Father John Misty - Goodbye Mr. Blue

What this video is

Released March 16, 2022 as the third single from 'Chloë and the Next 20th Century' (Sub Pop/Bella Union, April 8, 2022), Father John Misty's fifth studio album and first in four years following 2018's 'God's Favorite Customer.' The song is a stripped-down country-folk ballad thematically centered on loss, a dying cat named Mr. Blue, and the remnants of a broken relationship. Critically situated within a lineage of…

Why it matters

Represents a significant moment in the 2020s literary indie folk canon: a major Sub Pop artist eschewing performance-based video conventions entirely in favor of a self-contained dramatic short film with no artist screen presence. The location choice — rural Bulgaria — and the elliptical…

The director

Noel Paul is a filmmaker based between NYC and London. He began directing music videos collaboratively with Stefan Moore under the moniker 'That Go' while in art school in Seattle. His solo and collaborative output spans narrative, performance, and…