Vita Chambers "His Love"
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Now comes "His Love," Chambers's most irresistible recording yet, and the clearest expression of the personal sound she's been developing since her declaration of independence. The production matches Chambers's sultry voice with music that swirls and oozes like hot caramel. "His Love" feels likely to establish Vita Chambers as a north-of-the-border answer to Ellie Goulding: a dance-pop voyager whose music fits the club, the radio, and the bedroom equally well.
Sam Mantini's clip for "His Love" foregrounds Vita Chambers's physical allure: his camera finds her applying makeup and perfume, and lounging seductively in the bathtub. There's a man in a sharp sport jacket after her, and while it's not exactly clear that he's bad news, there's an aura of trouble around him that Chambers is drawn toward. Even when she's running away, she's got a watchful eye on him and a half-smile on her lips. Martini shoots the whole clip in slow motion, and washes his frames with pink and purple light -- a perfect visual accompaniment to the artfully-smeared sound of Remedios's synthesizers. It's a clip that speaks in the language of infatuation, and one that'll resonate for anybody who has ever been swept up in a dangerous romance.