Kate Nash - Trash

What this video is

Released January 2019, 'Trash' sits at the intersection of the growing global single-use plastics debate — catalysed by the 2018 BBC Blue Planet II effect and surging public awareness of ocean pollution — and a late-2010s indie music moment of nostalgic 90s punk revival. Nash, then also prominent as Britannica in Netflix's GLOW, used the single as a standalone activist statement inspired directly by participation…

Why it matters

Represents Kate Nash's sustained punk-inflected artistic identity after her post-Fiction Records independent era, extending the riot grrrl and alternative punk influences audible on Girl Talk (2013) and Yesterday Was Forever (2018) into eco-activist territory. The video is a notable early example…

The director

Glasgow-born director and photographer, graduate of Central Saint Martins where he studied graphic design before moving into music video direction. Known for creative partnerships with Charli XCX, FKA Twigs, Caroline Polachek, and Billie Eilish. Won Video of…