yeule - sulky baby (Official Music Video)

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'sulky baby', out now on Ninja Tune: yeule.lnk.to/sulkyYo
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Directed by Nat Ćmiel & Jaxon Whittington
Starring Nat Ćmiel as Zu & Xiaowan Jin as Axe
DP: Harley Astorga
Editor: Harley Astorga
Colour Grade: Nat Ćmiel
Producers: Jaxon Whittington & Sophia Mork
PD: Sarah Wilson
Gaffer: Jacques Ketchens & Jay Martinez
MUA: Nat Ćmiel & Ryon Wu
Styling: Nat Ćmiel, Matt King, Fraser Kenneth
Drone Op: Megan Edgemond
PA: David Milan Kelly, George Werbrouck-Edwards, & T.V.
Management: Dora Limfer
Song written and produced by Nat Ćmiel & Kin Leonn
Special thanks to Equipment Rental Partner: True Colour Media Group Pte Ltd
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©️ [sulky baby]
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[@sabre5807]

My childhood self trying to save me from depression.

[@dynamopirate470]

You can do it

[@dena_9518]

I'm trying to save myself from my childhood self

[@dynamopirate470]

@@dena_9518 You can do it too

[@Coolsome2]

❤

[@AbuseDigital]

We got this 🥺🙌🏾❤️

[@k-12_concepts]

lyrics: Some days I can't believe that I'm still here Some days I feel like I have no more tears to shed Instead, I'm emptied out, dead Desperate for that feeling of excitement Praying for a planet alignment Sultry face, sulky in lace Sex that leaves you effaced Losing the arms race Your family's disgrace The dreams that you chase Turns into meaningless space A sulky baby losing grip I'm staring at you from the cliff I'm looking down, I feel the bliss I wanna jump, but I see your eyes A sulky baby A sulky baby A sulky baby A sulky baby Sweetness undefeated I feel your warmth, but I evade it I wanna eat your face Can you get me out of this maze? You hold your weapon armed in gold You're staring at me so cold You pull the arrow from your back And I can feel it pierce into my chest

[@VictorHugo-ik8yb]

nicee

[@zen-kun]

AMAZING VISUALS, AMAZING SONG, AMAZING EVERYTHING

[@Kitsune-Chan]

oml hi xd

[@evilbladee]

each new album has such a unique sound and never disappoints

[@akod.e]

لترلي بس عزه من وين

[@4myae]

@@akod.e PLSSSSSSSSSSSS WHY U IN HERE

[@PoppyKiddo7]

Nah this sounds like smashing pumpkins n a bunch of other 90s sounds

[@dorien_rose]

@@PoppyKiddo7 can u recommend some?

[@harrycallahan3249]

@@PoppyKiddo7 smashing pumpkins?? wat

[@colemanroberts6827]

“Your family’s disgrace, the dreams that you chase, turn into meaningless space” REAL

[@intheory9772]

The layering on this track is extremely impressive. Thick with musical and natural sounds, notes and tones, and made lean with their beautiful vocals.

[@tuur200o8]

LOVE LEAN

[@MasoodMangali]

it's impressive to take note of the fact that it's not usually that we partake in the event one enoumours themselves into thinking not of musicality generales, yet points at the avenue of endeavouring needed to point out the actually necisitty of poignant fact remain not if an afront is given stance.. and they ain't frontmen!

[@tuur200o8]

@@MasoodMangali FR!!

[@iantaylor5731]

I love that their young self has more of a stylized/fresh slash across the face, and their grown self has more of a scar in it’s place. That feels very poignant.

[@pilartyping]

thank you for this. bless.

[@bubblegum0blue]

It has already healed as an adult, it's very beautiful, especially the part where she tries to pull it out, it really touched me because of what that could mean.

[@Valkentine]

