Hotel Ceiling
| "Hotel Ceiling" | ||||||||||||||||
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| Single by Rixton | ||||||||||||||||
| from the album Let the Road | ||||||||||||||||
| Released | 21 January 2015[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2014 | |||||||||||||||
| Genre | Pop | |||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:11 | |||||||||||||||
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| Producer(s) | Benjamin Levin[3] | |||||||||||||||
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"Hotel Ceiling" is a song performed by English pop band Rixton, issued as the third single from their debut studio album Let the Road.
Music video
The official music video for the song was filmed in London[4] and directed by Clarence Fuller.[5] It features a couple (Alice Eve, Billy Huxley)[6] who initially appear happy, but the relationship becomes violent throughout the course of the video.[5] Eventually the man becomes a missing person;[6][7][8] and the video then displays scenes of the woman's distress interspersed with flashback scenes of the couple during happier times. The video ends with the woman calmly waiting for the police after having murdered the man.[7][8]
None of the members of Rixton appear in the video.[4][6]
Critical reception
Although the song received positive reviews, the music video received middling reviews. Marian Wyman of The Heights noted that the ending was "subtly creepy";[7] while Maggie Malach of PopCrush suggested that audiences wouldn't be prepared for the video's content.[9] Dusty Baxter-Wright of Sugarscape.com called the video "disturbing".[8] Rixton lead singer Jake Roche called the video "very depressing" himself,[4][5] a sentiment that MTV's Christina Garibaldi called "an understatement"; although she also suggested that viewers would still want to re-watch it.[5]
References
- ↑ "iTunes - Music Videos - Hotel Ceiling by Rixton". iTunes. Apple Inc. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ↑ "Let the Road - Rixton | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ↑ "PREMIERE: Rixton Unveil New "Hotel Ceiling" Lyric Video | MetroLyrics". MetroLyrics. CBS Interactive. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- 1 2 3 Garibaldi, Christina (5 January 2015). "Rixton Team Up With Ed Sheeran For 'Very Sad' New Single - MTV". MTV. Viacom International. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Garibaldi, Christina (15 January 2015). "WTF: Rixton Just Released The Craziest, Most Depressing Video For 'Hotel Ceiling' - MTV". MTV. Viacom International. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- 1 2 3 Lipshutz, Jason (10 February 2015). "Rixton's 'Hotel Ceiling' Director's Cut Video Premiere: Watch | Billboard". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- 1 2 3 Wyman, Marian (22 January 2015). "Rixton's 'Hotel Ceiling' Pushes Band Out Of Boy Band Frame - The Heights". The Heights. Boston College. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- 1 2 3 Baxter-Wright, Dusty (15 January 2015). "The five most disturbing things about Rixton's 'Hotel Ceiling' music video". Sugarscape.com. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ↑ Malach, Maggie (15 January 2015). "Rixton Bring the Heartbreak With Their 'Hotel Ceiling' Video". PopCrush. Retrieved 23 May 2015.