Amanda Blank – Might Like You Better
Amanda Blank has more hair on her forearms than I have on my head, but that seems exactly right somehow. She’s got this thing—raw, unguarded sexuality that doesn’t feel performed. It just is. I can’t describe it without sounding crude, and maybe that’s the point.
I got pulled into her new video for Might Like You Better
off I Love You.
Bright colors, straightforward lyrics—a story about wanting someone, about sex, about wondering if there’s someone better waiting. She’s worked with Santigold and M.I.A. and Ghostface Killah on heavier stuff, but this feels more intimate. Quieter. More direct somehow.
The album holds up. There’s sophistication in the production, some retro touches, and then Leaving You Behind
with Lykke Li—a ballad that actually wrecks you. Both of them are present in it, not performing sadness but actually feeling it.
I keep thinking about Lykke Li though. She had something distinctive and then went quiet. I’m getting impatient waiting for new work.