Julia Bardo 'No Feeling' - Julia Bardo 'No Feeling'

What this video is

Released July 2021 during the tail end of UK COVID-19 lockdowns, 'No Feeling' arrives in a cultural moment defined by pandemic-induced alienation, societal numbness, and the compulsive performance of normalcy. Julia Bardo — Brescia-born, Manchester-based — channels the immigrant and lockdown experience of displacement into alt-pop songwriting shaped by 90s US indie touchstones (Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey, St Vincent).…

Why it matters

A significant entry in the 2020s UK indie alt-pop canon, 'No Feeling' demonstrates the genre's post-Riot Grrrl lineage filtered through European sensibility. Its surrealist music video language — sterile white set, absurdist object interaction, flat-affect performance — aligns with a wider art-pop…

The director

UK-based freelance filmmaker, director, and cinematographer; graduate of Leeds Arts University with a First Class BA (Hons) in Filmmaking. Works across short film, music video, and commercial formats. Has experience as a camera trainee on high-end TV drama…