Becoming Psycho Prince

The story of a boy who became an ARTIST.


It all started when I was looking up various types of ARTworks such as Modernism, Renaissance and Musical ART. I was inspired, no inspired isn't the word, I was… captivated, I wanted to make ART ! I got so excited, so I decided to plan a way to merge music and film together to make a more modern theme of ART, of which I haven't even named, (film art? film pop?).

I wrote down my hardest experiences of my life which was; coming out as gay and being bullied in High School, don’t roll your eyes and think Cliche, because it really isn’t, well what I did next wasn’t so Cliche (I don’t know how to put the accent on the top of Cliche and its really annoying me) I phoned one of my closest friends we shall call her ‘Blondie’, she really understood and was really enthusiastic about the idea of making a film, so we planned each scene bit-by-bit. We then just rolled the camera and didn't stop for near on three hours I think? It varied from me rolling in the bath naked (poor Blondie) to crawling in a skip wearing my interpretation of a Burqa (to represent my constriction as a ‘closet gay’). It was all very new to me and a little scary, I wanted to make it as easy for the viewer as possible.

When I sat down to edit, I watched all the clips and thought nothing of it, I wanted chaotic so I did it, I made a voice over and I did it, nothing prepared me for when I finally watched it in full, I just sat and cried and cried because it made it all so real again. When I showed my friends none of them really understood it apart from Blondie. I wanted to make this the stand of me being and ARTIST and to show people that I can cope and to prove to myself I can do this, from then it was called Le Debut — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czyA1p5z2oM (again … cant do the accent ☹).

After that I named myself Psycho Prince, this was to hid from my family online, at first it was an online persona which was just a name but after making my second ART video, Dysfonctionnement Psychique — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFODE7a4iMw (Which I will dicuss in another post) The name ‘Psycho Prince’ has come to be something special to me, it give me control over the Psycho in my head. It has given me ownership over myself again, which has made me more happier than ever.

Since making Le Debut (stupid accent again ☹) I have filmed three different films all of which are very personal to me exploring themes of — Constriction, Bulimia and Split Personalities. I plan to film two more one soon and one later on in the summer, in the meantime it poetry, painting and loads of planning ❤


Thank you for reading ☺

Psycho Prince