The Chronicles: Lexi Strate | Review: Canadian Pop Princesses NEW 'Antidote' Video

by CA Marshall

Canadian Recording Artist Lexi Strate is the new Katy Perry. No really, Pretty bold statement right? But really, how many others have you seen wearing confectionery-style clothing prancing around with fictional characters and looking (and sounding) so sinfully sweet? PS: We see you there Dan Davidson! (He plays Strates' obedient dog in this video) Aside from the dancing bananas and lollipops that one might see in a Katy Perry video, film director Travis Nesbitt has created pure genius with Strate's newest video 'Antidote', a song about finding the cure for a toxic relationship (poison) and this young lady does pure justice to the pop scene both visually and lyrically.

I have been following this song since the lyrical video released one month ago and now with the full on colorful Wizard of Oz component with the release of this video all I can say is: BAM! I am confident in saying that this young lady not only has visual appeal and talent, as a Pop Recording Artist (with Hands Up Music), she is also extremely talented vocally as well with her grown up, raspy, burlesque sex-appeal vocal ability. As with all Hands Up Music Artists, Strate lends quality along with her peers (who are also with Hands Up Records) such as Rachel Woznow and Bryan Finlay to name a few.

The video starts with a 'white picket fence' fantasy dream world romance (doesn't every woman want this?) which quickly turns sour when the 'love of her life' begins demonstrating his distasteful and careless personality (not even stopping for the camera by displaying a gratuitous gonch-pull maneuver!) reflecting the songs plight for a man who isn't 'poison in my veins'. Further into the video and we see a distraught young lady rolling around on a bed clearly unimpressed with her situation and looking for an out: the Antidote, hoping it will change her situation.

The video inevitably ends with scenes of Strate pulling out all the flowers in her garden and destroying her 'dream scene' and accepting that realistically, the dream is crushed and the reality is, the man of her dreams is a complete (proverbial) dirt-bag and it's time to 'move on'.

This is a most enjoyable video which is fun and light (with yet a serious connotation and message) and is one of the best I have seen in quite some time. It is spectacular to watch visually and is a very catchy tune: pleasing to the ears and relatable to society on the whole. This young talent takes a serious topic in today's society and turns it into a visually pleasing melody, but make no mistake: this young lady is serious about her music and is beginning to really heat up the Pop scene along with her talented peers in Canada.

Once again, the Hands Up Team has made another hit with this young lady who has Boldly begun a career in the Canadian Music Industry with this delightful score. Starlight Music Chronicles will be watching more from this Artist and look forward to seeing more of this young talent emerging! Fantastic Video!

PS: We liked it so much we added it to our 'What We're Listening To' page on www.starlightmusicchronicles.com