A foggy haze of smoke and lights surrounds Brooklyn band Slowdance‘s dark video of their new single “Boyfriend.” Originally released as a 7” on White Iris records, the song is a playful take on efforts which can be made to keep things exciting in a long-term relationship (a thick fog and darkness always help when your partner is getting old and fat). The band’s pop tendencies keep things light as usual, but an element of melancholia seeps through the steam.
Curiously, at one point a man in an American flag button-up dismounts a motorcycle with an overlay of sparklers – an image which ironically, in one shot, represents the duality of bilingual singer Quinn-Settel (English and French) – since sparkles for some reason bring to mind many French things (champagne, glittery fashion, and a French guy I met once who couldn’t light his cigarette). – Christine Cauthen