Not many musicians can count Sir Elton John as a fan, but he's a listener that your new indie folk fave Haley Bonar can claim with pride. The English legend played Bonar's song "I Can Change" on his Beats 1 radio show, and now ELLE.com can exclusively share the song's video with you.

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Wistful yet determined, "I Can Change"—which features on just-released album Impossible Dream—has a subtle power that grows and grows. "I could be so happy if I let myself be happy," Bonar sings. Her voice, light as air, sketches a universal portrait: someone who wants to alter her life for the better.

Bonar entrusted the video-making to director/photographer Josh Quigley, whom she collaborated with on a previous heartbreaking track, "From a Cage." "I wanted to see what Josh's vision and interpretation would be," says the Canadian-born singer. Quigley took the solemnity of the song and ran with it, creating a haunting tale of a man stuck in grief. "The story is a simple but stirring narrative, jarring in its rawness and the terror that depression and panic can cause, not only for the person experiencing it but for the ones around you," says Bonar.

It sounds bleak, but it's extraordinarily moving. Rather than the singer herself appearing on screen, actors and dance artists from Carl Flink's Black Label Movement portray "the human struggle in physical form," explains Bonar, who you can catch on tour soon. "Everyone involved did such a beautiful job, and I have chills every time I watch this." We have the chills, too.