{"id":284141,"date":"2026-07-01T21:36:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/284141\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T21:36:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:36:56","slug":"premiere-brooklyn-del-the-revelators-wash-the-past-away-on-baptized-of-you-a-seductive-desert-country-reawakening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/284141\/","title":{"rendered":"Premiere: Brooklyn Del & The Revelators Wash the Past Away on \u201cBaptized of You,\u201d a Seductive Desert-Country Reawakening"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Portland\u2019s Brooklyn Del & The Revelators transform heartbreak into self-reclamation on \u201cBaptized of You,\u201d a seductive desert-country reckoning whose spellbinding music video turns Del\u2019s real-life river baptism into a striking portrait of release, remaking, and coming home to yourself.
\nStream: \u201cBaptized of You\u201d \u2013 Brooklyn Del & The Revelators<\/p>\n

I took my body to the water \/ I let it swallow me whole \/ And now I\u2019m not the same as when I went \/ I\u2019m just wearing her clothes\u2026<\/p>\n

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\nThe body remembers what the heart is still learning to release.<\/p>\n

A long ending can live under the skin long after the door has closed, turning love into habit and loss into a borrowed face. As breathtakingly beautiful as it is cleansing and unguarded, Brooklyn Del & The Revelators\u2019 \u201cBaptized of You\u201d walks straight into that afterlife and heads for the water, a dusty, dreamy desert-country reckoning that turns the end of a relationship into an act of self-return.<\/p>\n

Built on raw fervor, warm sonics, and an ache that feels both intimate and elemental, the song captures rebirth as a physical surrender: The old self swallowed whole, the newly awakened self rising in her place. In its black-and-white music video, that transformation becomes vivid and ritualistic \u2013 a soul-stirring portrait of release, renewal, and the hard-won grace of coming home to yourself.<\/p>\n

If I was lost
If I was lost
Would you come home?
If I could give you any less than what I got
Would you let go?
\nI\u2019m picking up the pieces
and I\u2019m trying to shape them
I\u2019m giving terrible advice
to anyone who will take it<\/p>\n

Atwood Magazine is proud to be premiering the Jason Hooper-directed \u201cBaptized of You,\u201d the spellbinding new music video from Portland, Oregon\u2019s Brooklyn Del & The Revelators. A desert-country outfit rooted in Americana grit and cinematic roots-rock atmosphere, the band follow their debut EP, Lights and Last Resorts, with a song that deepens their world: Sunburned, spirit-struck, and heavy with the ache of a life cracking open.<\/p>\n

Led by vocalist and guitarist Brooklyn Del, The Revelators bring together a rare mix of lived-in musicianship and fresh creative fire. The group features Matt Stark on guitar and backing vocals, D. Rives Curtright on guitar and vocals, Jim Castle on bass, and Troi Richards on drums \u2013 players whose collective history gives Del\u2019s songwriting a wide-open, road-worn force. Their music feels born from dust, water, heat, and motion: Classic country shadows stretching into desert rock, with Del\u2019s voice at the center like a flame that refuses to go out.<\/p>\n

\"BrooklynBrooklyn Del & the Revelators \u201cBaptized of You\u201d \u00a9 Jason Hooper<\/p>\n

\"BrooklynBrooklyn Del & the Revelators \u201cBaptized of You\u201d \u00a9 Jason Hooper
\nFor Del, \u201cBaptized of You\u201d is both song and self-portrait \u2013 a reckoning with the person she had been, and a visceral attempt to step into the person waiting on the other side.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Baptized of You\u2019 tells the story of leaving behind who you were, so you can come home to yourself. The song and video are halves of one another,\u201d she tells Atwood Magazine. \u201cThe music gives voice to the emotional journey of losing yourself and finding your way back, while the video captures that rebirth through imagery that may be cinematic and symbolic, but is also very real and personal.\u201d<\/p>\n

I took my body to the water
I let it swallow me whole
And now I\u2019m not the same as when I went,
I\u2019m just wearing her clothes<\/p>\n

This sense of personal mythmaking runs through every frame. Shot in black and white along the water, the video turns Del\u2019s own act of surrender into a baptismal vision: A white dress soaked through, a shoreline blurred by wind, a body entering the water and emerging changed. Nothing about it feels ornamental. The imagery is stark because the feeling behind it is real, and the result is a visual companion that doesn\u2019t simply illustrate the song so much as complete it.<\/p>\n

