Watch Conan O'Brien Hilariously Portray a Talent Manager in Dawes' New Music Video (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Taylor Goldsmithis ready to take over Hollywood, and it’s up toConan O’Briento grant him the keys in Dawes' new music video for “Mr. Los Angeles.”

While the musiciandescribes the songas “just poking a little fun at parts of LA culture knowing full well that it’s applicable to a much larger swath of my generation — all while admitting my own complicity in the nonsense,” he tells PEOPLE that he and his brother/bandmate Griffin Goldsmith wanted its music video to capture the “spirit of Los Angeles.”

Taylor Goldsmith.Dawes/Youtube

Dawes/Youtube

The music video begins with Taylor looking for his audition spot as he enters an abandoned building. He then sees O’Brien sitting at a desk and eagerly welcoming him in.

Taylor thinks it’s the spot he’s meant to be at, so he begins performing and listening to O’Brien, who instructs him to dance and do an array of strange things, like playing the flute and wearing a pink boa.

Conan O’Brien.Dawes/Youtube

As O’Brien begins filming him with a camcorder, Taylor starts to get confused but finishes his performance.

After asking O’Brien how he did, he says, “I don’t know. I’m not really a music guy. You should move on now. I got my film,” and Taylor walks out of the building only to realize it’s not where he was meant to be.

The musician tells PEOPLE that he approached O’Brien to participate in the music video after performing with him at the Newport Folk Festival, where they became “fast friends.”

“I reached out to see if he’d be interested and he graciously jumped onboard. He’s truly one of the kindest and THE absolute funniest person I’ve ever met so this was quite an amazing experience for us,” he says.

Taylor Goldsmith and Conan O’Brien.Dawes/Youtube

Taylor Goldsmith and Mandy Moore attend Communities in Schools Annual Celebration in May 2018 in Los Angeles.Vivien Killilea/Getty

Vivien Killilea/Getty

“We’ll be on tour for a lot of November and December (and then again in April) to support the new albumOh Brother(our 9th!),” continues Taylor. “Conan isn’t coming along, but I’ll give his phone number to anyone that buys a ticket.”

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Oh Brotherwill be released on Friday, Oct. 11 and isavailable for preorder now.

source: people.com