Flanked by women, the musician evokes the sort of girls’ night one could only dream of being invited to. Music you can make entirely for yourself and it doesn’t always matter. Like in music, I create from an inspired place, so that informs the music and the food, but as a chef you have to think a lot more about the food you’re making and the people you’re making it for. The new video juxtaposes a montage of birthday-cake cookies dunked in milk, chocolate-dredged strawberries, and undulating Jell-O molds with scenes of Kelis reclining in head-to-toe shades of pink-herself channeling feelings of a raspberry sorbet left to its own devices. Kelis: I think it’s similar in a lot of ways and different as well. There’s a shared sense of decadence, between the funk band’s 1975 album Honey (the cover shows a woman awaiting a slow drip off a spoon) and the R&B group’s “Peaches and Cream” from 2001. “Whether it was ‘Sugar Honey Iced Tea,’ ‘Milkshake,’ or ‘Tasty,’ I’m always kind of making those references.”įor “Midnight Snacks,” director Adrienne Raquel came on onboard with an intuitive vision for capturing the singer’s specific concept: “If the Ohio Players and 112 had a baby, what would that look like?” Kelis says. She ticks through her past tracks, sounding as if scanning a dessert menu. It definitely wasn’t a conscious decision,” Kelis explains during a phone call with Vanity Fair. “It’s been brought to my attention that I always name things after foodstuffs, which I hadn’t really thought about. In a video dropping today for her latest single “Midnight Snacks,” listeners are invited over for a retro fantasy of late-night delectable indulgence. Feeling peckish? Well, Kelis has returned with a treat for the masses.
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