We’re not gonna lie, everyone here at VH1 is pretty smitten with Elle King. So much so that from the moment our Creative Music Integration (CMI) team heard this 23 year-old’s raw, soulful-beyond-her-years voice on “Playing For Keeps,” they knew that it would make the perfect theme song for Mob Wives: Chicago. Elle came by our offices last week to celebrate the release of her brand new, eponymous EP, and our own Lauren Weissler spent the day trailing Elle and taking these gorgeous photographs —some of which come with commentary from Elle herself!— for the latest entry in our ongoing Music Seen series.
“Usually at 7 am my make up is the same from the night before. I was also really excited that for the first time I got to look and dress how I wanted and really be myself.”
“This was an awesome moment right before I went on to sing. I was looking down out of Vh1’s huge windows and realizing how lucky I am to get to do what I love. I never thought I’d be here, I never thought I’d be good enough, but I also never quit. It’s a really incredible feeling having people believe in you, but it’s an even better feeling when you finally believe in yourself.”
“I’m definitely not the girl you bring home to mom.”
“This is the real Paulie D. I have the sweetest band. Don’t he clean up nice? I love these boys!”
“Right before we played I was thinking ‘This is it…this is it…don’t mess up your lyrics. DON’T CURSE Miss Sailor Mouth. Please don’t puke. Don’t say anything dumb (which I did) and DON’T FALL!!’ I never wear heels, but this was a good occasion to start!”
“Never thought I’d be playing banjo on live tv, BAREFOOT, and in a fancy dress. Actually…I never thought I’d wear a fancy dress!!”
“Hey! I’m not short…I’m vertically challenged! Everyone was beyond nice. They all went out of their way to make me feel welcome. I really appreciated that.”
“VH1 asks the tough questions.I just give the dumb answers.”
“This is my ‘I hope I didn’t say anything I wasn’t supposed to say’ face. I got loose lips and bad ideas. Oh well.”
“I didn’t care about anything other than BBQ, BBQ, and MORE BBQ.”
“I wasn’t sure if I was still awake or not. But my little boy Blue was beggin for playtime. Baby gets what baby wants.”
“I mean honestly though…if he ain’t a prince, I don’t know who is.”
“No big deal. Just TRUE LOVE.”
“Pimpin IS actually quite easy.”
[Photo Credit: Lauren Weissler/VH1]
![Two Songs, Same Title: Which Is Better? [POLL]](http://www.vh1.com/sitewide/promoimages/blog/tfl_areas/two-songs-same-title150x.jpg)
