Irish songwriter and musician Róisín Bohan, known professionally as Queen Bitch, revisits the nostalgia and emotional honesty of her single “The Last Time” with a new official music video that explores the fading freedom of childhood and the ways people connect as they grow older.
Originally released in May 2024, “The Last Time” was Queen Bitch’s third single, following “Bones” in October 2023 and “Confines” in January 2024. The new video, filmed in April 2026 as part of Dublin Filmmakers’ Music Video Challenge, gives the song a visual narrative centred on play, memory and the human connections that can become more complicated with age.
The video follows a group of adults revisiting a childhood parachute game, gathering beneath a colourful canopy to rediscover the simple joy of playing together. As they participate, their inner children begin to emerge, offering a glimpse of a time before social expectations, stereotypes and the pressure to fit into particular roles shaped their behaviour.
The concept turns an ordinary childhood activity into a reflection on adulthood. What begins as a playful reunion becomes a reminder of how easily people can lose the freedom to express themselves and connect naturally with others. Beneath the parachute, the characters briefly return to a more open version of themselves, free from the labels that often influence adult relationships.
For Bohan, that contrast sits at the heart of the song and its accompanying visual. “For me, ‘The Last Time’ is about the quiet grief of growing older,” she explains. “Not just losing people or places, but losing the ease with which we connect to each other, as we did as children.”
She continues: “The video imagines what happens when adults are given permission to play again, even for a few minutes. It’s about rediscovering the part of ourselves that existed before we learned to hide it.”
Written and directed by Bohan herself, the video extends the song’s themes through a deliberately human-centred concept. Rather than relying on a conventional performance-led format, it uses the shared experience of play to explore nostalgia, emotional vulnerability and the desire to recover something that adulthood can gradually push aside.
The visual was created as part of Dublin Filmmakers’ Music Video Challenge, an initiative inviting members to produce original music videos. The completed works were screened at dlr Lexicon in Dún Laoghaire in June 2026, giving the project a place within a wider celebration of independent filmmaking and music.
Bohan worked with a dedicated cast and crew to bring the concept to life. Sabin Daniel served as producer and first assistant director, with Kosta Antipenko as director of photography and Fergus Keane as second assistant director. Filip Kot worked as production assistant, while Silvia Xiaoyu Wang handled costume design. Eoin Doherty edited the video, Cian O’Donnell documented behind-the-scenes activity, and Philip Kidd completed the colour grading.
The cast features Charlie Silke, Daniel Hirt, David Rowlands, Elira Victora, Félix, Katya Chapiro, Mara Di Raimondo, Samantha Baran, Tom Moore and Urtė Perkauskaitė. Bohan also acknowledged Causey Farm and Andy Smith for providing the filming location, alongside Dublin Filmmakers team members Claire Millane, Robert Gill and Jules Charlton for their support in bringing the production together.
The video adds another dimension to Queen Bitch’s developing artistic identity. Since making her live debut in early 2023, the Irish project has released eight singles, combining blues, rock and grunge influences into a sound that balances rawness with atmosphere.
Her live performances have taken her to established Dublin venues including Fibber Magees, The Sound House, Sin É and The Workman’s Club. Her music has also received airplay and coverage from Hot Press, RTÉ 2FM, The Last Mixed Tape and other Irish media outlets.
With “The Last Time,” Queen Bitch brings together her songwriting and visual storytelling to examine an experience many people recognise but rarely articulate: the gradual loss of the openness that once made human connection feel effortless.
The video does not suggest that growing older means childhood must be left entirely behind. Instead, it invites viewers to consider what might happen if people allowed themselves to play, connect and express their emotions with a little less fear.
Through its colourful imagery and thoughtful central idea, the “The Last Time” video transforms nostalgia into something more than a look back. It becomes a reminder that beneath the expectations of adulthood, the desire for uncomplicated joy and genuine connection remains.
