Weyes Blood - Wild Time

What this video is

Released May 27, 2020, at the height of the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, Wild Time arrived as a self-described artifact of pre-pandemic freedom re-contextualized through isolation. The video channels collective anxieties around ecological collapse, separation from nature, and existential dread that defined the cultural moment. Its 16mm grain and pastoral commune imagery evoke a yearning for a…

Why it matters

Wild Time is a key visual document of the neo-psychedelic baroque pop movement of the late 2010s, anchored to Titanic Rising — widely considered one of the defining indie-folk albums of 2019. The self-directed 16mm video reinforces the genre's reclamation of analog warmth and 1970s pastoralism as…

The director

Natalie Mering is an American singer-songwriter and musician who records and performs as Weyes Blood. She released Titanic Rising via Sub Pop in 2019 to widespread critical acclaim. Mering has directed multiple music videos for her own work, including Wild…