Synopsis
Only Real and a group of friends spend a bright summer day cruising around London, turning the city into a loose, carefree playground. The video moves between car rides, casual outdoor hangouts, beach scenes, palm trees, and bursts of playful performance. Its hazy colors and warped images give the footage a heat-struck, dreamlike quality, matching the song's relaxed blend of slacker pop, hip-hop phrasing, and jangly guitar. Rather than building a conventional narrative, it captures the feeling of drifting through warm weather with nowhere urgent to go.
Factoids & Trivia
- The official video was released online on April 29, 2014, ahead of the song's May 12 single release.
- The imagery links London streets with beaches and palm trees, giving the track a deliberately sun-soaked, escapist atmosphere despite its strong London setting.
- Warping and distortion effects make the picture appear to ripple or melt, reinforcing the song's hazy summer mood.
- The video helped establish Only Real's visual identity as colorful, informal, and youthfully DIY during the run-up to his debut album, "Jerk at the End of the Line."
- "Cadillac Girl" was issued through Harvest Records and Virgin EMI Records.