Tom: Well-known songwriter, less-known singer. We’ve talked about her once before and been impressed: this is her new one. And advance warning: while nothing there is technically NSFW, this is certainly a video that would make your boss (or your mother) ask some questions.
Tom: And I really like that song. But here’s the catch: I think that video made me like the song a lot more than I would have done otherwise. I’m a sucker for that sort of washed-out retro Americana…
Tim: With a weirdly atemporal stack of Red Bull cans, which stuck out a bit, but yeah.
Tom: …and yes, I’m often a sucker for almost-nudity in music videos, particularly when it’s filmed like that. So I listened again with the music in a background tab, and I’ll admit I wasn’t as convinced. Because this is basically a slower, female version of Live While We’re Young, isn’t it?
Tim: Message wise yes – the closing line of the chorus “get it while we’re young” makes that fairly clear.
Tom: And sadly, it’s not quite as good: that’s a decent chorus, but it’s a bit too repetitive and there’s not quite enough there to make it work.
Tim: That’s pretty much exactly my thought – decent enough chorus, but after hearing it that’s what I can remember, and I seem to remember hearing it a lot of times.
Tom: But there is almost-nudity, and apparently that’s almost as good.
Tim: Well, I’ll let you have that.