Abbie Ozard - true romance

What this video is

Released in October 2020 during the UK's second COVID-19 lockdown period, 'true romance' reflects the pandemic-era Gen-Z tendency to seek cinematic escapism as a psychological coping mechanism. The video's explicit inspiration — the 1993 Tony Scott film written by Quentin Tarantino — positions it within a broader cultural moment of nostalgic longing for pre-digital, pre-pandemic freedom. Ozard, a Manchester-based…

Why it matters

A key document of the 2020 UK indie-pop micro-wave, 'true romance' demonstrates how Gen-Z artists synthesised 90s aesthetic nostalgia with pandemic-era confessional songwriting. The track and video together represent a template for low-budget, high-concept visual storytelling within independent UK…

The director

Charlotte Rudd is a visual artist and photographer based in the North West of England. She shoots primarily on 35mm film, self-developing and scanning at home, and works closely with music industry artists producing editorials, music videos, and full visual…