A bunch of slime goops around and Gigi jumps in slow motion for what feels like the tenth time. I can’t help but question her relation to the song, or any reason the director might have thought, “hey, you know what, this video needs? A lady with a bunch of spikes on her face.”Ī few beats and shots of Zayn singing and kind of hugging Gigi (as our self-esteems cripple away) pass, and then a nude woman just kind of opens her legs…and then all this red liquid pours out of Gigi’s eyes. A woman with, probably the best golden smokey eye I’ve seen a while, but a bunch of spikes on her face. Gigi makes her cameo, staring into my soul through the computer screen. Then Zayn appears as the angel he is, singing along while this red light flashes over him. The video opens with a cool dark room of sort with flashing lights. The backtrack, Zayn’s voice, an R&B and pop mix all combine to produce the equivalent of gulab jamun to the ears. Let’s get this out of the way: the song itself is great.
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Now, as I click the thumbnail to his latest music video, which has seen more than 33 million views, this same realization leaves me in awe.īecause although I appreciate the play on colors, fascinating graphics, intriguing geometry, model Gigi Hadid and Zayn’s faces (maybe a little farther away from one another next time, yeah?), I cannot sympathize with those who are calling the video “art.” Although I still keep my Zayn Malik bobblehead on my bookshelf for good luck and a good laugh (I literally cried myself to sleep when my sister told me I would never marry him), it’s only now that I realize how much both he and I have changed over the years. Yes, I was one of them: a 14-year-old “Directioner” who basically wore a charm bracelet with all of One Direction’s faces inscribed on it, collected their albums (and even burned them onto my Mother’s Honda Odyssey’s stereo), cried when they released “Best Song Ever,” and cried even harder when my future husband, Zayn left OD.
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You guessed it-Zayn Malik’s debut music video, “Pillow Talk.”Ĭan I just say, holy cow, I did not ever expect this day to come. Every brown girl across the world has Tweeted about it it graces your Facebook feed, conversations, magazine covers, and Instagram timeline.