Get the Promonews daily round up

User Accounts

Get the Promonews daily round up

Metronomy 'Things Will Be Fine' by Juliet Casella & Thibaut Caesar 

Rob Ulitski - 21st Jan 2022

Metronomy relive their teenage years in Juliet Casella and Thibaut Caesar's warmly nostalgic video for Things Will Be Fine. 

Band frontman Joseph Mount describes the video as “a sort of pseudo role-play therapy session in which we all re-visit our teenage selves.” And as such the five bandmembers each have their own well-observed vignette, recreating the byegone age of the late Nineties/early Noughties, reflecting on some of their childhood ambitions and dreams. 

So we see Metronomy revisit old social media platforms (on a first-gen iMac), first-time attempts at shaving, saving a guinea pig on the loose, and suffering from teen ennui - all unfolding within the same house. It's glued together by a band performance, which also has the feel of a teen band try-out, in the living room.

With a concept that flows directly from the song's lyrics, the video delivers on bringing those themes to life in way that's pitch-perfect for the band. The art direction and set design are top-notch, as are the performances. It makes for a memorable, charming video - and confirms a fairly evident fact that Metronomy are a marvellous video band.

But apparently, making this video did take its toll. Joseph Mount concludes: “Everyone ended up more scarred than they did before making it - apart from Michael [Lovett] and his fucking guinea pigs.” And that's that. 

Tags

  • Comedy
  • New Directors
  • Pick of the Day
  • Electronic
  • House
  • Art Direction
  • Set Design
  • Teenage
  • Nostalgia
  • Performance

Popular content

Feedback

Problem with this page? Let us know

Credits

Log in or sign up to PRO to see 16 more credits on this video.

Production/Creative

Director
Juliet Casella
Director
Thibaut Caesar 
Producer
Production Company
Executive Producer
1st AD

Camera

Director of Photography
Focus Puller
2nd AC

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer

Art

Art Director

Wardrobe

Hair & Make-up
Wardrobe

Editorial

Editor
Editing company
Edit Producer

VFX

VFX

Commission

Commissioner
Label

Rob Ulitski - 21st Jan 2022

Related Content

Industry News