Father John Misty - Screamland

What this video is

Released September 17, 2024, 'Screamland' arrives as the second single from Father John Misty's sixth studio album Mahashmashana (Sub Pop / Bella Union, November 22, 2024), a record co-produced by Tillman and Drew Erickson with Jonathan Wilson as executive producer. The video's visual language — iPhone-captured Los Angeles street life assembled into a lo-fi, sepia-drenched cityscape — situates it firmly within a…

Why it matters

Represents a convergence of art-pop ambition and lo-fi documentary filmmaking in the mid-2020s indie sphere. The track's length and compositional scale — slowcore-influenced, chamber-pop-adjacent — mark a significant stylistic evolution within Father John Misty's catalog. The video exemplifies a…

The director

Estefania Kröl is a multidisciplinary visual artist, video director, and creative director originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, now based in Los Angeles. She is founder of KRÖLHAUS, a creative agency and experiential design studio. With over a decade in…