Kate Nash - Pumpkin Soup (Close Captioned Video)

What this video is

Released 17 December 2007 as the fourth single and third from Kate Nash's debut album Made of Bricks on Fiction Records, 'Pumpkin Soup' arrived at the height of a distinctive wave of British female indie-pop artists characterised by deadpan wit, working-class London vernacular, and anti-glamour aesthetics. Nash occupied a cultural moment alongside peers who defined a post-Britpop, Myspace-era British girlhood in…

Why it matters

Exemplary artefact of mid-2000s British indie-pop video production: low-to-mid budget, concept-driven, theatrically designed without CGI reliance, routed through the prestigious Partizan production company stable. The video consolidates the Kinga Burza directorial voice — warm palette, practical…

The director

Polish-born, Australia-raised music video and commercial director. Relocated to London in 2005 and signed with Partizan production company in 2006. Directed over 35 music videos across her career for artists including Katy Perry, Calvin Harris, Ellie…