Lauren Ash’s ‘Cool Story, Bro’ Pays Homage to 2000s Teen Angst
Lauren Ash's "Cool Story, Bro" music video is an unapologetic dive into pop-punk melodrama, combining early-2000s nostalgia and current self-awareness. Best known for playing Dina on the hit show Superstore, Lauren goes all-in with her musical alter-ego here, channeling the attitude and adolescent angst of a Blink-182 frontman with a wink. The video is bathed in neon and DIY cool as she's warbling happily through a breakup track that's both sincerely and ironically passionate. Its dark, blacked-out style and the unmistakable face of her Superstore co-stars in the beginning of the video give everything its very own kind of paean to her youth.
The actual song is a snappy, guitar-driven track that badmouths exes and emotional immaturity. Lauren's vocals are dramatic and sarcastic, and the lyrics are laced with sarcasm as she spews out her emotions with every line. The other standout for "Cool Story, Bro" is the build of the song — starting pretty tame and escalating to louder and more raucous. It perfectly captures the emotional journey of a break-up: initially, you're depressed and down, and then as the series goes on, you're loud and less conciliatory with your feelings. And all these feelings are so well integrated into the video; the color palette, the lighting, the childhood like bedroom, the cast of Superstore, everything leads to a visually stunning tribute to her teenage years.The music video was directed by Justin Alexis of That Good Graphic in Toronto. Fuelled by a personal breakup, the video uninhibitedly explores the "most unhinged" phase of heartbreak. Lauren Ash wished the music video to be "an homage to myself in high school as well as the music scene at that time in the early 2000s." Even the set design reflects what her adolescent bedroom really resembled — another realistic detail in the retro look. Early 2000s pop punk fashion is not merely a backdrop here; it is the project's soul.
Regardless of where you land on the music itself, there’s no denying the project’s heart. Lauren Ash is doing her thing, no apologies. It's raw, it's loud, it's intense, and all hers — a cathartic release of creativity that blends her comedic roots with her new rockstar swagger. Whether you’re laughing with her or marveling at the boldness of it all, one thing’s for sure: she’s having the time of her life, and it’s pretty infectious to watch.
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