Weyes Blood - Grapevine

What this video is

Released in October 2022, 'Grapevine' arrives as part of Weyes Blood's fifth studio album And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow on Sub Pop — the second installment in what Natalie Mering has described as a trilogy begun with 2019's Titanic Rising. The song is set on the stretch of Southern California's Interstate 5 known as 'The Grapevine,' fusing American road mythology with post-pandemic grief and relational…

Why it matters

A landmark of 2020s baroque-folk music video craft, 'Grapevine' represents the genre's reclamation of cinematic scale and narrative depth. The pairing of Mering's chamber-folk songwriting — critically compared to Karen Carpenter — with Actual Objects' dark, location-driven visual horror aesthetic…

The director

Rick Farin is a Los Angeles-based director and musician who co-founded the creative studio Actual Objects alongside Claire Farin. The studio works across live action, CG, AI, and VFX to produce music videos, fashion films, and immersive installations. Their…