Films and TV shows that feel like butterflies. by Brent Faiyaz
It captures the intoxicating, toxic blur of late-night vanity, casual detachment, and modern urban romance.
- Atlanta (2016): It mirrors the surreal, hazy, and nocturnal atmosphere of navigating modern success and ambition in a large city.
- Euphoria (2019): It shares the same intoxicating, drug-fogged aesthetic of youth culture driven by hedonism and emotional numbness.
- Zola (2021): It captures the unpredictable, smartphone-era hustle and nocturnal chaos of contemporary urban nightlife.
- Queen & Slim (2019): It evokes a similar moody, neo-soul soaked atmosphere of intense modern intimacy against a backdrop of existential dread.
- The Idol (2023): It taps directly into the hedonistic, glossy, and emotionally vacant underbelly of the music industry and fame.
- Waves (2019): It echoes the suffocating weight of youthful pressure, fragile romance, and the neon-lit blur of suburban nightlife.
- If Beale Street Could Talk (2018): It shares the lush, cinematic romanticism wrapped in a heavy emotional atmosphere.
- Her (2013): It reflects the quiet isolation and intimacy-seeking behavior of modern city dwellers living through screens.
