We included this as an honorable mention because its imagery is among the most memorable of the year. Like, we honestly don't know how this song goes. We could not hum how "Kyoto" goes if we were asked. But we could easily describe Bridgers' outfit, her awkward mannerisms, the boring looking other people, the video's lofi aesthetic, and how at one point a random dude is checking his instagram. The video is much more memorable than the song. Despite that most of the people in this video look so bored, something about the package works.
That said, "Kyoto" strangely and suspiciously recieved an enormous push from Youtube's A.I. generated algorithm not long after its mid-April release. This push entailed a massive number of "Recommmended Video" suggestions sent to pretty much any Youtube user whose history included an indie-rock video.
The questions continue: We're far beyond "Is Phoebe Bridgers an op?" which was more or less confirmed months ago. We're now at the level of "What tier of CIA is she working for?" and "What do they want from us?"
TASTE MY KIDS is a digital newsletter compiling recommendations for a happier and healthier existence, most often in the form of "best-of" lists, youtube posts, album or movie reviews, and various scribblings. We lived on Geocities starting in August 2000. In January 2009, times got tough and posts were on hiatus until a new host could be located. Geocities eventually died anyway, and now we live on blogspot. True story.
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