#Beyonce and jay z louvre video license#

I would even go so far as to say brilliant.' The guide describes in detail each artwork in the video but stops short of explaining what it is used to signify in the video.īut Professor James Smalls, of the University of Maryland, described the video - directed by Ricky Saiz, who also made the Beyonce clip Yonce - as 'arresting. The self-guided 90-minute tour is for now only available in French, but other languages are likely to follow.

#Beyonce and jay z louvre video license#

(C) 2018 Parkwood Entertainment LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment, and. It is a celebration of African-American identity and their marriage, whose problems and Jay-Z's infidelity Beyonce detailed in her 2016 album Lemonade. Music video by THE CARTERS performing APESHIT (Official Video). The American musicians, performing as The Carters, filmed the dance-filled video for their song Apesht in the landmark museum in Paris, which is home to some of the planet's most celebrated works of art. The song is part of their surprise joint album, Everything is Love - their first - which they released under their real family name, The Carters. Beyonc and Jay-Z in front of the Mona Lisa in the Louvre, Paris. WATCH | The music video for Apeshit by The Cartersīut perhaps the most striking image is of Beyonce at the centre of a line of black dancers in front of David's The Coronation of Napoleon I and the Crowning of the Empress Josephine singing, 'I can't believe we made it.' Portrait of a Negress was painted in 1800, six years after revolutionary France had abolished slavery in its Caribbean colonies only for Napoleon to reinstate it two years later. The choice of works which they used or posed in front of has been taken as a celebration of black bodies and empowerment in an institution which was built on the spoils of conquest and imperialism. 'During their last visit in May 2018, they explained their idea of filming,' the Louvre added. It follows the video through 17 paintings and sculptures which feature in the six-minute clip, going from the monumental white Greek marble Nike of Samothrace to Marie Benoist's Portrait of a Negress. Jay-Z et Beyonce dans le clip de 'Apest', tourné au Louvre (2018) (Capture image Youtube) La vidéo du couple star du rnb et du rap a été vue quelque 55 millions de fois depuis la mi-juin. In a statement, the museum said Beyoncé and Jay Z had visited the Louvre four times in the last 10 years. Now the Louvre, which already has a tour based on the US rapper will.i.am's hit Smile Mona Lisa, has created another based on the Carters' night in the museum. The R'n'B stars' hit song Apeshit which used some of the museum's greatest masterpieces as backdrops - has been viewed 56 million times on YouTube alone since it was released a fortnight ago. The Louvre has dedicated a new art tour to Beyonce and Jay-Z after pop's biggest power couple shot the video for their latest hit in the Paris museum. And thats where we find our besuited pop stars: Beyoncé dressed in pink, Jay-Z in mint green.