Boombox Blitz: Tayls mixes pain and pleasure with ‘Star Dom’ video

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Queer collective Tayls are on the prowl. They’re looking to be overpowered in more ways than one. With their new music video, “Star Dom,” they set their sights on a leather-bound dominatrix to take control of their bodies. Tied with colorful ribbons and rope, front-person Taylor Cole howls and cries as their unnamed power-hungry top dog invokes pain and pleasure.

But the song is much more than that. “For me, it’s about the frustration that is being a musician right now. The consistent struggle for a moment in the spotlight,” Cole writes in the video description. “It feels like I’m begging the internet to just fucking dominate us.”

As is their usual aesthetic, the visual (co-directed by Alden Allen and Alonna Summer) bursts with color and electric sex. There’s a gleam in Cole’s eyes that’s invigorating, cleansing even. “Gimme some satisfaction like I’m here at all,” he sings over monstrous, star-soaked drums. “Take a chance on me / All you gotta do is trust in your pleasure now.”

“Star Dom” samples a new EP, expected August 11.

Watch the “Star Dom” video below.

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