Lilly Wood and The Prick - You Want My Money

What this video is

Released January 20, 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, 'You Want My Money' marked Lilly Wood and The Prick's return after a six-year studio hiatus. The video channels anti-consumerism critique through absurdist French comedy traditions, referencing Benny Hill and classic French cinema while addressing 2020s anxieties around overconsumption, social media identity performance, and manufactured desire. The band…

Why it matters

Represents the post-'Prayer in C' evolution of Lilly Wood and The Prick from folk-acoustic indie-pop into electro-pop with socially engaged visual storytelling. The self-directed, concept-driven video aligns with a 2020s trend of artist-controlled, politically inflected music video production…

The director

Lilly Wood and The Prick is a French folk-pop and indie-electro duo composed of Nili Hadida and Benjamin Cotto, formed in Paris in 2006. Known internationally for 'Prayer in C' (remixed by Robin Schulz, 2014), which topped charts across Europe. Their…