Home - Sean Lennon

What this video is

Released in June 1998, 'Home' by Sean Lennon sits at the intersection of several late-90s cultural currents: the post-Nirvana indie alternative mainstream, the New York downtown avant-garde scene orbiting Cibo Matto and Grand Royal Records, and the apex of Spike Jonze's MTV auteur dominance before his pivot to features. Lennon's debut album Into the Sun was released on Grand Royal Records — the Beastie Boys' label…

Why it matters

A key artifact of late-1990s indie-pop music video craft, demonstrating Spike Jonze's signature method of embedding surreal conceptual moments within an otherwise naturalistic performance framework. As a Grand Royal Records single, it represents the Beastie Boys' label aesthetic applied to melodic…

The director

Born Adam Spiegel on October 22, 1969 in Rockville, Maryland. Began career photographing BMX riders and skateboarders before transitioning to music video direction in 1992. Rose to prominence directing videos for Sonic Youth, Beastie Boys ('Sabotage,' 1994),…