Khruangbin - A Love International

What this video is

Released January 2024 as the lead single from 'A La Sala' (Dead Oceans, April 5, 2024), 'A Love International' arrived at the peak of Khruangbin's cultural ascent — a Houston trio whose genre-fluid blend of Thai funk, dub, psych-rock, and R&B had earned them Grammy nominations and sold-out runs at Radio City Music Hall and the Greek Theatre. The Thailand shoot directly honoured the band's identity: their name…

Why it matters

Represents a high-water mark of the 2020s global psychedelic groove movement: mostly instrumental, cross-cultural songwriting rendered cinematically through location-specific, narrative-driven video production. Reinforces Khruangbin's model of treating world music influences as emotional rather…

The director

Scott Dungate is a UK-based Australian creative director and director with 20+ years of industry experience. He worked at Wieden+Kennedy across Shanghai, London, Tokyo, and New York for 18 years, serving as CCO, and is currently CCO of Uncommon London. His…