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5 Things I Learned From Dawn Richard’s Billy Jean X Dance Video

Dawn Richard

Dawn Richard

So the artist formerly known as Dawn Richard, now known as DAWN, has released a new video “Billy Jean X Dance”. I’ve always liked Dawn’s style. And I’ve been warming up to this vamp image she’s created for herself. Still kreyolicious. In watching the Guerilla Filmworx video…I realized…

1. Dawn has talents as a filmmaker.
If you look closely, you’ll see that she received assistant director and executive producer credit for the Monty Marsh-directed video. Interesting. She’s no musical figurehead. She’s got mogul aspirations too.

2. She’s pretty avant guarde when it comes to fashion.
As if that wasn’t clear enough already…Watch as Dawn is dressed with nothing but roses in one scene…and is that a feather mask at the . And speaking of fashion…

3. 15-30 years from now, she’s probably going to be regarded as a fashion icon of sorts.
At the .21 mark, when she’s wearing that King Arthur and the Knights of the Roundatable face mask, you’re sitting there wondering through Cody Cuellar’s spectacular cinematography, if it’s magical Merlin or spell-binding Queen Guenevere who’s hiding behind that mask.
Dawn Richard

4. Dawn’s parents are rather liberal.
Otherwise, why didn’t they come dragging their daughter off that music video set, and making her do ajenou. She’s a real bad, bag girl in this one, doing malelve (sticking her middle finger out twice…in case you missed the first time she did it). And doing those Anthony “AJ Twerks” Jackson-choreographed dance moves in that Barbarella bikini costume…Oh!

5. This kreyolicious DAWN is not going anywhere. Yeah, a new dawn has come. And the days and former times have passed away.

So, there you have it kreyolicious cheries, the things I learned from Dawn Richard’s “Billy Jean X Dance” vid.

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