Come &Get It
I started watching Todd in the Shadow's review of this and I saw about 3 seconds of it before I decided to watch the music video for myself, write this, and then go watch Todd's thing. That's how visually interesting those 3 seconds were. Let's talk about it.
The Song
I'm gonna be blunt here, I used to freaking hate Selena Gomez. I really didn't like Wizards of Waverly Place because Selena's character was such a jerk, and so, to my about 10 year old mind, this translated into dislike for the actress. Now that I've seen this, I'm willing to come off of this mental vendetta. She's certainly better than Miley Cyrus in terms of visuals, and this song has the catchiest beat I've heard since Feel This Moment!
This song has a very evenly distributed pattern that starts and basically doesn't stop being a force until the end. It is a very forceful beat, in fact I would have said this was written in 6/8 if I didn't count it out. 6/8 has very strong accents on its even numbered beats, very much like this song, except this song isn't phrased right to be in that time signature (this is written in 4/4). No, I'm not going to explain this further, but feel free to look up what a time signature is if you are interested in this at all. It reminds me a bit of Radioactive. The beat is a bit threatening actually, and even when the drum providing this accent isn't being played, you can still tell where the hits would be because the other sounds have conformed to it.
The sound of this seems to be very Indian inspired (or at least Middle-Eastern). The video's aesthetic compliments this nicely, but the song itself obviously has some influence from an eastern culture. They use a different language at points and some of the percussion sound like bongos or something. Please forgive any accidental racism, I'm an American.
Probably more interesting to me was the way this percussion was blended with the synthesized elements. All the electronic stuff reminds me of Wooden Toaster. What? You've never heard of Wooden Toaster? I'm actually not surprised, you probably aren't a brony, but his music is very good and can definitely be enjoyed by non fandom members. The point is, his style of techno is very similar to the blending of synthesized elements in this song.
The lyrics are nothing special, she really wants to have sex and is willing to wait for you... yeah the usual. This is Selena's "take me seriously" song designed to show people that she's actually worth giving a crap about now, and I must say, it does a good job.
The Video
Selena Gomez is hot.
Like I said, this song has some Indian vibes, and this crosses over into the video very clearly. There's probably a lot of cultural influence in this video that I must actively avoid researching because I'm an American, but, honestly I don't care. I just wanna look at it. The colors are really saturated and the way everything moves is really interesting. I think all of the fabric and hair was damp for most of video, and it just looks freaking awesome.
Probably the most interesting thing is the synchronized dancing. Again, this is probably a cultural or religious thing that I won't research because I'm a mother-f**king American, but it does look really cool. The way it was shot used perspectives that were dull and overused, but at the same time very interesting look at. A delicate balance, but one that was flawlessly struck.
This is probably one of my new favorite music videos. Screw Peter Gabriel, get me Selena Gomez. That was great!
9/10
I'm gonna be blunt here, I used to freaking hate Selena Gomez. I really didn't like Wizards of Waverly Place because Selena's character was such a jerk, and so, to my about 10 year old mind, this translated into dislike for the actress. Now that I've seen this, I'm willing to come off of this mental vendetta. She's certainly better than Miley Cyrus in terms of visuals, and this song has the catchiest beat I've heard since Feel This Moment!
This song has a very evenly distributed pattern that starts and basically doesn't stop being a force until the end. It is a very forceful beat, in fact I would have said this was written in 6/8 if I didn't count it out. 6/8 has very strong accents on its even numbered beats, very much like this song, except this song isn't phrased right to be in that time signature (this is written in 4/4). No, I'm not going to explain this further, but feel free to look up what a time signature is if you are interested in this at all. It reminds me a bit of Radioactive. The beat is a bit threatening actually, and even when the drum providing this accent isn't being played, you can still tell where the hits would be because the other sounds have conformed to it.
The sound of this seems to be very Indian inspired (or at least Middle-Eastern). The video's aesthetic compliments this nicely, but the song itself obviously has some influence from an eastern culture. They use a different language at points and some of the percussion sound like bongos or something. Please forgive any accidental racism, I'm an American.
Probably more interesting to me was the way this percussion was blended with the synthesized elements. All the electronic stuff reminds me of Wooden Toaster. What? You've never heard of Wooden Toaster? I'm actually not surprised, you probably aren't a brony, but his music is very good and can definitely be enjoyed by non fandom members. The point is, his style of techno is very similar to the blending of synthesized elements in this song.
The lyrics are nothing special, she really wants to have sex and is willing to wait for you... yeah the usual. This is Selena's "take me seriously" song designed to show people that she's actually worth giving a crap about now, and I must say, it does a good job.
The Video
Selena Gomez is hot.
Like I said, this song has some Indian vibes, and this crosses over into the video very clearly. There's probably a lot of cultural influence in this video that I must actively avoid researching because I'm an American, but, honestly I don't care. I just wanna look at it. The colors are really saturated and the way everything moves is really interesting. I think all of the fabric and hair was damp for most of video, and it just looks freaking awesome.
Probably the most interesting thing is the synchronized dancing. Again, this is probably a cultural or religious thing that I won't research because I'm a mother-f**king American, but it does look really cool. The way it was shot used perspectives that were dull and overused, but at the same time very interesting look at. A delicate balance, but one that was flawlessly struck.
This is probably one of my new favorite music videos. Screw Peter Gabriel, get me Selena Gomez. That was great!
9/10