Labrinth offers up the ethereal visuals for his latest Emeli Sandé duet, "Beneath Your Beautiful," the sixth single and the last track from the 23-year-old British singer-rapper's debut album, "Electronic Earth." The grammatically-challenged track, released on Sunday, has scored his first UK No.1 Singles chart and it also featured on the repackaged deluxe edition of Sandé's debut album, "Our Version Of events."
"Usually when you're on your last single and you've gone to the end of your album, it's the first singles that explode," Labrinth commented to Digital Spy. The beautiful romantic power ballad was co-written by Labrinth and Sandé along with American R&B artist Mike Posner. It features sweeping vocals and a catchy, uplifting chorus, and as expected, it sees Scottish magnificent songstress overshadowing Labrinth completely. It may not be one of the pumping dancefloor anthems Labrinth is known for, but it sure makes you wanna slow dance.
"Beneath Your Beautiful," a title you might think is a misprint, but isn't: he really is using beautiful as a noun rather than an adjective. Of course, the problem with singing about a lady's beautiful is that it sounds like a coy euphemism for her private parts. "Let me see beneath your beautiful," he cries, like a man who thinks the object of his affections might be sitting on his missing car keys. Labrinth is trying hard to keep it real, and stripping the track back to the bare essentials, and proving his talent for songwriting is major league.
The simple, stripped-down promo sees a smartly dressed Labrinth take his seat and perform the beautifully powerful track at a grand piano in front of a giant screen which features the "Read All About It" singer. Throughout the video, the pair taking to the stage individually and swap positions in time with whose turn it is to stand at the fore as they gaze romantically into the camera, thoughtfully into the distance, and give an emotionally charged rendition of the song. Very simple yet effective video.
"Usually when you're on your last single and you've gone to the end of your album, it's the first singles that explode," Labrinth commented to Digital Spy. The beautiful romantic power ballad was co-written by Labrinth and Sandé along with American R&B artist Mike Posner. It features sweeping vocals and a catchy, uplifting chorus, and as expected, it sees Scottish magnificent songstress overshadowing Labrinth completely. It may not be one of the pumping dancefloor anthems Labrinth is known for, but it sure makes you wanna slow dance.
"Beneath Your Beautiful," a title you might think is a misprint, but isn't: he really is using beautiful as a noun rather than an adjective. Of course, the problem with singing about a lady's beautiful is that it sounds like a coy euphemism for her private parts. "Let me see beneath your beautiful," he cries, like a man who thinks the object of his affections might be sitting on his missing car keys. Labrinth is trying hard to keep it real, and stripping the track back to the bare essentials, and proving his talent for songwriting is major league.
The simple, stripped-down promo sees a smartly dressed Labrinth take his seat and perform the beautifully powerful track at a grand piano in front of a giant screen which features the "Read All About It" singer. Throughout the video, the pair taking to the stage individually and swap positions in time with whose turn it is to stand at the fore as they gaze romantically into the camera, thoughtfully into the distance, and give an emotionally charged rendition of the song. Very simple yet effective video.
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