We know she can make quite the culinary feast—but Kelis can also cook up one heck of a satisfying music video. (What do you expect from a woman famous for her “Milkshake”?) The preview for the divine electro track “Acapella” didn’t quite prepare us for the hypnotic video, in which the singer takes a little hunting excursion while rocking a multitude of brilliantly out-there (and barely there) outfits, and challenging Lady Gaga’s record for costume changes in a single video. (Not to mention, Kelis dons a Ke$ha-esque headress to boot.) Check out “Acapella” after the jump, and look out for a surprise cameo by a special someone at the end.
Kelis – “Acapella”
We feel like we just took an LSD-tipped arrow to the face. The trippy, black-light-aided spectacle (shot by British director Chris Cottam and the buzzy photographer John “Rankin” Waddell) closes on a sweet note, as we see Kelis’ baby Knight riding on his mother’s back. His appearance, though brief, is significant: you may remember that Kelis (who also performed at the Winter Music Conference in Miami this weekend) wrote the song about her son while she was pregnant.
“Being pregnant, like full of life, is really kind of the answer in this,” Kelis told us earlier this year. ”I was full of life. That was something that I couldn’t ignore.”
We know we couldn’t ignore Kelis if we tried—certainly not while wearing a string bikini and gold body paint, like she’s straight out of a Bond movie:
That’s one hot mama. Flesh Tone is expected to be released this June, so can March, April and May hurry up already?
Yes please stop comparing everyone to Lady Gaga, Kelis is that bitch! I love the ending!
A great video! And stop with the Lady Gaga comparisons. Before Gaga, there was Madonna and there is Madonna. Good job Kelis.
anit lady gaga a dude
Before I get all huffy in here about your headline, I'm just gonna believe, from reading the article, that the “Lady GaGa Disease” you're referring to in Kelis' video is the constant costume changing. From my memory, I can't remember Kelis doing as many costume changes in her videos as she's doing in this one.
That being said, Kelis interprets the music, lyrics and vibe of her songs perfectly in her videos. So, Lady GaGa or not, she most likely would have done this anyway. There's too much going on in this song to have it visually presented in just one way. And NO, it shouldn't be a surprise for anyone to see Knight in her videos (especially her 1st post-baby). She is VERY Erykah Badu like in many senses.
But in any case, I'm very thankful for Lady GaGa to come along at this time in music. NOW, maybe, all of the other kooky, “out there”, eccentric, artists out there (ESPECIALLY ones of color or gay or men) who follow their own lead can possibly/maybe get some shine now!!! If the world can make Lady GaGa a household name, 8X Platinum (as of 6 months ago) and a chart topping artist (worldwide), then maybe (just maybe) they can accept others with a similar (although less flamboyant) flair with arms just as wide open.
Love the song!!!! Kelis has always been very expressive in an artistic manner all throughout her career this in nothing new.
You're right, she has always been expressive throughout her career. And for those that have followed her career – from DAY ONE – (like me) they would know that this is Kelis' per usual. However, unlike GaGa, she hasn't always been appreciated, or celebrated, for it. Perhaps by a few pockets of her fan base that support her (financially and vocally) no matter what, but not by the mainstream to the extend that GaGa has.
In as little as a year and half Lady GaGa has gone from a virtual unknown to a household name. We all know what her followers are called (Monsters), her “clothing” line (Haus of GaGa) that, btw, supplies many of her persona's stage and video costumes, she has major partnership entrepreneurial ventures (Heartbeats) and endorsements (Polaroid). Her last music video was given “Thriller” status (and 10s of Millions of views) and all her videos have been given over 1 BILLION views worldwide. Even her follow-up EP has gone multi-platinum!
I'm just saying that with the world now showing a fondness for American music artists with an eccentric, kooky, OTT, Glam, freakish, or whatever else side that lays outside of the mainstream music industry, that maybe now artists that have been true to themselves from day one who have this flair may now be able to walk through the door that GaGa has kicked wide open into some mainstream success of their own.
Kelis is REFINED…Well Seasoned and has her own. She OWNED…everything she has done, but because she is a black female she was way to risky and must have been to “out of place” Her true fans love her and “GET IT!!AND HAVE BEEN SINCE 2099!! ha ha..Kelis is Outerspace,AND SHE GON SEND YA BLACK ASS TO MARS REMEMBER?… and she has no time to worry about small minded earthlings..But she loves children obviously, so Im sure she can appreciate GAGA..check out an artist named peaches..she got em all beat..lol
SHUTUP..WE CAN TELL UR A HUGE GAGA FAN SO MIND UR BUSINESS
Kelis has always been outside of the box. Get along with you definitely was outside of the box. She did not copy Lady Gaga. Wow. People just say anything