Beck - Little One (Music Video)

What this video is

Released in 2002 alongside Beck's Sea Change — his eighth studio album on Geffen Records — 'Little One' served as one of several music videos commissioned for the record, which represented a dramatic stylistic pivot from Beck's prior sample-based and maximalist work. Sea Change, recorded with producer Nigel Godrich in Los Angeles, foregrounded acoustic instrumentation and sincere, emotionally direct lyricism in…

Why it matters

The video documents Beck at a genre-crossing inflection point: the alt-rock chameleon fully inhabiting the singer-songwriter mode, aligning with a broader early-2000s indie turn toward acoustic sincerity. Palmieri's rapid-cut surrealist approach creates a productive tension between the song's…

The director

Michael Palmieri is an American director, cinematographer, and editor with a background spanning music videos and documentary features. His music video credits include work for Beck, The Strokes, The Foo Fighters, Sharon Van Etten, and Belle and Sebastian.…