's recent success, Sage re-recorded the song adding more depth and her signature electric piano riffs.

The video features giant stars, hula hoops, balloons, laughs, a keytar-wielding Rachael Sage and NYC! Filmed in various locations all over NYC including The Bowery, The Lower East Side, Soho, Times Square and Williamsburg, "Big Star" showcases a great cast of performers and DIY artists all looking for their big star moment.

"Big Star" was directed and co-produced by Award-Winning filmmaker Tom Moore, who also directed Sage's prior music video "Wildflower" (from the album "The Blistering Sun"). Moore, who is an accomplished photographer, has captured such high profile subjects as William Dafoe, Bebe Neuwirth, Gloria Gaynor, Levon Helm, Quentin Crisp, and Ed Asner.

He recently created imagery for Rachael's new album "Delancey Street", as well as MPress Records artist Seth Glier's current album, "The Trouble With People".

Says Sage: "Tom is a really gifted art director and has done photography for several of my albums...he just has the 'eye'." It was important to Sage to include her own real-life DIY artist peers in the project, so all of the characters in the video are actors, dancers and musicians who in one way or another have impressed her with "a healthy dose of wild ambition."