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MUSIC VIDEOS www.postmagazine.com 19 POST SEPT/OCT 2026 CHERRY BOMB — MYRIAD REFLECTOR MisterWives' Mandy Lee — aka Cherry Bomb — recently released "Myriad Reflector," a new single inspired by the original name for the disco ball. The synch/pop-core track pays homage to her hometown of New York City, re- framing dark memories into flashes of fun, light and fondness. "The multitudes of tiny, glittering, fragmented mirrors sparked the idea of how much we need the broken pieces to let the light get through," shares the artist (IG: hernameischerrybomb). The music video was directed by frequent collaborator Matty Vogel, and puts Mandy and her crew in a busy subway car, where she performs the track, turning the space into an energy-filled party. According to Vogel, the video was shot in just two days, and while viewers get the feeling it's all taking place on a Brooklyn-bound subway, the imagery was actually captured on a set in LA. A second day was used to shoot Mandy dancing around gritty, New York-styled neighborhoods — also captured in LA. Vogel called on cinematographer Tim Toda, who used an Arri Alexa Mini for the subway sequences and a Sony FX3 to capture Mandy dancing on the city streets. A Freefly Ember was also used to capture high-speed photography. "I typically like to use [the Alexa] because I feel like the colors are really easy to play with in post, and really get the image that we want," says Toda. The FX3's small form factor made it easy to shoot Mandy guerrilla-style on the street, with Toda hanging out the window of Vogel's car for some shots. The Freefly Ember high-speed camera presented a few challenges — one being the need for considerably more light than the other models used for the shoot. "It was a pretty niche high-speed camera, and it requires a lot of light, so there's a lot of experimentation," Toda shares. Vogel adds that a prepared shot list helped keep the project on-track. "[It] was obviously super helpful," notes the director. "I've found through experience that a shot list — when you're wrangling like 25 people — is extra helpful. The day was amazing. It went great. Tim and I have worked together for a long time, and Tim actually use to work with Mandy as a tour photogra- pher years ago. The set was really fun, and everyone is close friends and has a good synergy to make everything happen." Vogel handled the edit himself, putting an initial cut together in Blackmagic Design's DaVinci Resolve and then sitting down with Mandy to make further tweaks. "I'll usually do like a first pass, just to get the shape of it," he relates. "All the footage was amazing, so that makes it super easy. Then…she helped so much with the pacing and the musicality of it, like hitting the beats. She's such a big part of the process." Christopher Medina performed the color grade. — By Marc Loftus RIVKAH REYES — DEBT COLLECTOR Director Johanna Block teamed up with NYC-based indie rock/pop musician/ actor Rivkah Reyes to create her new Debt Collector music video. Set on the boardwalk of Coney Island, the video was shot using a vintage camcorder, giving it a low-fi, unscripted look. "I've always thought Coney Island was one of the most romantic places in the world," shares Reyes. "It's relentlessly corny, full of characters and dripping with old American charm. It felt like the perfect backdrop for my sweet and sad song. I think New York has this way of making every breakup feel cinemat- ic, like it's somehow okay to have your heart broken if you're doing it in the greatest city in the world. We shot the entire video on a vintage camcorder because I wanted it to feel like a memory that's already slipping away while you're still living it." According to Block, the pair have a built-in comfort and workflow, which is helpful when shooting a lower-budget project. "It's my mission to make sure the artist feels comfortable," says Block. "Camcorder was the perfect medium for this because I wanted it to feel like a video message to an ex. Rivkah actually went to Coney Island post-breakup and rode the Wonder Wheel, and we wanted to pay tribute to that. You can't film in Coney Island — like at all. Security is really strict, but the camcorder al- lowed us to have a low profile and sneak on the rides to film. I also didn't want this to just be another camcorder video, so I shot at a slower speed and sped it up in post. It created such an amazing, vintage effect." Born in Chicago, Reyes is known for her role as Katie in the 2003 com- edy School of Rock. Since then, she has continued to act, with roles in Sza and Keke Palmer's buddy comedy One of Them Days, Netflix's The Merry Gentleman, the 2023 queer horror/comedy short film, Gianna. "It's so fun making art with friends because you get to have fun and feel fully creative," shares Block. "Editing was so much fun because there was so much material to choose from. We couldn't stop filming for hours. Every take was better than the next, and we had so much fun running around Coney Island and the boardwalk, so weaving it together was a blast." — By Marc Loftus