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Brynn Elliott - Internet You

2019 · Late-2010s Digital Pop (2019) · music video
Brynn Elliott - Internet You music video
2019Late-2010s Digital Pop (2019)Late-2010s Millennial Indie-Pop / Social Media Authenticity MovementDir. Morgan Gruer

What this video is

Released April 3, 2019, 'Internet You' arrives at the height of millennial anxiety around social media authenticity — the gap between curated online personas and real-world connection. Elliott, a Harvard philosophy graduate signed to Atlantic Records and Big Yellow Dog Music, embedded this theme directly in her debut EP 'Time of Our Lives,' with each track inspired by a different philosopher. The video premiered…

Why it matters

A defining late-2010s synth-pop single that bridges the singer-songwriter tradition with social-media-aware pop lyricism. Elliott's Harvard-philosophy background and the track's conceptual grounding in authenticity discourse make it a notable artifact of 'thoughtful pop' — a subgenre that gained…

The director

Morgan Gruer is a multidisciplinary Director, Animator, and Creative Director based in Los Angeles and New York. She studied Communications Design at Pratt Institute (2014–2016) and is Founder/Creative Director of GRÜER studio. Her client roster includes The…

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