BELARO - Grateful

What this video is

Released in mid-2021 as BELARO's 4th single, 'Grateful' arrived during a period of intense post-pandemic emotional reckoning in popular culture, when themes of self-worth, toxic relationship exit, and personal liberation resonated widely. The video's LA River setting grounds it in the visual grammar of the Los Angeles independent music scene, a recurring iconographic location in indie-pop and hip-hop adjacent video…

Why it matters

As a pop-trap ballad produced by MakeTheNoises and Olivier Bassil — the production team behind Kevin Gates releases — 'Grateful' exemplifies the early-2020s crossover moment when hip-hop trap production infrastructure was widely adopted by female pop singer-songwriters to create emotionally…