Every Friday, a slew of new music videos hits the web. Watching them at your desk is not time theft because you deserve it; think of it as a nice reward for surviving another work week. But what if you don’t have time to watch every video — maybe you have a deadline, a hungry pet, or other grown-up concerns. In consideration of your schedule, Lizzie and Kaitlyn present a new series called One Video. Each week we’ll tell you “one video” you need to watch, why, and for how long.
This week’s video: “Deadz” by Migos feat. 2 Chainz
Lizzie Plaugic: Migos released a video for their Culture track “Deadz” this week, and boy are we lucky they did, because the potential One Video pickings were slim. What, were we supposed to write about a Seether video? A live performance from the Brit Awards? Even if there had been better options, I feel confident in saying this video still would’ve been at the top of the list. It’s got wads of cash! Diamond-encrusted ski masks! And a lot of coffins! (We’ll get to that).
Kaitlyn Tiffany: Lizzie, it was your turn to pick the video for “One Video” so it’s fine but I have to say — I wanted to write about Little Mix’s recent live performance of “Shout Out to My Ex.” They are my very favorite girl pop group of all time, and I don’t understand why they’re only famous in the UK. Their weird, robot-inspired performance of this very un-robotic song was just as good as any music video, including the real music video for “Shout Out to My Ex,” which is also amazing. The lead singer for Little Mix, Perrie Edwards, is the former fiancé of Zayn Malik, and in this song she says that she hopes his new girlfriend is “getting better sex” and “not faking it” like she had to. Incredibly rude, and I love it.
Who is dead(z) in this video?
Lizzie: Deadz is money, as in dead presidents, as in dead wigged men whose faces appear on American paper currency. At one point in the song, Takeoff raps “No twenties or fifties, just Benjamin Franklins.” Franklin is one of the dead guys here, but Abraham Lincoln (who you might know from the $5 bill) and George Washington (who you might know from the $1) are the other two, both of which are less impressive than an Andrew Jackson, but maybe more recognizable.