So? Are you diggin' it yet? I absolutely, positively LOVE it. I love the song, the video, the coreography...everything!! I got a hold of some video caps from Making the Video and some from the video itself. Both are from http://n-tense.net/. Enjoy!!
Roll out the
Red Carpet ...
'Celebrity'
HAS ARRIVED!!
*NSYNC: No Pain, No Gain
May 30, 2001
When Justin Timberlake tires of being one-fifth of the world's premiere pop group, he might find a successful career in infomercials, if his role in *NSYNC's "Pop" video is any indication. As a TV pitchman, the cropped-top Timberlake invites a girl bored with real life to a Wonderland-like dance club, where much of the clip is set. Throughout the surreal excursion, each of the *NSYNC members appear in extravagant scenarios representing pop fads and fashions as actual art.
"It's the biggest thing I've ever worked on," said Wayne Isham, who's helmed some 150 videos since 1983, including *NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye" and "It's Gonna Be Me," from "No Strings Attached."
"That's what the guys wanted," Isham said. "They wanted something with size, scope, scale and fun."
After getting a rudimentary idea for the treatment from the band in New Orleans, where they were rehearsing for the tour to support their third album, "Celebrity," *NSYNC's wishes were Isham's command.
On the heels of completing the video for 98 Degrees's "The Way You Want Me To," the director and his A Band Apart production company crew assembled three sets at Los Angeles' Sony Studios: a reality set, where the opening scene would be shot; the multi-tiered fantasy club set; and the green screen, which allows the group to appear in the many computer-generated sequences. Filming was scheduled for only three days, May 13 to 15, on the same lot where another fantastic journey, "The Wizard of Oz," was shot more than 60 years ago.
Production of the massive undertaking needed to take place almost simultaneously, to take advantage of the limited time *NSYNC's stuffed schedule permitted for the clip. With the time constraint as his only admitted snag, Isham met the challenge with grand aplomb.
"I couldn't wait to get the guys on the set to see their faces when they climbed up this 40-foot ramp of neon, up to this 35-foot-high sculpted stage that they're on top of," he said. "Some of the dancers we had to safety-wire to the ceiling so they wouldn't fall off."
Having worked with Isham before, the group knew it was in for a grueling experience, complete with 12-hour days and Isham sometimes sleeping right on set. Hence, the quintet derived the motto: "No Wayne, no pain."
For Joey Fatone, the saying was a bit too literal for his liking. A few days prior to filming, Fatone injured his leg in tour rehearsal and showed up at the set on crutches. Although a lookalike was used for some shots, Fatone toughed it out and did as much as he could, despite his painful injury.
"It was initially a potential problem," Isham said, "but he rose to the occasion. When he saw the energy and got up there on top of the stage, he just went for it. You could see that it hurt -- [his leg] was cut up, stitched, [and] he potentially could have done some damage. But that's one of the reasons why I dig these guys. People don't realize the discipline and work that these guys do." -- Joe D'Angelo MTV.com
This must be... POP! Photo Gallery
Lyrics: Video Version
Lyrics By: Justin Timberlake and Wade Robson
Hey You!
Yeah, I'm talking to you, sassy girl
Need a little ice in your step?
Try this on for size, It's Pop.
Tastes great and makes you feel kinda funny.
Not here, not down there but all up in this area.
And coming July 24th 2001, Jumbo Pop.
Dirty Pop...Nsync...Yo!
Sick and tired of hearing people talk about
What's the deal with this pop life
And when is it going to fade out
The thing you've got to realize
Is what we're doing is not a trend
We got the gift of melody
We're gonna bring it to the end.
Come on now...
It doesn't matter...
'Bout the car I drive, what I wear around my neck
All that matters...
Is that you recognize that it's just about respect
It doesn't matter...
'Bout the clothes I wear and where I go and why
All that matters...
Is that you get hype and we do it to you everytime
Come on now...
Do you ever wonder why
This music gets you high
It takes you on a ride
Feel it when your
Body starts to rock (Body starts to rock)
Baby, you can't stop (You can't stop)
And the music's all you got
(Come on now)
This must be, Pop.
Dirty pop
Baby, Baby you can't stop
I know you like this dirty pop
This must be...
Now why you gotta try to classify
The type of thing that we do
We're just fine doin' what we like
Can we say the same for you?
Tired of hearin' all around me, animosity
Just worry 'bout yours
Cuz I'm gonna get mine
Now people can't you see.
It doesn't matter...
'Bout the car I drive, or the ice around my neck
All that matters...
Is that you recognize that it's just about respect
It doesn't matter...
'Bout the clothes I wear and where I go and why
All that matters...
Is that you get hype and we do it to you everytime
Come on...
Do you ever wonder why (Why)
This music gets you high (Gets you high)
It takes you on a ride
Feel it when your
Body starts to rock (Body starts to rock)
Baby, you can't stop (You can't stop)
And the music's all you got
(Baby come on...)
This must be. Ooo.. Ooo..
Man, I'm tired of singin'...
[Dance Breakdown]
Dirty, dirty, dirty...Pop!
Dirty Pop
Do you ever wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder...
Do you ever wonder why (Ever wonder why)
This music gets you high (Gets you high)
It takes you on a ride
Feel it when your
Body starts to rock (When your body starts to rock)
Baby, you can't stop (Baby don't stop)
And the music's all you got
(Come on now...)
This must be...
Do you ever wonder why (Do you ever wonder)
This music gets you high (How it gets you so high baby)
It takes you on a ride
Feel it when your
Body starts to rock (When your body starts to rock)
Baby, you can't stop
And the music's all you got
This must be...POP!
[Justin Beat Box's]
For a Full-Length mp3 of "POP", the video verstion, Go Here!
http://n-tense.net/
CELEBRITY the upcoming album from *NSYNC
In Stores July 24th, 2001