BEST NEW VIDEO: TOKiMONSTA - I WISH I COULD

Oh awesome.

This is the saddest, most stressful music video since the one for Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel.” Oh, you know which one I’m talking about— with the sad dogs and cats being beaten and abused. Puppies and kittens abandoned and unloved in the streets of America just waiting for you to be the answer to animal suffering for just $18 a month…

TOKIMONSTA - I WISH I COULD FEAT. SELAH SUE

Fortunately for us TOKiMONSTA’s music bangs a lot harder than Sarah Mclach’s does. I mean Sarah McLachlan’s music doesn’t really even bang at all persay, except for “Sweet Surrender,” that one’s got some proper production going for it. It’s got this whole Tracy Thorn/ Everything But The Girl thing going on. TOKiMONSTA on other hand has been consistently bringing the heat since day one, with each new release just further justifying her role as Queen of the Beat Scene.  This collaboration with Selah Sue has this mellow, funky beat that is emblematic of TOKiMONSTA’s sound, riding the line between upbeat and downtempo that only she can seem to pull off so well. Underneath the beat of “I Wish I Could” is the kind of pop hook with crossover appeal that everybody and their sister’s cousin’s abandoned dog wants a piece of.

TOKIMONSTA - I WISH I COULD FEAT. SELAH SUE

In the video from Director Mitchell deQuilettes an ER Physician heads from a stressful day at work, to a stressful night at home. She blows a couple lines and heads off to the club to let off some steam and has a stressful time there as well. Essentially, her world is completely f*cked and she decides to make some changes that will help make the world a better place in this Post-(“Care” in Healthcare, Healthcare) toxicity most of us struggle through every day. You’ve got to applaud— no seriously go ahead and applaud— a musician with the bravery to tackle a serious message. It’s so much easier for them to sit back and collect stacks without ever using their platform to speak. Clapping Hands Emoji TOKiMONSTA, you did it.

From deep within the murky depths of the Los Angeles River emerged a creature: 50% raver, 50% comedian, 10% Robotcop. Kurt Kroeber doesn’t own a dog, operates Soundbleed (the world’s only dance party comedy talk show rave), and is down to party with you. Come up some time and say “Hey dude!” But definitely make sure to casually drop the secret Illuminati password.