Girls frontman Christopher Owens has a taste for the finer things in life, like beautiful women and classic American cars, and he reminds us yet again in his band’s new video for “Honey Bunny.” Watch below [via The New York Times].
Directed by Girls bassist J.R. White, the two-and-a-half-minute clip shows Owens searching for his dream girl on the streets of his hometown San Francisco. He frolics around the streets in a half-shirt, and later steals a silver Corvette (remember, Owens loves sexy vintage cars) before finally spotting his blonde vixen (who is actually his real-life girlfriend). “I know you’re out there / You might be right around the corner / You’ll be the girl that I love,” Owens sings on the ’50s-style rock’n’roll track, from Girls’ sophomore album Father, Son, Holy Ghost.
Owens and White chatted with The New York Times about “Honey Bunny” and its video. “I wrote [the song] on my birthday in 2009, on my Mom’s front porch singing into my cellphone,” explains Owens. “It’s a song about making a conscious decision not to give up on love or hope or happiness.”
“It was an obvious choice to have Christopher’s girlfriend be the co-star,” says White. “Chris is not an actor, and including her was a conscious effort on my part to make him feel as comfortable as possible. I knew the video would depend tremendously on his performance to the camera.?”
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Adds Owens, “The girl is very special and important in my life. She represents the girl that I’m looking for in the song.”
WATCH: Girls, “Honey Bunny”