Stephanie Rainey - 100 Like Me

What this video is

Released in March 2017, '100 Like Me' arrives at an inflection point in mainstream mental health visibility — the mid-2010s saw social media and music video culture increasingly used as platforms for personal testimony, peer solidarity, and destigmatisation. Rainey, a Cork-based singer-songwriter who broke through virally with 'Please Don't Go' in 2015, extends that documentary ethos into a structured testimonial…

Why it matters

The video is a significant artefact of the Irish indie-pop singer-songwriter movement of 2015–2018, which saw a cluster of Cork and Dublin-based artists achieve viral reach without traditional industry infrastructure. Its production methodology — real people, simple shots, on-screen text, and…