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Saturday, October 24, 2015

Music Video Review | Elle King - Ex's and Oh's

Elle King
Ex's and Oh's - Single
RCA
Release date: September 23, 2014 (Single) / May 1, 2015 (Music Video)

 By Vimal Esvaren


 In celebration of singer-songwriter and raspy-voice owner Elle King hitting No.1 on the Hot Rock Songs chart, let's take a look at the raunchy feminist anthem that is 'Ex's and Oh's.'
With this first single off her debut LP, the alternative rocker has made history as only one of four female artists to reach the top of the chart since its inception six years ago. Elle, who is also the daughter of comedian extraordinaire Rob Schneider, perfectly breathes a smoky life into the empowering lyrics of the catchy track in which she gloats of all the men she has conquered in her life.

Appearing almost like a decadent Meghan Trainor in the emvee, the badass songstress celebrates all that is good about her while throwing a big middle finger to intentional female objectification often committed by other male artists (Read: Pitbull and almost every other rapper). The video starts with the Ohio-native throwing a man out of her car in the middle of nowhere and driving away into the desert, where her harem of men await her around a trailer. The men, scantily-clad, have all become mindless beefcake zombies, slaves of entertainment for the rocker's every whim, as they go about wrestling, playing with hoses, barbecue sausages and cuddle with the madame herself. The final scene shows the man she left earlier barely crawling back to her, revealing how she breaks them and keeps them. Creepy indeed!

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars.