Ms. Henrik
Review by Emily Belton
3.0
Slow Dancing
“Slow Dancing” is the latest single from Ms.Henrik and the video is
plenty heavy on feel-good, electro pop beats. Androgynous Ms
Henrik, appeared out of nowhere in 2013 with the catchy synth pop
singles “Doing It For The Man” and “Mark”.
The Swedish singer was soon featured in articles in some of the
biggest magazines in Sweden, one of them being entitled “Ms Henrik
wants to take over the world” Ms Henrik is a flamboyant, edgy
performer with a fierce embrace of pop music styles of the past.
The video which was filmed over five months ago and is a recipe
of neon colors, flashy outfits, and uplifting beats. The video
production is the best we’ve seen from Ms.Henrik, with scenic
footage of nighttime Milan. The camera tracks Ms.Henrik walking
the back streets of Milan. The close up shot keeps Ms.Henrik full in
the frame, showing us the young, rebellious and carefree Ms Henrik
enjoying the party scene while drinking shots and being a raging
party animal.
Ms.Henrik doesn’t take himself too seriously and has the whole
young David Bowie look going on, with his bright red lipstick and
badass cigarette hanging from his mouth. Slow Dancing certainly has
the electro/dance/ fusion thing going but manages to stay away from
the obnoxious realm of electro/dance gone wrong. It’s pretty
goddamn catchy, I gotta say.
Slow Dancing is both energetic and catchy and perhaps one of the
more serious pop songs he has released so far. Slow Dancing is quite
toned-down in comparison to some of his more energetic yet rather
trivial dance-pop songs. In Henrik’s case less is more as it produces
a more substantial song. Slow