From Los Angeles, California, ROE drops a brand new video for ‘I like’ with seductive lyrics and her personal touch of glamour.

Under the Universal Music Publishing Group label, we have seen her talent as a songwriter for great artists such as Mary J. Blige, Usher, Normani, Kiana Ledé, Teyana Taylor, and Kash Doll with singles about love and heartbreak or her recent participation with Tiesto and The Kid Daytona in Ride, making her way to be recognized as one of the great musical authors of the moment.

This time, for the first time, ROE is in the limelight and thrills us with a sensual and glamorous video clip directed by Damien Sandoval in the luscious Santa Monica County, California. ́I Like ́ is a single with airs of RNBass, the new cutting edge genre infused with heavy ’80s, melodic sounds, and real / tone singing, which surrounds us with touches of the 90s and gives a twist to the theme ́I Like the Way ́ by Hi.Five.

́I Like ́ is a bridge of connection between the artist and her audience, it is a single of seduction and desire that awakens the senses. As she said for Refinery29, “I just want people to feel really good when they listen to this song. We’re in a time right now where we need to flirt and love more than ever amidst all the craziness going on. I want to provide a moment for people to feel good. That’s what I want to share with the world: a chance for people to feel themselves again.”

Roe – I like

Between sensual sets of animal print, with transparencies, mesh bodycon, and diamonds under the white light of the sun, ROE highlights her figure and beauty, with straight or wavy hair, glossy lips, and big eyelashes and adds a touch of sensuality with her attractive voice and delicate vocal tones. Her style is glamorous and confident, because who else has given the power to a big fur white coat with touches of diamonds and a bright green dress with a neckline and scorpion hook? Very daring under the UglyGold styling and with the sensual stamp of ROE.

But it is not only her musical talent that stands out but also her support for other black singers and her encouragement to propel them to success. We can see this in his video clip shot in a luxurious Bel-Air mansion and under her statements for Refinery29, “I’m really big on Black women living and existing in luxury, and the more that that’s seen, the better it is for the culture. I’ve always said that when I have my opportunity to do it big, I want to be just like that. So I found the most beautiful house that I could find in Bel-Air, and that was it”.

This recording artist has marked the industry this year also in her participation as a panelist in the initiative by Universal Music Publishing Group and She is the Music – Women Making Waves- acting as an agent of positive change and empowering new talents and women in the music industry.

Daring and committed, ́I Like ́ is a sign of the great future in the music industry that ROE has as one of the imposing forts of the new R&B sound.

Words by Cami Martinez

Graphics by Frances Scott

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In the video for her hit single ‘Doin’ Time’—a cover of Sublime’s song about the pain of being cheated on—Del Rey pays tribute to the movie classic Attack of the 50 Foot Woman

Amidst the recurring images of California, rock’n’roll, and most of all the theme of romance —Lana Del Rey’s new album ‘Norman Fucking Rockwell’ does not disappoint. The tone, however, is what makes this album so unique. The singer is as unfiltered as ever, delving into the depth of her heartbreak and her subsequent nostalgia for better times. Since ‘Born To Die’ in 2012, Del Rey’s lyrics have been defined by wild romances and daring adventures; a spirit which she clearly misses in this new album.

Perhaps invoking past eras of pop culture is the closest she can get to going back to the past happier and easier years of her life.

Del Rey is famous for her fascination with vintage culture and aesthetics, and more so than ever, this album’s lyrics and music videos imitate pop culture of older periods such as the 1920s, 50s and 90s. In the video for her hit single ‘Doin’ Time’—a cover of Sublime’s song about the pain of being cheated on—Del Rey pays tribute to the movie classic Attack of the 50 Foot Woman as she walks around Venice Beach in a giant-sized version of herself. Nostalgia is evident in the pain that Del Rey expresses about the present in the song: she longs for a time before her heartbreak.

‘California’ also loosely alludes to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic The Great Gatsby to express the singer’s change of heart towards California. A place she used to view as dream-like now feels empty without her lover. In the likes of Gatsby, the singer promises to throw a party for a man if he comes back to California. In addition, Gatsby was obsessed with the past, and that might be one more thing the singer has in common with the iconic literary character. Perhaps invoking past eras of pop culture is the closest she can get to going back to the past happier and easier years of her life.

Del Rey is perhaps most upfront about her feelings of nostalgia in the song ‘The Greatest’. The words “I miss” are repeated throughout

While Del Rey’s music has always had gloomy undertones, it also highlighted the singer’s rebel side. The ‘Venice B*itch’ video appears similar to older music videos like ‘Ride’ and ‘West Coast’: images of American landscapes and Del Rey laughing, playing around by the beach and driving away from the police, and overall living a carefree life. But the melancholy in her voice and the grainy effect of the clips suggest that these are flashbacks of a lifestyle that the singer misses. Similarly, she pours her heart out in ‘Love Song.’ She paints a picture of being in the backseat of a fast car, just as she did in the song ‘Born To Die.’ The callbacks to her former albums in her latest one puts them in juxtaposition: while the visuals are similar, the music has developed into sadder melodies and pained lyrics.

Del Rey is perhaps most upfront about her feelings of nostalgia in the song ‘The Greatest’. The words “I miss” are repeated throughout; she longs for New York, rock’n’roll and nights that “were on fire”. The lyrics are simple and straightforward because her emotions are: she misses the life she used to have. In the video, she wears neon green eyeliner and sparkly eyeshadow—her make-up is bold but there is a sadness to it. She is alone, singing about her nostalgic feelings. Perhaps the heavy make-up is to make up for how bare the singer appears in this album.

Just like the past eras that she borrows from in her album, the wild, romantic and spontaneous years of her life are gone, and she is left heartbroken.

Words by Carla Pelosoff

Graphics by Katie Janes

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