The song itself moves with the force of a confession trying to outrun its own doubt. Glistening, emotion-soaked electric guitars flicker and flare, the rhythm section kicks up a restless momentum, and Del\u2019s voice soars with breathtaking grace across it all \u2013 worn, urgent, and alive to every fracture in the story she\u2019s telling. \u201cBaptized of You\u201d has a ragged charm that feels deeply earned: It burns hot without losing its tenderness, letting the band\u2019s country-rock churn carry the emotional weight without polishing away the grit.<\/p>\n

That tension is there from the opening lines, where Del sings, \u201cIf I was lost, would you come home? If I could give you any less than what I got, would you let go?\u201d The questions land like the last reaches of a person still trying to keep a love from slipping under. She\u2019s bargaining, but the song already knows the bargain has failed. By the time she admits, \u201cI\u2019m picking up the pieces and I\u2019m trying to shape them. I\u2019m giving terrible advice to anyone who will take it,\u201d the ache has turned painfully self-aware: Grief making a mess of the mouth, clarity arriving before the heart is ready to use it.<\/p>\n

If I could watch
If I could watch from
The other end
You wouldn\u2019t look the way I thought,
through a different lense
\nWhen all the clouds get in a crowd,
do you grow a conscience?
Oh I thought I wasn\u2019t loud,
but I was just disregarded<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in a time in my life where I didn\u2019t really know what I was going to do moving forward,\u201d Del tells Atwood Magazine. \u201cI wasn\u2019t really pursuing music at all because I had caught up in other things for a long time. My world just opened up when I started re-realizing my personal drive for it. This song is about the end of relationship, but more so about the beginning of a relationship with yourself, diving into those passions again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"BrooklynBrooklyn Del & the Revelators \u201cBaptized of You\u201d \u00a9 Jason Hooper<\/p>\n

\"BrooklynBrooklyn Del & the Revelators \u201cBaptized of You\u201d \u00a9 Jason Hooper<\/p>\n

This return to self gives \u201cBaptized of You\u201d its charge. The chorus doesn\u2019t arrive as escape; it feels like impact. \u201cI took my body to the water \/ I let it swallow me whole \/ And now I\u2019m not the same as when I went \/ I\u2019m just wearing her clothes,\u201d Del sings, transforming the body into both witness and vessel. The lyric is devastating because it understands change as physical. After a love rearranges you, even your own skin can feel inherited. Even survival can feel like costume.<\/p>\n

I took my body to the water
I let it take me away
And now I\u2019m not the same as when I went
I\u2019m just wearing her face<\/p>\n

As the song builds, this perspective sharpens. \u201cYou wouldn\u2019t look the way I thought, through a different lens,\u201d Del continues, and that shift opens the door to the song\u2019s deeper reckoning: The moment when devotion gives way to recognition. The band meets that realization with a rough-edged swell, all heat and motion, pushing Del\u2019s voice toward the breaking point without overwhelming her. By the final baptism \u2013 \u201cI took my body to the water, and I came out clean\u201d \u2013 \u201cBaptized of You\u201d has become a full-bodied exorcism, fierce in its refusal to stay broken and radiant in its hunger to begin again.<\/p>\n

And as Del explains, the \u2018baptism\u2019 she sings about \u2013 and performs on the video \u2013 is based on a real-life cleanse. \u201cYou\u00a0can pour yourself into other people in a way that really disconnects from yourself, and it\u2019s not metaphorical,\u201d she says. \u201cI genuinely went to a river by myself after\u00a0the\u00a0end\u00a0of\u00a0a very long relationship, fully dressed, and went swimming because I felt like that was what I needed to do to re-center.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember thinking that this was one\u00a0of\u00a0those life moments for me that I would remember, it was my own baptism\u00a0of\u00a0this situation, and from that particular moment I needed to regain control\u00a0of\u00a0my life. This song feels like coming home to myself to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"BrooklynBrooklyn Del & the Revelators \u201cBaptized of You\u201d \u00a9 Jason Hooper<\/p>\n

