Keri Hilson Shows One Thing In 'Pretty Girl Rock'

Keri Hilson has just released the video on Perez Hilton's site for "Pretty Girl Rock," the second second single from her upcoming sophomore album "No Boys Allowed," is scheduled for a December 21 release. And it is definitely one of the best videos we've seen so far this year. Hilson is pretty and not afraid to boast about it in new video, which shows Hilson revisiting the different eras of music, pays homage to some of music's biggest industry legends throughout the decades, all received the full on impersonation treatment in the very inspirational music visual, to show one thing - they ALL rock!
After debuting her new single "Pretty Girl Rock" live at last month's Beats by Dr. Dre event in New York City, Hilson is feeling herself on the freshly released studio version of the track. She recently explained the motivation behind her new song which has the lyrics "Don't hate me cause I'm beautiful": "It's not really as vain as it sounds, although I do feel those things about myself. I really want people to take away how they should feel about themselves." The uptempo track is an exploration of self-love, with message: "It's like the hair brush in the mirror, don't hate me because I'm beautiful, because you are. Everybody is beautiful. I want everyone to be able to sing that record."
This self-appreciating song was produced by Chuck Harmony and written by Ne-Yo, and finds Hilson repping for all the gorgeous gals. "Pretty Girl Rock" is very poppy, although keeping Hilson's urban swag of course. It has a cool piano-driven melody and a catchy hook. It has been awhile since we've had some new stuff from the R&B songstress, but this song is sure to get a lot of radio airplay. Over the upbeat piano-synth boardwork, Hilson gives us the full rundown of her feminine wiles, from her 'very fly' attitude to her head-turning physical assets.
The Grammy-nominated recording artist takes a trip and channels pretty girls throughout the decade-spanning video. Directed by Joseph Kahn, the clip puts Hilson in a handful of looks, the diva starts off as a 1920's flapper girl in a silent movie, a 1940's film star, a 1950's candy girl, and then makes her way to iconic R&B imagery from the past fifty years. She pays tributes to Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation" look, T-Boz in TLC's "Creep," Diana Ross from the Supremes, and disco diva Donna Summer. Take a stroll down memory lane with the blonde bombshell, and celebrate some great female singers while enjoying a hot new track from Hilson. This is a total case of being blindsided by an underdog: nobody expected Hilson to come out with such a fantastic music video.