Back in January, Cher Lloyd had a video for her single, "Want U Back" featuring Astro from X Factor USA and now, the 18-year-old British songstress re-shot a new U.S. Version video for the song. Shot to fame in the U.K. after appearing on Season 7 of "The X Factor," Lloyd made it to the final four before she was eliminated, but Simon Cowell quickly signed her to Syco, his label, and released her debut U.K. album last year, where it entered the charts at No.1."Want U Back." was originally as the third single taken from her debut studio album "Sticks + Stones," and now released the song as her first official U.S. single, and it sounds like an instant summer radio hit. The track is a cartoony mix of perky beats and peppy guitar give the song an almost caricature quality. This sassy piece of pop finds Lloyd singing about her jealousy of her former lover and his new girlfriend.
Lloyd explained that the song does not relate to anything that happened to her personally: "it's basically a track from lots of different girls' stories out there. A lot of people are telling me they can relate to the track and they've been in that situation, but it's also got an element of fun in it." The new clip was shot in Los Angeles, and shows Lloyd's attempts to sabotage her former love's new relationship in an American diner, while performing the track on the restaurant's counter. The police then arrive to arrest Lloyd and take her into custody, where she is seen having a mugshot taken.
Instead of Lloyd hanging out in her bedroom, now she's invading a small-town diner, wearing significantly less clothing and going to jail. Lloyd reminds us of that badass friend in high school who skipped class (but still got good grades), refused to wear her gym class uniform ('cause they were lame) and never sported a zit a day in her life. We so wanted be her. (Still do!) If you're wondering if sassy girls ever grow out of being effing awesome, they don't. Her newest video proves that bad girls just wanna have fun at everyone else's expense.
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