Anna Clendening - Love Song

What this video is

Released October 2020 as the lead single and video from Anna Clendening's Atlantic Records debut EP Evolve, 'Love Song' arrived at a moment when confessional, mental-health-forward pop was gaining mainstream traction. Clendening, a Chapel Hill-born, Los Angeles-based artist who built her initial following on Vine and America's Got Talent, had already established herself as an advocate for mental health awareness…

Why it matters

Represents the 2020 wave of streaming-era confessional pop in which artists openly weaponize personal trauma and mental health narratives as both artistic and commercial identity. Clendening bridges the Vine/social-media-native artist pipeline with major-label (Atlantic Records) infrastructure,…

The director

Joe DeSantis is a Los Angeles-based director, editor, cinematographer, and 3D artist working in music video and branded content. His verified directing credits include MKTO: Just Imagine It (2020) and MKTO: Party with My Friends (2020). He also works as an…