Multidimensional artist Nat Cmiel, a.k.a. yeule, shares their first offering of 2023 with the single "sulky baby" alongside announcing signing to Ninja Tune. The track blends 2000s alt-rock and shoegaze infused with melancholic satire. yeule has described the song as a conversation with a younger version of themselves. Cmiel keeps a collection of journals that they refer to as 'scars' and for "sulky baby" yeule began to sing the scribbled words of their childhood reflections aloud. It came out all in a flood with one of the pages transforming into an early iteration of the new single. The torn pages from their journal are like torn memories highlighting the mortality of the page, crumpled and stained. The lyrics aim to romanticize their memories to ultimately find closure and healing. The single is also accompanied by a video directed by Jaxon Whittington, which visually portrays yeule confronting their childhood self. yeule opens up about the meaning behind the song sharing, "'sulky baby' was like a 2000s alt-rock shoegaze hybrid tinted in sad satire. I felt like I was talking to a younger version of me, stopping her from crying, looking back at the ways I betrayed and neglected that innocence from myself. I failed to protect her and I felt like I needed to go back in time and fulfill what she was starved of. So that she could return to my side. So that I can smile like a little kid again. The song gives quite vivid descriptions of a depression I felt with almost a burning passion, yet I tried to give it a light-hearted tone. I think romanticizing is not always that bad. It helps to do it sometimes when you're dealing with a repressed memory. I think it is called an advantaged delusion? Sometimes, that's the only way I can remember parts of me I don't want to remember, so that I can lay her to rest and heal. My mother used to tell me as a child, not to sulk all the time. I guess that's why sulking is so special to me."

[@Valkentine]

This makes me cry

[@m00nl1ghtj3w3l]

Oh my God yep this is making me BAWL

[@eyl52]

this is art in its purest form..

[@wish4fish_]

Thank 🙏

[@syntheticsilkwood2206]

I needed this going through stuff after i "healed" from a long depressive state but its coming back again in a non-suicidal and differently hopeless way but I'm trying to do stuff that gave me happiness as a child and reminding myself how beautiful life really can be So thanks!

[@muckamuck]

This song feels like looking up at the afternoon sun with my eyes closed, and the diffused light and warmth through my eyelids lifts my mood just a bit when I'm not feeling my best. The visuals of the video also capture that feeling so well.

[@bluelighter178]

That's such a nice tought tho

[@cowboygoth]

Wow I never thought I’d see someone describe this feeling so perfectly ❤

[@quartz2999]

This is so beautiful, both the music video and the song. I'm tearing up. Yeule I love you and everything you create. You're a one of a kind artist. So proud of you.

[@bersuleria]

same pfp 🤭

[@anthonynavarro3613]

Literallllyyyyy same

[@StrawbereyLee]

we meet again! (⁠*⁠´⁠ω⁠｀⁠*⁠) I'm from the "this video traumatized an entire generation"

[@robertedwards9961]

Your coprophagia?

[@wdymhoe]

This feels like an early 2000s film Id wake up at 2 am, drenched in sweat, and watch it for a while and realize it’s actually pretty good so I don’t end up sleeping.

[@Jambi14]

30 seconds in and i am hooked. Love finding new music on YT. Helps me feel younger than my almost 70 year old self.

[@squirps5963]

I lost my best friend. They loved this song so much. I don't know how I can go on in this life without them. Just... thank you for giving them a song that could speak their heart. Thank you.

[@all_over_again]

i hope you're holding on, sending you love

[@SPEDUPSONGSTOLISTENTO-pf6wi]

Feel better hun :D

[@Saeyerrna7732]

Whenever I listen to this song, I can’t help but think about my aunt’s cat who passed away a few weeks ago. Despite being a cat she reminded me so much of my childhood self, as we were both known for sulking and having the dreams that we chase feeling like meaningless spaces. The last time I saw her in person was when my aunt and uncle came over to my house and brought her along. When I played this song while I was sitting on my bed and she was sitting in her cage bag which was placed right next to my bed, she looked up at me in such a way where I could tell that she loved this song and it had touched her as much as it touched me.

[@Brisbae]

This song had me on the verge of tears. Truly beautiful Yeule. ‘Some days I can’t believe that I’m still here’, ‘desperate for that feeling of excitement praying for a planet alignment’, ‘the dreams that you chase turn into meaningless space’. You don’t know how deep that resonates with me. This track conjures up a totally unique potpourri of apathy, nostalgia, numbness, longing, dreaming, calmness and desire to ‘go sidewalk diving’. Serves as a dreamy and bittersweet escape to and reminder that we can never really go back to our childhood or the feelings of peace and love and sanity that came with it and that we have no choice but to clench our teeth through the unrelenting horrors of life. Such an incredible instrumental and vocal delivery too. Softscars was life changing, I hope more people experience it

[@hug-a-lot2270]

I find it interesting that the sky and color scheme of this video changes from a purple when they're with the their inner child/younger self) to a cold blue when they are alone. I wonder if there's a correlation to how Yeule has changed her profile picture from purple to blue ever since beginning this new era of their music. I wonder if maybe this new album will be more about being alone or alternatively about their connection to their younger self.

[@estefanikaze9534]

I love this song, I listen to it every day with my little daughter and she is in love with your videos, your music and your style. Thank you so much for making this song, we are happy that your art is noticed, you are the best. My daughter asks: why am I alone in this video? you have us. Greetings from Colombia, hugs and long life to Yeule and her extraordinary music. You are the most beautiful and you always will be.

