The Black Eyed Peas have teamed up with Vevo for a model new episode of “Footnotes” by which the band discusses making their 2005 single “Pump It.” The music is featured on the band’s 5x Platinum album, Monkey Business.
Concerning the video, which options some automotive racing theatrics, will.i.am defined how the concept happened and the way they executed the imaginative and prescient. He explains: “Our crew started off in the Filipino community. If you know about Los Angeles culture, Filipinos, and the car scene, you know about Honda Civics. So in the ‘Pump It’ video you see us driving in that Honda Civic, kicking it off. In our minds it was like, ‘yo, Honda Civics are the s***.’ Still to this day, Honda Civics are the s***t.”
The group additionally mentioned how they stumbled upon the enduring pattern they flipped for the observe, Dick Dale and His Del-Tones’s “Miserlou.” Taboo mentioned: “Whill had bought all these CDS, and we were in Japan, on the bullet train from Tokyo. He’s in the back of the train, headphones on, playing these CDs. One of them had Dick Dale’s ‘Misirlou’ on it. And suddenly, I hear him saying, ‘Louder… louder…’ over and over again. Then he’s like, ‘Pump it… louder!’”
The cinematic nature of the video helped flip the clip right into a fan favourite, and it was one the band additionally loved capturing as properly. apl.de.ap remembers, “This shoot was a fun time because the video was so action-packed and stunt-driven compared to most of our other music videos.”
Taboo additionally shared among the influences they checked out to make the video, citing a 1999 David Fincher basic and a grasp of martial arts moviemaking. “I loved how we incorporated all the action, like that scene where Will is in this Fight Club situation,” he explains. “And Apl is running on top of all the people and kicking them in a circle, a big reference to John Woo-style martial arts.”
Taboo continued to elucidate how that they had the video mimic the vitality that “Pump It” created once they carried out the music on stage. He says, “This video really captures the theme of our energy, especially in our live shows. ‘Pump It’ always sends the people into a frenzy. That’s the moment in our show that really elevates and takes us to the next level in live performances.”
The stunt-heavy video concerned coaching from the band, with apl.de.ap explaining that he dealt with most of his personal strikes throughout a very strenuous scene. He says, “I actually did my own stunts for that scene. I really learned how to run sideways while in midair. Of course, they helped me go in a complete circle, but I kind of just laughed when I saw that direction.”
Properly, not everybody dealt with their very own stunts within the video. Taboo was excluded from the strenuous strikes attributable to a pre-existing damage. “I had broken my tailbone right before the shoot. I was in so much pain, I literally couldn’t sit down,” he remembers.
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