{{short description|2015 single by Rixton}} {{use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox song | name = Hotel Ceiling | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Rixton | album = Let the Road | released = {{start date|2015|1|21|df=y}}<ref name="itunes">{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/music-video/hotel-ceiling/960138796|title=iTunes - Music Videos - Hotel Ceiling by Rixton|work=iTunes|publisher=Apple Inc|access-date=23 May 2015}}</ref> | format = | recorded = {{start date|2014}} | studio = | venue = | genre = Pop | length = {{duration|m=3|s=11}} | label = {{hlist|School Boy|Interscope}} | writer = {{hlist|Benny Blanco|Ed Sheeran<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/let-the-road-mw0002763079|title=Let the Road - Rixton {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards {{!}} AllMusic|work=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|accessdate=23 May 2015}}</ref>}} | producer = Levin<ref name="metrolyrics">{{cite web|url=http://www.metrolyrics.com/news-story-rixton-hotel-ceiling-lyric-video-premiere.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906074244/http://www.metrolyrics.com/news-story-rixton-hotel-ceiling-lyric-video-premiere.html|archive-date=2015-09-06|url-status=unfit|title=PREMIERE: Rixton Unveil New "Hotel Ceiling" Lyric Video {{!}} MetroLyrics|work=MetroLyrics|publisher=CBS Interactive|date=28 January 2015|accessdate=23 May 2015}}</ref> | prev_title = Wait on Me | prev_year = 2014 | next_title = We All Want the Same Thing | next_year = 2015 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|hLS2ZTMayyI|"Hotel Ceiling"}} }} }}
'''"Hotel Ceiling"''' is a song performed by English pop band Push Baby (then known as '''Rixton'''), issued as the third single from their debut studio album ''Let the Road''. The song was written by Ed Sheeran and Benny Blanco.
==Music video== The official music video for the song was filmed in London<ref name="mtv">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2040159/rixton-ed-sheeran-hotel-ceiling-single|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109071008/http://www.mtv.com/news/2040159/rixton-ed-sheeran-hotel-ceiling-single/|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 January 2015|title=Rixton Team Up With Ed Sheeran For 'Very Sad' New Single - MTV|work=MTV|publisher=Viacom International|last=Garibaldi|first=Christina|date=5 January 2015|accessdate=23 May 2015}}</ref> and directed by Clarence Fuller.<ref name="mtv2">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2050567/rixton-ed-sheeran-crazy-hotel-ceiling-video|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120051329/http://www.mtv.com/news/2050567/rixton-ed-sheeran-crazy-hotel-ceiling-video/|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 January 2015|title=WTF: Rixton Just Released The Craziest, Most Depressing Video For 'Hotel Ceiling' - MTV|work=MTV|publisher=Viacom International|last=Garibaldi|first=Christina|date=15 January 2015|accessdate=23 May 2015}}</ref> It features a couple (Alice Eve, Billy Huxley)<ref name="billboard">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rixton-hotel-ceiling-directors-cut-video-premiere-6465841/|title=Rixton's 'Hotel Ceiling' Director's Cut Video Premiere: Watch {{!}} Billboard|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|last=Lipshutz|first=Jason|date=10 February 2015|access-date=23 May 2015}}</ref> who initially appear happy, but the relationship becomes violent throughout the course of the video.<ref name="mtv2"/> Eventually the man becomes a missing person;<ref name="billboard"/><ref name="heights">{{cite web|url=http://bcheights.com/arts-review/2015/rixtons-hotel-ceiling-pushes-band-boy-band-frame|title=Rixton's 'Hotel Ceiling' Pushes Band Out Of Boy Band Frame - The Heights|work=The Heights|publisher=Boston College|last=Wyman|first=Marian|date=22 January 2015|accessdate=23 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="sugarscape">{{cite web|url=http://www.sugarscape.com/music/videos/a1074138/five-disturbing-things-rixtons-hotel-ceiling-music-video|title=The five most disturbing things about Rixton's 'Hotel Ceiling' music video|work=Sugarscape.com|publisher=Hearst Magazines UK|last=Baxter-Wright|first=Dusty|date=15 January 2015|accessdate=23 May 2015}}</ref> and the video then displays scenes of the woman's distress interspersed with flashback scenes of the couple during happier times. The video ends with the woman calmly waiting for the police after having murdered the man.<ref name="heights"/><ref name="sugarscape"/>
None of the members of Rixton appear in the video.<ref name="mtv"/><ref name="billboard"/>
===Critical reception=== Although the song received positive reviews, the music video received middling reviews. Marian Wyman of ''The Heights'' noted that the ending was "subtly creepy";<ref name="heights"/> while Maggie Malach of PopCrush suggested that audiences wouldn't be prepared for the video's content.<ref name="popcrush">{{cite web|url=http://popcrush.com/rixton-hotel-ceiling-video|title=Rixton Bring the Heartbreak With Their 'Hotel Ceiling' Video|work=PopCrush|last=Malach|first=Maggie|date=15 January 2015|accessdate=23 May 2015}}</ref> Dusty Baxter-Wright of Sugarscape.com called the video "disturbing".<ref name="sugarscape"/> Rixton lead singer Jake Roche called the video "very depressing" himself,<ref name="mtv"/><ref name="mtv2"/> a sentiment that MTV's Christina Garibaldi called "an understatement"; although she also suggested that viewers would still want to re-watch it.<ref name="mtv2"/>
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==External links== * {{AllMusic|song|id=mt0051379963|label="Hotel Ceiling"}}
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Category:2014 songs Category:2015 singles Category:Interscope Records singles Category:Music videos shot in London Category:Rixton (band) songs Category:Schoolboy Records singles Category:Song recordings produced by Benny Blanco Category:Songs written by Benny Blanco Category:Songs written by Ed Sheeran