Drew Citron - Free Now

What this video is

Released October 9, 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, 'Free Now' arrived as Drew Citron's debut solo album on Park The Van Records — a title track video that channels the era's collective yearning for open wilderness and emotional liberation. The video's upstate New York pastoral setting and Petrick's 1960s-inflected analog-film aesthetic reflect a broader 2020 cultural turn toward nature escapism,…

Why it matters

Represents the early-2020s Brooklyn indie-pop confessional strand — artists like Citron bridging the jangly guitar-pop of Beverly's Kanine Records era with a more stripped, solo singer-songwriter idiom indebted to The Smiths, The Carpenters, and Mazzy Star. The Petrick-directed video codifies a…

The director

Born 1990 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Award-winning photographer, filmmaker, and music documentarian. Holds a BA in Popular Culture from Brock University. Has been practicing photography since age 16 and working in motion picture since 2012. Director…