May 19, 201114 yr Loads of people do it. :mellow: Take Nicole Scherzinger as a recent example. News to me! Didn't think they'd be able to get away with it for so long..
May 19, 201114 yr Author Why do you care anyway? :lol: It's not like I'm personally accusing YOU of anything. I know you're not, I just think what you're saying is a load of crap, basically. :kink:
May 19, 201114 yr News to me! Didn't think they'd be able to get away with it for so long.. It's not an exactly hard thing to do! :lol:
May 19, 201114 yr Author Beyoncé 'Nailed It' In "Girls" Video, Choreographer Says 'It was really important to her to find a world that was unique to her look,' Frank Gaston Jr. of desert location. Beyoncé enlisted lots of wild animals, some stunning couture and 242 dancers for her just-released "Run the World (Girls)" video. The moves reflect several genres of dance, from jazz, street, hip-hop to African, and her choreographer tells MTV News that was all part of the plan. "We prepared a lot for it. We had seen something on YouTube; we had seen these three guys from Africa, this Mozambique African dance troupe ... we were like, 'Wow, this is an amazing movement,' " B's longtime choreographer, Frank Gaston Jr., told us about the Francis Lawrence-directed video. "And that movement has always been in the back of our head for the last year. From there, we talked about a lot of concepts." The concept the team ended up settling on was a desert landscape ruled by two forces: Beyoncé and her supermodel minions and a very unwelcoming opposing army. "The environment, I have to give her and Francis that credit. She really challenged Francis on finding a world that's unique to her. We could have easily done it in downtown L.A. We could have easily done it in downtown New York, but it was really important to her to find a world that was unique to her look and image to her new project," he explained of the video for the lead single off her June release, 4. While Beyoncé is the pop star, Gaston is quick to give credit to all of the dancers in the clip, including some that the team enlisted from Africa. "We say, 'Share the light, you sparkle brighter,' and we share our light with a lot of new, creative people. I feel like we really nailed it and, again, my hats off to the Tofo Tofo guys [from Africa], 'cause none of us could imitate that," he said. "We had to bring them around to learn that move, which is really, really interesting. They had such a great vocabulary of movement." Those two dancers not only helped shape the moves in the video, but also moved Beyoncé. "That was probably one of the most beautiful experiences for Beyoncé. They were so humbled," he said. "It was hard finding them. They were really in a remote area; we had to get the embassy people involved. That was a process that took about two months or more. Beyoncé really loved them and I'm pretty sure we'll see them again. It was magical."http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1664223/b...rld-girls.jhtml
May 20, 201114 yr whatever i still really, really like this song. i think bey goes pretty hard on it. not incredible but one of the best mainstream singles of the year.
May 20, 201114 yr Author Look By Look Beyoncé's "Run The World (Girls)" Video With Exclusive Stylist Interview There’s a great deal you could say about Beyoncé's "Run The World (Girls)" video, directed by Francis Lawrence (the auteur behind Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance”, among others), regarding the fact that she KEEPS bodying the ENTIRE WORLD with her unbelievable bodaciousness and message of female empowerment and unrivaled joy. I mean, Ms. Bey dances like she’s giving off the type of energy that could achieve spaceflight, and the fact that she does all of this in the most face-meltingly SUBLIME fashion is a rare and sumptuous event. The postapocalyptic scrubland makes for a perfectly austere backdrop that makes all that floor-length drama, metal, syncopated bassline, ANIMALS, and McQueen POP. The styling genius behind all of the looks that run the gamut from Givenchy to Brian Lichtenberg and Jean Paul Gaultier to Norma Kamali is none other than Ty Hunter, aided by his assistant stylist Raquel Smith. Another awesome thing about Ty? Not only did he give us an EXCLUSIVE interview, he made ABSOLUTELY sure that his assistant was also name-dropped for this piece, which soooorta speaks volumes about how hard he rules. <3 MTV Style: ZOMG. We are so excited about this video. We basically want to dress up in matching outfits with 30 of our closest girlfriends and take to the streets. Ty Hunter:[Laughs] Right? YES! We want to know EVERYTHING. Word is, she wears a lot of her own stuff in the video. Yes! So, that whole section? The amazing red Alexander McQueen dress? I can't even take credit for that. That was out of Beyoncé's closet. That was her personal dress, and in that scene, every single female that has on Alexander McQueen and all that high-end fashion, that whole section with the lion is all of Beyoncé's personal clothes she's worn in the past. http://style.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/beyonce-girls-mcqueen.jpg Wow! We see Chanel and Balmain and Lanvin. *Sigh* We’re dying. So it makes sense to hang out with her knowing that one day you might borrow from her fabulous archive [Laughs]? Yes! [Laughs] All the way down to the shoes, that whole section is filled with all of the things that she's worn and been photographed in. We got together and put all the clothes in garment bags, and she wanted all the girls to have a section of the video where they're all in couture. Can I just say that crown made my entire staff's heads fall off? It was GORGEOUS. We kept pausing to see how intricate it was. That's Erickson Beamon. They actually made it expressly for us. The creative director of the video, Jenke-Ahmed Tailly, and I got together trying to figure out this whole queen concept, and we needed a crown. Erickson Beamon make such beautiful pieces, and when they said they'd do it, we knew it would turn out to be amazing. Did all of you collaborate to make sketches and edit? Nope, we just knew they would come through. And when that box came and we opened it, it was like, "Oh my god. THIS is perfect." http://style.