Well, this was never going to end well. Katy Perry has gone full-on Egyptian for for the ‘Dark Horse’ video, which is a shame, because I rather preferred the whole witches’ coven/The Craft vibe she had going during her performance of this track at the Grammys, to be honest.
It’s still a great song and will do really well, no doubt, but it’s a bit strange and I’m sure the cultural appropriation police will be ringing their bells anytime now (especially after the whole geisha thing). I like it, generally speaking, and as far as videos go, it could be a lot worse.
What do you think?
HOW could it possibly be any worse?! It looks cheap and cheesy and the video doesn’t match up with the song at all. It’s like I took a bad acid trip to Egypt, and I never want to see this hot mess again for the rest of my life.
illuminate buuuuuullshit.