Directed by master of none cocreator alan yang, the video for. Music mogul jayz continues to make tidal the goto spot. Jayzs moonlight music video does more than simply show. The 89th academy awards took place on sunday, with moonlight taking home the top prize. 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. Jayz continues to deliver cinematic visuals for standout songs off his recentlyreleased th studio album, 4.
Jayzs full short film for moonlight, directed by alan yang, is now available away from tidal. Jayz remakes friends in his new video for moonlight. A complete guide to the albums disses, from kanye to cosby. 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. Reactions to jayzs moonlight prove people have a lot. Jayzs moonlight music video stars tiffany haddish, issa rae. Jay z remakes friends with allblack cast for moonlight. Shawn carter is peeling back more vulnerable layers of jayz. Master of nones alan yang on directing jayzs moonlight. Watch jayzs moonlight video see the jayz video that. The central premise of the video which stars issa rae, lil rel.
Jayzs recreated an episode of friends for new moonlight. Jay z gathered a starstudded cast for the friendsinspired music video of moonlight. Jayzs video for moonlight has now been released on youtube, a week after it hit tidals platform as an exclusive. Albums drop by artists all the time, but there are few artists out there that can. Our picks for the best music videos of 2017 include everything from a cutting animated satire to a guerilla. Moonlight and pretzels film moonlight and pretzels 01 august 1933. Jayzs new music video moonlight is so shady youll need a jacket. How to stream jayzs moonlight music video, so you can. The video for jayzs moonlight is an allblack friends remake until its. 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.
Some have even made the argument that this may be the most complete record since american gangster, which was released almost ten years ago. 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. It remains to be seen when and if well get the nc17 film with lupita and mahershala, or any of the. Hamilton moves to disney plus, leaving movie theaters in the lurch. The latest comes in the form of moonlight, yet another track.
Jay zs video for moonlight features some of the biggest rising stars in comedy. 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. 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. The video for jayzs moonlight is an allblack friends remake vox. Jayz has dropped a new video every friday since the release of his latest album 4. Jayzs moonlight video recreates friends with an allblack cast. 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. Jay z has released his very own version of beloved sitcom friends.
Jayzs music video for moonlight is being viewed by some as a meta. Aziz ansaris master of none copilot alan yang brought his eye for telling compelling stories with people of color to moonlightno, not that moonlight, but the black starstudded music video for jayzs 4. After warren beatty and faye dunaway said on stage that. Jayz black friends moonlight music video is actually a comment. 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. Africanamerican representation is important in media and film, but i think the message that jayz conveyed through his video moonlight was very interesting. Jay z releases behindthescenes video for moonlight f. Jayzs moonlight music video does more than simply show friends with an allblack cast. 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. Watch jayzs full moonlight short film yes, the black friends. Watch jayz parody friends in the moonlight video rapup.
Due to licensing restrictions, we cant show you the lyrics. 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. Jay z remakes friends with allblack cast for moonlight music video. 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 film, the latest in the xmen franchise, costars james mcavoy, michael. Last friday, jayz released a starstudded visual for moonlight in support of his new album 4. The short ends with a nod to the featurelength moonlight and the. Kim dellara, chaka pilgrim, inga veronique, stephan mohammed, jamie rabineau, michael sagol, jasper thomlinson, bert hamelinck production company.
The stars of the video jerrod carmichael, lil rel howery. It seems like every day, i come across a tweet or a post, where there is a remake of a classic movie or. Watch jayzs full moonlight short film yes, the black. Moonlight, one of the most beautiful and cutting songs off jayzs newest album 4. Film editing isaac hagy set decoration karuna karmarkar sound mixer tommy cella boom operator spencer flynn cam op keith dunkerley additional editor jeff watterson. Alan yangs 3 most illuminating revelations on directing. The tidalbacked jayz content mill rolls on with the video for moonlight, the 4. The moonlight video is a brilliant short film that brought tears to jays eyes. 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. Peep below for the moonlight behind the scenes footage. If twitter can get that rihannaissalupita heist film made, i believe we can get a. Much like jayz other recent videos, the clip is a tidal exclusive. Jayzs moonlight music video does more than simply show friends.
But its about much more than remaking the iconic nbc sitcom shot for shot. 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. Moonlight video 2017 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 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. The full video will be available everywhere in a week, yang said on twitter. This week, the artist and entrepreneur released the complete visual for teaser released prior. Brian josephs august 4, 2017 share br this article. Jayz black friends moonlight music video is actually a. With lil rel howery, lakeith stanfield, jerrod carmichael, issa rae.