Why does she refuse to work with a proper director and team like in the TF/TFM videos
Probably because she's so invested in trying to direct them by herself that she's not gonna let them do their works, see what happened with Joseph Kahn (the original TEOG video), it was the last time that she worked with a professional music videos director, from there she always uses fashion photographers maybe because they let her do what she wants.
I must be the only one who really loves that song
i love the song even more after the video