Background and release On July 16, 2017, Carpenter released a teaser of the music video on social media, which shows American actor
Casey Cott and herself in a city, with Carpenter holding a camera. The video's release date was revealed in the caption. On July 19, 2017, she posted a compilation of the music video which shows her at a restaurant and in the streets of a city. The music video was shot on June 20, 2017 On July 21, 2017, Carpenter revealed on Twitter that the video was inspired by "many films" so it was shot "very cinematically".
Synopsis and her love interest (
Casey Cott) laying on a bed The music video starts with a scene where Carpenter and Cott are contemplating a graffiti with the word "Why" in the wall. Carpenter takes a picture of it. Then, Carpenter and Cott go to a dessert spot, and in their conversation, they realize that they were different. Carpenter asked him to leave. Cott picked up the salt and pepper and said "this is you [the salt] and this is me [the pepper], at first glance it might not look like we go together but everybody knows that we belong together." The during the music video, shows Carpenter and Cott in an apartment in New York City. In the apartment they do various things, like eat Chinese food, lay together on the bed and kiss. During that, the music video has shots of Carpenter taking photos in the streets. The music video ends with Carpenter leaving the dessert spot and, when she is outside, she looks back.
Critical reception Deepa Lakshmin of
MTV called the video "a cheesy but cute introduction" to the song, while Mike Wass of Idolator called it "a suitably whimsical accompaniment to the song". ==Critical reception==