Nation of Language - I'm Not Ready for the Change

What this video is

Released June 16, 2025 as the lead promotional single for Dance Called Memory, Nation of Language's fourth album and first for Sub Pop Records, 'I'm Not Ready for the Change' arrives at a moment when the band had crossed from critical darlings to a mainstream indie presence — Strange Disciple (2023) had topped Rough Trade's Albums of the Year list and the band was supporting Death Cab for Cutie on arena dates.…

Why it matters

Nation of Language occupy a rare position in 2020s indie music: operating in full fidelity to synthpop and new wave forms (Kraftwerk, OMD, New Order) while injecting contemporary shoegaze texture (My Bloody Valentine's Loveless is explicitly cited in Sub Pop press materials for this track). The…

The director

John MacKay is a filmmaker and long-term visual collaborator with Nation of Language. He has directed multiple videos for the band across their catalog, including 'Sole Obsession' (2023), shot in 16mm around Queens and Manhattan's Fort Tryon Park, and 'Inept…