Laufey films Madwoman in Manila with Megan Skiendiel and Lola Tung
laufey filmed the music video for "Madwoman" in Manila with Megan Skiendiel, Lola Tung, Alysa Liu and Hudson Williams, turning a deluxe-track rollout into a cast-heavy production anchored in one city. The song sits inside A Matter of Time: The Final Hour, where the new tracks are positioned as the record’s closing chapter.
The 26-year-old said she had just stepped off another set when she spoke about the video, calling out the group she assembled as the "Wasian Avengers." That lineup gives the project a sharper industry edge than a standard single release: it ties the deluxe edition to a visible on-camera concept instead of letting the new material arrive as audio-only bonus content.
Manila set with Warren Fu
The "Madwoman" video was directed by Warren Fu and filmed poolside in a house packed with Asian snacks and boba. Laufey said, "Can I spoil something?" before discussing the shoot, then described the meal afterward as feeling like "being at the diner after a musical or a show we watched together."
She also said, "It was so much fun, and we talked a lot about growing up and feeling like we were trapped between cultures." That line gives the video a clearer frame than the casting alone: the shoot was built around shared identity, not just recognizable faces. Laufey added, "I think that’s one of the reasons I love Filipinos so much," placing Manila at the center of a broader cultural conversation rather than using it as backdrop.
A Matter of Time follow-through
Two months before the conversation, Laufey won Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for A Matter of Time, adding to the 2024 Grammy win that made her the youngest artist to receive the award for Bewitched. She had also logged six months touring North America and Europe, so the Manila shoot lands as part of a busy stretch rather than a standalone cameo project.
She told the interview, "I’ve just been running around, doing the thing, the musician thing," a blunt summary of the pace behind the release cycle. With billions of streams already behind her and the deluxe edition built around four new tracks, the practical takeaway is simple: Laufey is using video, casting and location to extend the album’s final chapter beyond streaming platforms and into a more visible campaign.
That makes the Manila video the more revealing piece of the rollout. It turns a bonus-track release into a documented set piece, and it gives the deluxe edition a narrative hook that should keep the focus on the new songs instead of treating them as leftover material.
