Cobra Kai collide, you get Simone Ashley going full on Karate Kid to the sound of ODESZA’s latest single “Love Letter (feat.
The Knocks).”In the dream-like new music video directed by Dan Brown, Bridgerton leading lady portrays Iyla, a dancer facing the woes of a working artist—an exhausting cycle of rejection.
Iyla is seen clutching envelopes from dance conservatories, hopeful until reading the short, agonizing lines, “your application was unsuccessful" and “we regret to inform you.” Iyla dances it out, literally moving through the frustration while the defiant lyrics of “Love Letter” repeat the chant: “You can't break my heart / 'Cause I was never in love."It's while Iyla is fed up, shredding the rejection letters on the rooftop of her apartment when Yuji Okumoto, who stars in Cobra Kai as Chozen Toguchi, magically appears.
Student…meet master.Simone Ashley and Yuji Okumoto in ODESZA's new music videoAs ODESZA's beat drops, Iyla goes full-on Karate Kid with her new sensei, even training to catch fish à la Cobra Kai's Miguel.
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