The same type of girl, or a slight variation thereof, appears in each of the below videos. I think of her as “Arty Loner Girl”.

Arty Loner Girl has a number of identifiers:

• Invariably has long brown hair
• Spends a lot of time walking around, seemingly aimlessly, often in forests
• Often has a pet dog
• Likes natural fabrics and hippie styles, wears a lot of black
• Very serious, brooding, exudes sensitivity
• Rarely, if ever, interacts with other humans

She personifies something in our current culture, appearing as an unintentional emblem, a symbol… but of what? A certain type of angst?  A searching restlessness? An introspective remove from the modern world?

Julia Holter – “Feel You”:

Siv Jakobsen – “How We Used to Love”:

Jennifer Castle- “Nature”:

Birdy- “Shelter”:

Meg Baird- “The Finder”:

Rachel Sermanni- “The Fog”: