And after a clever engagement campaign, Justin Timberlake unveils the "Take Back The Night" video. It's a celebratory clip that takes the pop star through the NYC night — a deserved victory lap for anyone who can can pack Yankee Stadium twice — leading from Uptown Baby to the electric streets of Chinatown. The overall vibe is somewhere between the opening montage for SNL, the Copacabana tracking shot from Goodfellas (that every director seems to want to recreate) and the mid-period Michael Jackson video of your choice.
Director Donlee Brussel pulled out all the stops for his latest video, making something more like a mini movie. It stars Drew Seeley, an actor/singer who provided the singing voice for Zac Efron in High School Musical, played the role for the movie's subsequent tour, and was featured in several other Disney productions. And to add a little more small-screen stature to it all, Brussel also got TV personality Wayne Brady into the video too.
Pop singer Drew Seeley plays a private eye who goes in deep on a mission to get dirt on a woman who has caught the eye of his client, Wayne Brady. In the end, Seeley discovers she's clean and Brady discovers he just got outfoxed.
