Watch Kindness’ Dapper Dance Battle in “This Is Not About Us” Video

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October 07, 2014

On "This Is Not About Us," the second track on Kindness' collaboration-heavy new album, the Fall Fashion cover star sings about changing his mind about a flailing relationship before encouraging his lover to find somebody new. The official video for the song—co-directed by Daniel Brereton and Adam "Kindness" Bainbridge himself—moves away from the themes of love and loss, instead embracing its ’80s-indebted pop percussion with some synced dancing: foot-shuffling, finger-snapping, etc. The result is something of a lighthearted dance battle between Bainbridge and choreographer Karla Garcia. "Some of my favorite videos are simple choreographies," Bainbridge writes of working closely with his co-star to perfect the moves. "I wanted to push myself to work on dance in a way that was less free-form and messy. I’m glad to have had the chance to work with Karla and to appreciate even more the role of the choreographer. It’s an ego-less thing to give yourself over to making someone else dance as well as possible." Otherness is out next week, but you can stream the entire thing right now.

Watch Kindness’ Dapper Dance Battle in “This Is Not About Us” Video