Filed under: Music, Tyrell, Videos
Author: Tyrell
Date: Mar 31, 2011
On Saturday, I teased you with pictures and a video that Katy Perry had released to promote the release of her video for E.T.. This Max Martin, Dr. Luke and Ammo produced song is the third promo single of her album Teenage Dream. However, for the video and full release of the single, Katy added Kanye West to the mix and in all honesty, I’m not to sure why. I liked the song without him before and his verses don’t add anything to the song. In fact, they don’t really fit.
The video despite its major use of effects, green screen and computer generation is pretty basic. We begin with Kanye spinning around in a zero gravity while an alien floats through space. That alien suddenly turns into Katy and we watch her float through the stars in some pretty impressive costuming and make up. Once she hits a planet, she makes eyes with a robot and kisses it to turn into a skinny man, painted white and naked. Katy removes her dress and we see that she actually has the legs of a deer. WHAT?!
I don’t know. Not my favorite. What do you think of the video?
Khalil
March 31st, 2011 at 4:16 pm
Pretty accurate take on the video. Kayne’s addition seemed unnecessary, but the make-up was spectacular.
Just a quick point of clarification the model Shaun Ross playing Katy’s love interest is not painted white. He’s albino and that is his skin.
http://models.com/models/shaun-ross
Love the blog your team does an awesome job.
Drey
March 31st, 2011 at 10:49 pm
I thought the make-up and aesthetics were very much on point.
Best make-up the contrasting light-blue/purple accents. *drool*
I think Kanye’s appearance kind of devalued the message of the song imho.
The model had a nice bumper… :-)
The song is nice overall. But would be better Kanye-less.