Rooney - Tell Me Soon

What this video is

Released in 2006, 'Tell Me Soon' arrived during a fertile period for Los Angeles indie guitar pop, with bands like Rooney occupying a space between The Strokes-influenced indie revival and a distinctly SoCal retro-pop tradition drawing on the Beach Boys, ELO, and British Invasion sources. Rooney's Hollywood connections — frontman Robert Schwartzman is a member of the Coppola family — made director Roman Coppola a…

Why it matters

Documents the mid-2000s Southern California indie pop moment at its most polished and cinematically self-aware. As a Roman Coppola-directed artifact, the video represents the intersection of Hollywood creative dynasty culture and the indie music world, a notable subcultural phenomenon of the era.…

The director

Roman François Coppola (born April 22, 1965) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and music video director. Son of Francis Ford Coppola, he founded The Directors Bureau production company and directed acclaimed videos for The Strokes, Fatboy…