Usher’s back and this video lands him squarely back into a dodgy club where strange men leer at you. *Good Kisser – *a cross between Justin Timberlake’s Tunnel Vision, D’Angelo’s *How Does It Feel? *and strong whiffs of Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines (in the sense it's lots of Usher chasing women and the very obvious feeling that it was only ever created just to get people offended/talking about it... oops).
With lots of sections ready to be turned into easly-shareable GIFs, there’s one shot where Usher sniffs his fingers then widens them out into a v, flicking his tongue out between them, re-creating that classic pose that would relegate pustular boys to detention if (and when) they did it to supply teachers, way back when Usher was releasing his best songs ever.
There’s also another pseudo-dance where Usher implies his dick is so big it could potentially haemorrhage your lungs, women licking ice, a topless Usher looking like he’s having a crank, a topless Usher playing the drums, Usher looking like he's coming up on the best pill ever and a lot of incredible dancing. Maybe that’s the thing Usher should stick to, because we really can't fault him on that.
The song’s pretty all right, sounding a bit like what would Pharrell would do if he had unguarded access to amphetamines and a kitchen sink. However, we do wonder if he’s perhaps been well and truly usurped by Miguel as the best mononymous singer who specialises in songs we want to bang to.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.