Kelly Rowland 'Dirty Laundry' VIDEO, 'Talk A Good Game' Singer Gets Emotional
Kelly Rowland released a thirty-second teaser to her upcoming Dirty Laundry video on Friday via Twitter.
In the clip for the emotional track, Rowland is seen walking aimlessly in heavy rainfall. In the following scene, she is also seen having an uncomfortable dinner with her boyfriend, who aggressively spills red wine all over her white gown before he ditches her at the table. The man is presumably the abusive ex-boyfriend Rowland is referring to in the song's lyrics.
"I was battered. He hitting the window like it was me, until it shattered," she sings. "He pulled me out he said, 'Don't nobody love you, but me. Not your mama, not your daddy and especially not B.' He turned me against my sister, I missed you."
The last line is in reference to Rowland's good friend and former Destiny's Child bandmate Beyonce. While the song hints at jealousy and bitterness on Rowland's part, the current X Factor judge told Good Morning America on Wednesday that the song is nothing but "positive" for her.
The song did, however, take the star several days to complete.
"I had to get past being so upset and actually sing the song, not sob through it," she told Billboard in a May interview. "I always hope that my music can inspire someone, the same way other artists inspire me."
The track appears on Rowland's fourth studio album Talk A Good Game, which was released on June 18. The album is considered her most emotional.
"This is the first album she's made where she's really put everything into it as an artist and a songwriter, even when it meant working with people she wasn't initially thinking about," Republic senior VP of A&R Wendy Goldstein told Billboard in the same interview.
