Lael Neale - I'll Be Your Star

What this video is

Released August 30, 2023, as a standalone single following the Star Eaters Delight album (April 2023), 'I'll Be Your Star' sits within a post-pandemic wave of intimate, lo-fi indie folk that flourished on Sub Pop. Neale's aesthetic—rooted in cassette recording, Omnichord drone, and Transcendentalist literary influences—represents a counter-current to algorithmically polished pop production. The self-directed video,…

Why it matters

A key artifact of 2020s lo-fi minimalist folk on Sub Pop, documenting the convergence of cassette-culture revivalism, Omnichord-driven drone pop, and DIY video practice. The self-directed format reinforces genre values of anti-commercialism and hand-made authenticity that define Neale's niche…

The director

Lael Neale is a Virginia-born, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter signed to Sub Pop Records. She discovered the Omnichord in 2019, catalyzing a minimalist drone-pop direction. Her Sub Pop debut, Acquainted with Night (2021), was followed by Star Eaters…