Is Solange to blame for why SZA's "The Weekend" video is a huge let down?
You ever hear one of your favorite songs and you can already picture in your head how that particular music video is going to be like because the song is telling a story? So, obviously the video is going to reflect the words in the song, right?
Well, not so much in SZA's new video for "The Weekend."
The 28-year-old singer FINALLY dropped the highly-anticipated video to her third single "The Weekend" which is off of her debut album Ctrl.
The song tells the story of a man who is seeing two women. A classic side chick anthem of a guy having a girl but creeping around with another chick on the side, the weekend chick.
SZA released a snippet of the Solange-directed music video back in November and kept fans patiently waiting for a little over a month to finally see the finished product.
So, the visuals are finally now released and most people are like WTF?! That's it!? Where's the story in the video? ... Like those good old school R&B videos that always told a story in the music video.
"The Weekend" video was a HUGE let down and it only shows SZA dancing around alone the entire time - she dances in a parking lot, on the balcony of some building, and in an art studio.
SZA in that parking garage shooting the music video for The Weekend pic.twitter.com/l6QkkjJOzj— JAY Q 💯 (@jasonlxndr) December 22, 2017
Peeps on Twitter shared their disappointment and said Solange could have done so much more instead of having "The Weekend" looking like another "Cranes In The Sky"- type of video.
Check out some of the funny reactions to SZA's "The Weekend" video:
me watching The Weekend video by SZA pic.twitter.com/evQ3QnnXpx— sunsational 🌻 (@SunnieeRoe_) December 22, 2017
Beyoncé after Solange showed her how she sabotaged Sza’s The Weekend video pic.twitter.com/mYa1ajSbk7— ɔiᴎoɔi (@thottybey) December 22, 2017
Solange you ruined the weekend music Video pic.twitter.com/Uj7WprmlBw— FESTIVE YONCÉ🎄 (@Beyondbeys) December 22, 2017
You can tell Solange produced The Weekend video bruh. I AM DISAPOINTED! I wanted some scenes I wanted to see her sneaking around with some random dude. I wanted some chair dances. What is going on. I waited since JUNE 9TH 2017 for a Cranes In the Sky remix video ????? BLOWN pic.twitter.com/BssJoPAPvp— ..𝐵𝓎𝒩𝒾𝒶 (@NyotaStarr) December 22, 2017
The problem with the weekend video is solange directed it for solange's taste and image. Not sza's. It also doesn't coincide with the song. Boo— Ric Flair Drip (@SoulCompanyx) December 22, 2017
SZA’s video for “The Weekend” doesn’t cater to the demographic that made the song popular.— ᴅᴏʟʟᴀʀ (@callmedollar) December 22, 2017
SZA.....sis.....that is really what you gave us for your The Weekend music video.....dancing in a fucking parking garage? No side chicks? No fine ass leading man? Just throwing your arms around on top of a building? pic.twitter.com/6K3XYeJO7D— I Luh God ✨ (@aVeryRichBish) December 22, 2017
Twitter: SZA has got to make a video for The Weekend. All that drama would have to translate into a dramatic visual!— Craig's VCR (@Craigs_VCR) December 23, 2017
SZA: pic.twitter.com/RbPlmDcgSb
Someone said SZA the weekend video is just a visual of what her bored ass do while she's waiting for the weekend LMFAOOOOOO— Marcuss (@DrugsMedia) December 24, 2017
I know Solange is an a r t i s t e but the culture really just wanted a new age The Boy Is Mine for The Weekend video not SZA dancing weird in dirty swimming pools— Aaron Randle (@aaronronel) December 22, 2017
— dejon. (@_Chickenist) December 22, 2017Welp!
How about we just close our eyes, act like that video never happened, and we continue on with our own version of how we visualize the video in our minds. Yeah, that works...
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