Premiere: holon – Love & Behold (Official Music Video)

The second single from the upcoming holon album ‘Love & Behold’ is none other than the title track itself — a song that dives deep into one of the most vulnerable chapters of Ronny Pedersen’s (holon) life.

Going into more detail, Ronny says:

It was written in the aftermath of my marriage ending, during a time when I wasn’t sure if I’d ever truly experience love again. The song reflects that mixture of uncertainty and cautious hope as I stepped back into the modern dating world—navigating apps, expectations, and the daunting idea of opening yourself up again to someone new. It’s about allowing yourself to fall, and perhaps even lose yourself, in connection once more.

Musically, this is holon in full progressive rock mode: fuzz-drenched guitars, punchy live drums (courtesy of my longtime collaborator Geir), swirling Hammond organs, and expansive instrumental passages that stretch out and evolve like emotional landscapes. Of course, there are also quieter, atmospheric moments symbolising the vulnerable process of putting your heart on display.

For the accompanying music video, I wanted to combine two sides of myself—the technical and the artistic—and build something that felt visually unique and personally expressive. So, I dove into web-based 3D programming, using the JavaScript library three.js, and even ended up writing some custom tools to bring my vision to life.

The core visual idea? Everything in the video is made up of clouds of tiny hearts, forming retro-style, pixelated 3D objects and shapes that shift and evolve throughout. It’s both playful and slightly surreal. The heart has become such a universal symbol for love—but when you really think about it, it’s kind of arbitrary. Why the heart and not, say, the lungs or the liver? Imagine a world where we gave each other liver-shaped chocolates on Valentine’s Day… perhaps a little less romantic.

All jokes aside, this project was incredibly rewarding—and also way more ambitious than I initially planned. It pushed me to brush up on geometry, trigonometry, and a lot of rusty math skills I hadn’t used in years. But I’m proud of how it turned out. Best of all? The entire video is rendered in a standard web browser—which feels fitting for something that blends digital tools with emotional storytelling.

Love & Behold (the song and the video) represents the fusion of everything holon is about—emotion, exploration, logic and creativity without boundaries.

I’d also like to dedicate this single to my stepfather, who unexpectedly passed away in late May. He was, without a doubt, one of my biggest supporters—and more than that, he was the main father figure in my life from the age of six.

He was a huge fan of music, and a big part of my musical upbringing came from digging through his vinyl and CD collection growing up. That’s where I discovered so many of the artists who would later shape my sound. He was also the first person I would send my mixes and masters to—partly for feedback on the music, but also because he had such an ear for sound quality. He was a bit of a hi-fi connoisseur, always chasing that perfect tone.

It’s a little surreal to realize that the previous single, “Samsara,” was, in part, about the passing of my biological father—and here I am now, having lost another father figure less than a year later. Life has a strange way of circling back. It just shows that you should never take the people you hold close for granted.

He had a deep passion for music, but also for salmon fishing, especially in the river he grew up near. At one point during the making of the video, I actually considered making the fish in the animation salmon as a quiet tribute. In the end, I went with something a little more exotic and colorful to match the overall aesthetic—but the sentiment is still there.

In a way, searching for love is a lot like the hunt for the big salmon—you head out in your boat with patience, some knowledge, a bit of intuition, and the hope that something meaningful will take hold.

You are deeply missed.
So long… and thanks for all the fish.

Music and lyrics by Ronny Pedersen
Drums by Geir Anfinn Halland Johansen
Vocals and all other instruments by Ronny Pedersen
Mixed and mastered by Ronny Pedersen
Recorded at Minor Monkey Incidents Studio

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