THE PICTUREBOOKS FEAT. LZZY HALE (HALESTORM) - Rebel

What this video is

Released May 14, 2021, 'Rebel' arrived during the global COVID-19 pandemic as part of The Picturebooks' 'The Major Minor Collective' project — an intentional series of cross-genre collaborations with artists from the duo's orbit of influence and friendship. The video's transatlantic, self-produced structure (Nashville + Berlin) directly reflects pandemic-era production constraints while embodying the duo's hardcore…

Why it matters

Represents a high-profile intersection of European underground biker-blues (The Picturebooks) and American mainstream hard rock (Halestorm/Lzzy Hale), demonstrating how pandemic-era restrictions catalyzed novel cross-continental collaborations. The track is part of a broader multi-artist…

The director

The Picturebooks are a German biker-blues duo from Gütersloh, Germany, consisting of Fynn Claus Grabke (vocals/guitar) and Philipp Mirtschink (drums), formed in 2009. Known for their DIY recording ethos — tracking albums in their own motorcycle garage — and…