Well, this is just… peculiar. Miiiiighty peculiar. Emma Stone cavorts aboard the (haunted) Queen Mary, eats dollar bills (because she’s MONEY HUNGRY, get it?), and licks some sailors in the music video “Anna” by Arcade Fire‘s Will Butler. The incredibly oddball dance she does was choreographed by LA choreographer Ryan Heffington (who also choreographed the hit “Chandelier” by pop icon Sia), and it’s truly unlike anything you’ve ever seen before.
Says Rolling Stone:
The video boasts the aesthetic and madcap feel of classic musicals (imagine Wes Anderson directing Cole Porter‘s “Anything Goes”). Stone saunters unassumingly through the ship’s corridors at first, but as the funked-out, horn-laden grooves of “Anna” drive ahead, she and the crew’s moves grow more deliberate and outrageous.
As Butler repeats the final word of the line “Cause you got to get money!” Stone dashes wildly down another hall, grabbing stacks of cash being thrust out by perfectly timed jazz hands. Moments later, she’s bashing out a solo on an invisible piano, twisting and shouting on the ship’s deck and bringing the wild festivities to a close with an absurdly glamorous and silly stage show.
It’s all just incredibly bonkers and camp-beyond-camp and must-see viewing for a Thursday afternoon.
Entertainment Weekly calls “Anna” is a treat, and says it “should tide Stone fans looking for throwback Hollywood glamour over until La La Land, the musical she’s making with Ryan Gosling and director Damien Chazelle (Whiplash), arrives next year.” Well, THAT’S EXCITING.
Watch the video below.
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