DEBBY FRIDAY - Bet On Me

What this video is

Released July 9, 2025, 'Bet On Me' is a pre-album single from Debby Friday's sophomore LP The Starrr Of The Queen Of Life (Sub Pop / Royal Mountain Records, August 1, 2025). Friday, a Nigerian-Canadian artist based in Toronto, arrived at this record as a Polaris Music Prize winner for her 2023 debut Good Luck, making this release one of the most anticipated indie-electronic records in Canada that year. Filmed at…

Why it matters

Represents the mid-2020s convergence of alt-pop, atmospheric drum-and-bass, and breakbeat production in an independent/prestige-label context. The track draws critical comparisons to PinkPantheress-adjacent UK club-pop sensibilities while maintaining Friday's distinctly Toronto-rooted, genre-fluid…

The director

Kevan Funk is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and Emily Carr University graduate based in Vancouver, BC. His debut feature Hello Destroyer (2016) premiered at TIFF and earned four Canadian Screen Award nominations. As a music video director working…