\"BrooklynBrooklyn Del & the Revelators \u201cBaptized of You\u201d \u00a9 Jason Hooper
\nThat is what makes \u201cBaptized of You\u201d so special: It refuses to turn healing into a clean line.<\/p>\n

Del lets the song stay messy, vulnerable, and painfully alive, rooted in the unsettling aftermath of recognizing how much of yourself you gave away before you knew you were disappearing. Beneath its sandblown guitars and surging pulse is the unvarnished humanity of a person still inside the crossing, reaching not for perfection, but for ownership. The song understands that release can be clumsy. It can ache. It can look like grief and strength in the same breath.<\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t the same
It isn\u2019t the same
I don\u2019t know when I knew
It isn\u2019t the same
It isn\u2019t the same
I\u2019ve been baptized of you<\/p>\n

The video carries that same emotional language through image and movement. Hooper\u2019s lens lingers on gesture: Del standing against the shoreline, in and out of focus, moving through the frame alone, wearing her mother\u2019s wedding dress as the past becomes part of the present. That detail adds a deeper layer to the song\u2019s self-reclamation. The dress is family history, but by the end, it is also proof of passage. When the camera catches a rip in the fabric, the moment feels almost fated \u2013 a visible mark of inner change, as if the video itself has been altered by the experience it set out to capture.<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t imagine it any other way,\u201d Del says of the visual. \u201cIt is cinematic, but also very true to the experience that made me write this song. Even the dress was my mother\u2019s wedding dress, which I felt very honored to wear, especially for something like this. My favorite part of the video is when it zones in on the rip in the dress at the end, which was not intentional, but Jason Hooper, who filmed this, is insanely talented and liked that shot particularly. I thought it fit well with the lines \u2018now I\u2019m not the same as when I went, I\u2019m just wearing her clothes.\u2019 The dress being permanently altered after the water represents a permanent alteration internally as well, and I love that those little pieces were fit into the video as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

In that tear, \u201cBaptized of You\u201d finds one of its most moving truths: Returning to yourself is not a reset, but a remaking. The person who comes back carries the mark of what happened, but no longer has to live inside it. The body remembers \u2013 and here, it begins to let go.<\/p>\n

\"BrooklynBrooklyn Del & the Revelators \u201cBaptized of You\u201d \u00a9 Jason Hooper<\/p>\n

\"BrooklynBrooklyn Del & the Revelators \u201cBaptized of You\u201d \u00a9 Jason Hooper<\/p>\n

Stream the Jason Hooper-directed music video for Brooklyn Del & The Revelators\u2019 \u201cBaptized of You\u201d exclusively on Atwood Magazine, and dive into our candid conversation with Brooklyn Del below as she opens up about the song\u2019s real-life river baptism, the family history woven into the video, her band\u2019s musical inspirations, and the silver linings waiting inside even the toughest moments.<\/p>\n

I took my body to the water
And I came out clean
And now I\u2019m not the same as when I went
I\u2019m just bearing her teeth<\/p>\n

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Stream: \u201cBaptized of You\u201d \u2013 Brooklyn Del & The Revelators<\/p>\n

A CONVERSATION WITH BROOKLYN DEL<\/p>\n

\"Brooklyn<\/p>\n

Atwood Magazine: Brooklyn, for those who are just discovering Brooklyn Del & The Revelators today through this writeup, what do you want them to know about you and your music?<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Del: Brooklyn Del and The Revelators feels like a final point that all of us have been growing towards, through other bands and projects. The band is me, my step-dad, and his band that started playing together when they were just around my age (23). We rework and combine songs from that time with music that I write now. I have essentially grown up inside the band, and I think (or like to hope) that the combination of fresh energy and seasoned musicians who have worked together for a long time gives us a unique sound. At the very least, we love it and want to share what we do anytime we can.<\/p>\n

Who are some of your musical north stars, and what are you most excited about your music?<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Del: I love a combination\u00a0of\u00a0older rock and country. I think\u00a0you\u00a0can see both influence\u00a0the\u00a0music we make, I\u2019m a big fan\u00a0of\u00a0Stevie Nicks, Steely Dan and\u00a0the\u00a0classics like Waylon and Willie. I also love Buck Owens. What I\u2019m excited about is, with this record (and\u00a0the\u00a0one we\u2019ll be working on after this) it\u2019s a combination\u00a0of\u00a0all those things. It feels like me, not a pull from any particular artist or genre.<\/p>\n

