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There's not many women I know that don't want to be Florence + The Machine's Florence Welch. She's stunning, she's tall, and hello, her voice is basically what diamonds would sound like if they were animate objects. In her new video "Shake It Out," the lead single from the group's much-anticipated sophomore effort, Ceremonials, Florence once again makes all us ladies jeally as she "shakes it out" in couture gowns at a masquerade party at a European estate. Stop stealin' my daydreams, girl.
"Shake It Out" begins with a washed-out shot of Welch looking solemn as she prepares for the night's festivities. There are tight camera shots of partygoers putting on their masks in their floor-length dresses as Florence moves from room to room and sings of moving on: "And our love is pastured, such a mournful sound/Tonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the ground/So I like to keep my issues strong/But it's always darkest before the dawn."
After a random seance and a few creepy glances from masked men, Florence breaks free from "the devil on [her] back" and dances her troubles away with reckless abandon. Like I always said: Dancing and NyQuil are all you need to get over a breakup.