Fresh off his successful night hosting the American Music Awards, Pitbull took to his Facebook page to premiere the new video for his RCA label mate Ke$ha collaboration "Timber." The Dr. Luke-produced catchy "folktronica" track (inspired undoubtely by Avicii's "Wake Me Up"), serves as the lead single from the Miami-born rapper's new EP "Global Warming: Meltdown." Pink suits! Country-line dancing! Pigs swimming in the ocean! Fitting the song's country-western vibe, the video finds Mr. Worldwide living it up in a classic Southern honky-tonk along with Ke$ha, a Nashville native.
Of the many charming things about Pitbull, perhaps the most charming is his ability to have a blast wherever he goes. A beach party? A weird roof? The set of Men in Black III? All are made just a little more fun with Pitbull's goofy grin. Pitbull revealed in an interview that the featured artist on "Timber" was originally supposed to be Rihanna. At the time, however, he stated that Rihanna was already asked to be the featured artist on the lead single off Shakira's upcoming album and didn't have time to record "Timber." Pitbull later asked Ke$ha to be the featured artist and she accepted.
What goes up must come down. It's the simple law of gravity. Pitbull and Ke$ha's harmonica-infused dance anthem "Timber" doesn't require too much introspection, but there is a clever use of metaphor and double meaning. The song furthers the idea that before you go down for the nigh to, you know, sleep, you must party hard. Here is why the use of the word "timber" works so flawlessly in this song. It's going down. The night will end with someone face down, either hungover or from dance floor exhaustion. The night is eventually going down - you can't stop gravity or the morning light, so live it up while you can.
The harmonica-tinged and square dance-inducing party jam gets a visual which is expectedly wild and straight out of the saloon, with the sultry Ke$ha walking in slow motion while a gaggle of back-up performers get their "Coyote Ugly" on. But it's not all cowboy hats and mechanical bulls: Pitbull pops up in the Bahamas for his verses, apparently gazing upon the livestock from afar and instead looking on with childlike wonder at a group of sharks in the crystal-clear blue water beneath his boat. This country-dance visual that plays off the song's fusion of big beats, quasi-yodeling and barnyard belting, but that's really the point of a night you won't remember.
Of the many charming things about Pitbull, perhaps the most charming is his ability to have a blast wherever he goes. A beach party? A weird roof? The set of Men in Black III? All are made just a little more fun with Pitbull's goofy grin. Pitbull revealed in an interview that the featured artist on "Timber" was originally supposed to be Rihanna. At the time, however, he stated that Rihanna was already asked to be the featured artist on the lead single off Shakira's upcoming album and didn't have time to record "Timber." Pitbull later asked Ke$ha to be the featured artist and she accepted.
What goes up must come down. It's the simple law of gravity. Pitbull and Ke$ha's harmonica-infused dance anthem "Timber" doesn't require too much introspection, but there is a clever use of metaphor and double meaning. The song furthers the idea that before you go down for the nigh to, you know, sleep, you must party hard. Here is why the use of the word "timber" works so flawlessly in this song. It's going down. The night will end with someone face down, either hungover or from dance floor exhaustion. The night is eventually going down - you can't stop gravity or the morning light, so live it up while you can.
The harmonica-tinged and square dance-inducing party jam gets a visual which is expectedly wild and straight out of the saloon, with the sultry Ke$ha walking in slow motion while a gaggle of back-up performers get their "Coyote Ugly" on. But it's not all cowboy hats and mechanical bulls: Pitbull pops up in the Bahamas for his verses, apparently gazing upon the livestock from afar and instead looking on with childlike wonder at a group of sharks in the crystal-clear blue water beneath his boat. This country-dance visual that plays off the song's fusion of big beats, quasi-yodeling and barnyard belting, but that's really the point of a night you won't remember.
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