Conan Gray Captures Stillness and Self-Discovery in Vevo's "Artist Portrait: Wishbone"
Filmed in a quiet seaside cabin, Gray’s short film “Wishbone” blends live performance with raw conversation — an intimate look at an artist learning to sit still within himself. The episode marks the debut of Vevo’s new Artist Portrait franchise, designed to spotlight artists outside of the studio and inside their own world.
> “I think there are things you subconsciously know about yourself,” Gray says in the film. “These fatal flaws, these pivotal pieces of who you are — they’re right there in front of you. But you can really hide from yourself if you want to.”
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THE SOUND OF SELF-AWARENESS
For an artist who built his career on translating private emotions into widescreen pop, “Wishbone” captures Gray in his purest form. Between live renditions of “Actor” and “Nauseous,” he reflects on the years spent chasing songs that could heal the same ache he felt writing them.
> “If I had some kind of ache in my heart that no song out there could quite heal,” he admits, “then I had to write it myself.”
The result feels less like a promotional film and more like a portrait of process — tracing how an artist transforms isolation into something luminous.
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A CONTINUED COLLABORATION
Artist Portrait extends a long creative relationship between Gray and Vevo. Since his breakout moment in 2020’s DSCVR Artists to Watch sessions, Gray has returned for multiple Vevo projects — including Live from Vevo Studios performances and a Vevo Footnotes episode for his 2025 single “This Song.”
This latest collaboration deepens that partnership, blending Vevo’s cinematic storytelling with Gray’s introspective songwriting.
“Artist Portrait brings the set to the artist — wherever they are,” says Vevo SVP JP Evangelista. “It’s about removing barriers between the viewer and the artist’s words and songs. With Conan, fans get to see him like never before: raw, authentic, and deeply personal.”
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THE ERA OF WISHBONE
Gray’s Wishbone album — released August 15 via Republic Records — represents his most self-aware chapter to date. Teaming once again with producer Dan Nigro (known for Olivia Rodrigo’s SOUR and GUTS), Gray built a record that finds balance between dreamlike pop and emotional clarity.
From Kid Krow to Superache to Found Heaven, his evolution has been consistent: vulnerability sharpened by precision. Wishbone carries that thread forward, built on lyrics that read like confessionals but sound like closure.
With Artist Portrait: Wishbone, fans finally see that growth reflected visually — not through spectacle, but through silence.
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ABOUT ARTIST PORTRAIT
Vevo’s Artist Portrait is a new original content series that blends live performance, conversation, and cinematic storytelling in intimate, real-world locations. Each episode captures artists in a place that reflects their creative spirit, offering an unfiltered look at their process and personal evolution.
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Watch “Artist Portrait: Wishbone” exclusively on Vevo.
Stream: vevo.com
Photo Credit: Vevo
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