Baseball - Love You Later

What this video is

Released in 2020, 'Baseball' by Love You Later sits within the flourishing Nashville/SoCal indie alt-pop ecosystem that produced a generation of self-directed, streaming-native artists. Lexi Aviles, operating under the Love You Later project name, built an audience through Spotify playlist placements and festival appearances (SXSW 2018, 2019) before this release. The video's warm, intimate aesthetic reflects the…

Why it matters

Represents the 2018–2022 Nashville indie alt-pop wave characterized by dream-pop textures, confessional lyricism, and shimmery guitar-synth hybridity. As a self-contained project by a streaming-era independent artist, it documents how micro-budget visuals became an accepted and artistically…

The director

Sophia Matinazad is a creative director, director, and photographer active in the independent music video and visual arts space. Her work spans music video direction, film photography, and creative direction, with a presence across the Nashville-adjacent…