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, it's one big party for him and his friends. Ian Isaiah, who stars as a queen dressed to rival Mary Antoinette, summons Hynes to come perform for him and a clique of aristocrats. The cohort enjoy some bacchanalia, while Blood Orange grooves in pantaloons to his own experimental R&B.
The camera spends time with each character: woman in a yellow dress next to a baby pink painted knight, three friends giggling on a couch, a man resting his head on Isiah's lap, a couple getting steamy on the piano, and a woman dancing on ballet pointe. Aesthetically, it's a gorgeous subversion reminiscent of the effect of Jay Z and Beyoncé's"APES**T" video, which filled the Louvre with Black excellence.
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