[@dayehaschanged]

This song feels the same I feel when I lose someone we couldn't save or prevent their tragic ending to life, I feel like hugging her through the video for some emotional reason that is complex to explain in words. Let go of the pain, cry it out, cry yourself to sleep, go for nature walks and cry, I do it a lot to take time to reflect on my lost loved ones... 😪🙏 Just relax our loved ones are safe, pray the lord for guidance to your healing path and ask for clairvoyance and a fresh start to move forward where our lord blessed you when you didn't need it or asked for it... 🙏 God Bless to those who read this and I hope you find some important knowledgeable inspiration from this! God Bless all but the lord always before us! Amen 🙏

[@BwtDT]

Amazing as always, Nat. I love the aesthetic, it has that dreamlike quality of a Japanese horror film where it’s slightly unsettling but also beautiful.

[@lei5855]

All of their songs make me cry and feel so seen a TRUE artist omg

[@Phobia.444]

The smoking scene hit hard. My childhood self would do the exact same thing to me

[@pilartyping]

im not crying, you’re crying

[@JCRFT]

Beautiful. I love the shoegaze/2000s alt indie rock influence

[@briarc4235]

this remind me heavly of grimes and how atmospheric it is. Awesome

[@renatas.4688]

In my view, this video shows Yeule and their version as a child. It's like she could take care of her as a child and maybe give her the comfort and love she didn't feel at all. I don't know if that's the idea of the video, but that's what I felt with all of this. Thinking this way makes me feel even more connected with Yeule. I saw myself in this video and in the ways I take care of the child I was.

[@kadenisrice]

i can’t express how much i love you yeule

[@user-ft9iv9et7t]

新曲嬉しすぎる〜！！ 儚くて退廃的だけど、とっても美しい曲をありがとうございます🦋💕

[@_metapsyche_]

i better not fall asleep when this drops 😭😭

[@flinthuxleythefox]

Omgg so relatable lmaoo whenever an artist releases a song I fall asleep right before it comes out and then I see the songs a while afterwards and it feels like I missed out

[@snail_smoothie2314]

4 hours !

[@_metapsyche_]

a bit more guyssss omg

[@flinthuxleythefox]

@@_metapsyche_ yay it’s ooouut :D

[@avainspired]

something about this feels like a distant memory

[@darkflamesquirrel]

the music and surreal fantasy vibes fit so perfectly together. this is a masterpiece.

[@Gia_Mc_Fia]

This one hit so hard. My heart about fell out. I love how you capture the bond between two people and what it leaves behind. Thank you for sharing this timeless gift. I wish the best for you both. Big hugs!

[@NewAlternative40Chart]

"sulky baby" advanced to from #26 to #17 on the New Alternative 40 Chart this week!

[@JimJimJi]

Just noticed the length being <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="284">4:44</a> just like how The Things They Did For Me Out Of Love was <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="284">4:44</a>:00

[@CarlosHenrique-id5wv]

my inner child thanks you

[@rottenpiss]

i love this sm wtf

[@anthonyrichards9512]

Grammys, please take notice of Yeule, so new and fresh!! ❤❤❤

[@mayevie]

both the song n music video are so beautiful... i think this helped heal my inner child

[@Valkentine]

SULKYY BABYYYYY

[@otherkinpost-death3912]

Te amo yeule con todo mi corazón de cristal, eres de una dimensión paralela salida de un manga, tu música es bellísima! 🪼🪽💘🥰🫶❤️‍🔥

[@blue_coffee_love3537]

Verdad que siii 😭😭😭 ya quiero que saque otro álbum

[@cutemuffinxo8259]

For some reason this is making me cry

[@KUREHA3D]

its so emotional!

[@gaja44]

Wow, this might be the best MV I've ever seen. Thank you so much for sharing your feelings with us again.

[@lcs-1]

SONG OF THE YEAR EVERYBODY

[@xxtianyou]

I’m Beyond words, Sulky Baby is a song that’ll be cherished for all my lifetime. Thank you Yeule 🩸🙏🏽🤍

[@user-ol4kg8gp1x]

幼い頃は夢がたくさんあったけど、大人になるにつれて「自分にはできないこと」が増え続け、今は心にぽっかりと穴が空いたまま生きている。幼い頃の夢を振り返ってみると現実味がなく馬鹿馬鹿しく思える。だから子供の頃の自分と大人になった自分は区別して考えることが多い。でも結局は同一人物。あの頃の夢を叶えないと一生満たされないのかもしれない。

[@TabrisuUnavezMas]

Inténtalo bro seguro lograras ver a quel paraje qué buscas

[@user-hz9tg1np6v]

This song heals my inner child.

