Destined Music Video

To step into a lasting relationship and feel the peace that comes along with it - that is what I envisioned when I wrote my original song “Destined” back in high school. 💗

It was fun to dream up the song, but even more rewarding to bring it to life through a professional music video! After graduating from college and returning home, I started to brainstorm the ways I could promote my music without doing any live shows or gigs (because the virus was still spreading, so live performances were put on hold). One of my goals was to film and release a music video for one of the songs off my Evergreen EP, but I wasn’t sure if there were any local video production teams with affordable rates that I could work with. On my social media, I saw an account for a video production company called Toby Moon Productions based in Oak Ridge. It was founded by the older brother of an acquaintance I knew back in high school. So, I mustered up my courage and reached out to his team. They were more than willing to take my project on, so we discussed and cemented our vision for my “Destined” music video over Zoom meetings before meeting to film it in September of last year. It was a fun process overall, and I’d love to work with them again on another music video (I'll keep ya posted)!

Directed by Elizabeth Smith

Produced by Toby Moon Productions

Edited by Greg St. Clair, Jr

Director of Photography: Dan Whitehead

Assistant Camera: Kyle J. Whitehead

Costume Designer: Heather Stevenson

Actors: Christopher Stokes and Madison Taylor

© 2021 Madison Taylor

Official “Destined” Lyrics

Written by Madison Taylor

I thought that you died out

Few vows are engraved in stone

My heart had been blacked out

But you felt like home

So tell me what you want, tell me what you need

Let me pay you back, don’t mind rolling up my sleeves

I’m destined to be with you

Show me all your scars, show me what you’ve seen

We can start again, start until we feel washed clean

I’m destined to be with you

A vision with soft eyes,

An angel with hands to touch

I’ve used up my war cries

Found peace in your love

So tell me what you want, tell me what you need

Let me pay you back, don’t mind rolling up my sleeves

I’m destined to be with you

Show me all your scars, show me what you’ve seen

We can start again, start until we feel washed clean

I’m destined to be with you

I can feel the love, and I can see the ring

It was more than I was envisioning 

So tell me what you want, tell me what you need

Let me pay you back, don’t mind rolling up my sleeves

I’m destined to be with you

Show me all your scars, show me what you’ve seen

We can start again, start until we feel washed clean

I’m destined to be with you

© 2021 Madison Taylor Music (BMI). All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission

Here are some of my favorite pictures from our day of filming (photos taken by Christopher Stokes, the actor in my video):

Thank you for watching my music video! To listen to my full EP, click here. Let me know what your favorite part of the video was (or your favorite dress of the three!) in the comments below. ☺️

Warmly, Madison Taylor

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