Bonnie McKee - Hot City (Official Music Video)

The official music video for "Hot City" by Bonnie McKee

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https://bonniemckee.ffm.to/hotcity

I wrote Hot City in Miami 2011, at the height of the golden age of sparkly maximalist pop music. I was carefree, riding the high of co-writing my first global hits on the Teenage Dream album, and finally catching my stride after years of barely getting by as a struggling songwriter. I was at the top of my songwriting game, and always felt like this song was some of my best work, but my label deal fell apart and it never saw the light of day. With the recent resurgence of nostalgia for 2010’s pop, (and a lot of encouragement from my fans!) I decided to crack open the vault and re-record all my old masters of the era, and it’s been extremely gratifying bringing the visuals to life. The Hot City music video is every bit the bright and highly stylized 80’s fever dream I envisioned it to be all those years ago, and I’m elated to finally let it live!

I always wanted to write a song about an imaginary destination a la “Funky Town,” “Paradise City” or “Electric Avenue,” because I feel like it’s an evergreen theme-escaping to paradise-that people can bop to 50 years from now.

As a kid I was fascinated by the movie trope of “repressed nerd” gone wild. From Michelle Pfeiffer’s transformation from insecure Selina Kyle to kick ass Catwoman in Batman Returns, to virginal Sandra D’s leather jacket “Tell me about it, stud” moment in Grease, there was a thrill and a danger to a woman embracing her sexuality that I found exhilarating. I purposefully didn’t cast a love interest in this video because for me, it was never the male gaze that resulted from these bad girl makeovers that excited me, it was the power and confidence they exuded in their uninhibited state. My hope is that Hot City can allow the listener to escape to a place where they can leave their troubles behind and embrace their inner vixen!

DIRECTED BY
Joe DeSantis @mrjoedesantis
Bonnie Mckee @bonniemckee

PRODUCED BY
Popeye Media @popeyemedia.la
Kelsey Tang @kelsotang
Jeffrey Wu @moodinfinite
Bonnie Mckee @bonniemckee
Alex Schindler @lifebetweencakes

WRITTEN BY
Bonnie McKee @bonniemckee
Kelly Sheehan @Madamebuttons
Jroc @Jrocthaghost
Oliver Goldstein @oligee1

CREATIVE DIRECTION
aaro creative @aaro.creative
Taylor Kahan @taylorkahan
Spencer Moore @xspencive
Bonnie McKee @bonniemckee
Brian Ziff @brianziff

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Joe DeSantis @mrjoedesantis
Neema Sadeghi @thenamesneema
Tanner Deutsch @tannerdeutsch

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Eamonn McGlynn @eamonnmcglynn
Brian Ziff @brianziff
Spencer Moore @xspencive
Taylor Kahan @taylorkahan
Bonnie Mckee @Bonniemckee

GAFFER
Bryan Lopez @brylololo
Austin Deats @austindeats

1ST GRIP
Louis Tyrone @mysteryidk
David Gonzales @daywatchintv

2ND GRIP
Robert Edu @rawsawada

1ST AC
Jeffrey Wu @moodinfinite

2ND AC
Johnson Nguyen @junseiofficial

CHOREOGRAPHY
Kathryn Burns @katmburns

ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHY
Darrion Gallegos @darrion_g

DANCERS
Angel Smith @angelsmith5678
Hope Golida @hopegolida
Shanie Blais @shanie_blaisi
Chartaja Callum @chartaja1

HAIR
Alyssa Champion @alyssachampionhair
Aaron Light @lightaaron

MAKEUP
Lindsey Torres @doc_martins
Anthony Nguyen @anthonyhnguyenmakeup

HAIR ASSISTANT
Brittany Turpen @brittanyyynicole

MAKEUP ASSISTANT
Caitlin Krenz @caitlinkrenzbeauty

WARDROBE/STYLIST
Katie Qian @katieqian
Allison Calhoun @allisonvictoria

COSTUME DESIGN
Jim Tanner @jimtannerdesigns

STYLIST ASSISTANT
Athena Devajm @athenaj.m
Valerie Tronolone @valerietronolone

COLORIST
Jack Caswell @jackcaswell

PROJECTION MAPPING
RabCup Corp @rabcupcorp
AJ Freysteinson @ajfreysteinson

DIGITECH
Kelsey Tang @kelsotang
Dominic Escalante @escalantephoto

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Max Mineer @max.mineer
Liya Baloca @naegioli
Aya Voe @aya_voe
Vanessa De Los Santos @dls.vanessa
Alex Schindler @lifebetweencakes
John Schmidt @schmidtthethird
Job Piston @jobpiston

CAR
Studio Picture Vehicles @studiopicturevehicles

LOCATION
Brick House Studios @brickhousestudiosla
Hurling Studios @hurlingstudios

Follow Bonnie McKee
https://tiktok.com/@bonniemckee
https://instagram.com/bonniemckee
https://twitter.com/bonniemckee
https://facebook.com/bonniemckeeofficial
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7dtJROxWQe3fxxF5t7o67N?si=NaaUu9dySbutWKbiMAk_bg
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/bonnie-mckee/3854469

Дата на публикация: 17 ноември, 2023
Категория: Музика
Ключови думи: music video Official Hot Bonnie city mckee