The official video for Major Lazer's "Pon De Floor" (featuring Vybz Kartel).
The electro-dancehall beat of this song is wild. It seems like the electro vibe is gaining a lot of momentum in new reggaeton, dancehall, and hip hop tracks along with videos with a "hipster"/day-glo aesthetic. Really really interesting shifts are taking place in "urban" music.
The dances in this video are pretty crazy! Anyone who says that perreo/daggering/grinding takes no skill should take a look at this video because those were some pretty complicated sexualized gymnastics going on!
its interesting b/c if we focus on just the women (which I did the second time I watched the video) i thought they very much still represent a traditional/classic dancehall queen vibe/representation that is often mistake for something it is not which almost always takes away the women's agency in the performance.
thank you for writing that about the dance moves!
ReplyDeleteits interesting b/c if we focus on just the women (which I did the second time I watched the video) i thought they very much still represent a traditional/classic dancehall queen vibe/representation that is often mistake for something it is not which almost always takes away the women's agency in the performance.