Iron Maiden vocalist and guitarist Philip Naslund deliver emotional performance in abandoned city space as directors craft powerful visual narrative around William Blake’s art
‘Bruce Dickinson‘ has released the official video for “Change Of Heart,” a reimagined version of the track taken from his acclaimed 2025 album “More Balls To Picasso.” The video was shot in São Paulo, Brazil in September 2025, directed by Leo Liberti and Antoine de Montremy, and serves as a companion piece to the award-winning video for “Tears Of The Dragon,” which has collected 16 global awards since its release earlier this year.
While Dickinson performs in an abandoned space in the heart of the city alongside guitarist Philip Naslund, a narrative unfolds symbolizing the human condition, exploring how amid chaos, deterioration, and suffering, life continuously seeks ways to be reborn. Throughout the video, various situations from contemporary life are portrayed through people of different ethnicities and cultural backgrounds, revealing a society that is often distracted, disconnected, and incapable of recognizing the pain that exists right before its eyes.
Running parallel to this journey is a child who carries William Blake’s painting “The Good and Evil Angels,” serving as a silent messenger throughout the film. His presence does not condemn, accuse, or offer easy answers. He simply observes, functioning as a constant warning that invites the audience to reflect on their own choices and on the direction humanity has chosen to follow.
Dickinson explained the thinking behind the creative choices:
“When we shot a video for ‘Tears Of The Dragon’ in Brazil last year, I thought it would be a wonderful opportunity to also shine a light on the song ‘Change Of Heart’. This song has always been very special to me with the wonderful new arrangement of it on the ‘More Balls To Picasso’ album, its message and power feels even more enhanced. We used the William Blake painting because he devoted much of his work to the eternal tension between innocence and experience, freedom and spiritual enslavement, consciousness and alienation, and I’m very aware that my own work often deals with the same subjects. So having the young boy in the video, carrying that particular painting is a very deliberate choice. The child embodies that primal awareness, capable of seeing what adults have learned to ignore.”
“Change Of Heart” is one of the standout tracks on “More Balls To Picasso,” which was released to worldwide acclaim in 2025. Remixed, newly mastered, and with many parts re-recorded, the album reimagined the original 1994 recording of “Balls To Picasso” as a fresh and contemporary release, described as a roaringly full-throttle and ambitious collection of supremely crafted and fully realized songs that instantly became essential listening for rock and metal fans worldwide.
