Anna Akana - I Feel Nothing

What this video is

Released February 19, 2021, during the height of COVID-19 pandemic production restrictions, 'I Feel Nothing' is a document of pandemic-era creative adaptation: a skeleton crew, outdoor desert location, social distancing protocols, and home-constructed costuming replaced conventional studio infrastructure. The video belongs to Anna Akana's EP No Longer Yours — a thematic pivot from the grief-heavy Casualty toward…

Why it matters

Occupies a significant niche at the intersection of YouTube creator culture and indie pop music production. Demonstrates how pandemic-era constraints catalyzed location-driven, performance-focused aesthetics in lieu of set-built concept videos. Serves as an artifact of the 2020-2021 creative pivot…

The director

Auden Bui is a director and cinematographer who collaborated with Anna Akana on music videos during the COVID-19 pandemic period, serving as both director and DP on productions including 'I Feel Nothing.' Bui is credited by Akana directly in published…