Dementedly sexy, thematically ingenious and crazy but cleverly concocted. The fore mentioned can only be referring to Rihanna's lastest video for the hit single Disturbia. The synthpop dance song was written by Andre Merritt, Chris Brown and Robert Allen, but the unquestionable creative brilliance of the video is attributed to Anthony Mandler and Rihanna who directed and co-directed respectively.
Dementia and confusion are the prevalent themes in the song Disturbia. The song overtures with the catchy lines "bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum", which is vaguely reminiscent of Eiffel 65's hit song Blue (Da Ba De), it then continues with respectable lyrics about faded pictures and unbearable life thoughts. But enough about the song, irrespective of how great it is, which shows in its Billboard performance.
The video is what elevates the song beyond its limits and possibly transcends the VMA awarded video for Umbrella. Anthony manages to capture the precise amount of demetia and confusion with a little dash of sexy within the video without going overboard. From the mistress of the madhouse in the spinning chair to the encaged crazy blonde and the weird dancers with their staccato like movements, this video exudes brilliance and is unlike anything Rihanna has ever done. However, I must candidly say I do have one tiny regret about this video, I would have loved to have seen more choreogrophy from the said dancers, I was not expecting a "Thriller" but the song after all is a dance song. Irrespective of that minor miss the video is phenomenal and should be awarded accordingly.
2 comments:
pardom a moi s'il vous plait - but the video maaaaaaddddd - no more dancin' neva needed - if there was ne more it might have been over done - its hott the way it is :)
hmmm well i do say that the video is quite well done but a pop song can't quite represent the darkness that "Disturbia" supposedly is...from that standpoint the song misses the feeling and the mark for me.
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