Bonnie McKee is finally back and glories in all the summer silliness and sexiness you can imagine with an official super-sweet mash-up video for her insanely catchy Dr. Luke-produced pure pop song, "American Girl," the lead single from California-born McKee's upcoming yet-to-be-titled sophomore studio album, to be released in September. The song was the first single released by McKee in 9 years since the 2004 single "Somebody." It is also her first material released by Epic Records; previously, she was signed by Reprise Records.
McKee is better known for the hits that she's penned for such leading pop stars as Katy Perry ("California Gurls"), Taio Cruz ("Dynamite"), and Britney Spears ("Hold It Against Me"). So with all the contact numbers McKee must have on her phone, it was of no surprise that she recruited a galaxy of famous faces to appear in the song's promotional lip-sync viral video, which was released to YouTube on June 26. The 29-year-old talented young actress/writer managed to manufacture an official video even more amazing than the first and it's great to see her soak up some spotlight for herself!
McKee described the track as a "summer banger" with "big, splashy, colorful lyrics." It is such an 'instant,' and radio-friendly song, and it feels and sounds like McKee's perfect 'debut single.' She also explained that the music video was inspired by the film Spring Breakers: "We steal a car, go to the mall and other American stuff. I also dance a lot. It was really bright visuals and colorful pictures and that's kind of what I wanted to do was give my fans a glimpse into my head and what my life was like as a teenager growing up in America. I wanted to give my own American experience."
Directed by Justin Francis, the candy-colored clip follows McKee, who's taking over the spotlight with her off the chain orange creamsicle-colored hair, and her friends as they make the most of a summer day on the curb drinking Slurpees while invading a 7-eleven for some free stuff, flirting with boys, taking a mall by storm, sunbathing by the pool, and getting turnt up at a house party at night, complete with plastic water toys and tons of skimpy bikini action. But the fun's not over yet: Once their pool time is up, the gals steal a car from a muscular, tatted-up man and proceed to live out their "Teenage Dream" one summer day at a time. Nothing ground-breaking here. The video is fun, vibrant, entertaining, and everything it needs to be in order to match the song, and actually making us 'get' into the song more.
McKee is better known for the hits that she's penned for such leading pop stars as Katy Perry ("California Gurls"), Taio Cruz ("Dynamite"), and Britney Spears ("Hold It Against Me"). So with all the contact numbers McKee must have on her phone, it was of no surprise that she recruited a galaxy of famous faces to appear in the song's promotional lip-sync viral video, which was released to YouTube on June 26. The 29-year-old talented young actress/writer managed to manufacture an official video even more amazing than the first and it's great to see her soak up some spotlight for herself!
McKee described the track as a "summer banger" with "big, splashy, colorful lyrics." It is such an 'instant,' and radio-friendly song, and it feels and sounds like McKee's perfect 'debut single.' She also explained that the music video was inspired by the film Spring Breakers: "We steal a car, go to the mall and other American stuff. I also dance a lot. It was really bright visuals and colorful pictures and that's kind of what I wanted to do was give my fans a glimpse into my head and what my life was like as a teenager growing up in America. I wanted to give my own American experience."
Directed by Justin Francis, the candy-colored clip follows McKee, who's taking over the spotlight with her off the chain orange creamsicle-colored hair, and her friends as they make the most of a summer day on the curb drinking Slurpees while invading a 7-eleven for some free stuff, flirting with boys, taking a mall by storm, sunbathing by the pool, and getting turnt up at a house party at night, complete with plastic water toys and tons of skimpy bikini action. But the fun's not over yet: Once their pool time is up, the gals steal a car from a muscular, tatted-up man and proceed to live out their "Teenage Dream" one summer day at a time. Nothing ground-breaking here. The video is fun, vibrant, entertaining, and everything it needs to be in order to match the song, and actually making us 'get' into the song more.
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