Low - I Can Wait

What this video is

Released January 2022 as a visual companion to Low's thirteenth album HEY WHAT (Sub Pop, September 2021), the video arrives at a moment of sustained critical reassessment of slowcore's possibilities in the digital age. HEY WHAT — the duo's third album with producer BJ Burton — received a Grammy nomination for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, signalling mainstream industry recognition of experimental indie…

Why it matters

Represents the mature video grammar of 2020s art-indie: no performance footage, no band presence, full narrative autonomy. The rapid jump-cut structure deployed against an ambient-slowcore track is a deliberate formal tension that reflects the sonic strategy of HEY WHAT itself — delicate harmonies…

The director

Manuel Aragon is a filmmaker best known for his narrative film work, whose music video credits include Low's 'Lies' (2015, Ones & Sixes) and 'I Can Wait' (2022, HEY WHAT). He has also directed and animated music video work for Retribution Gospel Choir. His…