Virginia singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus dropped her latest album No Burden last month. It’s excellent. The lead single “I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore”
is a highly relatable jam; I’m sure you could substitute “funny” for a
multitude of words to make it apply to you. No one wants to be put in a
box, and this song is like poking fresh air holes in that box and
reminding yourself that you don’t have to be what everyone expects you
to be.
Today, the song gets a matching clip from director Hunter Brumfield
that is just as easy to identify with. Dacus is performing deadpan
standup at what looks like a high school talent show. It begins with her
singing the lyrics sans smiles or any warmth at all. Then members of
the crowd get to break out of the boxes they’ve been placed in as they
mouth specific lines from Dacus’ that seem to stereotypically apply to
them. It’s a smart visual take on a song that universally registers.
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