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PREMIERE: Here's the Video for Erin Barra's "Dear John" (Kaelin Ellis Remix)

This is what happens when a 17-year-old remixes a sweet track and then a director finds a dancer on the street and makes a video.

Although it seems like everyone and their mother is getting down and dubby, and glitchy, and a little bit R&B-y, Kaelin Ellis, a 17 year old drummer from Florida is more adept than most (or your mom, probably). Check "Skips (A Beat)" for evidence. The talented teen teamed up with Brooklyn-based singer and producer Erin Barra (via music collaboration platform Blend) to create a song that should find favor with fans of FKA twigs and Flying Lotus alike. Ah the internet!

Above is the video for said track, a swirling set of visuals directed by Patricio Pomies which focuses solely on the movements of a cut dancer as he jerks and shifts his body to the beat. It's utterly hypnotic. Turns out the director found said dancer—a dance instructor from Oakland in fact—randomly on the street and convinced him to be in this video. Very old school Tricky vibes. Bravo to all involved.