Snail Mail dances around in loafers and holds a snake in the video for “Ben Franklin,” the latest single from her upcoming album Valentine.
Similar to the title track she released last month, Lindsey Jordan again refers to her love interest as “honey.” Only instead of the “Valentine” lyric “Let’s go be alone/Where no one can see us honey,” she’s brutally honest on “Ben Franklin”: “Sucker for the pain/Huh, honey?” That vulnerability continues in a later verse, where she admits, “Post rehab i’ve been feeling so small/I miss your attention/I wish I could call.”
Jordan said in a statement that “Ben Franklin” was a step out of her comfort zone — both lyrically and sonically. She also admitted that it felt “only right that the visual accompaniment should include dancing in front of a camera and holding a 10 foot snake close to my face.” (Thankfully, the clip ends with Jordan ditching the snake and playing with an adorable puppy.)
Valentine, Jordan’s highly-anticipated follow-up to 2018’s Lush, arrives on November 5th via Matador. She’ll tour this fall in support of the album, kicking off on November 27th in Richmond, Virginia. She’ll resume the North American tour in the spring, hitting Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, New York on March 7th.
VIDEOS
106 & Park was a cultural moment celebrating the best, brightest stars of Hip-Hop and R&B.
Kicking things off in 2000, the show was hosted by personalities A.J. Calloway and Marie “Free” Wright, with the intent to recognize the most popular music and music videos at the time. And while the show added bits like Wild Out Wednesday, Throwback Thursday, and Freestyle Fridays, the true star of the show was the countdown, where fans enjoyed the art of the music video, all curated by them. Fans would vote for the chance to include their favorite artist’s latest releases on the coveted Top 10 Countdown.
Some videos were so beloved, that they wound up having to be placed on the 106 & Park Video Hall of Fame, where the music video would be “retired” after appearing on the countdown list 65 times—a true testament to the power of fandom and the impact that some of these visuals had on the culture. As BET issues yet another tease of a potential 106 & Park reboot for its 25th Anniversary, VIBE thought it would be great to walk you through the music videos that had the honor of being retired and placed into the show’s Hall of Fame. Watch the videos below.
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