* Video link: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlH78Tm\_oUk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlH78Tm_oUk)
* Published: March 11, 2016
* Director: Jessie Hill

"Smoke and Fire" was released in February 2016, with its music video a few weeks later. Just under a year after the release of her first album, *Eyes Wide Open*, it was originally intended to be the lead single of her next album, *EVOLution*. However, after undergoing some… well, evolution, Sabrina decided to keep it as a standalone single rather than putting it on the album. However, for various organizational reasons, I decided to include it as part of the EVOL era for the sake of this project. (Totally not *just* so that this part of the series wouldn't be too short.)

**Discussion questions**:

* Despite the title, this video doesn't include any smoke, nor does it feature fire, as one might expect, and instead featured ballet (which Sabrina had trained in for years). Other than her background, why do you think they went with these creative choices?
* What are your favorite visual elements of this video?
* How do you relate this footage to themes of the song?

*These questions are meant to be a jumping off point for potential discussion, but not a restriction. Feel free to share any thoughts you have, as responses to these questions or more organic reactions!*  
  
Come back next week for more [Music Video Mania](https://www.reddit.com/r/SabrinaCarpenterFans/comments/1qb1sjr/and_now_for_our_next_trick_introducing_scfs_music/), and stay tuned for when we rank all of the music videos from the *Singular* albums at the end of this month. Polls are still open for all the cycles we've discussed already:

* [*Emails I Can't Send*](https://www.reddit.com/r/SabrinaCarpenterFans/comments/1rmnn3a/music_video_mania_cast_your_votes_and_rank_emails/)
* [*Eyes Wide Open*](https://www.reddit.com/r/SabrinaCarpenterFans/comments/1sbjkia/music_video_mania_rank_the_eyes_wide_open_videos/)
* [*Short n' Sweet*](https://www.reddit.com/r/SabrinaCarpenterFans/comments/1t0zt50/music_video_mania_rank_the_short_n_sweet_videos/)
* [Guest/Features](https://www.reddit.com/r/SabrinaCarpenterFans/comments/1trah4x/music_video_mania_rank_the_guestfeatures_music/)
* [Singular: Acts 1 and 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/SabrinaCarpenterFans/comments/1umm2u7/music_video_mania_rank_the_singular_music_videos/)

Music Video Mania #23: "Smoke and Fire" [EVOLution #1]