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Pretty Girls:

 

Back In October 2014 – when asked who she would want to work with, Britney said it would be great to work with Iggy. Her boys also really liked Iggy’s music. When Britney heard that Iggy was a fan – her record management got in touch and the rest is History.

 

 

The single was intended as a dual collab for Britney’s new album – however at one point Britney was not sure when she was going to release an album – so Iggy took the track for her own new work. Britney then changed her mind and said she was ready to release new music – so Britney got it back.

 

Although Little Mix are credited for the writing – Iggy mentioned that the initial version is far different from the final product. However as they were involved in the initial start off process – they are still credited – however Iggy is the main contributor.

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The Video was directed by Iggy herself and a good friend of hers Cameron Duddy. The choreographers are the same choreographers that worked with Aaliyah and Janet Jackson..

 

 

The video is based on the 80’s cult classic ‘Earth Girls Are Easy’. Britney wanted something similar to the Fancy music video as she felt it was really fun and cool. Iggy then suggested a Geena Davis type tribute. Britney loved Geena and the idea so they went with it.

 

The performance at the Billboard music video awards was the first televised performance from Britney in over 4 years. The performance is a continuation on the video – where they get teleported to mars – and this is the after effect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn_y-F9Sh4w

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Britney wore the same earrings as Katy Perry did in the 80’s inspired ‘Last Friday Night’, however the designers said that it was a pure mistake. There were many props and it was just one that Britney liked – it was only later that they realised it was the same pair.

 

 

 

The cartoon inspired single cover was first released stating Britney feat Iggy, but was soon removed and replaced with the only change being Britney and Iggy, to highlight the ‘true duet’ and less a feature..

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The Wiki overload of information:

 

"Pretty Girls" is a song recorded by American singer Britney Spears and Australian rapper Iggy Azalea. It was written and produced by The Invisible Men, with additional writing from Maegan Cottone, Azalea and Little Mix. The single was released on May 4, 2015, by RCA Records. The music video for "Pretty Girls" premiered on May 13, and the song was performed live by Spears and Azalea for the first time on May 17 at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards.

 

 

 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

 

On September 9, 2014, during an interview with Extra at The Intimate Britney Spears Collection launch in New York City, Spears revealed she had slowly but steadily started working on a new album. When asked who she would like to collaborate with, Spears said she would like to do something with Katy Perry or Iggy Azalea. Rumors began to circulate that a collaboration between the two artists was already in the works, with Azalea saying she had done a "secret collaboration" with someone she had been interested in.

In December 2014, Azalea told Kiss 108 backstage at their Jingle Ball Tour 2014 that their collaborative song would premiere in 2015, "We have a song, which is going to be her first single, coming out next year." Asked how the collaboration came about, Azalea added, "She said she would like to work with me in an interview and they reached out. We recorded a few different things and then one of those just ended up being, I think, undeniably great. Hopefully I think everybody will get to hear it at the beginning of next year." In February 2015, Azalea tweeted there were "epic" ongoing plans for the song.

For Spears's Billboard magazine cover story, published online on March 12, 2015, it was reported that despite Spears being back in the recording studio as back as in September 2014 working on a duet with Azalea, among other tracks, a proper full-length album would not be coming soon. Spears further explained, "I'm gonna do [a new album] slowly but surely [...] I'm gonna try to do my best to do an amazing album, but it's not my full priority right now". Azalea confirmed the title of the track the following week. Afterwards, in Spears's cover story with People magazine, it was announced that "Pretty Girls" would be released on May 5.

On March 29, 2015, on the red carpet of the 2nd iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles, Azalea confirmed "Pretty Girls" would be featured on Spears's upcoming album during an interview with MTV News and explained the song's evolution mentioning its final version being a true duet with her also joining Spears on the chorus instead of a typicalrap guest appearance.

