No Doubt takes up new roles as cowboys and Indians in a just-released new video for their hit song, "Looking Hot," the second official single from Orange County rockers' latest comeback sixth studio album, "Push and Shove," which peaked at No.3 on Billboard's albums chart. The new record finds No Doubt making only the most tentative divergences from previously tried and tested strategies, which gives "Push and Shove" a character that could be described as either dated or timeless.
This New Wave rave-up finds Gwen Stefani spouting tongue-in-cheek lyrics about being a well-preserved forty-something frontwoman. "Go ahead and look at me cause that's what I want. Take a good look won't you please cause that's what I want," she sings. "I know you want to stare. You can't help it and I don't care." The track pairs club-ready thump with catwalk-approved strut, and it perfectly melds their skanking past with their shiny pop present, which is why it will probably come as a surprise to learn that it almost didn't make the cut for "Push and Shove."
With their elaborate costumes and authentic-looking props and set-up, No Doubt's new video for "Looking Hot" is doing it old school and definitely a feast to watch. It was directed by Melina Matsoukas, and filmed over two days at Veluzat Motion Picture Ranch Studios last month. The clip shows the band performing and getting entangled in traditional gunfights set in the Wild West, as we see a classic Cowboys vs. Indians vibe with Tom Dumont and Adrian Young being the sheriffs in town that go after Stefani and Tony Kanal.
The ska-tastic video opens with Stefani in traditional Indian apparel and rides a horse in the open field, but is later captured by cowboy band mates Young and Dumont, while Kanal, who is on the Indian's side, finds himself locked-up in jail. The conflict is then taken to a huge battlefield where the two groups engage in all out battle leading to Stefani and Kanal's capture. But of course, the Wild West setting is not complete without shots of partying and merry-making inside saloons, and a massive bonfire with people doing their ritual dances.
This New Wave rave-up finds Gwen Stefani spouting tongue-in-cheek lyrics about being a well-preserved forty-something frontwoman. "Go ahead and look at me cause that's what I want. Take a good look won't you please cause that's what I want," she sings. "I know you want to stare. You can't help it and I don't care." The track pairs club-ready thump with catwalk-approved strut, and it perfectly melds their skanking past with their shiny pop present, which is why it will probably come as a surprise to learn that it almost didn't make the cut for "Push and Shove."
With their elaborate costumes and authentic-looking props and set-up, No Doubt's new video for "Looking Hot" is doing it old school and definitely a feast to watch. It was directed by Melina Matsoukas, and filmed over two days at Veluzat Motion Picture Ranch Studios last month. The clip shows the band performing and getting entangled in traditional gunfights set in the Wild West, as we see a classic Cowboys vs. Indians vibe with Tom Dumont and Adrian Young being the sheriffs in town that go after Stefani and Tony Kanal.
The ska-tastic video opens with Stefani in traditional Indian apparel and rides a horse in the open field, but is later captured by cowboy band mates Young and Dumont, while Kanal, who is on the Indian's side, finds himself locked-up in jail. The conflict is then taken to a huge battlefield where the two groups engage in all out battle leading to Stefani and Kanal's capture. But of course, the Wild West setting is not complete without shots of partying and merry-making inside saloons, and a massive bonfire with people doing their ritual dances.
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