It was love at first wave.
A Los Angeles singer-songwriter says that filming a dreamy music video along the beach in Coney Island made her fall in love with the People’s Playground — and now she is considering switching coasts to be closer to the energy of Brooklyn.
“There was something really cool about it being an old, beautiful, but kind of grimy place,” said Haroula Rose, who will return to Brooklyn to play at Rough Trade in Williamsburg on April 8.
Rose had never been to Coney before making the video for “Moon and Waves,” from her new album, “Here the Blue River.” But the clip’s director pitched the location for its whimsical, timeless aesthetic, and Rose — who used the filming as an excuse to gobble down one of Nathan’s hot dogs — said the environment was perfect for her song. The shoot, which took place over the course of a day, captures the sunny beaches, the lights of the Parachute Jump against the night, and crowds of happy people on the Boardwalk.
“There was water and air, and people playing music, and young people and old people,” she said. “There was this interesting circle of life going on right in front of you and it was really magical.”
Before her maiden voyage to Coney Island, Rose recorded parts of the album in Park Slope. That visit had her longing to call New York her home.
“It was a lot of fun because I had never recorded in New York,” she said. “I always feel like I’d missed out on living there.”
Rose will play from her album, which collects eleven acoustic and piano-driven tracks, during her national tour this month. And the upcoming gig in Williamsburg will once again let her bask in the uplifting energy of the borough of Kings.
“There’s just a really great, positive energy, I love it,” she said. “It feels fresh somehow in New York.”
Haroula Rose at Rough Trade [64 N. Ninth St. at Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 388–4111, www.rough
