Reactions to jayzs moonlight prove people have a lot. Jayzs moonlight music video stars tiffany haddish, issa rae. The latest comes in the form of moonlight, yet another track. The tidalbacked jayz content mill rolls on with the video for moonlight, the 4. Hamilton moves to disney plus, leaving movie theaters in the lurch.
Jayz brought this fantasy to life with his latest music video, moonlight, which features a star studded cast of tv and films actors including the aforementioned actresses as well as tessa. Jayz remakes friends with an allblack cast for the official music video to moonlight. Aug 07, 2017 image via tidal following the release of the moonlight music video on friday, jay z dropped some behindthescenes visuals earlier today for the widely popular friends remake. The short ends with a nod to the featurelength moonlight and the. The video for jayzs moonlight is an allblack friends remake until its. The central premise of the video which stars issa rae, lil rel.
The video for jayzs moonlight is an allblack friends remake vox. Jayzs newest music video for moonlight enlisted the help of a few big names in hollywood when he created the music video for moonlight which was. The film, the latest in the xmen franchise, costars james mcavoy, michael. Brian josephs august 4, 2017 share br this article. Master of nones alan yang on directing jayzs moonlight. But the short film, directed by master of none cocreator alan yang, is more than. The stars of the video jerrod carmichael, lil rel howery. Jay z remakes friends with allblack cast for moonlight music video. Moonlight, one of the most beautiful and cutting songs off jayzs newest album 4. Jayzs recreated an episode of friends for new moonlight. After warren beatty and faye dunaway said on stage that. The moonlight video is a brilliant short film that brought tears to jays eyes. Moonlight is a 2016 american comingofage drama film written and directed by barry jenkins, based on tarell alvin mccraneys unpublished semiautobiographical play in moonlight black boys look blue. Moonlight video 2017 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Film editing isaac hagy set decoration karuna karmarkar sound mixer tommy cella boom operator spencer flynn cam op keith dunkerley additional editor jeff watterson. Jayzs video for moonlight recreates friends with an allstar black cast ambrosia for heads in 2003, aisha tyler joined the cast of nbcs longrunning television series, friends. The full video will be available everywhere in a week, yang said on twitter. Jayzs new music video moonlight is so shady youll need a jacket.
Our picks for the best music videos of 2017 include everything from a cutting animated satire to a guerilla. This is directly referenced at the end of the film in case you didnt pick up on it, but i prefer the content of the short. Music mogul jayz continues to make tidal the goto spot. Jayz continues to deliver cinematic visuals for standout songs off his recentlyreleased th studio album, 4. The 89th academy awards took place on sunday, with moonlight taking home the top prize. Buress then teases him whether a black full house reboot is next. Jayzs moonlight music video does more than simply show friends.
Watch jayzs full moonlight short film yes, the black friends. Moonlight and pretzels film moonlight and pretzels 01 august 1933. Jayz remakes friends in his new video for moonlight. Jay z remakes friends with allblack cast for moonlight. Reactions to jayzs moonlight saw many fans raving that the video was a brilliant way to turn the white privileged world of the entertainment industry on its head. But its about much more than remaking the iconic nbc sitcom shot for shot. Due to licensing restrictions, we cant show you the lyrics. Master of nones alan yang on directing jayzs moonlight video, making jayz cry, and listening to 4. Jayz black friends moonlight music video is actually a comment. I could talk about the message of the whole thing and everything but really its not my place. In jayzs new music video for moonlight, he recasts friends with an allblack allstar cast. Jayzs moonlight music video does more than simply show friends with an allblack cast. Jay zs video for moonlight features some of the biggest rising stars in comedy. Jayzs video for moonlight has now been released on youtube, a week after it hit tidals platform as an exclusive.
Watch jayzs moonlight video see the jayz video that. Jay z has released his very own version of beloved sitcom friends. Peep below for the moonlight behind the scenes footage. Much like jayz other recent videos, the clip is a tidal exclusive. Directed by alan yang, cocreator of netflixs critically acclaimed series master of none aziz ansari, 2015, moonlight samples nbcs friends 19942004 as its original source. Watch jayz parody friends in the moonlight video rapup. Jayz addresses race issues in the new video for his song moonlight, named in honour of the triple oscar winning movie of the same name. Jay z releases behindthescenes video for moonlight f. Jayz has dropped a new video every friday since the release of his latest album 4. Jayzs full short film for moonlight, directed by alan yang, is now available away from tidal. A complete guide to the albums disses, from kanye to cosby. How to stream jayzs moonlight music video, so you can. Some have even made the argument that this may be the most complete record since american gangster, which was released almost ten years ago.
His new video for the song moonlight is no different. Albums drop by artists all the time, but there are few artists out there that can. Jay z gathered a starstudded cast for the friendsinspired music video of moonlight. This week, the artist and entrepreneur released the complete visual for teaser released prior. Jayz black friends moonlight music video is actually a. If twitter can get that rihannaissalupita heist film made, i believe we can get a. It seems like every day, i come across a tweet or a post, where there is a remake of a classic movie or. Jayzs moonlight video recreates friends with an allblack cast. With lil rel howery, lakeith stanfield, jerrod carmichael, issa rae. Thought its mostly been forgotten as awards season chatter is on hiatus, jayz brought back all the memories of that night with the track moonlight on his th studio album, 4. Below are the complete moonlight lyrics by jayz displayed.
Watch jayzs full moonlight short film yes, the black. I just want to say that jayz 2017 album is how an older rapper should approach their later work, i mean on the one hand u got eminem that came out that same year wit an embarrassing effort to recapture the energy of his old music, and on the other hand u got hov who instead uses the wisdom and. Jayzs music video for moonlight is being viewed by some as a meta critique on the longheld view that friends was actually a white version of the 1993 show living single. Alan yangs 3 most illuminating revelations on directing. From film quarterly winter 2017, volume 71, number 2 on august 4, 2017, jay z released moonlight, an eightminute music video culled from his album 4.