2 Chainz and Kanye’s ‘Birthday Song’ video reaches height of artful absurdity
A clown getting car-jacked, a 40-oz. guzzling midget, a dancing Pakistani, balloons everywhere, and more booty popping than a lil bit. Yeah, the new 2 Chainz and Kanye video for Birthday Song” is full of it”
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A clown getting car-jacked, a 40-oz. guzzling midget, milk-sipping quadruplets, a dancing Pakistani, balloons everywhere, and more booty popping than a lil bit. Yeah, the new 2 Chainz and Kanye video for “Birthday Song” is full of it. This might be the most colorful, over-the-top visual depiction of ratchet reality ever. It’s so absurd, it’s artful. Shot in Yonkers, New York by director Andreas Nilsson, who’s collaborated with Kanye West in the past, the video features several extended continuous shots, including one that follows 2 Chainz from the living room to the kitchen to the backyard without any cutaways.
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In his recent interview with Sway of MTV, 2 Chainz said he had to rein in some of the director’s wild ideas: