Just last month, Jhene Aiko celebrated the milestone of the 1 year anniversary of her debut album, Souled Out. Spawning records such as ‘The Pressure’ and ‘Eternal Sunshine,’ the LP lived up to what the world grew to know Jhene Aiko for. Filled with inspiration and lessons on various tracks, multiple visuals were created and delivered in support of the album. Next up, and over a year later, is the music video for ‘Lyin King.’
Packed with a powerful message and storyline, Jhene Aiko took to her Tumblr to vividly explain the meaning of the visual at hand.
“A mysterious, time traveling medicine woman has a prophetic vision of an early civilization in trouble.
The men have neglected the women and deprived them of love. By orders of their chief, the men of the tribe have taken away the women’s hearts and voices.
The women are powerless. The children are suffering.
The medicine woman travels for many days to reach the primitive village.
Upon her arrival, the medicine woman performs a miracle. She instantly restores the grace of the women of the tribe and gives them their voices back.
The men of this early tribe are not pleased.
With the men of the tribe’s attention, the medicine woman and the women of the tribe begin a ceremony in which they tell the story of how they are taking their voices back.
The chief is infuriated.
The medicine woman leaves the now capable women to conduct a private ceremony for the chief.
The chief is intrigued and frightened.
What he thinks will be a sexual experience turns out to be something very different.
After the ritual is performed, the medicine woman passes on her apocalyptic prophecy of how the world will end due to the lack of love throughout humanity.
The chief experiences ego death. He sees that it starts with him.”
– Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo
Proving again to be one of the music industry’s most passionate and creative, the music video packs the punch it intended to deliver. Check out a prophetic Jhene Aiko in ‘Lyin King,’ below.