One of the highlights of veronicavon’s dreamy, casually devastating Next Life EP—released last November—is the opener “Good Girl,” a heartbreak number that oozes nostalgia. But beneath the song’s soft sheen and melancholy currents is a portrait of someone dealing with this bullshit: “Go and make sure your dog is fed / You just play me, leave me on read / Try and fight me in my bed / Are you winning ’cause you give me head?”
“‘Good Girl’ is like a glowing polaroid of bittersweet heartbreak—but sexy,” veronicavon’s Xuan Nguyen says of the song. “I originally wanted to call it ‘All the Times I’ve Acquiesced,’ but I thought, ‘Whoa, calm down, I’m not Fiona Apple.’”
The self-described “glo-fi” duo of Nguyen and Chris Hackman tapped director Troy Lustick to capture that “glowing polaroid” quality with a sun-kissed visual starring Nguyen and Hackman as lovelorn Angelenos. Equally influenced by Wes Anderson and Napoleon Dynamite, the final product is a grainy fantasy featuring bright colors, berets, and bubbles.
“Troy and his team absolutely crushed the video, making all of our in-camera zoom dreams come true,” says Hackman, referring to a lens that gives the video its vintage feel. “I’ve wanted to work with Troy for a good while... I discovered his videos in my internet wanderings last year, and he instantly went on my ‘bucket list’ of dream collaborators. Then it came true, basically, like, immediately. We’re so amped.”
Check out the video below.
