Growing up is tough. You don’t know who you are, but no one else seems to understand that, so you’re pulled in a million directions trying to figure out who you are while also trying to figure out how to be everything to everyone else. And then, as if that’s not enough, there’s this overwhelming pressure to be having a fun and carefree time? No thanks.
Zuzu, a 22-year-old Liverpool native rocker, is no stranger to that. In her latest video for “What You Want,” her new single out via Hand in Hive, she hires a couple important looking people to follow her around and take notes on her life so she can become the best person for everyone else. It’s inspired by the cult film I Heart Huckabees, which you will want to watch as soon as this video is over.
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“I wrote this song when I was 18,” Zuzu said of the song over email. “It’s about how I wish my teenage years went down. I spent most of the time being someone that other people wanted me to be.”
Watch the full video below. It’s a wonderful thing.