Wondering what you guys think.

I showed it to some friends as an example of unrepentant industry/rock star self love and a few thought it was too over the top to be real. They thought it was a satire.

Judging by his other videos, I don't think so. What do y'all think? mov

Story is here: videos.antville.org

whats up with the smiling? scandal.

and the concept "on my way to the concert" if done som many times before.

If by "over the top" they meant "includes most video cliche rock industry archetypes shot in an understated boring way" then I'd agree. It's way too sedated to be effective I think.

we're living in times where irony can be part of being serious ... let's create a word for that: ironoyimplicity. anyhow it seems that this should have get ironysimplicitive (!!! lets say this loud everyone: ironysimplicitive) but it went to be very boring. it was maybe planed as a satire but they failed.

Obviously trying to be satire, it's just not a good promo. It's not a good song either.

I think it's a contrarian's reworking of "Bittersweet Symphony" (a GREAT video) in that it's a similar concept, only he's happy throughout. He even bumps into someone, but begs their pardon!

fungible: The bump I understand, but I guess it's the way he's behaving and how's he's handled rather than whether he's happy or not is the question to me.

To end up in Jesus Christ pose with his shoes off as he'd been ushered past working class people by a handler he refuses to make eye contact with, stopping only to briefly acknowledge his bandmates (who he clearly is not hanging out with back in his room) but actually take the time to shake hands with some record company creep...?