Video | T-Pain "5 O'Clock (feat. Lily Allen & Wiz Khalifa)"

Si parla di videoclip musicali, perché magari la canzone può piacere o meno però il video non lascia indifferenti. Parlo del ideo di "5 O'Clock", ultimo singolo del re dell'auto-tune T-Pain, che campiona Lily Allen e si avvale di un po' di reppato da parte del giovane Wiz Khalifa. Prima di parlare del video informo solo che la canzone della Allen campionata dal rapper è "Who'd Have Known" dalla quale viene estrapolato l'inizio, non il ritornello.

Quello che mi preme segnalarvi è il video, diretto da Erik White, che ogni volta guardo con piacere per il modo in cui è girato. Di notte, con un'atmosfera molto pacata e con un uso dello sfocato che è tra le cose che più apprezzo e che nelle foto in notturna da un tocco quasi di magia alla foto. Si chiama bokeh, se proprio vogliamo usare un termine tecnico, basta cercare su Google Immagini per farsi subito un'idea di quello di cui vi sto parlando. Realizzarlo non è un'operazione difficilissima a patto di avere un minimo di attrezzatura e padronanza di alcune tecniche fotografiche. Non ho mai provato con una fotocamera compatta, ma per via delle dimensioni dei sensori spesso la profondità di campo e l'effetto sfocato vanno un po' a farsi friggere, per cui una reflex, un obiettivo che permetta ampie aperture e un flash per illuminare il soggetto in primo piano potrebbero permettervi di realizzare qualcosa del genere.

Dopo aver guardato il video, apprezzerete anche il BTS, Behind the scenes, il dietro le quinte, tanto per dirlo con un termine italiano. Spesso è molto interessante dare un'occhiata a quello che c'è dietro la realizzazione di un videoclip, la gente e i tecnici che lavorano e che seguono la macchina da presa con microfoni e/o luci e quant'altro. Queste persone non appariranno mai nel risultato finale ma i loro ruolo è fondamentale per la riuscita del video.

Testo | Lyrics

[Lily Allen:]
 It's 5 o'clock in the morning
 Conversation got boring
 You said you're going to bed soon
 So I snuck off to your bedroom
 And I thought I'd just wait there (uh)
 Until I heard you come up the stairs (uhh)
 And I pretended I was sleeping (uhh)
 And I was hoping...

[T-Pain:]
 It's 5 o'clock in the morning, and I want ya
 And you want me, don't ya?
 I can see it
 Cause you've been waiting on me since
 I said that I was hittin' the club
 Something coming up on me
 And I know you be getting so horny
 Cause you be sending me texts saying
 Like boy just get your ass up in that car
 And come get all of this love

 (It's 5 o'clock in the morning)
 You ain't got to remind me
 She already said if I don't come home on time
 She might go crazy
 And she'll be waiting on me naked
 With one of my chains on
 She might come and find me (oh oh oh)
 And then ask me kindly
 Do I want her to go crazy?
 We do this every night
 And then we always wake up singing the same song

[Hook: Lily Allen]
 It's 5 o'clock in the morning (yeah)
 Conversation got boring (talk to me girl)
 You said you're going to bed soon (let’s go)
 So I snuck off to your bedroom (come on)
 And I thought I'd just wait there (wait on me)
 Until I heard you come up the stairs (I won’t let you stay lonely)
 And I pretended I was sleeping (alright)
 And I was hoping you would creep in (goodnight)

[Hook 2: T-Pain]
 It's 5 o'clock in the morning
 Conversation got boring
 You said you're going to bed soon
 So I snuck off to your bedroom
 And I thought I'd just wait there
 Until I heard you come up the stairs
 And I pretended I was sleeping
 And I was hoping you would creep in

[T-Pain:]
 It's 5 o'clock in the morning
 And you calling
 And these females got me stalling
 I can hear your voice in my head like
 "What is he doing? Oh, what is he doing?"
 Cause I keep checking my cell phone
 And these missed calls
 You texting me like I'm a kill y'all
 If you don't get your ass up out of that club
 And do you know what time it is?

 (It's 5 o'clock in the morning)
 Oh, oh my bad, girl
 And this Nuvo got me trippin'
 And I know that you mad, girl
 But you ain't got to worry about nothing
 Girl I got you, girl I got you
 She might come and find me, and then ask me kindly
 Do I want her to go crazy?
 We do this every night and then
 We always wake up singing the same song

[Hook: Lily Allen]
 It's 5 o'clock in the morning (yeah)
 Conversation got boring (talk to me girl)
 You said you're going to bed soon (let’s go)
 So I snuck off to your bedroom (come on)
 And I thought I'd just wait there (wait on me)
 Until I heard you come up the stairs (I won’t let you stay lonely)
 And I pretended I was sleeping (alright)
 And I was hoping you would creep in (baby girl goodnight)

[Hook 2: T-Pain]
 It's 5 o'clock in the morning
 Conversation got boring
 You said you're going to bed soon
 So I snuck off to your bedroom
 And I thought I'd just wait there
 Until I heard you come up the stairs
 And I pretended I was sleeping
 And I was hoping you would creep in

 (It's 5 o'clock in the morning)

[Wiz Khalifa:]
 You ain't got nothing on
 But the t-shirt that I left over your house
 The last time I came and put it on ya
 Too many thirsty girls up in this club for me to
 Leave here with one of them
 That's why I call her
 And you'll be right at home waiting for me
 Iphone plugged in the wall, just waiting for me
 Club closed at 6, left around 4:30
 Yeah so by the time I'm at your crib...
 (It's 5 o'clock in the morning)
 And you yawning, but I've been drinking all night and I feel like performing
 With you in the bedroom
 Floor to the dresser
 Don't want nothing less cause I'm sure you're the best
 You're the one, so I let you
 That's how you show me love
 And when we finish you like "Damn, babe you woke me up"
 I love the way you put it down like it's for both of us
 The sun ain't the only thing that's coming up

[Hook:]
 It's 5 o'clock in the morning
 Conversation got boring
 You said you're going to bed soon
 So I snuck off to your bedroom
 And I thought I'd just wait there
 Until I heard you come up the stairs
 And I pretended I was sleeping
 And I was hoping you would creep in
 It's 5 o'clock in the morning