Skylar Grey take viewers on a guided tour across her museum of bad memories, takes some self reflection to grasp a past love and comes alive in the music video for "Back From The Dead." The dark song, featuring Rapper Big Sean and Travis Barker, is the opening track out from Grey's Eminem-executive produced sophomore album, "Don't Look Down." Don't take the title too literally since it's a metaphor for the rekindling of past relationships. In this clip, art helps the singer come to terms with her heart reopening to a relationship she buried 6 feet under.
Produced by Grey's friend, Alex Da Kid, the song is about the return of a lover who was better gone. "'Back From the Dead' is a song about somebody coming back into your life that you thought you would never see again and it's like, what do we do now?" said Grey. She was joined on set by Barker and Sean, whom she met at LAX. "She's been my homie ever since," said the Hall of Fame rapper. "I'm so confused I don't know what to feel / Should I throw my arms around you or kill you for real? / Cause I worked so hard put the past to rest" she sings, frustrated in her lover's return. An on point verse from Sean and Barker's drumming, make a nice counterpoint to Grey's vocals.
The 27-year-old Wisconsin girl knows her new album flopped badly on the charts, yet she's still pushing singles out of it. Making a new music video costs a considerate amount of money so I hope either Interscope or Grey are getting their money back someway. It's a month before Halloween but that's not stopping Grey from spooky with it and her new video and its imagery are more reminiscent of what you'd associate with Mexican holiday the Day of the Dead, particularly the skulls and face paint you'll catch in some shots. Think of it as a hyper-visual take on skeletons in your closet.
Grey brings art to life in the artistic black-and-white visual for "Back From the Dead." Set in a museum, with dioramas depicting loves from her past, the songstress strolls through an abandoned museum, observing various dioramas and fake animals as she reflects on a past relationship coming back into her life. Barker and Sean then transform from eerie exhibit statues to real life figures as the Detroit rapper who appears to take on the role of the ex-lover that Grey's singing about throughout the song. He raps his somewhat-out-of-nowhere verse to his singing host, who isn't phased by his words over the chilling production. The dark visual for the dark song makes the perfect fit.
Produced by Grey's friend, Alex Da Kid, the song is about the return of a lover who was better gone. "'Back From the Dead' is a song about somebody coming back into your life that you thought you would never see again and it's like, what do we do now?" said Grey. She was joined on set by Barker and Sean, whom she met at LAX. "She's been my homie ever since," said the Hall of Fame rapper. "I'm so confused I don't know what to feel / Should I throw my arms around you or kill you for real? / Cause I worked so hard put the past to rest" she sings, frustrated in her lover's return. An on point verse from Sean and Barker's drumming, make a nice counterpoint to Grey's vocals.
The 27-year-old Wisconsin girl knows her new album flopped badly on the charts, yet she's still pushing singles out of it. Making a new music video costs a considerate amount of money so I hope either Interscope or Grey are getting their money back someway. It's a month before Halloween but that's not stopping Grey from spooky with it and her new video and its imagery are more reminiscent of what you'd associate with Mexican holiday the Day of the Dead, particularly the skulls and face paint you'll catch in some shots. Think of it as a hyper-visual take on skeletons in your closet.
Grey brings art to life in the artistic black-and-white visual for "Back From the Dead." Set in a museum, with dioramas depicting loves from her past, the songstress strolls through an abandoned museum, observing various dioramas and fake animals as she reflects on a past relationship coming back into her life. Barker and Sean then transform from eerie exhibit statues to real life figures as the Detroit rapper who appears to take on the role of the ex-lover that Grey's singing about throughout the song. He raps his somewhat-out-of-nowhere verse to his singing host, who isn't phased by his words over the chilling production. The dark visual for the dark song makes the perfect fit.
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