The Candy-Coated Cool of Tessa Violet’s “Crush” Video

Tessa Violet’s music video for “Crush” is like a high-voltage sugar rush wrapped in bubblegum pink, jittery camera moves, and that unmistakable feeling of suddenly being so into someone you forget how to act like a normal human being. From the first beat, it’s clear this isn’t your typical lovestruck song—it’s a giddy, self-aware, neon-lit rollercoaster ride through the headspace of a girl losing her cool in the best way possible.

Directed with precision and playfulness, the video leans hard into the contrast between awkward vulnerability and aesthetic confidence. Tessa’s facial expressions are a show all on their own—she flits between coy, frustrated, elated, and absolutely flustered with such ease that it feels like watching a one-woman rom-com unfold in under three minutes. Her vibrant yellow hair, vintage-meets-modern styling, and the pastel color palette give it a retro-nouveau vibe, somewhere between a Wes Anderson daydream and an indie TikTok trend that actually sticks.

What makes the “Crush” video so special, though, is its ability to make anxiety look fun. It captures the overthinking, the daydream spirals, the moments of self-sabotage and cartoonish internal chaos we’ve all felt when someone gives us butterflies. It’s not just visually addictive—it’s emotionally relatable.

In short, “Crush” is the kind of music video you want to watch on loop because it gets you—while also making you wish your most awkward moments looked this cool.