"I'll Kill Her"
Soko
(TampaCalling.com)
I just can't stop raving about this unsigned French pop singer who moves and fascinates me like few other vocalists. Exquisitely stark, this home movie posted on YouTube shows the mysterious Soko singing the devastating breakup/murder ballad "I'll Kill Her." Dressed in a white sweater and black dress, she stares plaintively into a large mirror; the setting is an unfinished basement or maybe backstage at a small club. Soko's male counterpart sits with his back to her on a bench. He plays gorgeously sad minor chords on acoustic guitar. Soko closes the song by facing the camera and delivering a haunting threat.
This article appears in Dec 12-18, 2007.