Badly drawn boy- something to talk about - Badly drawn boy- something to talk about

What this video is

Released on 10 June 2002 as a single from the About a Boy motion picture soundtrack, 'Something to Talk About' represents a high-water mark of the early-2000s British indie-meets-cinema crossover moment. Badly Drawn Boy (Damon Gough) had won the Mercury Prize in 2000 for The Hour of Bewilderbeast, lending significant critical capital to his involvement scoring the Working Title / Universal film. The single peaked…

Why it matters

Emblematic of the early-2000s British indie singer-songwriter genre's capacity to cross into mainstream cultural visibility through film placement without sacrificing critical integrity. The video's Hammer & Tongs provenance connects it to the most formally inventive strand of British music video…

The director

Hammer & Tongs is the directing and production duo of Garth Jennings (b. 4 March 1972, Epping, Essex) and producer Nick Goldsmith. They are among the most celebrated British music video makers of the late 1990s–early 2000s, known for Blur's 'Coffee & TV'…