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Kehlani Is Wild, Free and In Love In The 'Honey' Music Video

The 'Distraction' singer drops the sticky sweet visual for her new single...

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Tuesday, December 5, 2017 - 10:11

Kehlani might have just made the sweetest music video ever.

Just days after performing the lush ballad at Billboard's Women In Music event, the rising star has dropped the sun-tinted visual for her new single 'Honey' and it's every kind of romance and aesthetic goal you could wish for.

Playing out like an old home movie on VHS, we watch as the singer spends a day out in nature doing nothing but loving with model Aarianna Johnson. It's cute AF.

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Pray to god
But I'm feeling like he's going deaf
Now when I lean on you and I got nothing left
Hey, I've been wanting to call ya
Tell you that I'm sorry
Same old fucking story everybody sing

And I say I'm okay
But I guess I'm a liar
You say you're okay
But I saw that you liked it
2 AM and faded
I know that's when you like it
Know that's when you miss me
Know that's when you crying

Why you, why you, why you checking if you're over it?
Why you, why you say "let go" if you're still holding it?
Just a little bit better at faking it than me, baby
Just a little bit better at faking it than me, baby
Why you, why you, why you checking if you're over it?
Why you, why you say "let go" if you're still holding it?
Just a little bit better at faking it than me, baby
Just a little bit better at faking it than me, baby

Nowadays, I'm just a bitch to everybody else
(Fuck you and you)
I don't need no shoulders
I'm good crying by myself
(Fuck you, too)
Ay, Moving on to chokers
You know I still adore ya
An unrequited love is just a lover's hell

And I say I'm okay
But I guess I'm a liar
You say you're okay
But I saw that you liked it
2 a.m. and faded
I know that's when you like it
Know that's when you miss me
Know that's when you crying

Why you, why you, why you checking if you're over it?
Why you, why you say "let go" if you're still holding it?
Just a little bit better at faking it than me, baby
Just a little bit better at faking it than me, baby
Why you, why you, why you checking if you're over it?
Why you, why you say "let go" if you're still holding it?
Just a little bit better at faking it than me, baby
Just a little bit better at faking it than me, baby (Lil Boat)
(Lil Boat, Lil Boat, Lil Boat, Lil Boat)

I'm not gonna act like I don't love ya baby
Cause deep in my mind, girl, you know I do (true)
Tried to search all through the world not well
But I can't find a girl that lives close like you (no!)
I done made millions of dollars
But I'm still alone until I come home back to you (yah!)
I remember all of the times
We were parked by your house
And laughed out on your avenue
Whoa, you can't front
You're a stone cold diva (yeah!)
I had to get counseling from my moms
She's a heartbreak teacher (oh, yah!)
Remember that time
I put those pepperonis on your face
Made you a creature
Now I think about you
Every single time I eat pizza, ooh

Why you, why you, why you checking if you're over it?
Why you, why you say "let go" if you're still holding it?
Just a little bit better at faking it than me, baby
Just a little bit better at faking it than me, baby
Why you, why you, why you checking if you're over it?
Why you, why you say "let go" if you're still holding it?
Just a little bit better at faking it than me, baby
Just a little bit better at faking it than me, baby

Why you holding me?
Why you holding me?
Oh, she killed that shit
She was killing it
That was hard, bruh
I didn't know she could get that high
But she killed that
Go Lani, go Lani
Writer(s): Adam Wiles Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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Kehlani explained Johnson was chosen to star in the video alongside her as the "song was inspired by an androgynous woman" and she wanted the video to stay true to the song.

"There were particular reasons why I chose AJ for this video... I wanted to find someone who fell in line with that, who was “hard” yet so so soft (yes, like a bee)," she said on Instagram.

"I was asked “why not use a feminine girl?” , but I knew I wanted to honor the inspiration, and paint the picture of the sweet tender aspect that shines through every woman, no matter what." Yes, Lani!

'Honey' - the song - showcases a different, more unplugged side to Kehlani, whose versatility lets her shine effortlessly over classic R&B, more electro-fused production or a simple acoustic performance like this.

Its release comes just months after her debut album SweetSexySavage was released in March, yet she recently confirmed that she isn't in a rush to release its follow-up and for now will just be releasing singles.

Between 'Honey' and the incredible 'Touch', it's clear that her second album is going to be another level so we don't mind waiting for it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wVB6pfWwnE

Words: Ross McNeilage

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Crazy
I go, I go, I go

Everything I do, I do it with a passion
If I gotta be a bitch, I'ma be a bad one
I'm AI with the designs, du-ragging
Bounce back game good, why we talkin' practice?
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Pull up score when I want to
Best thing next to Heaven
They be tryna count me out though
I'm just countin', countin' blessings
A real woman 'bout her paper
Niggas don't know where I came from
Why I really, really came up
You never could say I'm back in

All this shit I've been through, and it made me more of an assassin
I kill 'em, I kill 'em, I kill 'em with compassion
And baby, if they askin'

Tell 'em, tell 'em, tell 'em, tell 'em
I go, I go, I go, I go, crazy, crazy
I go, I go, I go, I go crazy, crazy
Live for the challenge, only make me stronger
One more reason to turn up on 'em
I go, I go, I go, I go crazy, crazy

Lit, lit, lit, lit
Only L I take is to the face
You showed up to see me lose
But I overcome, so you overcame
Basic, basic, ain't nothing bout me basic
I'm crazy, I'm crazy, better watch what you say to me, 'cause

Young Sway got the answers
Give 'em hell, give 'em pressure
VIP couch, no manners
Dirty-dirty-dirty dancin'
Take a look at what I did
Go for circle with the wrist
Whippin'-whippin' up the grits
Get a handful of this nasty

I got it, I got it, I got it and you gon' respect it
Ain't nothin', ain't nothin', gon' stop me from makin' it happen
So baby if they askin'

Tell 'em, tell 'em, tell 'em, tell 'em
I go, I go, I go, I go, crazy, crazy
I go, I go, I go, I go, crazy, crazy
Live for the challenge, only make me stronger
One more reason to turn up on 'em
I go, I go, I go, I go, crazy, crazy

I go, I go, I go, I go, crazy, crazy
I go, I go, I go, I go, crazy, crazy
Writer(s): Kehlani Ashley Parrish, Denisia Andrews, Brittany Coney Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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