Tiny Masters Of Today - Pop Chart

What this video is

Released in June 2009 as part of the band's second album cycle on Mute Records, 'Pop Chart' arrived during a period when Brooklyn's indie punk underground was navigating mainstream music industry attention. Tiny Masters of Today — siblings Ivan and Ada Wolin alongside drummer Jackson Pollis — were pre-teens who had risen to international attention via MySpace home recordings, earned praise from David Bowie, and…

Why it matters

Represents a rare intersection of genuine youth-punk authenticity and industry-aware satire within the late-2000s indie punk landscape. The video's rapid editing rhythm and theatrically absurdist narrative extend a lineage from Ramones-era punk brevity into the visual language of viral web-era…

The director

American director of music videos and commercials. Studied advertising design at Syracuse University and Saint Martin's School of Art and Design in London. Began directing after serving as cruise director on the 1994 Lollapalooza tour, where he met the…