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Robyn's Body Talk Pt. 2 (part of her album trilogy of the same name) came out in 2010 but she just released a new video for the record's track "U Should Know Better." The song is collaboration between the Swedish pop star and rapper Snoop Dogg (also known as Snoop Lion). On Twitter, Robyn described the music video: "In a parallel universe Snoop and Robyn ride or die in a Volvo." But as you watch the video, you realize that neither musician is in the video, but doppelgangers of the opposite ex certainly are.
Robyn's longtime stylist and choreographer, Decida, assisted the singer in coming up with the concept of this music video. Decida choreographed the "Dancing On My Own" music video. But in "U Should Know Better," we get to see a boy playing Robyn and a woman portraying Snoop Dogg as the two pal around to the music.
In a statement, Decida said:
"Hopefully the 'U Should Know Better' video sparks some laughs, but also thoughts on what identity really is. Would you be the same person in another context? Does society have certain expectations of a person based on class, gender, color, sexual orientation, religious beliefs and cultural background? How much do these expectations then affect your so-called self? I kind of like the idea that we grow up in a transnational pop cultural mosh pit were you can choose who you want to be instead. All of this is what our 2FACED1 project is about, to know identity is dependent on context and therefore is something fluid."
Robyn also made a statement regarding the music video:
"Even though 'U Should Know Better' was released a couple of years back on Body Talk Pt 2, I wanted to make this video now anyway because the song is still banging and we had too much fun with this video idea to just sit on it."
Check out the video right here:
