Duncan Sheik - That says it all

What this video is

Released in 1999 as the second single from Duncan Sheik's album Humming (Atlantic Records, October 1998), 'That Says It All' represents a pivot in Sheik's public image — away from the lovelorn romanticism of his breakthrough hit 'Barely Breathing' toward socially and philosophically inflected songwriting. The song's lyrical framework, invoking Jagger, Dylan, Lennon, Hendrix, Brian Wilson, Jimmy Page, and Nick Drake…

Why it matters

Represents a key artifact of the late-1990s adult alternative wave that briefly connected college-radio sensibilities with mainstream MTV and radio exposure. Duncan Sheik's Humming era signals the genre's maturation from grunge-era introspection into more lyrically intellectual, culturally…

The director

Liz Friedlander (born December 9, 1970, New York City) is an American director and producer. She graduated as valedictorian from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and won the Frank S. Glicksman Award for her short film Eleven-Twenty. She built…