Despite the multitude of social media platforms and other technologies created to help us stay in touch, for some reason millennials and Gen X have a hard time actively maintaining relationships. It certainly doesn’t help that we’re being kept apart by a fast-spreading virus at the moment, but even in a time before COVID, it could be difficult to reach out to someone you were once close with who lives just a few blocks away.
This seems to be the source of yearning on “Meadows in Japan,” the recent single from Chicago-based alt-R&B artist Serena Isioma which appeared on her The Leo Sun Sets EP released back in December. Placed somewhere between a Weeknd-tier ’80s homage featuring up-and-comer MAVI and the sobering closer “Stop Calling the Police on Me,” the track is a soothing ode to friendship—which in the song’s new video is embodied by a platonic romance full of longing, isolation, and Citi bikes.
“The ‘Meadows in Japan’ music video follows two friends doing the most to try and see each other,” Isioma shares. “I feel like now more than ever it’s hard to keep in touch with our friends. Hopefully people will see this video and know that they’re not alone. We’re all alone together.”
Watch the clip below.
