Following the release of Hotel Flamingo in September, Kelsy Karter & The Heroines officially unleashed the cinematic music video for the EP’s title track.
Lead vocalist Kelsy Karter notes, “Everybody talks about the love of a partner, a friend, or even oneself, but nobody ever talks about the power of love from a stranger. Written by myself and co-directed with Whitney Otte, we wanted the ‘Hotel Flamingo’ music video to embody both tragedy and comedy, like all great love stories.”
She continues, “We introduced my drag king character as ‘The Drifter’ and our good friend Izzy (singer of Black Honey) played the ‘Lady of the Night.’ We shot this on a sunny day in Los Angeles with a small crew of our mates, greatly inspired by my biggest cinema inspiration Quentin Tarantino. And of course, it wouldn’t be a Heroines music video without a little milk and blood.”
Check out Kelsy Karter & The Heroines‘ “Hotel Flamingo” music video below.
“Hotel Flamingo” Lyrics:
I’m the unhappiest man at the bar
I’ve got some money to lose on a lonely heart
Been wandering for days
In a liquor filled haze
On I’m falling apart
There’s a pretty girl by the payphone
Her daddy died and left her all alone
Drinking tequila sunrise
With pain in her eyes
But she’s holding her own
And it always ends like this
With a strangers kiss
So we danced in the white room
Of the hotel flamingo
Cold hands, touch of romance
I feel it when we’re face to face
She could kill me if she wanted to
Like all the broken lovers do
In a smoke filled room underneath the moon
She could kill me if she wanted to
She could kill me if she wanted to
I’m the prettiest girl in the bar
Nobody told me that life was this hard
Can’t pay for the drugs
So I’ll offer my love
To the loneliest heart
And they always look the same
A drifter with no name
So we danced in the white room
Of the hotel flamingo
Cold hands, touch of romance
I feel it when we’re face to face
He could kill me if he wanted to
Like all the broken lovers do
In a smoke filled room underneath the moon
He could kill me if he wanted to
He could kill me if he wanted to
Now we’ve got nothing to lose
So we take a chance
And we found someone to use
For a final dance
It always ends like this
A strangers kiss
So we danced in the white room
Of the hotel flamingo
Cold hands, touch of romance
I feel it when we’re face to face
She could kill me if she wanted to
Like all the broken lovers do
In a smoke filled room underneath the moon
She could kill me if she wanted to
He could kill me if he wanted to
You could kill me if you wanted to