PARTYOF2 are really one of the most brilliant and talented duo’s or groups to emerge over the past several years. The very talented Los Angeles-based duo of Jadagrace and SWIM, always delivering such a great fusion of music that isn’t tied to just one genre. Really mixing so well Hip-Hop, Pop, R&B, Rock and Indie, while also not compromising their sound. While also delivering music with a strong message and themes that everyone can learn from. Their very standout record, VANESSA WILLIAMS, from their critically-acclaimed debut album, AMERIKA’S NEXT TOP PARTY! They released last year a perfect example of this. Which is why it made perfect sense for PARTYOF2 to debut through Vevo earlier today a cinematically brilliant self-directed for said track.
The cinematically brilliant video and track paying homage to Vanessa Williams and the harrowing journey she had to go through to get to where she is. The video finding Williams own daughter, Sasha Fox, featured as PARTYOF2 show how important she was to the culture and nearly getting whitewashed and that black history nearly erased by America like it has been so many times throughout American histories inception. The video opening showing how Williams, who was crowned the first Black Miss America in 1984 was stripped of her crown nearly right after being awarded the crown for the white runner up, she had to relinquish the crown to. In the video both Jadagrace and SWIM show that bit of unfortunate historical white washing that has been prevalent in America since its birth. PARTYOF2 flipping that perspective and showing how different things would be for SWIM if he was a white man and not himself. To quote what PARTYOF2 partially said in a statement about the video and its meaning being, “We explore how the same words can have a different meaning, depending on the color of your skin.”
