Kakkmaddafakka - Runaway Girl

What this video is

Released in January 2019 as the second single from Kakkmaddafakka's forthcoming fifth studio album on Bergen Mafia Records, 'Runaway Girl' arrives during a period of deliberate artistic recalibration for the Norwegian sextet after back-to-back album releases in 2016 and 2017. The video's retro-70s aesthetic engages with a broader late-2010s trend of indie-pop acts embracing analog warmth and vintage visual grammar…

Why it matters

Represents the Norwegian indie-rock tradition's engagement with international retro-pop aesthetics. The video reinforces Kakkmaddafakka's reputation for high-energy, visually inventive music videos that complement their genre-blending sound, which critics have compared to acts like The War on…

The director

Rhina Love is a director, producer, and performer who both directed and starred in the 'Runaway Girl' video. She also co-choreographed the video alongside Tim Schmitz. Her work demonstrates a command of retro-inflected visual storytelling, merging…