[@hackerling]

your music makes me so happy

[@user-xo7cy9xz7f]

Everything about this is perfect

[@ponykris]

it’s nearly 1 in the morning so just over another hour until this is out and of course i’ll stay up until 2 in the morning for yeule

[@m4rz585]

maybe one of the trippiest and coolest mv's I've ever seen? 🧠

[@KUREHA3D]

she sounds like vocaloid... i am so obsessed already

[@zhijidpokwllsoo9577]

When feed recommendation hit the right spot

[@Jim-Bob-Billy-Joe-Johnson]

Shoegaze finally made it's way to Singapore.

[@aura6293]

i can't explain just feel what yeule's songs bring me

[@corinnahenneberg]

I love this more than I can put into words

[@ashleyohohoh]

Beautiful. Sad. Happy. Nostalgic. I love this song!!! Always making amazing music.

[@joaolucasmorais2662]

your songs and MV's are like being in a perfect strange dream 💭 Love you Yeule, thanks for your music ❤

[@kellanharrington-pham]

I'm here with most of us and one day I will come back here and be proud wow, we've been here all along in history 💖💜🤭

[@yigandianya]

The love letter to childhood self 🤍

[@sebastiangarrido1117]

i’ve been loving and listening to sulky baby on repeat since it came out and now that i just watched the video it made so emotional, can’t even describe how much i relate to yeule’s life struggles and artistry

[@SenpaiTheExplorer]

literally everything i like rapped into one artist. versatile, unique, cool style, and so much more little things. im absolutely speechless.

[@emmatrapeni4223]

This song is going to progressively mean more and more too me, as I stand up for myself and heal the child that never would.

[@TRIPCHILLER]

I don't have enough words to convey how wonderful Nat's creativity is, and how much she inspires me to creative achievements 🖤

[@Umami_Mastermind]

Absolutely by accident found this in a spotify playlist. I am completely charmed by the feeling this soung emits

[@rubykelly4879]

i feel honored to have watched their evolution up to this point. both the song & video are absolutely beautiful which is no shock. god i love yeule

[@amaris4126]

im not sure why but i cant stop listening to this song, the visuals, the sounds, it just comes together as one cohesive masterpiece for my sences, its like my minds been trasported to another planet

[@maa.ssha_]

как глоток свежего воздуха..вау..

[@defarinasoul8493]

согласна! с одной стороны будто сама оказываешься с ними на природе под солнцем, с другой тоже задумываешься о своём прошлом когда был младше

[@slipnslide1551]

this is the most calming and peaceful song ive heard in a while

[@user-ut1vp2vu1g]

10代に好きだった物が新しく生まれ変わったような作品で好きです。

[@vermidian_]

*Sobs uncontrollably*

[@Satou914]

can't stop listening to this this feels really comfortable 💖😌

[@MayaruSatoko]

İ am a happy to Yeule is come back

[@nakugenma6818]

omg hanyuu and yeule fan based

[@gavondashiell5290]

Dude I know perfect doesn’t exist but yeule is an exception. This is some phenomenal stuff

[@killerklown256]

This song has a heavy 2000's feel. Her, they? voice has improved so much. Not that she was bad, its just theres more control of her they? voice in this song

[@yayoaquarelle]

She uses she/they pronouns! She’s fine with both, if you’re curious/don’t know, she’s non-binary and prefers to be perceived as someone who isn’t limited to their physical form! And yeah her voice has improved!! She’s been touring a lot, I hope she saw a vocal coach

[@killerklown256]

@@yayoaquarelle thank you for telling me, she has this unique aura about her Like everything she would say will have a story behind it. Like if u had the chance to hear her dictate as you wrote a biography for her. It would be profound

[@helloilovemycat]

I love Yeule so much. Their just the most etheral and mystical being I've ever seen. I love music that seems to take me to another world that was formed by a unique artist.

[@jesushealthephilippines]

i've had this song on repeat for the last week and haven't gotten tired of it

[@jdtcreative8602]

i listen to yeule pretty much every day. thanks for helping me with my healing process. awesome video about conversation with younger self. looking forward to a new album and loving the shoegazing tones!

[@Babelfish112]

So good! I was kinda reminded of those opening grassy field scenes in All About Lily Chou Chou

[@anthonyrichards9512]

....I love this song!! I've only listened to it about fifty times...or like every morning since it came out.

