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"What About Us?" is a song by American recording artist Brandy Norwood. It was written by LaShawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, Kenisha Pratt, Nora Payne, and Norwood for her third studio album, Full Moon (2002), featuring main production by Jerkins. The song's development was motivated by the fact that the singer wanted something different – an aggressive, sexier and edgier sound with a message which would give women strength while also reflecting her own growth and maturity.
The song was released as the album's lead single during the first quarter of 2002 (see 2002 in music). While "What About Us?" managed to enter the top twenty on the majority of the charts it appeared on, it reached the top ten in Australia, Denmark, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Steve "Silk" Hurley's remix version was nominated for a 2003 Grammy Award for "Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical".
The accompanying music video was directed by Dave Meyers and filmed in Culver City, California in November 2001. It premiered on MTV on January 10, 2002. Primarily shot in front of a greenscreen, the highly-animated, futuristic video introduced a sexier image of the former teen singer, portraying her as a male-ruling character in an alternate universe.
The song's music video was directed by Dave Meyers and produced by Ron Mohrhoff. It was entirely filmed at the Ten 9 Fifty Studios in Culver City, California on November 29 and 30, and features close shots and dance sequences using greenscreen technique.
The video does not have a substantial plot and, per Brandy's request, focuses on capturing her "moments as a performer," dealing with "different set-ups" and "beauty, fashion, edginess, hip." It opens with a digitized long shot of the singer standing atop a pyramid of kneeling, taut men, all holding up Brandy on her pedestal. The scene switches into a "futuristic wind tunnel", where she wields a bat against cell phones, two-way pagers, and a flying man, whose sunglasses she grabs off. While the video among intercuts scenes of Brandy performing on a platform with two black-painted men in collars and leashes, it ends with her sitting in the passenger's seat in a lowrider, amid a sea of lowriders. The final scenes feature cameo appearances by Rodney Jerkins and Brandy's younger brother Ray J.
The final edit of "What About Us?" worldpremiered at the end of its Making the Video episode on MTV on January 10, 2002. It debuted on the network's Total Request Live top ten video countdown on January 25 and peaked at number one, remaining on the countdown for 25 unconsecutive days. The video entered the MuchMusic Countdown in Canada in the week ending February 8, and it peaked at number seven in the week ending February 22.
The video was nominated for Viewers' Choice Video in the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards.
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"What About Us?" is a song by American recording artist Brandy Norwood. It was written by LaShawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, Kenisha Pratt, Nora Payne, and Norwood for her third studio album, Full Moon (2002), featuring main production by Jerkins. The song's development was motivated by the fact that the singer wanted something different – an aggressive, sexier and edgier sound with a message which would give women strength while also reflecting her own growth and maturity.
The song was released as the album's lead single during the first quarter of 2002 (see 2002 in music). While "What About Us?" managed to enter the top twenty on the majority of the charts it appeared on, it reached the top ten in Australia, Denmark, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Steve "Silk" Hurley's remix version was nominated for a 2003 Grammy Award for "Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical".
The accompanying music video was directed by Dave Meyers and filmed in Culver City, California in November 2001. It premiered on MTV on January 10, 2002. Primarily shot in front of a greenscreen, the highly-animated, futuristic video introduced a sexier image of the former teen singer, portraying her as a male-ruling character in an alternate universe.
The song's music video was directed by Dave Meyers and produced by Ron Mohrhoff. It was entirely filmed at the Ten 9 Fifty Studios in Culver City, California on November 29 and 30, and features close shots and dance sequences using greenscreen technique.
The video does not have a substantial plot and, per Brandy's request, focuses on capturing her "moments as a performer," dealing with "different set-ups" and "beauty, fashion, edginess, hip." It opens with a digitized long shot of the singer standing atop a pyramid of kneeling, taut men, all holding up Brandy on her pedestal. The scene switches into a "futuristic wind tunnel", where she wields a bat against cell phones, two-way pagers, and a flying man, whose sunglasses she grabs off. While the video among intercuts scenes of Brandy performing on a platform with two black-painted men in collars and leashes, it ends with her sitting in the passenger's seat in a lowrider, amid a sea of lowriders. The final scenes feature cameo appearances by Rodney Jerkins and Brandy's younger brother Ray J.
The final edit of "What About Us?" worldpremiered at the end of its Making the Video episode on MTV on January 10, 2002. It debuted on the network's Total Request Live top ten video countdown on January 25 and peaked at number one, remaining on the countdown for 25 unconsecutive days. The video entered the MuchMusic Countdown in Canada in the week ending February 8, and it peaked at number seven in the week ending February 22.
The video was nominated for Viewers' Choice Video in the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards.
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