Songwriter-producer Sg Lewis dropped a video today for his new collaboration with wunderkind singer Clairo, “Better,” and it’s a reverent homage to director Hype Williams’ era-defining, fish-eye-lens videos from the late ‘90s/early ‘00s with Diddy, Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliott and others. You half expect Mase to pop up in one of the scenes.

Filmed in Chicago and produced by Weird Life Films, the clip features the two apparently having a blast as they drive around the city in tracksuits and bop around a dancefloor. Lewis finds many ways to be interesting on-camera while Clairo sings, ranging from walking on his hands, breakdancing and playing around with a disco ball.

According to Lewis, the song was the end result of a spontaneous writing session. “I played Clairo the instrumental and she jumped on it straight away,” he recalls. “I kept the beat unquantized from the jam as I felt...