Rose McGowan has a lot to say, and this week, she found a new way to say it with the release of a striking new music video for her single "RM486." French electro band Punishment collaborated on the track, and video pro Jonas Åkerlund (Madonna, Lady Gaga, Metallica) directed in collaboration with stylist and "fashion activist" B. Åkerlund's WHOYOUARE.
The former Charmed star is nearly unrecognizable in the video, in which she peels layers of plaster from her body and emerges as a naked alien, then goes on to portray five more equally stylized and arresting characters. Yet McGowan says the characters are a composite portrait of herself, and depict aspects of her life ranging from "Dark Beauty" ("representative of the media perceived 'goth' period of my life") to "Green Hair Hollywood" ("the most agitated," with a mouth taped over her mouth) to "Art" (her "most powerful" and "rawest" self).
The song's title, too, is reflective of McGowan's views: It's a nod to the abortion drug RU-486, with her initials swapped in.