Here's the music video, I'm watching it now!

 

I like it but it could've been so much better

 

Iggy's presence completely blew Ariana out of the picture, even Big Sean's almost did. She lacks presence imo and her lipsyncing seems off

 

I genuinly hope she maoes it to #1 but I don't think she will

Is she not 12 years old? Someone needs to HAVE A WORD

She's 20, Griff!

 

I like the video and when she does the routines and doesn't look at the camera, I find it quite endearing for some reason! Iggy's presence slays the whole video though!

Iggy looks stunning! :wub: She completely upstages Ariana tbh.

Quite impressive she broke that record in the US :o I'd NEVER have guessed it would be her!

Quite impressive she broke that record in the US :o I'd NEVER have guessed it would be her!

What record?

I like it but it could've been so much better

 

Iggy's presence completely blew Ariana out of the picture, even Big Sean's almost did. She lacks presence imo and her lipsyncing seems off

I've noticed that too, she lacks drive/presence and she's like a backup singer singing and dancing to the song somewhere else.

 

Iggy is brilliant and the song has grown on me a lot! :o

What a terrible video considering the caliber of the song.

 

Iggy's wig has more stage presence than her. And watching Big Sean's lips half the video was redundant to say the least. Not even Iggy could save that video from being a total bore. Ariana has a voice, there's no denying that. But, replace her with any popstar imaginable in her scenes and it would have been... maybe actually interesting.

 

3/10 It gets 3 stars for Iggy trying to breathe life into it. Too huge of a load for anyone to hold, I'm afraid. :drama:

Edited May 30, 201411 yr by ▲Tyler▲

Well put me in a PAIR OF STOCKINGS and CALL ME PAM, but this has probably the HOOKIEST verses I've ever LAID EARS ON

 

MAGNIFIQUE!

Love this song so much :wub:

 

IGGY IS ON SUCH GOOD FORM AT THE MOMENT

I agree that Ariana always seems a bit dead-behind-the-eyes whenever I've seen her perform and this video is no exception. There's something not right about that girl. She has the makings of a Stepford Wife. Are we sure she's a real human? I can't imagine she's ever actually had a 'problem' other than needing her batteries changed every once in a while. Also why is her hair always like that?

 

The song's a jam anyway which is the main thing.

I think she has confidence issues when performing tbh. I saw some Christmas show in which she performed a couple of songs and she stood in a weird position, like she was in the corner or something. :lol: Bless her. But yeah, I get peoples points about her stage presence, but as I said before I find it quite endearing and actually pretty cute (but maybe I'm just being ridiculously biased right now :lol: ).

 

EDIT: Oh and she announced on Facebook that 'Problem' will be Radio 1's "Track of the Day" (a good indicator as to what they may support!) this Sunday! :D

I was watching the video and thinking she's very lacking in the star quality department, I'm glad a lot of people here seem to have picked up on that too.

Her lip-synching IS very strange. It doesn't match how she actually sings it at all, she mimes way too gently. It just reaffirms my issues with her in that she portrays this image (i say portray but I obviously don't know if it's real or not) that she could be easily knocked over with a feather.

I agree that Ariana always seems a bit dead-behind-the-eyes whenever I've seen her perform and this video is no exception. There's something not right about that girl. She has the makings of a Stepford Wife. Are we sure she's a real human? I can't imagine she's ever actually had a 'problem' other than needing her batteries changed every once in a while. Also why is her hair always like that?

 

The song's a jam anyway which is the main thing.

One of my favourite posts in a while, fantastic.

 

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But seriously, I'm pissed off with this video. It's such a huge track, as Jake said when it premiered (or somebody anyway), this is like her Hit Me Baby One More Time, to really propel her into being a huge star. It still will be, because people are being a song not a video. Regardless, this is so lacklustre and as mentioned by others, completely lacks any star quality. How can you take a song with such power and energy and match it with such a lazy performance? Her miming is horrendous. The direction is clearly trying to go for something 90s-esque (I do get Groove Is In The Heart vibes), which is fine, but is done with minimal effort. Like I said this will be a smash, but nobody is going to look back at this like they do with early Britney tracks and think that the whole package was a classic.

 

Iggy was pretty fantastic though, presence is abundance.

The video does the trick I suppose, but yeah it could have been much better really. Like everyone else has said, Iggy completely upstages her, her stage presence is everything.

it's because she's just so god damn smug and entitled, so she gets complacent and thinks she CAN do the minimal and that her cutesy looks will be enough. stop RELYING on that FACE/BODY!

One of my favourite posts in a while, fantastic.

 

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But seriously, I'm pissed off with this video. It's such a huge track, as Jake said when it premiered (or somebody anyway), this is like her Hit Me Baby One More Time, to really propel her into being a huge star. It still will be, because people are being a song not a video. Regardless, this is so lacklustre and as mentioned by others, completely lacks any star quality. How can you take a song with such power and energy and match it with such a lazy performance? Her miming is horrendous. The direction is clearly trying to go for something 90s-esque (I do get Groove Is In The Heart vibes), which is fine, but is done with minimal effort. Like I said this will be a smash, but nobody is going to look back at this like they do with early Britney tracks and think that the whole package was a classic.

 

Iggy was pretty fantastic though, presence is abundance.

 

 

EXACTLY.

 

How can you be in the beginning stages of being a pop star and not have any stage presence, at all.

 

I mean I can't think of a single pop star that just lacks it completely. Like said before, a pop star sells the music, the music isn't suppose to sell the artist. It should be an equal balance. Unless you're setting out to just be forgotten after one smash. There's nothing else to care about this campaign, besides the song and the artist that is guest appearing on it.

 

The interest in her will wane quickly if she doesn't spruce some shit up. Sorry, I probably sound super dramatic... But, the fact that video is such a wasted opportunity is extremely frustrating.

Edited May 31, 201411 yr by ▲Tyler▲

She just looks very, very bored. (She does for all performances and music videos tbh). And she can't dance, so I'm not really sure why she tried to in this video and in performances.

 

However, the song still remains excellent.