Rick and Morty ｜ Chad VanGaalen ＂Stuttering Light＂ ｜ Adult Swim - Rick and Morty ｜ Chad VanGaalen ＂Stuttering Light＂ ｜ Adult Swim

What this video is

Released in September 2018 as a single-song preview for The Rick and Morty Soundtrack (Sub Pop / Adult Swim), this lyric video occupies the intersection of peak-prestige Adult Swim fandom and indie rock curation. Sub Pop's co-release of a curated soundtrack featuring artists like Mazzy Star, Blonde Redhead, Belly, Chaos Chaos, and VanGaalen represented a significant cultural moment — treating an animated series'…

Why it matters

Represents the maturation of the animated lyric video format as a legitimate artistic deliverable in indie music promotion. Demonstrates Sub Pop's cross-platform strategy of pairing legacy indie-label credibility with Adult Swim's countercultural animation brand. VanGaalen's track, described by…

The director

Liah Honeycutt is a motion graphics designer and animator who began her career as an intern at Adult Swim, later hired as a contractor creating original animations for Adult Swim's Instagram and Facebook pages and supporting Robot Chicken social media. She…