Elle King's Ex's & Oh's: video review

Kisses and Hugs

'They always wanna come, but they never wanna leave.'

                Elle King

     I heard this song on the radio during the commute home and the first thing that struck me was the voice. There was something about Elle King's raspy sexy tired voice that drew me into the song like a siren.
   The story was somehow familiar. It reminded me of a friend's trials and tribulations with his ex's. They haunt him, and me to this day.  Of course, I was naturally curious to see the video when I got home.
  My first impression of this video was that it was directed by the Bad Idea Bears of Avenue Q. It was like the director said, 'Hey, let's make a video with half naked sexy guys wandering around in the desert! Yaaaaay!' It has a certain trailer trash je ne sais que about it that I like.
    Then I said to myself, 'No!' This is clearly a video about the objectification of men by women today. At first I thought guys got off on being objectified. The dudes were like, 'Look at me, I work out.' Then I realized they were in some discomfort during the scene in which the guys in red trunks were doing head stands. I like how average looking men are juxtaposed with the male models as if to say, 'Dude, chill, no one cares what you look like.'
    Sometimes you have to just sit back relax and enjoy the view.