My need to possess you has consumed my soul
My life is trembling, I have no control
Los Angeles’ Straight Razor—the darkwave alter ego of Omar Doom—returns with a high-gloss descent into desire on his new single “Obsession” featuring Bonnie McKee. Released via Doom Vision Records, the track is a seductive reimagining of the hit ’80s anthem, originally by Holly Knight and Michael Des Barres, and popularized by Animotion. Here, the song is reborn with Doom’s black-chrome production and McKee’s incandescent vocal command. The result is both fever dream and confession: a dangerous duet between control and surrender.
“Obsession” retains the sparkling pulse of the original but drenches it in noir tension—analog synths grinding beneath glacial basslines, while McKee’s crystalline delivery teeters between ecstasy and threat. Doom’s baritone shadows her every move, a magnetic push-and-pull of power and attraction.
“I’ve always been drawn to songs that feel like they could snap at any second,” Doom says. “Obsession already had that tension built in. Bonnie and I leaned into that instability and made it feel like a dangerous game—between two people, between pleasure and pain. It’s glossy on the surface, but the blood is right underneath.”
Filmed under the Doom Vision banner, the video plays out like a lost reel from an erotic neo-noir—equal parts Body Double, Mulholland Drive, and a fevered MTV transmission from 1984. Filmed in the Hollywood Hills, McKee lounges poolside beneath a smog-pink sky, flanked by latex sirens and mirrored reflections of herself—a tableau of decadence and decay. Her blue-metallic dress and retro bouffant shimmer against the distant Hollywood sign, a tongue-in-cheek ode to the city’s obsession with surface.
Inside, the lens turns voyeuristic: McKee leans into the mirror, painting her lips in a cloud of steam, while Doom gazes through the glass—entranced, undone, a spectator to his own unraveling. Among the women drifting through this fevered tableau are LA Goth icon Victoria Venin and poet Vanessa Matic, their presence radiating the strange magnetism of sirens who know they’re being watched. Later, McKee prowls a spiral staircase in a leopard catsuit—half femme fatale, half apparition—while Doom broods below in tailored velvet, eyes hidden behind noir-era shades.
As night falls, the film slips into the surreal. Electric blue and crimson lights bathe Doom and McKee as they entwine against the black Los Angeles skyline—two figures glowing like rival constellations. The closing shots—McKee sprawled across a Baldwin piano, Doom framed in spectral blue—feel like a hallucination of fame, desire, and danger collapsing into one final, fatal pose.
Watch the video for “Obsession” below:
Known for his roles in Death Proof and Inglourious Basterds, Doom has spent the past few years carving a reputation as one of dark electronic music’s most cinematic voices. Under his Straight Razor moniker, he’s built a world where every synth pulse feels like a frame of celluloid—luxurious, haunted, and obsessive.
McKee, the multi-platinum songwriter behind global pop hits for Katy Perry, Britney Spears, and Kesha, steps into a more shadowed role here, merging old-Hollywood sensuality with new-wave menace. Together, they reinvent “Obsession” not as nostalgia but as resurrection: a mirror cracked to reveal the beast beneath the beauty.
“Obsession (feat. Bonnie McKee)” is out October 14, 2025, via Doom Vision Records.
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