Iggy Azalea is back, and following up her previous hit 'Fancy' with a collaboration with songstress Rita Ora, on 'Black Widow'. The music video for the track (watch below) is out, and let's just say that fans of Tarantino's Kill Bill will not be disappointed as the music video takes the film as its reference point, with many little nods to the film. 'Black Widow' was a hidden gem amongst The New Classic, and it's clear why. In an explosion of Samurai swords, motorbikes and extra-cheesy burgers, the music video certainly grabs your attention.
It would seem that Ms Azalea has a penchant for 'old' movies, with the music video for her previous single 'Fancy' references the popular 90s movie Clueless (who didn't love Cher?), and now with 'Black Widow' it would seem that Azalea is expressing her love for the early 2000s movies Kill Bill (Vol 1 & 2), with her multiple homages to the film including in the video with Rita Ora. Azalea and Ora are dynamic on the track, and make for an unlikely but excellent pairing, with Iggy providing the rapping portions of the track, whilst Ora provides the powerful singing parts of the venomous track (get it - spiders? Yeah we're really lame).
Containing enough bite from the dynamic duo to elevate the track to sassy standards, and with the mix of snap, trap and pop musical styling's it certainly makes for a distinctive addition to the singers' discography. Ora sings the main hook of the track 'I'm gonna love ya/ Until you hate me/ And I'm gonna show ya/ What's really crazy', which deals with the concept of the femme fatale, revenge and failed romantic relationships. Meanwhile, Azalea provides the rapping verses 'This twisted cat and mouse game always starts the same/ First we're both down to play then somehow you go astray/ We went from nothing to something, liking to loving/ It was us against the world and now we just fucking' that are spit out in quick-time and with her usual drawl on the end of each verse.
The heavy bass is contrasted quite appropriately against Ora and Azalea's vocals, and this strong beat provides a basis for a confident and addictive song from the two. In our opinion, this has 'hit' written all over it, and we'll be surprised if it doesn't become another success for the Australian rapper and her female collab partner, Rita Ora. As we have already mentioned, the music video contains dark themes and references to Kill Bill, with Azalea and Ora slipping into their matching jumpsuits (in contrasting black/white and red/black colours) and getting their homicide on with matching Samurai swords (with Black Widow emblazoned on the sword, after all - all swords have names).
We love Azalea in her Big Wanda's Killer Burgers uniform, which is a great reference, and in case you needed any more incentives to watch the video, they come in the form of appearances by Michael Madsen, Paul Sorvino and T.I. Watch the action-packed music video for 'Black Widow' below:
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