We covered the track a few days ago — now the sharply directed, perfectly cast video arrives, capturing Hollywood’s heartbreak with rare precision.
A few days ago, we spotlighted Frankie June’s shimmering indie‑pop single “Hollywood (2016)”, a track rooted in the moment she left Indiana for Los Angeles after her Sundance debut in Goat. Today, the official video — directed by Jacob McCaslin — brings that story to life with striking clarity. Shot across the Hills of Hollywood, the valleys of Burbank, and the side streets off Hollywood Blvd, the visual blends grit and glow with perfect composition and angles that feel lifted from a modern‑day dreamscape.
Related Story: Frankie June Breaks Through With “Hollywood 2016”And here’s the thing: music videos today often drown in over‑complication — expensive razzle‑dazzle, glossy effects, and no soul. Frankie June goes the opposite direction. Hollywood (2016) does exactly what a great video should: it lifts the track to another place, gives the vocals a face, a pulse, a feeling. It’s intimate without being small, cinematic without being hollow.
As true natives of Hollywood, we’ve seen the heartbreak up close — the stalled auditions, the broken promises, the nights when ambition feels like a punchline. It isn’t always a pretty sight. But in Frankie June’s hands, the chaos softens. The story bends. The dream flickers back to life. In her world, it all just might go her way.
The film stars Beryl Rosenblum, April June, Colin Cassidy, Alexander Valentin, and Frankie June herself as “The Dreamers,” with Bobby Williams as Mayor Harvey Deville. They’re joined by Hannah May Howard, Chloe O’Brien, Bella Glanville, Danielle Maddox, Jana Miley, Laura Kennon, and Samantha Wixon as “The Bobs.” Together, they embody the emotional whiplash of Hollywood — the hope, the delusion, the exhaustion, the electricity — all wrapped in a land built on make‑believe.
Burn it all down and build a studio apartment Buy a magic potion and forget how it all went For Meryl Streep and Goldie
Frankie June – “Hollywood (2016)”
The song’s origin story deepens the impact. As Frankie shared in her press release, the recent “2016 trend” online sent her spiraling back to the year she packed her life into a Prius and drove west. Revisiting old photos and stepping into a new actor’s apartment filled with hopeful post‑its sparked the song — a longing to relive that first arrival, but with the wisdom she carries now. “I just wanted to go back to 2016 and try it all again,” she said.
If Hollywood still has room for new legends, Frankie June just carved out her opening shot — and it’s one worth remembering.
Watch “Hollywood (2016)”
A compact side edit for a breakout video moment that feels dreamy, romantic, and just left of ordinary.
Soft-focus longing, sharp identity
The energy here is intimate but stylized. A little Hollywood ache, a little dream-state glow, and enough character to make the whole thing feel like an arrival instead of just another release.
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