Tame Impala - Is It True

What this video is

Released August 6–7, 2020, during global COVID-19 lockdowns, 'Is It True' arrived as the sixth and final single promoting The Slow Rush, Tame Impala's fourth studio album, which had debuted on February 14, 2020. The video's VHS psychedelia and CRT-screen framing reflected a broader pandemic-era pivot toward artist-controlled, effects-driven visuals produced without traditional crews or locations. The aesthetic…

Why it matters

A landmark artifact of the nu-disco and neo-psychedelia convergence of the late 2010s, 'Is It True' demonstrated how artists rooted in psychedelic rock could absorb disco, synthpop, and funk vocabularies without sacrificing experimental identity. Its visual language — VHS decay overlaid on…