\"BrooklynBrooklyn Del & the Revelators \u201cBaptized of You\u201d \u00a9 Jonathan Marcos<\/p>\n

You debuted last year with the four-track Lights and Last Resorts. What’s your relationship like with this record and its songs?<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Del: I love this record. It was a shift for me in my writing style, and introduced me to a new way of writing music that felt less stagnant than what I had done previously. We all started playing together because I wanted a full band on my solo record, and everything that has happened since is because of this EP, so it is very very special to me.<\/p>\n

Today we’re premiering your new single, \u201cBaptized of You.\u201d What’s the story behind this song?<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Del: I was in a time in my life where I didn\u2019t really know what I was going to do moving forward, I wasn\u2019t really pursuing music at all because I had caught up in other things for a long time. My world just opened up when I started re-realizing my personal drive for it. This song is about the end of relationship, but more so about the beginning of a relationship with yourself, diving into those passions again.<\/p>\n

\"BrooklynBrooklyn Del & the Revelators \u201cBaptized of You\u201d \u00a9 Jason Hooper<\/p>\n

\"BrooklynBrooklyn Del & the Revelators \u201cBaptized of You\u201d \u00a9 Jason Hooper<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I was lost, would you come home?\u201d we hear you sing in the track’s opening lines. \u201cIf I could give you any less than what I got, would you let go?\u201d What’s this song about, for you personally?<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Del: The beginning of this song represents losing yourself in other people and things. At first, pleading for anything you can do to salvage a relationship. Then, the second verse, the realization that maybe it wasn\u2019t what you thought it was to begin with. I think that is a difficult pill to swallow for anyone, and instead of harping on that, I wanted this song to represent the rebirth that comes with that.<\/p>\n

The \u2018baptism\u2019 in the song is metaphorical, but also physical. \u201cI took my body to the water, I let it take me away, and now I’m not the same as when I went… I’m just wearing her face,\u201d all of which leads up to your singing, \u201cIt isn’t the same, I’ve been baptized of you.\u201d What does this baptism represent?<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Del: It represents a major shift in life direction. You can pour yourself into other people in a way that really disconnects from yourself, and it\u2019s not metaphorical. I genuinely went to a river by myself after the end of a very long relationship, fully dressed, and went swimming because I felt like that was what I needed to do to re-center. I remember thinking that this was one of those life moments for me that I would remember, it was my own baptism of this situation, and from that particular moment I needed to regain control of my life. This song feels like coming home to myself to me, and this is something a lot of people can relate to, I think.<\/p>\n

\"BrooklynBrooklyn Del & the Revelators \u201cBaptized of You\u201d \u00a9 Jason Hooper<\/p>\n

How do you feel the song’s music video, shot on a beach and in the water, adds to the experience of the song?<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Del: I couldn\u2019t imagine it any other way. It is cinematic, but also very true to the experience that made me write this song. Even the dress was my mother\u2019s wedding dress, which I felt very honored to wear, especially for something like this. My favorite part of the video is when it zones in on the rip in the dress at the end, which was not intentional, but Jason Hooper, who filmed this, is insanely talented and liked that shot particularly. I thought it fit well with the lines \u201cnow I\u2019m not the same as when I went, I\u2019m just wearing her clothes.\u201d The dress being permanently altered after the water represents a permanent alteration internally as well, and I love that those little pieces were fit into the video as well.<\/p>\n

What do you hope listeners take away from \u201cBaptized of You,\u201d and what have you taken away from creating it and now putting it out?<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Del: I hope that listeners take away that there are silver linings in even the toughest moments. There is no point where possibility doesn\u2019t exist to do the things you want to in life, and carve your own path. That is what I\u2019ve taken away from it as well.<\/p>\n

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In the spirit of paying it forward, who are you listening to these days that you would recommend to our readers?<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Del: By\u00a0the\u00a0time this comes out, we will have just opened for an Austin, TX musician named Ellis Bullard, so I\u2019ve been listening to him a lot lately and would highly recommend checking him out. In addition, one\u00a0of\u00a0my favorite Portland bands is Johnny Franco and his real brother Dom!<\/p>\n

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