Selena & the Scene

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