Still Corners - Fireflies

What this video is

Released in August 2013 as a single from Still Corners' sophomore album Strange Pleasures (Sub Pop), 'Fireflies' arrived during a moment when British and Anglo-American indie acts were consciously revisiting 1980s cinematic and synthpop registers — not the neon-saturated variety but a warmer, more introspective strain rooted in film scores and highway romanticism. The video's Top Gun / Berlin reference points…

Why it matters

The video exemplifies the 2013 cohort of cinematic dream-pop visuals that used HD digital cinematography with analog-emulating color grades to evoke Super 8 and 35mm filmic warmth. As a Vogue-premiered clip that achieved strong tastemaker traction (Stereogum, Spin, KEXP, SHFT), it represents a…

The director

Christian Sorensen Hansen is a Seattle-area-rooted director and cinematographer whose work spans music videos, commercials, documentary, and narrative film. He grew up around the advertising world and began filmmaking through skate videos before attending…