The Wanted try and impress a sexy music video director with their recycled ideas in their just-released new music video for their latest popalicious single, "Walks Like Rihanna," the first cut to be lifted from the boyband's upcoming third studio album, which is yet-untitled. The latest single from The Wanted may be named after Rihanna, but the music video for the winsomely abysmal new track is focusing on an entirely different set of pop idols, as The Wanted channeling the boy banders who've come before them in "Walks Like Rihanna."
The five-piece English-Irish boy band worked with Dr. Luke on the track, which is a summer anthem that was inspired by Bajan singler Rihanna. "We are really excited about this single. We feel it's a little different from the usual Wanted sound, we've stripped it back to pure pop, it's just a feel-good, fun track," Tom Parker said. "Fun is a good word to describe the video too. Let's just say it's got a lot of character." Apparently, The Wanted decided to have a little fun with their boy-band image in their latest music video.
The accompanying "Walks Like Rihanna" video was shot in Los Angeles and has The Wanted imitating major boy bands that came before them, and the entire mini-film seems to be a cheeky homage to boybands of the past. The video follows the boys meet a way-too-hot music video director who pitches them a few ideas for their new video. Unfortunately the director's video ideas are a bit recycled, but fortunately for us, that means we get to see The Wanted pay homage to previous boy-band pop culture. First, the singers poke fun and re-enact the marionette scene from their forefathers by parodying N'Sync's puppet-themed hit "Bye Bye Bye" from their album "No Strings Attached."
And then spoofs the Backstreet Boys' hit "I Want It That Way" with the all-white-everything scene and features the fivesome sporting all-white suits, identical to those worn in the wildly popular 1999 music video. Finally, the guys pay tribute to their earliest U.K. boy band predecessors by frolicking in the rain à la Take That's "Back For Good." In the end, after several attempts to embody the essences of these other bands, she has the right idea. She puts them in an empty warehouse, and strutting like Rihanna, she enters as the video vixen the video so needed all along.
The five-piece English-Irish boy band worked with Dr. Luke on the track, which is a summer anthem that was inspired by Bajan singler Rihanna. "We are really excited about this single. We feel it's a little different from the usual Wanted sound, we've stripped it back to pure pop, it's just a feel-good, fun track," Tom Parker said. "Fun is a good word to describe the video too. Let's just say it's got a lot of character." Apparently, The Wanted decided to have a little fun with their boy-band image in their latest music video.
The accompanying "Walks Like Rihanna" video was shot in Los Angeles and has The Wanted imitating major boy bands that came before them, and the entire mini-film seems to be a cheeky homage to boybands of the past. The video follows the boys meet a way-too-hot music video director who pitches them a few ideas for their new video. Unfortunately the director's video ideas are a bit recycled, but fortunately for us, that means we get to see The Wanted pay homage to previous boy-band pop culture. First, the singers poke fun and re-enact the marionette scene from their forefathers by parodying N'Sync's puppet-themed hit "Bye Bye Bye" from their album "No Strings Attached."
And then spoofs the Backstreet Boys' hit "I Want It That Way" with the all-white-everything scene and features the fivesome sporting all-white suits, identical to those worn in the wildly popular 1999 music video. Finally, the guys pay tribute to their earliest U.K. boy band predecessors by frolicking in the rain à la Take That's "Back For Good." In the end, after several attempts to embody the essences of these other bands, she has the right idea. She puts them in an empty warehouse, and strutting like Rihanna, she enters as the video vixen the video so needed all along.
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