[@JonesDrew3]

This song is playing in my head every minute of the day. Eating, shitting, sleeping... doesnt matter, Im floating off in my own world, with a symphony of sulky babies.

[@byliel]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="211">3:31</a> made me shed a tear. nice song girly.

[@k8yrt]

i’m obsessed

[@beastslayer7367]

This feels so dreamy like you’re over the clouds I love it🤍🪬

[@BenLeif]

Yeule this is by far your most beautiful work I loved it soooooo much

[@vedroveslo]

this is the first time I see this artist and I'm absolutely impressed it's so atmospheric, I want to leave the mv as a constant accompaniment and listen to the song on repeat

[@annininiee]

This is beautiful! Can't wait to hear the full track of the new album💙

[@jhonatancaetan2]

Queria que a Yeule tivesse mais reconhecimento, o trabalho dela é incrível.

[@loxgirl]

verdade vei

[@gtayoungboy5284]

❤❤🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@JheniferMaikelly6]

SIMMM, os clipes dela são únicos mn!💚

[@kagura_sg]

I just discovered them through this song and I'm super happy I found such a great artist like them and also regretting not knowing them earlier

[@RAINKING1]

Shoe- gaze'y dream pop. Love it

[@tricxiewinks]

Você vê que não está sozinho quando encontra artistas que tem e sente o mesmo universo que você. Quando estamos perto de pessoas que não entendem a nossa alma ficamos frustrados. E as vezes um pequeno estranho te faz sentir especial. ❤️ Amo como essa música é confortável como se eu estivesse em um paraíso deitado olhando para as árvores. Amo a letra.

[@gtayoungboy5284]

❤❤❤🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@fairyonfilm]

this is so beautiful i love everything about it

[@amandarb933]

This gives 90s vibes in the best way. The music and video puts me into the best of my childhood.

[@3Heartsxx]

@Amanda R B the whole vibe of this reminds me of stone temple pilots - sour girl. Both are absolutely beautiful. :)

[@bellyhurts]

just from the preview im in love alreadyy

[@KyariTheKid]

most relatable piece of media i’ve ever witnessed

[@snowyfrosty312]

Have u all ever realized how insane and mad this world is? I wish everything could be better

[@hasaran7959]

The meaning of the MV means the end of the world, but she failed to keep her last companion, the song tells about the memories between the two. Or the little girl is nat cimal when she was young

[@Andrea-cu3qs]

Mi mujerrr 💗💗 te quiero gracias por seguir subiendo música preciosa 🫶🏻

[@m00nl1ghtj3w3l]

Ok theory time I guess (edits for typos): Watching this after the premieré and reading the lyrics both my intepretations include the loss and mourning of something but in different contexts: First interpretation was this song and the MV are supposed to talk about how it feels to heal from trauma/your inner child I guess- it can be beautiful and relieving, but also extremely painful because of how you mourn the time you'll never get back that was, or could've been, one of joy and wonder that you lose as an older teen/adult (the summer-ish feeling to it helps with that, along with the fact that the child is dressed in similar fashion and makeup to Yeule which could indicate that its an younger version of them). My second one was the loss of an Internet friend, which wouldn't surprise me given Yeule has always strongly been online and I probably sympathise or am projecting cus I'm the same- anyway, in this one I see it like how it feels reviving memories of those times you spent with them, the times you had fun and felt so close and personal that it felt like they were there, physically, with you. But maybe they never went online again, maybe they deleted their account, maybe they drifted away slowly from you as you grew up and that is also time you'll never get back, and it hurts. (This mostly helped by the obvious age difference between Yeule and the child: almost as if Yeule now as an adult is reminiscing of those times while the friend is stuck in past memories and thus never grew up in their head.)

[@m00nl1ghtj3w3l]

THIS IS SO LONG I THANK ANYONE WHO READS THIS OH MY GOD

[@flinthuxleythefox]

@@m00nl1ghtj3w3l I really like the second interpretation of the song cause I’ve went through that before and it makes a lot of sense. I’m a lot more sulky now because I’ve drifted from people I used to know online and it makes me sad that I can’t get those times back. I think the more plausible scenario is the first one you said about Yeule connecting to their inner child and that’s what a couple interviews have said. But the second one is cool too!

[@ihatemath6050]

THIS SOUNDS LIKE HEAVEN I LOVE IT

[@pariwhoop4935]

Such a healing feeling

[@evakosmosart]

A beautiful song and its visualization. It touches to tears and makes you think about many things. Thank you Yeule, you are amazing💜