Tame Impala - Why Won’t They Talk To Me？ (2020)

What this video is

Released in October 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, the video arrives during the year Tame Impala released their fourth album The Slow Rush (February 2020), while live touring was globally suspended. By revisiting 'Why Won't They Talk To Me?' — a track from 2012's Lonerism, a landmark album in indie psychedelia — the video recontextualizes the song's themes of social alienation through the lens of pandemic…

Why it matters

As a foundational track from Lonerism (2012) — which received a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Album — 'Why Won't They Talk To Me?' represents a canonical moment in 2010s psychedelic indie rock. The 2020 video reframes it as a document of auteur studio practice, cementing Parker's…

The director

Alex Haygarth is a Perth, Western Australia-based freelance photographer and videographer (alexhaygarth.com) with a documented collaborative relationship with Kevin Parker and the Tame Impala project. His credits include shooting and editing the 'Why Won't…