“Love Me Better” — Patriarchy Stage a Tableau of Floral Worship in Video for “Lilylicker”

Los Angeles duo Patriarchy (Actually Huizenga and AJ English) released a video for ‘Lilylicker’ from their new EP Appendices. The track blends ’90s industrial aesthetics with contemporary darkwave, exploring themes of desire and power drawn from Oscar Wilde’s literary worship of actresses. The video, directed by Patriarchy and shot by Hazel Hill McCarthy, uses stark black backgrounds and platforms to stage figures—including the band members and their son—as living devotional sculptures. A studio owner’s objection to the content and the child’s presence forced an abrupt relocation to the Angeles woods, prompting a complete production redesign. Huizenga edited the footage herself, intentionally preserving unretouched details like skin texture and imperfections, creating an aesthetic of affectionate absurdity that undercuts the tableaux of worship.

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