French Vanilla - All the Time

What this video is

Released April 2019 as the lead single from French Vanilla's sophomore album 'How Am I Not Myself?' (Danger Collective Records, June 2019), this video arrives at the intersection of the Los Angeles queer DIY punk scene and a broader cultural reckoning with social media identity performance. The band, rooted in queer punk parties and spaces like the Smell, channeled the anxieties of curated self-presentation — a…

Why it matters

Represents the 2010s no-wave and post-punk revival's merging with queer feminist discourse and indie-pop accessibility. French Vanilla's sax-driven, danceable art-punk occupies a lineage including ESG, the Waitresses, Le Tigre, and Romeo Void, updated for a millennial DIY label ecosystem and…

The director

Kailee McGee is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker, writer, and award-winning director raised in Laguna Beach, California, who studied at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Her work blurs the line between reality and fiction. She has directed music videos, short…