Bloodline

Bloodline is the first single from Ellise's sophomore studio album, Prismatic. It was released on December 24th, 2021, with a music video, as "a cute surprise for my fans 💓 el2 in 2022, lets goo 😎", as announced on Twitter.

Theme
Ellise has stated on Twitter that this song is about how "society expects women to have children and continue the bloodline, as if that's our only purpose- its just about sexism rly".

Music Video
The music video feature Ellise sitting alone, in a dark forest. She is sat against a dead tree, the roots wrapping around her. As the song starts, she lifts her hand, to reveal that it is bleeding. The camera focuses on it for a second, as a drop of blood drops to the ground. It rolls along the ground, towards the tree, leaving a line. As the song goes on, more lines of blood spread slowly from the tree, outwards. In another scene, Ellise is in a room, surrounded by large shards of red glass hanging from the ceiling. At the end of the video, she pushes herself free from the roots, and chops down the tree entrapping her.

Trivia

 * This song samples Landscape - Demo by Florence + The Machine.
 * Ellise has stated that "flo + the machine's ceremonial album is a whole vibe and it lowkey inspired prismatic, i sampled like five songs from it".