Selena Gomez is the star of the Disney Channel Original Series Wizards of Waverly Place. She’s also a pop star. Her band is called the Scene. The Scene. THE SCENE. Selena & the Scene’s first album is called Kiss & Tell. It came out last September.
Then, like yesterday, Selena & the Scene released their newest single, “Round & Round.” The song is fantastic, modern pop . And the video further cements Gomez’s importance in music, style, popular culture, America, the world, music videos:
Clearly, the international intrigue aesthetic is doing big things for the video. Here’s a closer look:
Wearing a trench coat and leaving the French hotel and getting into a sinister-looking vintage Jaguar
Establishing shot of the performing/singing portion of the music video. Nice dress, nice brown tones, nice band
Dane Forrest on keyboards
Listening in to a wire-tap, etc. in her French hotel room
“We’re going round and round”
The exchange. Black gloves!
Introduction of second singing area. Seems to be in an elevator, seems to be wearing a different dress
Bourne trilogy-y/Tomorrow Never Dies-y exterior shot of the hotel. In the video, note the unsteady zoom-in
In the darkroom developing the film she received in exchange for her wire-tap information
Intense
European
Just a shot of espresso and some sort of wordless exchange/blackmail
Powerful
Planning
The chase is on. Mercedes. Citroën. Taste
Check the resemblance to the hotel in Tomorrow Never Dies
On the roof!
Cool, calm, and in control
In the very European circular hotel staircase thing. He falls
Mission: Complete
Amazing























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