 

 

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COMPOSITION:
 

When describing the song in an interview with USA Today, Azalea said, "It's just a lot of fun. It's a classic, girly (song) you want to scream to each other when you're getting ready". Although the collaboration was finished in the fall of 2014, Azalea didn't meet Spears in person until January 2015, when she invited Spears to her house for lunch. On April 30, 2015, the single artwork, an illustration of the artists in an outer space background alluding to the 80s cult classic film Earth Girls Are Easy, was unveiled online. Portions of the song began surfacing on the internet later that day, and the song leaked in its entirety on May 2, 2015, two days prior to its official release

 

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CRITICAL RECEPTION:

 

"Pretty Girls" received positive to mixed reviews from contemporary music critics. Jason Lipshutz of Billboard gave the track a positive review, saying "pop and pop-rap fans are likely to swarm this slick slice of electro-hop, which pulls off the blonde-bombshell pairing by playing to each of its artists' strengths," adding that Spears "sounds more animated in her two minutes of action here than on the entirety of 2013's Britney Jean album," and praising The Invisible Men's production claiming it differs just enough from Azalea's previous singles having "bestowed her with another stylish banger." Jim Farber of the New York Daily News claimed the track "is a breezy, summer song that will get stuck in your head" but lacking "the snap, and the freshness" of "Fancy." Jesse Spero of Yahoo Music called it "the song of the summer." Hardeep Phull of the New York Postcritized the song's similar production to "Fancy" and described it as "a woefully formulaic rehash." August Brown of the Los Angeles Times mentioned the "bubbly electro-trap beats, a lot of teen-sassy rapping and the two sharing lead singing vocals on the chorus," also commenting "your summer song sweepstakes bracket just got an early contender."

 

Lucas Villa of AXS remarked the "anthemic chorus about girl power in the party scene" and the "plucky production kicks with a sound marrying '80s dance music like Debbie Deb's "Lookout Weekend" and recent hits "Fancy" and "Hollaback Girl," also complementing Spears for finally giving fans "something more urban in the same vein of 2007'sBlackout" and that both artists "make good on their promise to "bring the noise" on this attitude-packed club banger." Hugh McIntyre of Forbes referenced a polarizing reception of the track that was "already being heralded by some as a fantastic new direction for the singer, while others aren’t so sure." Abby Schreiber of Paper also observed the similar sound to "Fancy" interjecting with "No matter. The dance-pop, girl power jam has a catchy beat and some pretty great track art," while Ian David Monroe of Vexpressed the same thoughts, "And you won't hear any complaints from us. It’s been almost two long years since the world had a new Britney track, so we’ll take it." Sydney Gore of Nylon also heralded it as a "Fancy"-follow up as well as an "empowering song in some regard." Mike Wass of Idolator stated the "Bay Area hip hop-indebted club banger" is a "seemingly inevitable summer smash," and that "Britney serves Blackout-era attitude on the catchy chorus." Bradley Stern of PopCrush also gave the song a positive review, commenting "those trap-lite hi-hats and twinkly club beats are pure Hip-Hopney heaven" and "it’ll be a surefire contender for song of the Summer 2015". The track is nominated for "Choice Song: Female" at the 2015 Teen Choice Awards.

 

 

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COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCE:

 

"Pretty Girls" reached the top 10 in Belgium, Spain, Sweden and Greece and the top 20 in Canada and Finland while reaching the top 30 in the United States, France and Australia. The single debuted and peaked at number 29 in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 with pure digital sales of 96,000 excluding streaming sales, dropping out of the top 40 of the Hot 100 Chart three weeks after its release. "Pretty Girls" debuted at number 64 on the Irish Singles Chart for May 7, 2015^. due to lack of streaming and despite being at number 19 on the downloads-based version of the chart. In Australia, "Pretty Girls" debuted at number 40 on the Australian Singles Chart issued for May 11, 2015, becoming Spears's 31st Top 50 and 32nd Top 100 entry, and later peaked at number 27 three weeks following its release.

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MUSIC VIDEO:

 

The music video for "Pretty Girls" premiered on May 13, and the song was performed live by Spears and Azalea for the first time on May 17 at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards.

 

While being interviewed by Access Hollywood on March 29, 2015 at the 2nd iHeartRadio Music Awards, Azalea revealed she would be co-directing the music video for "Pretty Girls," adding that Spears has contributed in the creative process as well. Spears had previously mentioned preparing for a video shoot in the previous week, during a video for People magazine while in vacation.This is Azalea's third time co-directing a video officially, after the videos for "Black Widow" (2014) and "Trouble" (2015).

