While the Help(2) charity album is a sonic powerhouse, one of its most moving components is the visual storytelling accompanying Olivia Rodrigo’s cover of “The Book of Love.” In a departure from traditional high-budget celebrity productions, the music video serves as a raw, unfiltered window into the lives of the very children the album aims to protect.
i just watched the music video for the book of love by war child records and olivia rodrigo… and i was sobbing the entire time, no exaggeration, to see all those children, facing the gravity of war, am still have the innocence and light to laugh, to play, to run around—
— jo 𖹭 .ᐟ (@hisoitsjo) March 12, 2026
“By Children, For Children”
Under the creative direction of Oscar-winning filmmaker Jonathan Glazer (director of The Zone of Interest), the project opted for an unconventional approach. Instead of sending professional crews into volatile regions, the team placed cameras directly into the hands of children living in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine, and Yemen.
The goal was to bypass the adult lens of traditional war reporting. By allowing these children to act as their own cinematographers, the video captures the world exactly as they see it. The result is a poignant mosaic of daily life: children playing hide-and-seek among damaged buildings, soccer matches on rubble-strewn streets, and bursts of laughter shared in open fields. It is a striking contrast, the universal innocence of childhood play set against the harsh, jagged landscape of modern conflict.
Normalizing Resilience
Olivia’s rendition of the Magnetic Fields classic, recorded in a single, Sinatra-style live take with a string section at Abbey Road, provides a gentle, melodic backdrop to these vignettes. By highlighting moments of normalcy and joy rather than focusing solely on tragedy, the video humanizes these regions in a way that news cycles often fail to do.
‘HELP(2)’, the collaborative album by War Child Records, featuring olivia’s cover of “the book of love” is out next friday ❤️ all proceeds support children living through conflict. https://t.co/Vi8Ft14ORL pic.twitter.com/OimPbxjBPs
— olivia’s livies ❤️ (@LiviesHQ) February 27, 2026
The video has already sparked massive digital engagement, with fans praising Rodrigo for using her massive Gen Z platform to bring attention to the humanitarian crises in Yemen and Sudan, which are often overlooked by Western media. As all proceeds from the track and the Help(2) album go directly to War Child UK, the project stands as a testament to the power of music to turn collective empathy into tangible support for those living through the unthinkable.
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