Today, visionary musician Meg Remy—better known as U.S. Girls—unveiled the epic 12-minute music video for “Bookends,” the lead single from her forthcoming album Scratch It, out June 20, 2025 via 4AD (Internationally) and Royal Mountain Records (Canada).
“Bookends” is a bold and sprawling retro-soul statement, blending bluesy funk grooves with Remy’s signature pop balladry.
Clocking in at 12 minutes, it’s an ambitious and theatrical piece that sets the tone for what’s to come on Scratch It which is a genre-defying journey steeped in vintage textures, emotional depth, and Remy’s ever-evolving vision.
About the track by Meg:
“Bookends” is the heart of Scratch It.
The sprawling ballad pays tribute to Remy’s late friend and former Power Trip frontman Riley Gale, through the lens of Remy’s reading of John Carey’s Eyewitness To History, a historical collection of 300+ eyewitness accounts of great world events spanning twenty-four centuries.
In consuming these first-hand accounts of human history, she began to ponder the thought, “there is not a hierarchy to suffering, and death is the great equalizer.”
“Bookends” is also accompanied by a cinematic short directed by Caity Arthur.
They explain, “The video is ultimately about death and absolution — how death is one of the only certain things in life; the ‘great equalizer,’ nolens volens.
However, it also subverts the traditional narrative of death as a despairing void, rather, portraying it as a euphoric transitory experience or new beginning through a hallucinatory ensemble cast, a 1960s pop-star performance, and sleight of hand magic.
As the video progresses, the TV channels alternate through these scenes as Meg’s lyrics evoke death in its various forms.”
Bookends gets: 📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷/10.
U.S. Girls – Bookends [Music Video]
