Vogue Dots ｜ Melatonin - Vogue Dots ｜ Melatonin

What this video is

Released November 1, 2019, 'Melatonin' arrives during a fertile period for Canadian indie dream-pop, with Halifax, Nova Scotia long serving as a crucible for emotionally literate, atmospheric indie music. Vogue Dots — Babette Hayward and Tynan Dunfield — occupy a sonic space evoking Beach House and the heritage of Halifax-rooted artists. The video, directed by Korean-American filmmaker Joanne Mony Park, brings a…

Why it matters

As a late-2010s Canadian dream-pop video, 'Melatonin' is significant for its sophisticated visual-sonic alignment: low saturation, warm color temperature, and moderate pacing mirror the genre's hazy introspection. It also documents a moment when indie artists increasingly engaged short-film…

The director

Korean-American writer/director from Los Angeles, CA. MFA graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Recipient of the Clive Davis Award for Excellence in Music, the Tisch Graduate Fellowship, and a finalist for the ARRI Volker Bahnemann Cinematography Award.…