Amanda Holley “Fav Flavor” REVIEW
Newark Native singer / songwriter / musician Amanda Holley channels crystalline energy through the screen as she celebrates all shades and flavors of Soul and Beauty and chocolate in the timely “Fav Flavor” music video! She embraces herself wild textured curls, her skin, and her African and Tribal Cherokee Nation roots and heritage in her deeply personal and passionate ode to love and Soul. Amanda doesn’t stop with herself, rather she showcases and highlights her stunning talented friends of all colors to spread her message of empowerment, confidence, and self love whist embrace her listeners into a fever dream from the depths of her being!
A true artist, with deep roots in music since birth, Soulstress Holley not only wrote and performed the melody, lyrics, and vocal arrangement of her new single “Fav Flavor” which is produced by XXL Freshman Class Producer, KOREY LAWS aka OhKayLaws (Vocal Prod by GRAMMY WINNING Michael Prochilo), but she also Co-Directed this video in LOS ANGELES, CA with the immensely talented Mikey Piliero! PILIERO’s shots are raw, immersive, and emotional as he empathically yet cinematically captures Holley’s moods, looks, and metaphors in both the singer and her friends. You can certainly feel Amanda’s kaleidoscopic colors and vibrations transmitting from her soul to yours in a powerful performance as she sings, her multi tonal instrument soaring atop a nostalgic, yet modern Pop / R&B Production.
Amanda’s beautiful friends only amplify the feeling as MITCHIE ELDER, J.J. WILLIAMS, and SASHA PRINCE add to the power of Amanda’s statement! With her love interest (a guitar) and a dream catcher in hand, draped in authentic African mud cloth and hair and makeup looks by ZUZU AKHMET and striking, iconic wardrobe by stylist of LA’s own DEAR EARL VINTAGE, AMANDA HOLLEY is an artistic force to be reckoned with and FAV FLAVOR is a video spoken in violet metaphors.
Sonically, she expresses her most intense emotions when it comes to love and finding that one person you cannot get enough of, that flavor of Chocolate you just can’t shake and letting go of inhibitions and fear starting by embracing who she truly is.
Amanda says, “The melodies & lyrics came to me as I was walking down city streets on an emotional Saturday night. I decided to give in and surrender to my deepest craving for love & music”.
So it’s time to watch the astonishing video of “Fav Flavor” and can’t get enough of that taste!
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