Madeline Kenney - ＂Cut Me Off＂

What this video is

Released July 11, 2018 as the lead single for Madeline Kenney's sophomore LP Perfect Shapes (Carpark Records, October 5, 2018), produced by Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak and Flock of Dimes — Wasner's first time producing another artist's work. The video arrived at a culturally charged moment for workplace gender politics in the US, its office-satire narrative resonating with post-#MeToo discourse around women's autonomy…

Why it matters

Cut Me Off marks a sonic pivot from Kenney's heavier debut toward buoyant, rhythmically interlocking indie pop shaped by Jenn Wasner's production sensibility. The track's use of repetitive guitar riffs, pitch-shifted harmonies, and an abrupt cut-to-black ending signaled a matured compositional…

The director

Robert Kolodny is an American film director, writer, and cinematographer based in Brooklyn, NY. He is the founder and Creative Director of House of Nod, a full-service production company. He studied Film Direction at the School of Visual Arts, where he later…