Jhené Aiko acts out her pains in the music video for "Comfort Inn Ending (Freestyle)," the project's bonus cut from her 2013 EP "Sail Out," her first with Def Jam. The 26-year-old California singer has plenty of reasons to smile: Not only has her "Sail Out" EP been getting a lot of love from fans, she absolutely rocked Coachella on Sunday night. So what is it that has the emerging singer so upset in her new music video? A cheating lover, of course. The rising R&B artist laments the end of a relationship after a lover cheated on her, so she started an Air Jordan bonfire.
This song started off with a CD of beats given to her by Aiko's record label boss, producer No I.D. The track tells Aiko's personal stories about relationships, infidelity, and learning from past mistakes. One of the instrumentals especially spoke to her. She told Artist Direct: "That's how I write. I will just write around his track and wait until I start saying or singing something along." "I couldn't write anything to it," Aiko continued. "I was like, 'I love this track so far' so I went into the studio and just freestyle-d it. I was really going through it. I had just went through this heartbreak. I really felt like I wanted to tell that story. It was a freestyle."
The video is directed by Topshelf Jr and follows Aiko in the aftermath of learning about her lover's affair. She has a good cry, lights his shit on fire, the usual. It starts with Aiko flinging clothes out of her man's closet as she sings the song's opening and most poignant line, "Thought I told you not to trust these hoes," as she tosses shirts, jewelry and a pair of black and red Air Jordan XIs - one of the most sought after sneakers ever. Everyone deals with heartbreak differently; Aiko goes on a rampage, taking a key to her ex's Porsche while his new love sits inside. "Really, we had the perfect end, that night that we shared at the Comfort Inn," she sings after she comes to the conclusion: "I was not the only one to you."
The lyrics depicting a relationship that found its peak at a Comfort Inn, where they "made love like the world would have ended." With a stream of tears running down her cheek, the cutesy California siren pours a trail of gasoline and lights a match that ignites and sends her former lover's belongings up in flames. "I was weak then and you knew it," she sings. The end of the video flashes back to happier memories as Aiko and Mr. Wrong frolic in a grassy field, before she is snapped back into her fiery reality. "If this was not love, then please tell me what was it?" she pleads while staring into the flames.
This song started off with a CD of beats given to her by Aiko's record label boss, producer No I.D. The track tells Aiko's personal stories about relationships, infidelity, and learning from past mistakes. One of the instrumentals especially spoke to her. She told Artist Direct: "That's how I write. I will just write around his track and wait until I start saying or singing something along." "I couldn't write anything to it," Aiko continued. "I was like, 'I love this track so far' so I went into the studio and just freestyle-d it. I was really going through it. I had just went through this heartbreak. I really felt like I wanted to tell that story. It was a freestyle."
The video is directed by Topshelf Jr and follows Aiko in the aftermath of learning about her lover's affair. She has a good cry, lights his shit on fire, the usual. It starts with Aiko flinging clothes out of her man's closet as she sings the song's opening and most poignant line, "Thought I told you not to trust these hoes," as she tosses shirts, jewelry and a pair of black and red Air Jordan XIs - one of the most sought after sneakers ever. Everyone deals with heartbreak differently; Aiko goes on a rampage, taking a key to her ex's Porsche while his new love sits inside. "Really, we had the perfect end, that night that we shared at the Comfort Inn," she sings after she comes to the conclusion: "I was not the only one to you."
The lyrics depicting a relationship that found its peak at a Comfort Inn, where they "made love like the world would have ended." With a stream of tears running down her cheek, the cutesy California siren pours a trail of gasoline and lights a match that ignites and sends her former lover's belongings up in flames. "I was weak then and you knew it," she sings. The end of the video flashes back to happier memories as Aiko and Mr. Wrong frolic in a grassy field, before she is snapped back into her fiery reality. "If this was not love, then please tell me what was it?" she pleads while staring into the flames.
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