Christina Perri, 'Black and Blue' -- Video Premiere

By Ashley Iasimone Posted Nov 18th 2010 11:00AM

Christina Perri's latest release, 'Black and Blue,' is an emotional, bluesy song that gets right to the point with its first line, "I've been meaning to say this to you: My heart isn't black and blue anymore." Much like her first single, 'Jar of Hearts' -- which propelled Perri's career with a placement on 'So You Think You Can Dance' over the summer -- it's a tune that comes from a personal experience.

"The song is pretty intense. It's about getting over a breakup -- not really feeling sad anymore, but just feeling kind of pissed," Perri tells PopEater. "It's definitely about a single experience and a single person. That's pretty much how I write all my songs ... That song's totally about a dude."

The video for 'Black and Blue' was filmed at Ocean Way Studios, where Perri also recorded her new EP, 'The Ocean Way Sessions.'

"While we were trying to to record the audio perfectly, we were also trying to look cool because we were videotaping it, too," Perri says. "We only had like five hours to do everything. So we ended up doing it, and I'm so excited about the way it came out."

"I love performing that song," she adds, explaining that it's a track that she wrote early on. "It's just one of my favorites. That one just feels a little like one of my first born children or something."

Watch the exclusive premiere of the 'Black and Blue' video below.

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