Everything Lauv does is tailor-made to support his intensely heart-on-sleeve approach. His hybrid indie-pop/R&B sound is powered by spare electronics that leave space for expressive melodies and lyrics, and his videos often play like direct translations of emotions: he depicts loneliness through a late-night diner scene where romance blooms for everyone but him, while joy is a boy with a red balloon, spreading laughter and dance across a city.