Watch the Premiere of BLK JKS New "Molalatladi" Video

This summer, Rolling Stone featured South African psych-rockers BLK JKS in our Artists to Watch special, and now we're happy to bring you the premiere of the band's new video for "Molalatladi," the opening track on their excellent debut After Robots.

The clip was filmed in September in New York (the performance shots were taken at downtown club Santos Party House, and the beach images were captured at the city's legendary Coney Island), and bonus footage comes via the directors of the film Sanza Hanza from South Africa.

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Song Stories

“Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Nirvana | 1991

"Smells Like Teen Spirit," named after a brand of deodorant marketed to girls, was Kurt Cobain's attempt to "write the ultimate pop song," he said, using the soft-loud dynamic of his favorite band, the Pixies. Cobain "had that dichotomy of punk rage and alienation," the song’s producer, Butch Vig, told Rolling Stone, "but also this vulnerable pop sensibility. In 'Teen Spirit,' a lot of that vulnerability is in the tone of his voice." Sadly, by the time of Nirvana's last U.S. tour, in late '93, Cobain was tortured by the obligation to play "Teen Spirit" every night. "There are many other songs that I have written that are as good, if not better," he claimed.

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