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A Peek Behind the Scenes of Petite Meller's Bonkers Video for "Barbaric"

Dancing with the old folks, golf cart speeding, piano writhing, licking her own hand. Just business as usual from the Parisian pop princess and psychology student.

Petite Meller is just so damn good at being Petite Meller. We've been keenly watching her every video for several years—every promo a boldly styled fash-mag editorial brought into motion with her thrilling strange-pop providing the soundtrack. With fuschia splotches on her pale cheeks, this Parisian psychology student-cum-singer is unassailably herself.

"Barbaric" is piano-pop with a disco-funk twist, and visually the video finds Petite dancing with retirees, writhing on a piano, strolling down some very mental ward-meets-Overlook Hotel hallways, and running amok in a golf cart. Petite also spends a lot of time licking her own hand. Tasty. "We are barbaric / I'm just hungry for your skin," she sings. Too true.

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Check out this behind the scenes video, plus a bunch of candid shots from here shoot.

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