Jhené Aiko - Bed Peace (Explicit) ft. Childish Gambino

What this video is

Released October 28, 2013 as the lead single from Jhené Aiko's debut EP 'Sail Out' (ARTium/Def Jam), 'Bed Peace' arrived at the cusp of a West Coast alt-R&B wave that would define the mid-2010s. The video's explicit homage to John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1969 Bed-Ins for Peace — both in costume and press-interview staging — transplanted a Vietnam War-era peace protest into a contemporary cannabis and intimacy…

Why it matters

A landmark early document of West Coast alt-R&B's commercial emergence, 'Bed Peace' exemplifies the genre's signature blend of minimalist production, cannabis-inflected introspection, and cross-genre collaboration. Its music video is a key artifact of the 2013–2015 period when neo-soul artists…

The director

Danny Williams (a.k.a. 'Topshelf Junior') is a Los Angeles, CA-based director, filmmaker, photographer, and creative director. He holds a degree in Television & Radio from San Francisco State University with an additional focus in Film Studies. He is…