Cassie Dances Back With "King of Hearts"

Cassie unveiled the steamy video on Valentine's Day for her new single "King of Hearts," the lead single from the R&B singer's long-delayed sophomore studio album, "Electro Love," drops later this year. We say allegedly, because she's spent close to six years on Bad Boy & Interscope's shelf since her debut, and every few months, her or Diddy say she's coming back. Well, apparently she might be close to a comeback.
"King of Hearts" is an uptempo electro dance and dance-pop number that features jungle beats and escalating synths. It features the use of echoing vocal effects and a fast backbeat while running through a four-on-the-floor rhythm and playing over a bouncy beat. Lyrically, it is centered around the theme of seduction. Cassie's song really does keep building from beginning to end, starting with staccato pinpricks of synth and handclaps soon joined by thudding, slightly syncopated drum programming.
Cassie's voice is still cool and restrained, rather than Robyn's open-hearted emoting, and the Diddy-affiliated singer's approach perfectly suits this return to the 25-year-old's best theme so far: seduction. It's that kind of fresh, it's that kind of innovative: The lyrics, the melodies, the song structure, the delivery, the beats–there's not one part of this song that contains even a single molecular flaw.
There's no easily discernable narrative here - just Cassie frolicking through a dark house in haute loungewear while an ominous, hoodie-wearing dude lurks into her room in the Chris Sims-directed clip, which shows the model-turned-singer strutting her smokin' HAWT body across a majestic mansion. The enigmatic video begins with a camera on a tripod. We see Cassie with a lighter, head-shaven look and writhes in a bathtub, in front of a fire, rocking a heavy gold chain and silk top, dancing on a dining table and strutting down a hallway, and all the while, the King Of Hearts remains fairly absent.