 

On April 9, 2015, Spears and Azalea were spotted shooting scenes for the music video around the streets of Studio City, Los Angeles, after Spears shared lyrics of the track and a behind-the-scenes snapshot on her Twitter account. Spears shared a picture from the video shoot captioning it with lyrics of the song on her social media accounts, "Girls roll [up], windows roll [down], [eyes] on us, jaws on the ground." In the '80s-inspired visuals seen on the candid images, Spears wore a leopard print crop top, ripped jeans, and pumps with matching sunglasses, triangle-shaped earrings, and pink lipstick, while Azalea was wearing matching jean jacket and shorts with a crimped hairstyle, while posing together in a bright red convertible Fox-Body Mustang and with Spears also driving around in a yellow Jeep CJ. Azalea then shared a selfiefrom the set on her Instagram account along with a hashtag of the song title. Later that day, Azalea was also seen swapping into a second outfit, a green top, jet black studded leggings and electric blue heels. They were pictured again on the second day of production of the video shoot on April 10, 2015, with Spears wearing a repeat outfit from the day before but with a shorter hairdo sporting a voluminous curly bob, and Azalea changing into a sleeveless tie-dye number. Spears filmed a car wash scene with male backup dancers completing a dance routine. That same day, a snippet of the unreleased track went viral on Twitter after a fan, who was near the set, recorded and uploaded a clip online.

 

During an interview with USA Today, Azalea talked about the concept of the music video, mentioning Spears's signature dance scenes, "I think Britney's identity is really embedded in being a dancer, and that's something she really wanted to do as well. So there's a lot of dancing in the video, but I wouldn’t say it's necessarily centered around that." When asked about the '80s-inspired visuals seen on the candids from the video shoot, she explained that it would have a narrative and stated that Britney wanted to do a video where she got to dress up and play a character. Azalea revealed she looked to actress Geena Davis when modeling her style, describing her as "the ultimate '80s pin-up hot, cool type of girl" that Britney also liked. Spears added, "I had called my manager and had some ideas about doing a Valley girl-type video. It was really kind of funny, because I had just watched Clueless on TV, and was like, 'It would be so fun to do something like that.' Then I saw Iggy's video, and I thought, 'Oh my God, to work with her would be heaven sent.'" They brainstormed the concept for the video, which was released on May 13, 2015, and co-directed by Azalea and Cameron Duddy, deciding on a send-up of 1988 sci-fi comedy Earth Girls Are Easy, which starred Davis. Spears said, "I do a makeover for her and we go to a club. The best part about it was just us coming together with the clothes and doing the '80s haircuts. We were all about being characters, so it was kind of funny for us. We weren't taking ourselves so seriously".

Azalea stated Spears encouraged her to help co-direct the video, saying, "She told me that "Fancy" was one of her favourite videos of the last five years and that her kids loved it and the thing that she was drawn to was the fact everyone looked like they were having so much fun in it. She told me she wants to feel that too so she asked me for my ideas and that gave me the opportunity to grab the reins of creative control." "I love her [Azalea's] work and I had an idea to do like a really girl power, fun Valley girl video," Spears claimed of the video partnership, adding that it was the first video she had done in a long time where she came up with the concept, also stating "there’s a lot of dancing. I got new choreographers to come in and kind of do hip-hop dancing, which I haven’t done in a really long time, so the feel of the video is really different and hi-energy."

