Supremely talented singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Xenia Rubinos has generated a buzz with her acclaimed album Black Terry Cat. Spin magazine described the New Yorker’s unique sound as “multi-genre-hyphenate instrumental textures beneath Billie Holiday-esque croons” while DIY simply declared ”Once Xenia Rubinos begins to sing, nothing else matters.”
Now VIBE is premiering a video for Rubinos’ track “L.O.V.E.” which was released on Amazon’s Valentine’s Day compilation Love Me. The clip features a noticeably euphoric Rubinos dancing throughout Manhattan, joyfully interacting with the city’s inhabitants.
As Rubinos explains, "I wanted to shoot a video that encapsulates being ecstatically in love and wanting to scream it from the rooftops, to share that bubbly feeling with everyone. I want to bombard everyone with pure love laughter and excitement! I was inspired by the black joy project which seeks to fill social media with as many uplifting images of POC as possible. This is my ode to brown & black joy, being in love and sharing that exuberance with complete strangers all around the city, feeling that universality of love connecting us all. This is us casting a love spell on the world, this is us showing you brown & black joy, this is us visualizing & manifesting a reality centered on love for one another and the simple joy love brings.”
You can watch the video here: VIBE
XENIA RUBINOS LIVE DATES
Mar 24 Treefort Music Festival Boise, ID
Mar 26 Marquis Theater Denver, CO
Mar 28 recordBar Kansas City, MO
Mar 29 Old Rock House St Louis, MO
Mar 30 Cafe Berlin Columbia, MO
Mar 31 The High Watt Nashville, TN
Apr 13 The Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
Apr 24 Gullivers Manchester, United Kingdom
Apr 25 Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen London, United Kingdom
Apr 26 The Louisiana Bristol, United Kingdom
Apr 27 Ramsgate Music Hall Ramsgate, United Kingdom
Apr 28 Maison Sage Paris, France
Apr 29 Stanser Musiktage Stans (Ch), Switzerland
Apr 30 Oetinger Villa Darmstadt, Germany
May 02 Ideal Bar, VEGA Copenhagen, Denmark
May 03 Atlas Aarhus, Denmark
May 05 Auster Berlin, Germany
May 06 Klub Zak Gdansk, Poland
Jun 22 Electric Forest Festival Rothbury, MI
Aug 03 Pickathon Festival Happy Valley, OR