Video: Emily Wells – Darlin’

Maybe not since the heyday of MTV’s Unplugged has an artist released two albums of the same material that are so diametrically opposed as Emily Wells. Last year the singer-songwriter released Mama, a ten-track collection that fused hip-hop beats with lush string arrangements and folkie guitar all set to Wells’ unique vocal style that is part sexy croon and part Joanna Newsom-esque weird-twee. On June 11, the songstress will release Mama Acoustic Recordings via Partisan Records, a stark bare-bones re-recording of her debut that features just Wells playing the tunes on an acoustic guitar.

Let’s check out this live in-studio performance of the album’s lead single Darlin’…

Emily Wells – Darlin’

Emily Wells will kick off the U.S. leg of her month-long world tour with a gig at The Echo in Los Angeles on June 13.