Jackie and I have not posted for quite sometime! The month of March has been a crazy one!! Jackie and I attended numerous events around the city - including the 40th Annual Juno Awards, which you can expect a posting about soon!
Alright, so today Katy Perry's brand new video for E.T. - the fourth single off her sophomore release 'Teenage Dream' - was released. The video features Kanye West. This post will briefly discuss some thoughts about the video.
So the opening shot has viewers looking at an artistic junkyard if you will, with a futuristic-version of the tin man (while some retro music plays in the background)... With that, cue Kanye! Now when I heard that Perry and Kanye were collaborating, I was pretty excited to hear the results, as I am a fan of both respective artists. But it seems like Kanye's verses just seem out of place all throughout this song, which sadly seems to go with the overall tone of the video..
In the next scene, we are introduced to an alien descending from the sky, transforming into Extra-Terrestrial'fied Katy Perry. Visually, the video is quite stunning. The art direction is quite impressive and the hair and makeup is top-notch. Ultimately, you can really tell that a lot of time, effort, and money was put into this video. Also, it's nice to see Perry try something new. I would not be surprised if people commented that the video seems a bit Gaga-esque; however, the song is called "E.T.", so you can't really expect Katy Perry to be wearing daisy-duke's and a bikini top. Also, Gaga is not the only contemporary artist that should be given the right to create a video outside of the box. Overall, I appreciate the effort Katy; but I feel like Kanye did not really need to be in the video...
To watch the full video, click here. As always, let us know what you think! Leave a comment or hit us up on twitter @jackieopoku and @sinemtekin
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- Sinem Tekin