 

The music video was directed by Azalea and Cameron Duddy and was released on May 13. It continues a cult movie related focus for Azalea's music videos, her earlier single "Fancy" paid homage to the 1990s teen film Clueless and "Black Widow" to the Kill Bill films. The clip is a homage to the 1988 film, Earth Girls Are Easy, directed by Julien Temple and starring Geena Davis. It therefore is heavily styled on 1980s fashion and technology as well as the loose plot of the film. The video begins with Spears reclining poolside filing her nails with the health and wellness supplement MateFit. visible. Suddenly, an alien Iggy Azalea crash lands into the pool. Spears then proceeds to give Azalea a make-over. The duo dress up in 1980s fashion and drive in a bright yellow jeep to a car wash, where Spears and backup dancers break into dance. Meanwhile, Azalea's alien powers cause a television to explode, water to turn pink and an ATM to begin shooting cash, which Spears dances around. Soon, the pair hop into a convertible with Spear's friends, where Azalea turns Spear's 1980s handheld telephone into a Samsung Galaxy S6. Nightfall arrives and the duo head to a club where Azalea raps and Spears and dancers perform a synchronized dance break. Suddenly, the nightclub begins to shake and an unseen force proceeds to abduct Azalea and Spears, to the latter's delight. The screen fades black before the pair appear laughing and doing arm movements in the yellow jeep and the credits start.

The video received positive reviews from critics, observing the chemistry between Spears and Azalea as well as praising Spears's dancing and noting a nod to her earlier music videos. Mike Wass for Idolator wrote, "Yes, it lifts product placement to previously unimagined heights and I can’t see an Academy Award in either diva’s future — but it’s a hell of a lot of fun. And just kooky enough to become a cult classic like the movie it’s loosely based on".

 

Josh Duboff from Vanity Fair described the video as "entertaining and kind of weird. There’s a lot of big hair; Spears does some endearing waving (and generally seems to be having a good time)". He concluded, "Our favorite part is actually probably the tag at the end, where Spears and Azalea are just goofing around in the car; you can imagine Spears turning to Azalea afterwards and squealing, “That was really cool, I had so much fun,” and meaning it". Kirthana Ramisetti for New York Daily News similarly noted, "The two music stars seemed to have a lot of fun filming their video". Francesca Bacardi commented for E! Online News, "all of the neons, '80s hair and dance moves you could ever ask for....In addition to Spears looking phenomenal". Whilst noting product placement, Bacardi added "but who cares because it's Britney". Jason Lipshutz forBillboard noted "Spears nods to her classic music video choreography with a few synchronized moves", adding "there's a lot of Britney Spears dancing in this video, which should absolutely thrill her diehard fans". Nolan Feeney for Time remarked, "Iggy crash-lands in her pool (in a clear nod to the “My Prerogative” video)" before concluding "she [spears] hasn’t looked this happy to be dancing in a video in some time".Writing for Entertainment Weekly, Christopher Rosen opined "Spears and Azalea don their best valley girl clothes for the video, which also includes a short comedy interlude about Azalea’s “radical alien powers.” It’s not as funny as that part in the “Oops!… I Did It Again” video when Spears gets the necklace the old lady dropped in the ocean at the end of Titanic, but it’ll do".

On April 22, 2015, Billboard and Dick Clark Productions confirmed Spears and Azalea would be performing "Pretty Girls" for the first time on television at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 17. Azalea reveiled during a interview that the performance was kind of a continuation for the music video, with both Spears and Azalea going to Azalea character's planet, along with other creatures. The performance received mostly positive reviews from viewers and critics. People Magazine said that Spears and Azalea proved they are more than just "pretty girls". Stating "From the moment they touched down on stage, the duo kept the crowd cheering with a fun, colorful performance."  Entertainment Weekly also said that "Spears gave one of her most energetic televised performances in years." Spears confirmed that she will be adding the song to her show Britney: Piece Of Me soon via Twitter.

 

On May 3, 2015, Spears announced she had teamed up with mobile-app-based transportation network company Uber to give fans an early listen of the song. For six hours between 3pm-9pm PDT on that day, requesters in Los Angeles were able to ride select Britney-themed vehicles called "Bees" while listening to the song and have a chance to win surprise gifts and tickets to her show, Britney: Piece of Me in Las Vegas. 

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Video Icon:

The Samsung Phone transformation

 

Album: TBA

 

Single Cover:

 

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV2uebhnqOw&feature=youtu.be

 

 

Neemz poster:

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Does anyone else have more unknown facts on Pretty Girls?

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Never knew this was here, thanks for posting this

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Never knew this was here, thanks for posting this

 

I think we should neaten this post up a bit soon - maybe when the next video is released -