Premiere: Laney Tripp Opens a Door Into Her Swampy, Southern Dreamworld With “I Want You / Body” Music Video
INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW
Photo By Summer Schantz, BTS by Teague Wasserman
LANEY TRIPP’S WORLD HAS ALWAYS LIVED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN MEMORY AND MYTH - shaped by the humid green glow of the Florida–Georgia borderlands she calls home. With the release of her new double visual for “I Want You / Body,” that world finally opens its door. Premiering today, the video marks a deeply personal collaboration between Laney and director Summer Schantz, one of her closest friends and longtime creative confidants. Shot on Laney’s family farm, the video feels like an invitation into her inner landscape: part swamp fairytale, part sun-drenched diary entry and entirely rooted in the bond between artist and community.
What began as a project years in the making unfolded into something even more intimate and unexpected. Summer and cinematographer/editor Jazleana Jones built the video’s dreamlike language through ritual and instinct - closing their eyes, listening to the music on loop and letting imagery surface from the subconscious. Once on set, the shoot evolved organically, with moments of spontaneity shaping the final product including an improvised blue-hour sequence that became the entire second half of “Body.”
Together, Laney, Summer, and their small crew turned the farm into a creative playground—climbing trees, rolling in dirt, swimming in creeks and chasing light across the property. The result is a film that feels lived-in, sun-soaked, and profoundly connected to the natural world that raised Laney. It also mirrors the visual language of her album artwork, weaving a unified universe of swamp greens, water, and quiet magic.
Today, we’re thrilled to premiere “I Want You / Body” and share Laney and Summer’s reflections on the project: how it came to life, the happy accidents that shaped it and the visual world they’re just beginning to build.
LUNA: “I Want You” / “Body” is such a gorgeous music video! Tell us all about the creative process behind bringing it to life.
LANEY TRIPP: Thank you! This video has been years in the making in a really sentimental way. Summer Schantz (director) has been one of my best friends since 2018 — we met in college, where she played bass in my band, and we’ve been dreaming about making a music video together ever since. She’s an incredible photographer and filmmaker, so finally getting to collaborate on something this personal felt really full-circle. I knew I wanted to shoot something on my family’s farm in Georgia, in the swamp. That was the earliest seed of the vision.
SUMMER SCHANTZ: Thank you so much! <3 The creative process really began with talking to Laney about her intentions behind the song, then listening to it over and over again. Within those first few listens, fragmented visuals start to form in my mind, which I share with my creative partner - who's also the cinematographer and editor of the project - Jazleana Jones. We'll get together, sit in silence with our eyes closed, and let the music play while we each imagine shots and visuals in our heads. Then we talk through what we saw and piece those fragments into a larger vision for the video. We repeat that ritual until most of the concept takes shape, but we intentionally keep parts open-ended so certain moments and shots can reveal themselves naturally once we're on set.
LUNA: Can you share a favorite moment from set?
TRIPP: Honestly, the whole week was my favorite moment. I’m not naturally super-cozy in front of the camera, so the filming itself can feel quite vulnerable — but being surrounded by some of my best pals made it easy(ish) and fun. It felt like we were at our own lil summer camp — Me, Summer, Jazleana and Teague climbing trees, rolling in dirt, swimming in the creek, dancing to Addison Rae and Chappell, putzing around the property, laughing and such. I knew it’d be a magical week when the 3 of them showed up to the farm with a stack of matching Buc-ee’s hats they’d picked up on their way down from Atlanta. 🤩
SCHANTZ: For "Body", the second part of the video, we actually had an entirely different plan involving a huge fire. There wasn't a lot of rain leading up to the shoot, and there was a burn ban in our area. We needed to plan out another idea, and by chance Jazleana wanted to test her camera with the blue hour light after the sunset and I was her stand-in. I was holding a flashlight and I spun around with it over my head like a spotlight. Jazleana looked at me after she shot it and we both knew that it looked cool enough to bring laney out to just mess around. Two hours later we had the entire second half of the video without even realizing it was happening and we got to take the next day off and go swim in the spring :)
LUNA: The video has such a cinematic feeling and connects really beautifully with the album cover. How did you create such a cohesive visual world for the project?
TRIPP: The swampy Florida/Georgia greens have always felt like the thread linking the visuals and the music for this album. I knew the album cover needed to be in the water, and I knew I wanted Summer to shoot it.
SCHANTZ: The cover art of the album happened by accident! Laney and I had spent a week in January in the Georgia snow trying to get the shot, but nothing felt like ~the one~
We were shooting in a swampy area for "I Want You" and I had my Contax around my neck taking photos of Laney between takes. It wasn't until a few months later when we were going through the photos that we both realized we got it.
For the overall vision of the project as a whole, we just wanted it to feel through and through Laney Tripp. I am so thankful that Laney has been my best friend for years now and everyone on the project understood her so well. From the beginning we knew that if it didn't feel authentic to Laney it just wouldn't work - so she was the vision.
LUNA: What can you share about any other upcoming visuals for the album?
TRIPP: I definitely want to expand on this world we’ve peered into. This video feels like the opening door, and there are some ideas floating around in my head that I’d love to explore, and we must bring to fruition Summer’s fire vision. So yes — there’s more to come!
LUNA: As the year wraps up, do you have any New Year’s resolutions?
TRIPP I’ve been building a tiny cabin for myself on the farm in Georgia, and I’d love to finish it early next year. I’m doing everything by hand (with lots of help from my dad) — frame walls, building the furniture and cabinetry, tiling the shower, etc. My hopes are to turn it into a space to make music and gather with friends.
And it’s not exactly a resolution, but feels worth saying that I am excited to keep making music and playing my songs and having fun with friends!
