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May 14, 2018 By Christopher Roberts Caroline Rose

Caroline Rose released a new album, LONER, back in February via New West. Now she has shared a video for “Bikini.” Rose self-directed the amusing video, which features her in a red suit and a large black fake mustache, singing the song with a bikini-clad backing band. Watch it below, followed by Rose’s upcoming tour dates.

Rose had this to say about the video in a press release: “A lot of my aesthetic tends to be very tongue-in-cheek, so I wanted to take a serious subject, in this case misogyny, and just sort of turn it around to laugh at it. I think satire can be used as an incredible tool to take the power away from the powerful when necessary. It was important to me to make sure the video was body positive. When we think of ‘girls in bikinis,’ the tendency is to see tall white models with perfect bodies. I knew that would be missing the point of the song. I take a lot of influences from films, and you can see a lot of Almodovar’s influence here. I had a pretty concrete idea to make the video bright and cheerful, kind of like a mix between old TV performances in the ‘60s and ‘70s and The Price Is Right-esque game shows. Almodovar is a master at using visuals to enhance a serious story. The colors he uses are a lot like the characters—vibrant and flamboyant. Here, I utilize something similar as a creative device to enhance the absurdism of a realistic situation.”

Read our interview with Rose on LONER.

Caroline Rose Tour Dates:

Fri. May 18 - Gulf Shores, AL @ Hangout Music Festival
Sun. May 20 - Birmingham, AL @ The Saturn
Mon. May 21 - Knoxville, TN @ Open Chord Music
Thu. May 24 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer ^
Wed. May 30 - Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage ^
Fri. June 1 - Nelsonville, OH @ Nelsonville Music Festival
Sat. June 2 - Toledo, OH @ Maple and Main Festival
Mon. June 4 - Davenport, IA @ Redstone Room
Wed. June 6 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
Thu. June 7 - Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge
Fri. June 8 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
Sat. June 9 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
Tue. June 12 - Seattle, WA @ The Sunset
Wed. June 13 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
Fri. June 15 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
Sat. June 16 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Moroccan Lounge
Thu. June 21 - Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Jr.
Fri. June 22 - Dallas, TX @ The Rustic
Sat. June 23 - Houston, TX @ The White Oak Music Hall
Mon. June 25 - Kansas City, MO @ Knuckleheads
Tue. June 26 - St. Louis, MO @ Old Rock House
Wed. June 27 - Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest
Sat. June 30 - Woodstock, NY @ The Colony $
Thu. July 5 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
Fri. July 6 - Paris, FR @ Espace B
Sat. July 7 - Belfort, FR @ Eurockennees Festival
Mon. July 9 - Brighton, UK @ The Prince Albert
Wed. July 11 - Manchester, UK @ Gullivers
Thu. July 12 - London, UK @ The Victoria
Sat. July 14 - Bern, CH @ Gurtenfestival
Thu. July 19 - Benicássim, ES @ Festival Internacional de Benicassim
Fri. July 20 - San Sebastian, ES @ Dabadaba
Sat. July 21 - Fitero, ES @ Barranco Festival
Thu. Aug. 2 - Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere
Fri. Aug. 3 - Portland, ME @ State Theater %
Sat. Sep. 15- Sun. Sep. 16 - Burlington, VT @ Grand Point North Festival
Wed. Sep. 19 - Rochester, NY @ Abilene Bar and Lounge
Thu. Sep. 20 - Lancaster, PA @ Tello 360
Fri. Sep. 21 - Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle
Sat. Sep. 22 - Sun. Sep. 23 - Franklin, TN @ Pilgrimage Festival
Mon. Sep. 24 - Charlottesville, VA @ The Jefferson *
Tue. Sep. 25 - Norfolk, VA @ Norva Theater *
Thu. Sep. 27 - Richmond, VA @ The National *
Fri. Sep. 28 - Port Chester, NY @ The Capitol Theatre *
Sat. Sep. 29 - Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head *
Mon. Oct. 1 - Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom *
Tue. Oct. 2 - Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre *
Sat. Oct. 6 - Providence, RI @ The Strand *
Mon. Oct. 8 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls *
Thu. Oct. 11 - Lexington, KY @ Manchester Music Hall *
Fri. Oct. 12 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s *
Sat. Oct. 13 - Indianapolis, IN @ Deluxe at Old National Centre *
Mon. Oct. 15 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Elevation at The Intersection *
Wed. Oct. 17 - Bloomington, IL @ The Castle Theater *
Sat. Oct. 20 - Fayetteville, AR @ George’s Majestic Lounge *
Sun. Oct. 21 - Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom *
Tue. Oct. 23 - Oxford, MS @ Lyric Theatre *

^ = with Maggie Rogers
$ = with Mitski
% = with Guster
* = with Rainbow Kitten Suprise

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