Imogen Heap - Goodnight and Go (Immi's Radio Version)

What this video is

Released in May 2006 as the second single from Imogen Heap's self-funded and self-produced album Speak for Yourself (2005), 'Goodnight and Go' arrived during a transitional moment in UK indie and electropop when self-releasing artists were beginning to reach mainstream audiences through word-of-mouth, TV sync placements, and nascent platforms like YouTube. Heap had re-mortgaged her home to fund the album without…

Why it matters

A landmark artifact of mid-2000s UK art-electropop, the video encapsulates the era's tendency to pair emotionally intimate electronic songwriting with high-concept, theatrically surreal visuals. As the second single from Heap's breakout album, it helped establish her visual identity as a…

The director

Franco-British director born 22 April 1979 in Paris, France. Studied Russian and Political Theory at the London School of Economics, where he began directing plays. Later attended the Academy of Art in San Francisco. Began career directing music videos…