21 Savage's Heartbreaking 'Ball W/O You' Video Shows The Cost Of Image Vs. Reality

21 Savage, the heartbreaker.


On Monday (April 29), he released a glamorous new video for "Ball w/o You" that serves up two scoops of the lavish life as well as a sad dose of reality at the end, making for a dark twist that you won't visualize coming. Nevertheless hey, that's life. And some days, you really have to ball without the person you came up with. And 21 Savage shows just how that's possible in this simple and cold visual.


Not even Elsa from Frozen's heart would be colder than that of 21 Savage, the imposing, dark shades-wearing figure in this video. While a woman, presumably his ex, goes out of her way to show that she's having the time of her life in a night club via flash of Snapchat and Instagram cameras, the story taking place between each flash is that of loneliness and also a lack of control. She sneaks off to the washroom in a drunken daze trying her best to take alluring photos, only to pass out. 21 Savage's words soundtrack this sad overcome of oneself. She did him dirty; right now she has try to portray a lifestyle that he's actually living.


In her next appearance, she's in front of a huge, lavish residence in a temperate climate. She takes photographs in front of the locale and the clear sky with various poses all featuring her cute smile. The camera zooms out and shows that her bags are packed. She's just been kicked out of it. Whether it's a Airbnb or a house she lived in, it's left deliberately unclear. At the same time, we visualize 21 Savage's lavish house and the fruits of his labor. He's soothing. He's good. And that's what makes this woman's attempts at showing off hurt much worse.


"Ball w/o You" appears on 21 Savage's 2018 album I Am > I Was. It follows the previously released video for "A Lot" with J. Cole.


Check out the chilly visual up above.