Geneva Jacuzzi and Reptile Tile Concoct Confection-Laced Romance in Video for “Candy Boy”

Virginia Beach art-rock eccentrics Reptile Tile, founded in 2015 by Roderick Edens (Terry Cloth), collaborate with Los Angeles synth-pop provocateur Geneva Jacuzzi on the EP Candy Boy. The title track, originally written during sessions for Jacuzzi’s Triple Fire (2024), explores romantic dysfunction and consumer addiction. The song features a warm bassline and chiming synths, with Jacuzzi’s vocals delivering a dazed sweetness. The self-produced video, directed by Andrew Briggs and shot in Virginia Beach by Taylor Casey, draws inspiration from neon noir films and 1990s children’s television. Set on the Virginia Beach boardwalk, it depicts Jacuzzi in a black leather jacket and hot-pink gown encountering a candy-store employee (Lane Wills) who reveals a secret laboratory where chemists produce illegal “candy.” The video alternates between narrative scenes and performance footage in a pink-lit room. The EP’s other tracks, Accessory and Cliche, explore synth-pop territory examining desires for potentially harmful things.

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