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/beyonce-girls-erickson-beamon.jpg Let's talk about the other hardware. The Zanotti. Oh, man… the gold Zanotti necklace/sternum armor/cummerbund thing. Gorgeous. Yes, yes! I actually have a person that works for me, Raquel Smith, who came with that body piece from Giuseppe Zanotti, and that just totally made everything. They've actually custom-made that in different materials like silver and leather. It's been great, and we play on the theme to use it every now and then for performances. http://style.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/beyonce-girls-zanotti.jpg And the interplay between the shine and the fur is awesome as well. That's what I love about this video: You've got some boutique L.A. designers like Brian Lichtenberg, who made that black shrug. He's enormously talented. I called him on the phone. He is a little bit newer, but we actually used his designs in "Diva." He's great! It was a section where he made these crazy hats and headgear. The lace bodysuit? He actually custom made that, too. But those shoes in that scene? The black tassel ones? Yes! I made those. http://style.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/beyonce-diva-lichtenberg.jpg Nuh uh! Those, the fur, and the metal complement the choreography beautifully in the scene. Aaaaand, reflective surfaces perfectly segue into one of our favorite designers, Gareth Pugh, who made that INCREDIBLE armor, chainmail, armadillo plated gold ensemble with the matching shoes. It's been a while since we've seen Pugh and Beyoncé! We’re so excited! I had Gareth's number from when we went to a party in London and we pulled from his last collection, which I'll have you know Beyoncé didn’t wear, since Sasha Fierce wears Gareth Pugh, and so I texted him and was like, "This is what I need…" And he had this one-of-a-kind dress and he had those amazing shoes and I was like, "YAY!" http://style.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/beyonce-girls-gareth-pugh.jpg The jewelry that accompanies it is a lovely touch. That's Laruicci, a young jewelry designer [Lauren Ruicci] who I met last year. She did some different pearl necklaces for the "Why Don't You Love Me" video, and I went to her showroom and saw the gold rings and I was like, "This is perfect for that" and you know everything just kind of worked out. http://style.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/beyonce-girls-laruicci.jpg I feel like the aesthetic is a continuation of some of the hardware that we see in "Single Ladies" and "Diva". Yeah, it was like the new take on the beautiful Lorraine Schwartz handpiece that everybody loved and couldn't stop talking about but just in rings. Let's talk about the Puccis! We've been anticipating more Pucci since the infamous Met Gala dress. The yellow dress was incredible, but the fact that Bey can dance her face off like that in the cutout green dress blew us away! Yeah, Peter [Dundas] at Pucci is so nice! He actually let us use the green dress, and when Bey was getting ready, she put it on—nobody knows this so this is exclusive—he lent us the green dress and it was set to be shot in Vogue. There was like a big deal behind this green dress! Anyway, it was, like, the showstopper! So [beyoncé] puts it on like she was getting ready to dance, and the sleeve was made out of a delicate sequin fabric. And it already had like a little hole in it, so it ran! http://style.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/beyonce-girls-yellow-pucci.jpg NOOOOO! Yes! So we actually took scissors and cut the sleeve off! And we were going to put the sleeve back on, but Jenke took it with him when he returned to New York and I was like, "OK, well, I'm going to have to return the dress, but the sleeve is somewhere else." [Laughs] So they ended up knowing we cut the sleeve off, but it worked out perfectly and the fact that we took a couture piece and put combat boots with it was what really made it. http://style.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/beyonce-girls-green-pucci3.jpg
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May 23, 201114 yr That was nothing short of incredible! That whole backdrop thing must have taken so long to learn and choreograph it's mental. and I like how the whole thing just felt so iconic as you were watching it.
May 23, 201114 yr KILLED IT! Wow! That performance totally brought the song to life for me, especially as I was slightly disappointed with the video, and it proved how much she deserves the award! Seeing all those icons speaking about her in the VT was just magical too, I got tingles a few times whilst watching it.
May 23, 201114 yr Fantastic performance...especially the whole backdrop/screen thing! Still hate the song tho :(
May 23, 201114 yr I'd totally turn straight for that woman. Oh God, I actually thought you were straight(ish) :lol:
May 23, 201114 yr Watching the performance has made me love the song more than I already did. Seriously don't get the hate whatsoever.
May 23, 201114 yr Watching the performance has made me love the song more than I already did. Seriously don't get the hate whatsoever. Its cos the chorus is a non-event! Thats why everyone hates it that i know (and thats a lot unfortunately!) :(
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