The modern blues superstar grooves amidst butterflies and panda bears in Japanese inspired video!
With about a week for John Mayerβs seventh full-length album The Search For Everything set to drop on April 14th, the singer-songwriter has fulfilled long-standing fan requests to see him dance in a music video. Β The groovy-yet -languid track from Wave 2 of the upcoming LP features a colourful Japanese themed set with butterflies, panda bears, martial arts, kimonos and sync choreography. The engaging dance sequence choreographed by Lisa Eaton, whoβs worked with Madonna and Maroon 5 in the past, has been described as βdisco dojoβΒ , by Mayer in a recent interview.
See his tweet yielding to his followers’s yearnings below:
Fans have asked me for *years*, βJohn Mayer, when are you going to dance in a music video?β I did this for them. https://t.co/5W7B4ehUNu
— John Mayer (@JohnMayer) April 5, 2017
Mayer expected backlash for the video and being called out for ‘cultural appropriation’, he clarifies, βPart of cultural appropriation is blindness. Iβm on the right side of the line because itβs an idea for the video that has a very multi-ethnic casting, and nobody who is white or non-Asian is playing an Asian person β¦ I think we were as sensitive as we could possibly be. We discussed it at every juncture.β
The RnB-meets-pop in quintessential Mayer style ballad, reminds the musician who’s approaching 40 (years of age)Β of the non-existent musical genre βancient Japanese R&B.”Β The director of the video, Mister Whitmore explained thatΒ he and Mayer βthought long and hard about how to approach the clipβs ‘fantasy element’ without offending anyone. I hope thereβs an understanding that we were sensitive to it.β
Check out Mayer’s dancing inΒ the music video for “Still feel Like Your Man” below: