Amanda Fagan is the songwriter and video creator behind “Breath on the Mirror,” an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” Her starting point is Jekyll’s appetite for freedom: he wants access to his darker impulses and a comfortable return to his better self afterwards.
His experiment leaves him watching the life he once controlled, reduced to a presence behind glass. The title earns its place here. Breath on a mirror is a small, temporary proof of life, an especially cruel detail beside Hyde’s growing power. I’m drawn to the pettiness beneath the grand tragedy: Jekyll wants the benefits of being two people while keeping authority over both.
The song was submitted via Groover for editorial consideration. Our team reviewed it according to the publication’s usual editorial criteria. The decision to feature it was made independently and reflects our genuine assessment of the music.
