--- description: The pop singer takes a darker track with a tale of ill-advised love on an alien planet in the trippy new music video for "El Barrio." title: Watch Eden xo's Spacey New Music Video for "El Barrio" image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Eden xo Commits to Neon-Tinged Love in the Trippy Music Video for 'El Barrio'  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 3, 2016 11:38 PM CUT  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 3, 2016 11:38 PM CUT Pop singer Eden xo has been the frontwoman for rock bands, has opened for Britney Spears, and has [impersonated a hard-partying Sleeping Beauty for a music video](http://time.com/3973261/eden-xo-the-weekend/ "undefined")—but it looks like she’s finally coming into her own in the trippy, stylized new video for her latest single, “El Barrio.” The peroxide-blonde ingenue (real name: Jessica Eden Malakouti) has the manicured look of a modern-day Gwen Stefani as she breathily sings the story of love against all odds—”classic good girl meets bad boy,” [as she told Idolator.](http://www.idolator.com/7647175/eden-xo-el-barrio-watch-video "undefined") It’s not just a random storyline, either; it’s partially based on her mom’s life, she explained: “She ran away to Mexico and got married when she was just 19\. There’s a whole story there that’s not mine to tell, but it gave me some good inspiration to draw on.” Except that in the neon-lit world of Eden xo, the titular “barrio” is actually an alien planet of black lights and crinkly silver surfaces, which matches nicely with the spacey vibe of the synth-forward melody. “Everyone I used to know thinks I’m insane in the membrane,” she sings, decked out in an elaborate headpiece. “My mother told me I should break ties.” Looks like the allure of her neon-tattooed extraterrestrial lover is hard to quit. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4517397/eden-xo-el-barrio-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4517397/eden-xo-el-barrio-video/"},"headline":"Eden xo Commits to Neon-Tinged Love in the Trippy Music Video for 'El Barrio'","datePublished":"2016-10-03T23:38:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:16.336Z","description":"\"Took a trip in his whip, now I'm whipped...\"","url":"https://time.com/4517397/eden-xo-el-barrio-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4517397/eden-xo-el-barrio-video/","name":"Eden xo Commits to Neon-Tinged Love in the Trippy Music Video for 'El Barrio'"}}]}] ```