SZA's 'Broken Clocks' Video Is A Camp Dream Of Food Fights And Make-Outs

Speaking as someone who never went to summer camp, SZA's new music video for damaged Clocks" makes me feel nostalgic. That's because it paints camp — "Camp Ctrl" in this case — as a haven for mischief, like spraying your bunk mates with stupid string to wake them up, although also love.


Or at least a good make-out while in a lunchtime food fight.


Throughout the five-minute clip, our protagonist seems detached from all of the day-to-day frivolity surrounding her. Lose rather deliver the song from high on a bus hood or in front of a van than jump off the dock or roast marshmallows with the other campers. Maybe SZA's not a camper at all! Perhaps the camp scenes are, because the end reveals, actually also good to be true?


Ultimately, the video — directed by SZA and the Little Homies' Dave Free — is a retro appreciation of escapism. No matter what you're attempting to get away from (a bad job, cash problems, or worse), you could at least flee it all for five minutes watching damaged Clocks" above — even if it's not the preferred version.