The Mistress of eccentricity, Paloma Faith, has released another music video (watch below) for her third single 'Trouble With My Baby', from her most recent album, A Perfect Contradiction. Following on from 'Can't Rely on You' and 'Only Love Can Hurt Like This', the latest track is a fuse of mo-town jazz and a throw back to the vintage reminiscence of way back when. Whilst the track is up-tempo and features soulful vocals from Faith, we would have liked to see hidden gem 'Mouth to Mouth' being released next, as it is a true stand-out track from the album, as we have mentioned in our review of her most recent album.
The whole premise of 'Trouble With My Baby', is in itself, rather self explanatory. Faith is singing about having 'trouble' with her partner, as she recognises that she needs help, and that she can't rely on her current partner 'I know/ I do/ Too much/ For you' and 'Had enough of being a hero/ One day I'm gonna' give you zero'. The infusion of classic sounds and smooth saxophones, nevertheless, make this an intriguing sounding track, and it does its best to hold its own next to Faith's previous heavy-weight tracks, even if it falls a little short, ultimately. Meanwhile, the music video is distinctly dark and vintage-inspired, as Faith sings lonesomely in the middle of a bar with her old-style microphone whilst her beau watches with a glazed look.
The scene switches to a field where Paloma then walks across grassy ground in her striking red ensemble and eventually finds her partner relaxing looking up and the sky. In a rather subtle fashion, she draws a gun from behind and aims it at his head saying (off track) 'this isn't love', and whilst we are left in the dark until the end of the track, we do hear a gun shot go off after Paloma stares have disintegrated from screen. So we can safely assume someone died. Lovely. We kind of adore the toning to the video and Faith's outfits are always as mesmerizing and bright as ever, and the vintage levels are blasted to the max throughout the video, so if you like that sort of thing, you'll be probably love this video/and/or track. Watch the riveting music video below:
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