Erykah Badu's new album is taking a window seat to her controversial new video.
For her "Window Seat" music video, released Saturday, Badu strips as she walks down a Dallas sidewalk before collapsing naked near the spot where John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.
The video was shot for Badu's new album, "New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh" without a crew in one take on March 17, according to her Twitter.
Badu says she was verbally harassed on the day of filming, though the taunts did not make the final cut.
"they were yelling, 'THIS IS A PUBLIC PLACE : YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc," she tweeted.
As the music video progresses, a naked Badu reaches Dealey Plaza and a gunshot rings out in the distance. Badu's head snaps back and the naked singer crumples to the floor.
Badu wrote that she was "too busy lookin for cops" to be shy about her nudity, though she was aware that children were around and “prayed they wouldn’t b traumatized.”
When the cameras stopped, Badu tweets that she and her cameraman fled.
According to the singer, she was speaking out against "groupthink," a psychological term referring to a group of people who sacrifice individuality in order to embrace collective thought and avoid conflict.
A Dallas Police spokeswoman told CNN that the songstress would not be charged for indecent exposure.
Badu's Tuesday morning post on Twitter appeared to ring true, "The butt naked truth is powerful America !!!!"
PETE ROSE AND KIANA KIM
Pete said he now followed legal gambling practices: "I do no more
illegal gambling. No more." Robin asked how much Pete used to gamble per
day, so Pete confessed: "Back when I was playing? A couple thousand."
Howard read a poll that said 60% of people would vote Pete into the MLB
Hall of Fame--if he were eligible--a figure Pete found a little lacking:
"That disappoints me a little bit. I was thinking 85 or 90 percent."
Pete later added: "I was wrong. There's no question about it. What I did
was wrong." Pete also reiterated what he's claimed all along: he only
ever bet on his team--never against it.
PETE WILL WIN EVERY GAME, BANG EVERY DAY
Pete said he hoped to be reinstated,
as he would love to return to coaching. He confidently addressed the MLB
team owners: "But don't call me unless you wanna draw a lot of people
and win." Howard thought Kiana would draw fans of her own--especially
after they see her Playboy pictorial.
Kiana said she had enjoyed the shoot: "They do it in a way where they
slowly take your clothes off." Kiana also told the crew that Pete was
quite virile for a 69-year-old man, as they have sex every day: "Every
day we see each other. But we don't see each other every day."
DIMAGGIO'S GIANT BAT
Pete began riffing, saying it was the biggest penis he'd ever seen:
"He's quite a man. He is the Yankee Clipper...if I would’ve had a
camera-phone I would’ve taken a picture with it. You could’ve signed
Carl Yastrzemski on it. It's why [Marilyn Monroe] only spent 260 days
with him."
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