Theophilus London hasn’t full entered the national consciousness yet, but according to the music video to his “Why Even Try,” he’s already annoyingly famous.
The rapper and beatmaker is featured in the clip doing stuff famous people do, like ducking the paparazzi on TMZ (er, TL-TV) and spending endless hours in the studio taking promo shots.
I’m not 100% sold on his rhymes yet, but good trumps mildly good with that stone-cold ’80s lounge beat, with help from what sounds like Lauper-nouveau. So who’s that girl? None other than Sara Quin from Tegan and Sara.
And to put this puppy down, I was simply fawning over London’s money-dripping SXSW performance.
This single’s the follow-up to “Flying Overseas,” featuring Solange Knowles. Both songs are featured on “Lovers Holiday,” an EP released over Valentine’s Day (barf). It dropped in anticipation of an impending full-length arrival, due this summer from Warner Bros.