Michl - Holidays

What this video is

Released February 18, 2021, 'Holidays' marked Michl's first solo single since his 2016 self-titled debut EP — a four-year gap that coincided with pandemic-era introspection and a broader streaming-generation revival of chillwave and bedroom-pop aesthetics. The song, written pre-pandemic, channels frustration with systemic inequality and political inaction through ironic, tongue-in-cheek imagery of privilege versus…

Why it matters

The video serves as a visual codex for 2021 dream-pop and chillwave revival aesthetics — soft warm toning, fast impressionistic editing, and concept-over-narrative structure. It bridges the SoundCloud indie-electronic era of 2014–2016 with the more lyrically introspective alt-pop of the early…