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Watch Neneh Cherry's beautiful "Kong"

Who's looking good today? Who's looking good in every way? Neneh Cherry, that's who. (That was a Buffalo Stance reference by the way and if you didn't get it you should get your life in order right now and spend the next 4 minutes and 20 seconds catching up on greatness.) After breaking an 18-year dry-spell with the (underrated IMHO) 2014 release 'Blank Project', a new album might already be underway for 2018. She already teased the new "Shotgun Shack" on her live shows and now there's a gorgeous new video and a deep, soulful song called "Kong" with a fantastic Mezzanine-style beat by Four Tet & 3D. You better watch (don't mess with me).     

Directed by Jenn Nkiru

Styled by Ib Kamara

Vogue reports the dress is by Bella Freud and the floppy hat is by Philip Treacy.

Lyrics:

love forsaken / risk worth taking / spearmint flavours all my pallet shutters / i’m a member of shattered allusions & am i needless to say / but love is big & every land every nation seeks its friends in France & Italy & all across the 7 seas / & Goddam guns & guts & history & bitter love still put a put a hole in me / bite my head off still my World will always be a little risk worth taking / bite my hand off still my World will always be another risk worth taking / gotta step out a limb swallow my pride surrender & not give myself away / little measures all the time / become part of you nothing new still have full for absolutions in my day there’s no solutions / & love is big & every land every nation seeks its friends in France & Italy & all across the 7 seas / & Goddam guns & guts & history & bitter love still put a put a hole in me / bite my head off still my World will always be a little risk worth taking / bite my hand off still my World will always be another risk worth taking

(c) Wolfgang Tilmans