Daily Pargraph -- Dubious Video's for Three Year-Olds, Volume 1

Recently, Theo has gotten attached to a new song that has been getting some play on the radio stations we play on our commute to preschool/work. The song is "Ex's and Oh's" by Elle King, and it's actually a rocking little pop tune. I like it. Of course, as a child of the internet era, Theo craves visual stimulation when listening to music, so we have also watched the video on youtube at home. It's right on the border of what I think is okay for him to watch, mostly because he is unlikely to understand it. If he could wrap his mind around the actual contents, I would probably try to steer him away from it. The song and video have a thematic link to Olivia Newton-John's early 80s cheese-pop classic, "Let's Get Physical" -- lyrical innuendo accompanied by images of beefcake. Olivia wanted some fella at the gym to let her hear his "body talk, body talk", while Elle croons that her pumped studs "always want to come, but they never want to leave". The lyrics are sure to fly over my three year-old son's head, but I'm not sure how to think about the beefcake. I suppose it's not really that different from watching Katy Perry parade around the jungle in an animal print tube top and a grass skirt in "Roar!", another favorite Theo jam from a couple months ago. Meh, they're all better than Barney.