Phoebe Bridgers just dropped the ultimate 2026 crossover nobody asked for but everyone’s losing it over. Her new music video for "Lost Boys" sneaks in a clip of OldSchool RuneScape at the 1:29 mark — a middle-aged dude grinding wilderness slayer (or at least looking like it) during his petrol station shift. It’s the first big-name music video cameo for OSRS, and it nails the classic "play on company time" energy that every scaper knows too well.
The footage isn’t even original — it’s pulled straight from Spoonkid’s massive "I played Old School RuneScape for 1,000 hours" YouTube video, specifically a timestamped segment. Spoonkid already hopped on X to thank Bridgers for the IronChevin cameo with a heart emoji and everything. The scene rolls right into Phoebe and her crew rolling up to the station, making the clerk scan her hand like it’s a normal transaction, then the guy goes full LARP mode with a pickaxe, hoe, helmet, and hammer before getting knighted in the woods.
X is absolutely melting down in the best way — people calling it "not on my 2026 bingo card," "huge for the gays," and straight-up mourning their childhood RuneScape sessions. It’s a fun, weird flex that proves the game’s 25-year staying power can pop up anywhere, even in an indie-pop music video directed by Lance Oppenheim and Pablo Rochat starring Skyler Gisondo as the clerk. Jagex and the director haven’t commented yet, but if White Collar got an in-game nod, maybe Phoebe’s next.
Who’s gonna be the first to spot this as a new meta for music video scouting?