Lizzy McAlpine has finally released the music video for “Older,” the title track from her third studio album, nearly two years after filming wrapped in January 2024.
The Los Angeles songwriter dropped the visual on 22nd November, marking one year since the album changed her career trajectory.
Shot at Mammoth Lakes, California on 35mm film, the video captures McAlpine in raw emotional territory. Directors sweetiepie (Neema Sadeghi and Ethan Frank) crafted a single-take piece at sunset, trusting the singer to channel her feelings without heavy direction. “I’m good, I got it. I have a lot to pull from,” McAlpine told the directors before rolling.
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The visual shows McAlpine wandering near a carousel by the lake, her expressive features carrying the weight of reflection and growth.
It’s stripped-back storytelling at its finest, letting the song’s quiet devastation breathe without distraction.
Musically, “Older” blooms from delicate piano chords that wrap around McAlpine’s voice like morning mist. Her vocals drip with vulnerability, each note pulling you deeper into the heartbreak that inspired the track.
The production, handled by McAlpine alongside Mason Stoops, builds slowly and deliberately. There’s no rush to the crescendo. Instead, the song unfolds like flipping through old photographs, each moment lingering just long enough to sting.
McAlpine initially shelved the video, unsure about releasing something that captured her in such a raw state. Revisiting the footage recently, she saw a younger version of herself “really going through it” and decided releasing it would properly close that chapter.
The song itself came together in just 20 minutes once she figured out how to finish it, writing about where she’d landed after the intensity of heartbreak faded.
The video serves as a beautiful goodbye to who she was when creating this album.
