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- Fergie reimagined her 2006 music video for “London Bridge” and filmed it in entrance of the particular London Bridge as an alternative of Tower Bridge this time
- Megan Stalter stars alongside her within the over-the-top video for the tune, which is featured within the Lena Dunham-helmed presentToo A lot
- The collection premieres on Netflix on July 10
Fergie is giving “London Bridge” its flowers 20 years after filming her music video in England.
The “Glamorous” singer reshot the visible for “London Bridge” for the upcoming Netflix present Too A lot. The reimagined music video stars Fergie, 50, and Megan Stalter, visiting London Bridge, which left the actress underwhelmed.
“Now you see why we did not shoot right here initially,” Fergie quipped because the video reduce to a flashback of her 2006 music video for a similar tune, filmed at London’s Tower Bridge, which is probably extra well-known than the London Bridge.
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Fergie and Stalter, 34, dance on the London Bridge, are swarmed by paparazzi, and sip tea all through the music video. The Hacks actress recreates Fergie’s dance strikes across the stoic King’s Guard earlier than ultimately being arrested by them.
The long-lasting Tower Bridge is within the background in a number of pictures of the campy music video, which concludes with clips of Lena Dunham’s upcoming Netflix collection Too A lot, which stars Stalter and takes place throughout the pond.
Fergie mirrored on reshooting the music video — which was directed by Mia Barnes this time round — and giving it new life. “As an American lady who as soon as had her personal adventures in London whereas filming the video for ‘London Bridge,’ I immediately felt a connection to this mission,” the musician mentioned per a press launch.
Added Fergie: “Being that the collection was written and directed by Lena Dunham and starring the sensible Megan Stalter about an American lady navigating her personal London expertise — my artistic soul could not say no.”
“Lena instructed me ‘London Bridge’ was the one tune she might think about introducing the present, and I could not have been extra honored,” she concluded.
“So off we went to London to reimagine the unique ‘London Bridge’ video — solely this time, we did it proper. Twenty years later, we lastly filmed on the precise (albeit barely messier) London Bridge, as a result of what is not ‘an excessive amount of’ about filming a video for a tune you have already got a video for?”
She additionally spoke concerning the need to make a brand new video for her tune. “I cherished this concept, and I cherished — particularly at the moment in my life — simply being just a little bit messier, just a little bit goofier, and simply having enjoyable with life,” mentioned Fergie.
“Let’s take the piss out of it, as Brits would say,” she added.
Too A lot follows Stalter as Jessica, “a workaholic New Yorker who relocates to London after a painful breakup — and unexpectedly finds love with Felix, an indie musician,” per a press launch.
Starring alongside Stalter are Will Sharpe, Emily Ratajkowski, Richard E. Grant, Naomi Watts, Andrew Rannells and Rhea Perlman.
Too A lot premieres on Netflix on July 10.
