D.K. Lyons, NYC-based indie pop-rocker has released a tongue-in-cheek music video for his recently released single, “stop“.
“stop” is the latest track to be released off Lyons’s forthcoming, conceptually rich EP Darling Kiss Louder. Each track on Darling Kiss Louder represents one of the seven deadly sins and will be accompanied by a music video honoring the best female artists of 2024. “stop” represents the deadly sin of gluttony and is heavily inspired by the music video for “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter.
The “stop” music video was filmed at Coney Island and leans entirely into the summer theme of “Espresso”. Directed by Joey Rinaldi, the music video stars Carrie Wagner and Lyons, telling the story of a cheeky game of cat and mouse as Lyons encounters a beautiful woman (Wagner), who literally gives him a run for his money.
While relaxing on the beach, the beautiful woman plucks Lyons’s credit card and goes on a spending spree throughout Coney Island while Lyons, portraying a police officer, haphazardly chases after her.
“Since day 1, I always knew that the ‘stop’ music video would pay homage to Sabrina Carpenter because I think the energy and lyrics just match up so well with her entire aesthetic. They’re cheeky, self-deprecating, clever and obviously chock full of innuendo aka everything that makes her such a powerful artist and songwriter,” said Lyons on the concepts behind and filming of the ‘stop’ music video.
And once I got the idea to do something at Coney Island, the narrative really just fell into place so quickly and matched up with the story of her ‘Espresso’ video, although in ‘stop’ the hero girl gets the best of the alpha male and rides off into the sunset victorious. Despite the weather not fully cooperating and giving us those blue Wes Anderson skies behind us that I wanted, we had such a fun and silly time making a video that I think matches the vibes and energy of the song: fun on the surface, a bit more serious and contemplative underneath.”
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