"Painted" is a song by American pop duo MS MR, from their album How Does It Feel, first released as a single in April 2015. The music video was directed by Tabitha Denholm, [1] and is inspired by the 1979 Walon Green documentary The Secret Life of Plants, as well as by the works of Stanley Kubrick. [2]
An official remix was subsequently released by Norwegian producer Hans-Peter Lindstrøm. [3]
Idolator called it "fantastic" and "jittery", noting the extent to which the song features a sample of Lizzy Plapinger chanting the phrase "What did you think would happen?" [4] Nylon considered it to be a "fabulous omen" for the rest of the album; [5] similarly, DIY described it as a "glistening extension" of MS MR's previous album Secondhand Rapture. [6]
Spin called the songwriting "powerfully evocative", [7] while Complex felt that the song was "driven by its relentless hook". [8]
"Painted" is a song by American pop duo MS MR, from their album How Does It Feel, first released as a single in April 2015. The music video was directed by Tabitha Denholm, [1] and is inspired by the 1979 Walon Green documentary The Secret Life of Plants, as well as by the works of Stanley Kubrick. [2]
An official remix was subsequently released by Norwegian producer Hans-Peter Lindstrøm. [3]
Idolator called it "fantastic" and "jittery", noting the extent to which the song features a sample of Lizzy Plapinger chanting the phrase "What did you think would happen?" [4] Nylon considered it to be a "fabulous omen" for the rest of the album; [5] similarly, DIY described it as a "glistening extension" of MS MR's previous album Secondhand Rapture. [6]
Spin called the songwriting "powerfully evocative", [7] while Complex felt that the song was "driven by its relentless hook". [8]