If you've been sleeping on California songbird Tori Kelly, sleep no more. Ever since we first heard the vocal chord-defying riffs and runs on her YouTube cover of Michael Jackson's "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)," we were hooked. Now, This 20-year-old YouTube cover queen-turned-legit chanteuse is back with a video that's all her own for her new love song, "Dear No One," the heartfelt lead single taken from her debut "Foreword" EP, is the free single of the week on iTunes, leaving listeners with discriminating sonic palates no choice but to download, which works out quite nicely for everyone involved.
And coming from this wise-beyond-her-years up-and-comer who was discovered by Scooter Braun after she auditioned for Season 9 of American Idol in Denver and made it through to Hollywood week, Kelly's no longer the amazingly talented girl on YouTube singing other people's hits - she's the amazingly talented girl singing hits all her own. "Dear No One," is a love song written about the guy of her dreams she has yet to meet. The ballad is sweet and infectious, hopeful and heartbreaking and the same goes for the video, which shows Kelly chasing a guy through the streets of Brooklyn.
"I'm happy with the message," the singer explained: "It's a nice little story line that's saying you don't always need somebody." Filmed in and around Brooklyn, N.Y., the Jon Jon Augustavo-directed video shows Kelly in a variety of settings: sitting on the couch alone in her apartment, walking the streets on a cloudy afternoon, standing on a rooftop feeling all the feelings. Whether she's surrounded by others or not, she's alone throughout, swimming upstream in a sea of couples. We know this is a pretty big cliche about city life, but Kelly's clip captures that sublime level of urban loneliness perfectly.
"So if you're out there I swear to be good to you," Kelly sings, "But I'm done looking for my future someone/ 'Cause when the time is right, you'll be here, but for now/ Dear No One, this is your love song." It's not that the young singer-songwriter's totally given up on love; there's just been too much heartbreak and heartache for her to continue making finding Mr. Right a top priority. When it's time, he'll find her. And then she sees him. Unsure of his identity and ignoring her own advice, Kelly chases this mysterious man up a flight of stairs to the top of an apartment building. Once she catches up with him on the place's rooftop, he literally disintegrates and blows off in the wind.
And coming from this wise-beyond-her-years up-and-comer who was discovered by Scooter Braun after she auditioned for Season 9 of American Idol in Denver and made it through to Hollywood week, Kelly's no longer the amazingly talented girl on YouTube singing other people's hits - she's the amazingly talented girl singing hits all her own. "Dear No One," is a love song written about the guy of her dreams she has yet to meet. The ballad is sweet and infectious, hopeful and heartbreaking and the same goes for the video, which shows Kelly chasing a guy through the streets of Brooklyn.
"I'm happy with the message," the singer explained: "It's a nice little story line that's saying you don't always need somebody." Filmed in and around Brooklyn, N.Y., the Jon Jon Augustavo-directed video shows Kelly in a variety of settings: sitting on the couch alone in her apartment, walking the streets on a cloudy afternoon, standing on a rooftop feeling all the feelings. Whether she's surrounded by others or not, she's alone throughout, swimming upstream in a sea of couples. We know this is a pretty big cliche about city life, but Kelly's clip captures that sublime level of urban loneliness perfectly.
"So if you're out there I swear to be good to you," Kelly sings, "But I'm done looking for my future someone/ 'Cause when the time is right, you'll be here, but for now/ Dear No One, this is your love song." It's not that the young singer-songwriter's totally given up on love; there's just been too much heartbreak and heartache for her to continue making finding Mr. Right a top priority. When it's time, he'll find her. And then she sees him. Unsure of his identity and ignoring her own advice, Kelly chases this mysterious man up a flight of stairs to the top of an apartment building. Once she catches up with him on the place's rooftop, he literally disintegrates and blows off in the wind.
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