Alessia Cara’s early videos, like the frozen-in-time party tableau “Here” and the feisty salute to self-empowerment “Trust My Lonely”, portrayed the pop singer as a singular force against the world. In the video for 2021’s “Shapeshifter”, though, Cara ups the glamour and drama, playing all five roles—including a wronged, flame-haired trophy wife—in a retro-noir dream of infidelity and lost trust.