"Let's Make a Video" is a song by Poppy. It served as the third single from her debut studio album Poppy.Computer and is the second track on the album. It was released on June 23rd, 2017 alongside an audio video which currently has over 1 million views. The music video was released on July 11th, 2017 and currently has over 3 million views on YouTube.
Background[]
The song was teased for the first time in May 31st, 2017 as likely an easter egg on the video "Disc" in which she claims to be a disc and pleeds to "the Lord" to "grace her to survive as a disc making a video on the internet" as likely a tease to the title of "Let's Make a Video". On June 2nd, 2017, on Poppy's X (formerly Twitter) account was posted "June 23", even though it wasn't specified what would happen on that date, actually it ended up being the surprise release of this song.[1] The same day, the video "Come On Let's Go" was released and included parts of the lyrics mentioned by Poppy, including the title of the video which is reference to the lyric "One, two three, oh, come on, let's go", as well the lyric is referenced along with the lyric "Action, I'm ready". On June 19th, 2017, on Poppy's X account was posted "1 2 3 Oh. Come on Lets Go. Let's Make A Video", the lyrics ended up being the song's lyrics.[2] On June 20th, 2017, a picture of Poppy's back was posted go her Instagram Stories which resulted being a behind the scenes picture of the music video.[citation needed]
The song was released without prior announcement to streaming platforms on June 23rd, 2017 alongside an audio video. A 180VR video was uploaded the same day, titled "The Poppy VR180 Experience" in which she was seen in an egg bed using a bodysuit which multiple little objects in it.
The music video was uploaded to Poppy's YouTube channel on July 11th, 2017 without prior announcement.
Theme[]
Recurring themes in "Let's Make a Video" include Poppy's role as an actress and her background preparations as well as the pursuit of uniqueness in the entertainment industry.
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
Get up, put my makeup on, I know it's time to go (time to go)
Sing along to a dumb pop song that they play on the radio (radio)
Time for a pic, 'cause I'm all dressed up
Don't make me look too typical
'Cause I'm ready for my close-up
I said I'm ready for my close-up
[Pre-Chorus]
One, two, three, oh, come on, let's go
Let's make a video, oh-oh
One, two, three, oh, come on, let's go
Let's make a video, oh-oh
[Chorus]
Action, I'm ready
Don't want to miss a frame
Lights, camera, action
Lights, camera, action, action
I love you when you're happy
I love you when you're down
Lights, camera, action
Lights, camera, action, action
[Verse 2]
I feel at home with my microphone turned up in the studio
Always know that it's time to go when we're done with the video (video)
Time for a pic, 'cause I'm all dressed up
Don't make me look too typical
'Cause I'm ready for my close-up
I said I'm ready for my close-up
[Pre-Chorus]
One, two, three, oh, come on, let's go
Let's make a video, oh-oh
One, two, three, oh, come on, let's go
Let's make a video, oh-oh
[Chorus]
Action, I'm ready
Don't want to miss a frame
Lights, camera, action
Lights, camera, action, action
I love you when you're happy
I love you when you're down
Lights, camera, action
Lights, camera, action, action
[Pre-Chorus]
One, two, three
One, two, three
Come on, let's go, g-g-go
Come on, come on, come on, let's go
One, two, three, three, three, three, three, three, three
Let's go
Come on, come on, come on, let's go
[Chorus]
Action, I'm ready
Don't want to miss a frame
Lights, camera, action
Lights, camera, action, action
I love you when you're happy
I love you when you're down
Lights, camera, action
Lights, camera, action, action
Action, I'm ready
Don't want to miss a frame
Lights, camera, action
Lights, camera, action, action
I love you when you're happy
I love you when you're down
Lights, camera, action
Lights, camera, action, action
Music video[]
| Video | Information | |
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| Title | Poppy - Let's Make A Video (Official Video) | |
| Premiere | July 11th, 2017 | |
| Length | 2:31 | |
| Filmed | ~June 20th, 2017 | |
| Director | Titanic Sinclair | |
| Other | Production design: Digital Twigs | |
| Notes | The music video has 20 seconds cut off from the song. | |
Videos[]
Gallery[]
Digital Twigs[]
Digital Twigs, a directing duo that helped to create the music video, posted a series of still frames in high definition without the VHS filter from the video on their website.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
Others[]
Song credits[]
Credits taken from Apple Music[4] and BMI.[5]
Performance[]
- Vocals: Poppy
Writing and production[]
- Writer: Poppy
- Composers: Poppy, Titanic Sinclair & MASA
- Producer: Ryosuke "Dr. R" Sakai
Record labels[]
Publishing[]
- Hi Fi Asset Acquisition Co LP
- One One Five Nine Publishing
Trivia[]
- The music video for this song was inspired by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's "PONPONPON".[citation needed]
- The music video was seemingly recorded on June 20th, 2017.[citation needed]
- The song's release date appears as June 22nd, 2017 on Mad Decent's SoundCloud release.[6]
- Poppy references the song in Titanic Sinclair's video "I Am Titanic Sinclair", where she tells Sinclair she is ready for her close-up.
- The line "I feel at home with my microphone turned up in the studio" may be a reference to "My Microphone".
- Poppy's outfit and egg bed from the video "The Poppy VR180 Experience" appear in the song's music video.
- The outfit Poppy wears in the single artwork is the same one she wears in her video "I Love You So Much".
- Though his face is not shown, the Commodore monitor pictured in the single artwork can be assumed to be Computer Boy, who also appears in "I Love You So Much". Another similar monitor appears in the video "Transmission" and the lyric video for "I'm Poppy", as well as the artwork for Blame Candy's debut EP.
- The video was filmed and edited in HD as shown in the pictures shared by Digital Twigs, but then a VHS-like filter was added later as this is how it was officially released.[3]
References[]
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.digitaltwigs.com/project/8093/lets-make-a-video
- ↑ https://music.apple.com/song/lets-make-a-video/1272974498
- ↑ https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Search?SearchForm.View_Count=&SearchForm.Main_Search=BMI+Work+ID&SearchForm.Main_Search_Text=29845616&SearchForm.Sub_Search=Please+Select&SearchForm.Search_Type=all
- ↑ https://www.soundcloud.com/maddecent/poppy-lets-make-a-video
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