Elle Fanning - Wildflowers (From ＂Teen Spirit＂ Soundtrack)

What this video is

Released in April 2019 as a promotional single and video for the Teen Spirit (2019) film soundtrack on Interscope Records, 'Wildflowers' occupied a unique cultural niche: an original song written by indie-pop royalty (Carly Rae Jepsen, Jack Antonoff) but performed by a Hollywood actress (Elle Fanning) for a film about pop stardom. The song had circulated as a fan-leaked track during Jepsen's E·MO·TION era, giving…

Why it matters

Represents the late-2010s convergence of prestige indie film marketing and pop-music video culture, where soundtrack promotional videos were engineered to function simultaneously as character pieces, performance showcases, and theatrical trailers. The Jepsen/Antonoff songwriting pedigree gave the…

The director

Alan Del Rio Ortiz is a Texas-born, Brooklyn-based director and photographer with over two decades of experience in music videos, commercial campaigns, and branded content. He entered the industry through collaborations with Dev Hynes (Blood Orange) and has…