By Charlie Maybee
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“Ring Ring” is the latest single and music video from commercial musician Brian Walker that released today, February 4. In the first shot, we see a woman looking exasperated as she speed walks while trying to call someone.
It’s soon revealed that this is occurring in the present as the video begins bouncing back and forth between the past and the present. Walker initially laments lost love as he sings, “Partying out on the west end / then you go home with my best friend.” The video follows the lyrics, literally having the woman from the opening (Walker’s girlfriend) seen leaving a club with someone else.
“Now I got no sympathy when you come crawling back to me / Ring Ring Ring / Ain’t nobody picking up the phone,” Walker sings as the chorus chimes in. At this point, the story starts to take on a more meta-approach, as we see shots of him recording this very song. Toward the end, the ex-lover sees Walker heading into a theater (guitar in hand) with a new girl, where this song will no doubt make its live debut.
The narrative of the video is cleverly crafted to let the song take on a more in-depth meaning, and we learn that the titular “Ring Ring” is the sound of a phone call being ignored into voicemail. Born out of feelings of betrayal, this is a music video that lives in its feelings and revels in a moral high ground.
“Ring Ring” is available on major streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music. Watch the music video below. Follow our Alchemical Weekly YouTube Playlist for more great music featured on the site.
Charlie Maybee is a dancer, musician, educator, and writer based in Charleston, South Carolina who currently teaches with the Dance Program at the College of Charleston. His primary work as an artist is with his performing collective, Polymath Performance Project, through which he makes interdisciplinary performance art that centers tap dance as the primary medium of expression and research. He also currently plays rhythm guitar for the Charleston-based punk band, Anergy, and releases music as a solo artist under the name Nox Eterna.
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