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VENTS MAGAZINE: LIKE FINE WINE, STEFANIE MICHAELA PROVES THINGS GET “BETTER WITH TIME”
- Dead Horse Branding
- 3 hours ago
- 2 min read
In an industry obsessed with youth and speed, Stefanie Michaela slows everything down and reminds us that artistry, like fine wine, matures with patience. Her new music video for “Better With Time” isn’t just a visual companion to the song—it’s a statement of self-worth and resilience, wrapped in vintage elegance.
Filmed at City Winery Nashville under the direction of Rick Caballo (Dead Horse Branding), the video leans into atmosphere over spectacle. Candlelight flickers against rows of wine barrels while Stefanie moves with unhurried grace through the cellar and up a sweeping, decorated staircase. Each frame feels intentional, as though she’s not simply performing but inhabiting the space, letting it mirror the song’s central message: that confidence and beauty don’t diminish with age—they deepen.
Her swaying steps and steady presence build a sense of reverence, the kind you might feel standing before a stained-glass window in an old church. The venue itself becomes an extension of the narrative. Just as winemakers know the value of time and patience, Stefanie shows that the same principle applies to artistry and life.
Lyrically, “Better With Time” is a quiet rebellion against the pressure to conform:“Stop telling me act my age / Ain’t nothing but a number anyway / I can’t get with that same old same / I keep getting better with time.”Delivered in Stefanie’s soulful, theater-rooted voice, the refrain lands not as defiance but as affirmation.
What elevates this release is its authenticity. Stefanie is not trying to reclaim something lost; she’s stepping into what’s always been hers. As a mother of five and lifelong creative, her artistry is grounded in lived experience. Buzz Music LA perhaps said it best: “She’s a living testament to the idea that it’s never too late to chase your dreams.”
The collaboration with City Winery extends beyond visuals—Stefanie is also curating her own wine collection with the venue, making this project as much about savoring moments as it is about music. It’s a clever and organic pairing: music that ages well, accompanied by wine that does the same.
With this release, Stefanie positions herself among pop storytellers like Adele and Sara Bareilles, weaving emotional honesty with polished production from Nash Overstreet. It’s a reminder that artistry isn’t rushed—it grows, it bends, it endures.
“Better With Time” is not just a song or a video. It’s proof that chasing your dreams later in life doesn’t make them smaller—it makes them stronger.
“Better With Time” pushes back on the pressure to conform and speaks to anyone who’s ever been told they’re too late, too old, or too anything. Stefanie makes it clear: those limits don’t apply here. Fresh off her performance as part of NBC’s Atlanta and Co. Artists to Watch Series, she has two shows in Los Angeles this fall — and with her new EP Turning Pages arriving next year, this chapter is only the beginning.
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