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Kehlani on the 2025 BET Awards
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Key Takeaways:
- “Folded” indicators a brand new chapter in Kehlani’s artistry, with themes of vulnerability and rebirth.
- Directed by Metropolis James, the music video options symbolic scenes set in a dry cleaner’s and water-soaked stage.
- Followers praised its choreography and emotional depth, calling it a standout second in Kehlani’s visible evolution.
Kehlani certain is aware of tips on how to fold and repair what’s damaged. On Thursday (June 26), the singer launched the music video for “Folded,” their first solo single of the yr.
Directed by Metropolis James, the visible opens with Kehlani behind the counter at “Nini’s Fluff & Fold” earlier than main the viewer to the again of the store. “It is so foolish of me to behave like I do not want you unhealthy / When all, all I can take into consideration is us since I seen you final,” they sing whereas dancing barefoot in a sheer, sparkly catsuit, surrounded by nothing however darkness and a puddle of water.
Subsequent, we see them singing atop a rotating dry-cleaning rack, then reappearing in a vibrant yellow gown earlier than ultimately returning to the storefront the place all of it started. Watch the visible companion for “Folded” beneath.
After the video’s launch, followers shortly took to social media to reward its artistic path, and perhaps most notably, its choreography. “Kehlani’s dedication to bettering themself reveals,” one X person wrote. “The ‘Folded’ music video is so totally different from the CRASH period [they] simply had. That is expertise.”
One other individual commented, “Kehlani [was] dancing within the water and s**t. [They] mentioned, ‘I’m giving y’all h**s R&B [for real].’” Scroll on for extra fan reactions to “Folded.”
Earlier this month, the “After Hours” artists broke down the double which means behind “Folded.” They informed their TikTok followers the one was about “folding up somebody’s garments that they left at your own home…you’re mad at them, however you cared sufficient to fold it [for them].” They went on to elucidate, “So, come get your s**t. I is likely to be in a cute lil outfit ready for you on the door as a result of give me yet one more attempt.”
“It’s that ‘I hate that I like you’ [energy]. Come again. That is type of mistaken, however the one means we gon’ discover out is that if we discover out, huh?” they shared moments later.
“Folded” follows a busy run of options for Kehlani this yr. On Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14), the Oakland native hopped on kwn’s “worst habits” remix, adopted shortly by Fridayy’s “Saving My Love.” In addition they joined DESTIN CONRAD on “BAD B**CHES!” and Leon Thomas on “DIRT ON MY SHOES.”