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It's been in the works for a while such is the peril of having two stars with such busy schedules but now, it's finally here: B.o.B and Hayley Williams' video for "Airplanes" premiered on iTunes on Tuesday (June 15).
B.o.B shot his scenes for the video in April, and Williams didn't do her part until after Paramore finished their spring tour. But despite the fact that the two stars were never even in the same room during filming, the final result is quite seamless: a moody, swirling video that perfectly matches the ominous, somber tone of the song.
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B.o.B performs his scenes in an empty warehouse, a dark, dead space that's given an electric overhaul (and faint heartbeat) with the creative lighting (and lasers!) of director Hiro Murai. Williams' scenes also take place in the dark, though Murai bathes her in a swirling cosmos of lights and colors, a psychedelic effect that almost swallows her up.
Much like the song itself, there's an emptiness to the "Airplanes" video, a dark, cavernous space that light cannot penetrate. It implies a void that will never be filled, no matter how hard you try. It can be seen as a metaphor for fame the loneliness that only the famous know, the cavernous expanses of geography and emotion. It's sort of a beautiful bummer, to be honest. In that sense, "Airplanes" recalls Drake and Trey Songz's equally somber "Successful" video, another clip that explored the downside of celebrity and success.
There's an art to such metaphors. It's not complaining if you do it right. And in the case of "Airplanes," a deft, decidedly human take on the pitfalls of everyone knowing your name (but never understanding your pain), B.o.B and Hayley Williams definitely did it right.
Download Airplanes - B.o.B feat Hayley Williams for iPod and MP3 Players Here
LYRICS:
Chorus
Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars
I could really use a wish right now, a wish right now, a wish right now
Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars
I could really use a wish right now, a wish right now, a wish right now
Verse 1
I could use a dream or a Jeanie or a wish
To go back to a place much simpler than this
Cause after all the partyin and smashin and crashin
And all the glitz and glam and the fashion
And all the pandemonium and all the madness
There comes a time when you fade to the blackness
And when you're starin at the phone in your lap
And you hopin but them people never call you back
But that's just how the story unfolds
You get another hand soon after you fold
And when your plans unravel in the sand
What would you wish for if you had one chance?
So airplane airplane sorry I'm late
I'm on my way so don't close that gate
If I don't make that then I'll switch my flight and
I'll be right back at it by the end of the night
Chorus 1X
Verse 2
Yeah somebody take me back to the days
Before this was a job before I got paid
Before it ever mattered what I had in my bank
Yeah back when I was trying to get into the subway
And back when I was rappin for the hell of it
But nowadays we rappin to stay relevant
I'm guessing that if we could make some wishes out or airplanes
