"Cigarette Song" presents a stunning and intimate look at a simple relationship and its inevitable demise. The video has a unique ebb and flow, moving from genuine human moments to the foreshadowing of a fiery climax. It delivers an expansive new perspective that you won't find in most music videos.
I can easily imagine the work of avant-garde audio artists Janelle Monae and Erykah Badu someday occupying a deserved place in a museum. For now, we get this minimilast and classy gallery show, brimming with style and verve as two iconoclasts easily mesh.
