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Team Cheryl
Taylor Swift
Cheryl:
We almost owned this round
Nicole:
Firstly I’ll begin with the negatives. It would have been a lower score because for “fierceness”, it’s not really hitting the mark and this is the semi-final. However, I still gave it a fairly good score because as a video, I love its cinematography and editing. Visuals are one of the best for a Taylor video.
Miley:
I don't think it's fierce that she basically stole the idea for this video from Rihanna, but I do think it's her fiercest video so good job.
Madonna:
IKYWT MV slays but her older videos are just better (Speak Now / Fearless eras)
Lea:
A very nice and interesting video, though I do feel that it's very safe choice. I wish you sent something with a lot more heart like Ours or You Belong With Me (if you hadn't used them before,) or maybe even Back to December/Love Story based on the amazing visuals, But it's still a nice decision.
Sky:
I just can't believe this. And it's not only because it's Taylor, if she pulled this off with great acting skills that'd be respectable but the intro/outro is corny and badly written. Plus it's just, the format was overdone by that point and this doesn't stand out to the videos made during the trend.
Team Miley
Team Nicole
Shakira
Cheryl:
You took a risky choice but it didn't work for me.
Nicole:
Can’t complain. The symbolism is subtle yet genuisly powerful and fierce, and she just rocks the video. We could have gone sexy and fierce or badass and fierce. Either way I hope this is your ticket to the final!
Miley:
You might as well purchase a box of tampons because I know you're not going to take criticism well. First of all, this video DID have fierce moments. Good enough to give you a 7. I liked Shakira's pop rock image and the scenes with the dude were good too. My main problem was is the terrible lipsyncing at some parts. A fierce music video needs to have perfect lipsyncing, and the lipsyncing in this video was as bad as it is in Avril's Here's To Never Growing Up video. It's not as bad the lipsyncing in Samantha Jade's Up! video, but it's still bad. The other thing I had a problem is that some parts of the video looked like she was having a seizure and I don't think that is fierce at all. In my opinion, this was the weakest of the round.
Madonna:
Why? Even Whenever, Wherever with all those dated special effects is better.
Lea:
Good video but I don't really get the choice. She's had some more interesting ones, but I can't complain too much.
Sky:
I was really impressed by the beginning before the sandlot, car being demolished and I would move to a communist country part. The beginning was shot in the way party scenes are sometimes (Fiona Apple's Criminal, Project X, Just Dance, etc.) and that was really smart since it conveys something completely different when 1 person and a body.
Team Lea
Team Madonna
Lady Gaga
Cheryl:
Ugh, I hate you.
Nicole:
One word: iconic!
Miley:
Easily the best entry of the round. Only thing is: this video is a very bittersweet moment, because this is when she combined her artistic creativity with good pop music to create something epic like this video. Back when I was a Sophomore in high school, I loved this video. And the imagery gave me good feelings back then. But now that GaGa has gone WAY too much into being some pretentious art freak, I just can't help but think of what GaGa has become when I see this video, so for me, it ruins the video for me personally, but I'm not an idiot like everyone else in the game thinks I am and this deserves a 10 regardless of what anyone thinks.
Madonna:
I think The Fame Monster era has Gaga's best music videos. Coincidentally, those 3 videos are Gaga's only music videos over 200M views. You made the correct choice
Lea:
The most obvious choice of them all, but I would've been disappointed if you hadn't sent it. It's my favorite video of all time and it's just an absolute masterpiece.
Sky:
Perfect, best of all time, etc
Team Sky
Kylie Minogue
Cheryl:
You had a lot of options and you send this one? I thought you were going to send something from the 90's? I'm totally disappointed.
Nicole:
She looks hot but that’s really it. Out of the four videos it’s, and I hate to use this word, the most basic. It lacks any plot or substance as the others do and it kills me because if you wanted a fierce yet beautifully shot video, even something like Get Outta My Way might have been a better shot.
Miley:
This was actually a very good music video. I liked the action in it. Kylie looked hot and the song was remixed quite awesomely for the video. Only thing I didn't like was a walking part where it looked like she was leaving the music video set. That just bored me. But otherwise, good choice. Though, I wish you weren't such a chicken and actually grew a pear and sent something riskier. Even if I didn't like the song, I could've always mute the track and just watch the scenery to judge you know.
Madonna:
What were you thinking? I was excited to see you entry but this is just I know she has A LOT of better videos.
Lea:
Eh.
Sky:
I actually really like this. It's some meta ****. The typical video bait at the beginning and then seemingly, nah I can do this just walking around because I'm that great. It fits the song really well. I do enjoy those parts a lot more than the end tho with that erotic saw motorcycle bit.
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