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The proper studio version of Britney’s new single is now online
A video teaser worth watching if you’ve got a minute spare
We don’t feature video teasers that much because, frankly, everyone’s far too busy for that sort of thing, but here’s one that flags up the forthcoming release of a song we really like – ‘Pouring Rain’ by a chap named David Stewart.
We first featured David just over a year ago when he had a song called ‘Lay Down On The Bonnet’; his music had been sent our way by Example, and Example knew about it because David was the guitarist in his touring band. Over the intervening months David’s given his sound a bit of a shake-up and it’s all quite smart and shimmery with a big pop chorus and hints of the sort of thing you would probably have heard if, in the mid-to-late-80s, you’d turned on a US radio station and spun the dial until something amazing popped up.
Anyway here’s the afore-mentioned teaser, you don’t hear the whole song but you get the general idea.
The full video’s appearing sooner rather than later and the single’s out later in the year. There might one day be further info over at Sundreamcity.com but for the time being it’s just an email address and a picture of some palm trees. Still, everyone likes a palm tree, right?
Robyn’s got a new video coming out, but what’s happening in it?
Here is an image from A BRAND NEW ROBYN VIDEO that will be appearing online tomorrow.
Details are pretty sketchy but, basically:
- It’s a video for ‘U Should Know Better’.
- That’s ‘U Should Know Better’ as in the one off ‘Body Talk Pt 2′, which came out three years ago. (?!)
- Don’t get excited about this being a video that cleverly leads into the unveiling of a new album campaign because we asked about that and there’s no new Robyn album due this year. :(
- But apparently it exists now because “the treatment is so good, it’ll make sense once you see it. It’s a really fun video, lots of juxtaposition and things not being quite what they seem”.
But what can we actually deduce from this one frame?
Let’s have a look.
1. Criminal intent?
FBI Agent Robyn Sanseverino was a character in various episodes of The Sopranos. She was played by actress Karen Young, who also appeared in Jaws: The Revenge. Is Robyn a shark?
2. Neneh of dem?
Both these Neneh Cherry posters are from around 1989. Is this video set in the late-80s? Is Robyn hinting at a new musical direction? Is the ‘Raw Like Sushi’ sealife reference yet another clue that Robyn could in fact be a shark?
3. Cushion burn girl?
Two red cushions and a stuffed monkey. Or, as we know them in the UK, Scouting For Girls.
4. In my eyes (and mouth)?
This red picture is a face of some sort. Does Robyn have a face? (Yes.)
5. Who’s that girl?
It’s probably Robyn, let’s be honest.
6. Electric?
This is an old-fashioned Mac from many years ago. But not as many years ago as Neneh Cherry. Is the room in which ‘Robyn’ finds herself somehow existing in two different temporal realities?
Hang on – enhance.
Pan right and pull back. Stop. Enhance 34-36.
Wait a minute. Enhance 15-23.
Give us a hard copy right there.
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