fun. - All The Pretty Girls

Name: fun. - All The Pretty Girls
Uploaded: 2010-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Released during the late-2000s indie pop surge catalyzed by college radio and early social media, fun.'s 'All The Pretty Girls' emerged from Aim and Ignite (2009), the band's debut on Nettwerk Records. The trio — formed in 2008 by Nate Ruess (ex-The Format), Jack Antonoff (Steel Train), and Andrew Dost (Anathallo) — represented a…

2010 · Late-Aughts Indie Pop Emergence (2009–2010) · music video

2010Late-Aughts Indie Pop Emergence (2009–2010)Late-2000s Baroque Indie Pop / Chamber Pop Revival

What this video is

Released during the late-2000s indie pop surge catalyzed by college radio and early social media, fun.'s 'All The Pretty Girls' emerged from Aim and Ignite (2009), the band's debut on Nettwerk Records. The trio — formed in 2008 by Nate Ruess (ex-The Format), Jack Antonoff (Steel Train), and Andrew Dost (Anathallo) — represented a convergence of post-emo, power pop, and baroque orchestral pop. The video's warm,…

Why it matters

As a single from fun.'s debut album, this video is an early artifact of the baroque indie pop revival that would define the band's aesthetic. Aim and Ignite was critically positioned alongside Queen and ELO for its orchestral pop ambitions, and this video's theatrical-yet-intimate visual register…

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