Ben Folds - "Exhausting Lover"
Photo by Alysse Gafkjen Ben Folds is releasing some of his finest music in years, and his latest is "Exhausting Lover." The song tells a story and is a one song musical, but in the hippest way possible. Well... hip is relative when it comes to Ben Folds, after all. The song is about an... encounter with a fan in a cheap motel, but somehow it doesn't come across as overly gross or braggy. It's actually reminding me a lot of a song like "Army" off of Ben Folds Five's 1999 album The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner. It's a complicated song with multiple parts, and it's funny without being too jokey. It's ridiculous, but also a lot of fun. Derek Waters of Drunk History and director of the video says of the song: “I always have and always will love Ben Folds. But now I have a deeper appreciation for him knowing we shared similar experiences in a motel 6 with a hot wheels track and dancers dressed as animals.” You can watch the video for ...