Shining On and Getting Kooky
Ever since I heard the words “I’m not saying it’s your fault, but I know you could have done more,” I’ve been in love with The Kooks. Inside In/Inside Out was fantastic, and their new album Konk is just as great, if not better. The first single from Konk, “Always Where I Need To Be,” is one of those perfect songs that you love to get stuck in your head, but the practice-space/roof top video left something to be imagined. Luckily, they’ve redeemed themselves on the music video front with their new video for “Shine On.”
Not only is the song a real toe-tapper, but the set and fashion in this vid is inspired— do you remember when people used to say that? The blue floral wallpaper could have been ripped from the walls of Chloe Sevigny’s head, and I love the shabby chic-ness of the girls water-logged apartment.
Though the set was wonderful, and I can’t wait to hear the song on the radio (indicating it’s arrival to the world), my favorite part of the entire video is the girl’s head gear. Not only does she get to sport this giant, whimsical flower and feather hair clip in her super-cute pixie-cut hair. I’ve watched the video at least four times and every time I see the floral clip I want it more and more, but she wears this awesome blue, at least I think its blue, chapeau, which again is adorned with the obligatory feather. It reminds me of Sarah Jessica Parker’s hat at the London premier of Sex and the City; The Movie which comes out tomorrow on a side note!
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Now that The Kooks are going to have girls around the world dressing up like flappers, what should they do next? Well, I think they should make a video for “Do You Wanna” where everyone is dressed in 80s disco attire, and ask me to be in it!
