--- description: Lena and Jack get better together title: Bleachers' "I Wanna Get Better" Video: Lena Dunham Directs image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Lena Dunham Directs Bleachers' "I Wanna Get Better" Video: Watch  by [Sam Lansky](/author/sam-lansky/)  ## Sam Lansky Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 27, 2014 5:07 PM CUT  by [Sam Lansky](/author/sam-lansky/)  ## Sam Lansky Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 27, 2014 5:07 PM CUT After three seasons’ of experience as the mastermind behind _Girls_, Lena Dunham has more than proven her mettle as a talented auteur — and she put her directorial skills to work in helping the music video for her boyfriend Jack Antonoff’s new band Bleachers’ debut single [“I Wanna Get Better.”](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/02/18/bleachers-i-wanna-get-better-jack-antonoff-fun/ "undefined") Soundtracking the song’s jaggedly anthemic pop-rock are _Parks and Recreation_ comedienne Retta, some abortion dogs and Antonoff as a therapist. Why? Better question: _Why not?_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/40549/bleachers-i-wanna-get-better-video-lena-dunham/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/40549/bleachers-i-wanna-get-better-video-lena-dunham/"},"headline":"Lena Dunham Directs Bleachers' \"I Wanna Get Better\" Video: Watch","datePublished":"2014-03-27T17:07:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:00:29.666Z","description":"Lena and Jack get better together","url":"https://time.com/40549/bleachers-i-wanna-get-better-video-lena-dunham/","keywords":["lena dunham","Music","Pop"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Lansky","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-lansky/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/40549/bleachers-i-wanna-get-better-video-lena-dunham/","name":"Lena Dunham Directs Bleachers' \"I Wanna Get Better\" Video: Watch"}}]}] ```