Mary J. Blige is looking for love in all the wrong places. The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul has released the music video for her latest (flop) single, the Drake-assisted "Mr. Wrong," taken from Blige's 10th solo studio album, "My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1)," out November 21. Although the album version featured the Young Money signed Canadian rapper Drake, but he doesn't appear on this version used for the official video or make an appearance.You could say this is Blige's second life. Her first, candidly chronicled on her confessions-of-a-wreck album "My Life," was an early glimpse into one of the biggest singing superstars in the world, who not only went public with her pain but eventually overcame it. The new album is 17 years later, after releasing 9 other studio albums, taking home just as many Grammys and becoming, as she now calls herself, "the living proof." That's also the title of a song on her latest album, originally recorded for film "The Help," that nabbed her a Golden Globe nomination this year.
Blige breaks down how women can spot the Mr. Wrong in their own lives. Co-produced by Jim Jonsin and Rico Love, the midtempo cut "Mr. Wrong" will serve as the follow-up to the lead single "25/8." "It's an extremely soulful song that expresses the true level of love that a woman can have for a man who simply is no good for her," Love tells Rap-Up.com. "I wrote it because in many ways I am Mr. Wrong." The video's glamour treatment suits the mellow and dramatic mood of the song.
The Diane Martel-directed video shows a performance mixed with highlighted moments that amplify Blige, and it's basically Blige glowing again in the dark with neon lights effects, and sensual choreographies. The clip begins with a music box opening up, but instead of a tiny rotating ballerina, something out of the ordinary for Blige besides her usual two step, we see the soul queen holding onto a stripper pole. Amidst disco balls and smoke, the R&B icon poses and dances in a variety of throwback looks, harkening her 'My Life' era. Take a trip down memory lane with scenes of her looking fierce, fly, and divaish.
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