Charlotte Lawrence - Navy Blue (Visual)

What this video is

Released September 27, 2019 via Atlantic Records and Gold Tooth Records, 'Navy Blue' arrived during Charlotte Lawrence's breakout phase as a major-label alt-pop act. The track samples Nine Inch Nails' 1994 song 'Hurt,' embedding a lineage of emotionally raw rock into a contemporary streaming-pop frame. Lawrence has described the song as a meditation on toxic relationships using the color navy blue as a…

Why it matters

The video is a significant artifact of the late-2010s alt-pop visual tradition—specifically the subgenre of 'dark pop' pioneered by artists such as Lorde, Halsey, and Billie Eilish, with which Lawrence's Atlantic Records positioning was clearly aligned. Its 'Visual' designation, stripped-down…