MTV Video Music Awards - VMA Side Story
Category: commercial
Summary: Pop stars and VMA host Russell Brand do their own version of West Side Story.
Video:
Music in the commercial
Song: Tonight by Ne-Yo by Taylor Swift by Cobra Starship by Leighton Meester by Russell Brand by Katy Perry
First up are Cobra Starship and Leighton Meester. They reference their collaboration "Girls Go Bad".
Ne-Yo does a dance routine, and gives a nod to Michael Jackson, whose "Beat It" video itself was inspired by the musical West Side Story.
Katy Perry prunes bushes on a rooftop. She references her song "Waking Up In Vegas".
Russell Brand holds a VMA award and sings about what you can expect at the show.
Taylor Swift sings the chorus in a taxicab.
Related music
Song: Waking Up In Vegas by Katy Perry
Song: Teardrops on My Guitar by Taylor Swift
Description
The video intermixes songs from West Side Story with references to the songs of pop stars in the video.
Text:
THE STARS ALIGN
SUNDAY
SEPT. 13
LIVE!
9P/8c
HOSTED BY
RUSSELL BRAND
Credits
- Director: Seyi Peter-Thomas
- Writer: Seyi Peter-Thomas
- Producer: Kris Walter
- Music: Bill Sherman
- Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
- DP: Ericson Core
- Production Designer: David Skinner
- Editor: Brandon Boudreaux
- Editor: Post Millennium
- VFX Supervision/Lead Flame Artist: Mark Szumski
- Visual Effects: Click3x
- Colorist: Tom Poole
- Colorist: Company 3
- Sound Design/Mix: Great City Productions
- Creative Director: Mark Szumski
- Head of Production: Jared Yeater
- Director of CGI: Anthony Filipakis
- Managing Director, Broadcast: David Edelstein
- Executive Producer: Connor Swegle
- VFX Supervision/Lead Flame Artist: John Budion
- Flame Artist: John Ciampa
- Flame Artist: Johnny Starace
- Online Editor: JD Yepes
- CG Animator/Lighter: Grace Hwang
- CG Animator: Jong Moon Woo
- CG Animator: Kristen Pederson
- CG Modeler: Paul Liaw
- After Effects Artist: Tom Matheu
- Junior Flame Artist: Salvatore Randazzo
- Junior Flame Artist: JD Yepes
- Shake Roto: Sophia Avgousti
- Producer: Rob Meyers
- Producer: Jared Yeater
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