Erykah Badu’s “Window Seat” Video Inspired By Matt & Kim, Kennedy Assassination
Leave it to Erykah Badu to merge one of the most popular music videos in recent memory with one of the most infamous moments in American history: In “Window Seat,” the second video off her New Amerykah Part Two (Return Of The Ankh), Badu combines Matt & Kim’s stripping-in-Times Square clip for “Lessons Learned” with [...]
ContactMusic — Provocative R&B star ERYKAH BADU planned to film the world's most controversial music video - she tried to get arrested by cops during the shoot.The singer/songwriter... more info
ContactMusic — Erykah Badu tried to get arrested when shooting her latest video.The R 'n' B singer rips off all of her clothes in front of strangers for her song 'Window Seat'... more info
Pop Crunch — Ida Espinosa is upset that her 9-year-old daughter was in downtown Dallas, Texas on March 17, the same day neo-soul queen Erykah Badu filmed a video that included the rem... more info
VH1 News — Erykah Badu's naked "Window Seat" shoot "shocked" Dallas City Councilman Dwaine Caraway. "It was not the right choice to go and perform the video as it was performed," he... more info
MTV.com News — 'It was not the right choice to go and perform the video as it was performed,' Dwaine Caraway tells MTV News.By MTV News staff
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L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — If you haven't seen it yet, the video for Erykah Badu's new single, "Window Seat," is getting a lot of attention. In it, the Dallas-based soul singer walks through the ci... more info
VH1 News — Erykah Badu's nude "Window Seat" video was inspired by Matt and Kim's "Lessons Learned," and Badu reached out to the duo before filming her clip. more info
MTV.com News — Badu credits duo at beginning of her clip, and talked with them before filming.By James Montgomery
Erykah Badu in her "Window Seat" video
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MTV.com News — Coodie reveals that he and co-director Chike collected bail money in advance just in case.By Gil Kaufman, with additional reporting by Shaheem Reid
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Starpulse — Provocative R&B star Erykah Badu planned to film the world's most controversial music video - she tried to get arrested by cops during the shoot. The singer/songwriter ... more info
Rolling Stone — Leave it to Erykah Badu to merge one of the most popular music videos in recent memory with one of the most infamous moments in American history: In “Window Seat,” th... more info
VH1 News — Erykah Badu's nudity in her "Window Seat" video could have landed her in jail for a year, a rep for the Dallas Police Department told MTV News. more info
MTV.com News — Dallas police said guerilla shoot broke public indecency laws; directors say they had bail money ready.By Gil Kaufman
Erykah Badu in her video for "Window Seat"
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MTV.com News — 'She wanted to show expression,' Coodie of Creative Control tells MTV News.By Shaheem Reid
Erykah Badu in "Window Seat"
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Stereogum — Erykah Badu’s NSFW video for New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)’s “Window Seat” opens with a note that it was “Inspired By Matt And Kim” then goes a f... more info
VH1 News — Erykah Badu's "Window Seat" joins a long list of naked music videos, from Alanis Morissette's "Thank U" to Lady Gaga's "Telephone." more info
MTV.com News — From Alanis Morissette's 'Thank U' to Lady Gaga's 'Telephone,' artists have been stripping down in their clips.By Gil Kaufman
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Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Ryan Muir Erykah Badu @ Good Units "Erykah Badu went for a stripped-down approach for her new "Window Seat" video. Literally: As the standout tune from New Amer... more info
Pitchfork - Forkcast — In this NSFW video for Erykah Badu's "Window Seat", a highlight from her new album New Amerykah Part II: Return of the Ankh, the neo-soul siren takes inspiration from... more info
Pitchfork — In this NSFW video for Erykah Badu's "Window Seat", a highlight from her new album New Amerykah Part II: Return of the Ankh, the neo-soul siren takes inspiration from M... more info