Ex-Hyena premieres NSFW video ‘A Secret to Protect’ on Side-Line – Watch it now
Ex-Hyena
“A Secret to Protect” is the third single from the dark electronic duo Ex-Hyena and is taken from their latest album “A Kiss of the Mind” which is out now on Re:Mission Entertainment. The 3-track single – available via Bandcamp – includes the normal version of the track plus remixes from Andre Obin and Johannas Kilngebiel.
The music video was directed by Reuben and stars Doommaedel, who plays a seductive, dangerous woman who goes on dates with various people and there’s vintage clothes shopping, bike riding, psychic readings (kind of), light bondage, murder, an undead dance party, hot tub fun, and more.
Bo Barringer and Reuben Bettsak from Ex-Hyena gave us feedback on the single.
Reuben explains: “‘A Secret to Protect’ is another high energy song that helps keep the album energetic and interesting. It’s such an electronic dark disco treat. It mixes soulful disco beats, Latin clave hits, speedy punk-funk guitars (whatever the fuck that means), and mixes it with the Ex-Hyena dark infused electro feels and a hint of Britpop, Pulp vibes. We play this song right after ‘In Slow Motion’ live and the two songs make such a great one-two punch….we love to shapeshift and not stay completely in one or two musical lanes, and this song exemplifies that.”
Bo from his side had this to add: “During the pandemic summer, concurrent to the first Ex-Hyena, I was working on a ‘solo record’ which started out with the simple concept of limiting myself to a Waldorf string machine and a CR-78 drum machine plug in. Not sure how successful that experiment was. Most people will never hear this, but I knew this one had to see the light of day. I played it for Reuben when we were in DC playing a show and he dug. I remember thinking ‘The Sisters of Mercy Does Saturday Night Fever’ when I wrote the chorus.”
About Ex-Hyena
Ex-Hyena is a Boston-based dark electronic duo consisting of Bo Barringer and Reuben Bettsak. The band debuted in 2021 with “Artificial Pulse” and continued to expand their sound with “Moon Reflections” (2022) and “A Kiss of the Mind” (2024).
Their music blends elements of synthpop, darkwave, and trip-hop, with a distinctive dual-vocal approach that contrasts deep, dark tones with brighter, higher-pitched melodies.
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