Washed Out - Waking Up (Eclipse Live Session)

What this video is

Released in June 2024 as a lead visual for Washed Out's fifth album 'Notes From a Quiet Life' (Sub Pop), this video captures Ernest Greene performing live during the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse in Bandera, Texas — a widely watched North American cultural moment. The video operates at the intersection of environmental art, live performance documentation, and celestial spectacle, reflecting a broader mid-2020s…

Why it matters

A landmark artifact within the dream pop / chillwave lineage, this video pushes the genre's characteristic introspection and atmospheric tone into live-cinema territory. By capturing a complete performance within the unedited window of solar totality, it becomes one of the most formally…

The director

VMA- and Juno-nominated Polish-Canadian director based between Toronto and Los Angeles. Directorial work spans music video, commercial, and narrative film. Music video clients include Tate McRae, Tinashe, Maisie Peters, and Washed Out. Work has aired on…