Pretty Baby (Vanessa Carlton song)
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"Pretty Baby" is a song by Vanessa Carlton
from her debut album Be Not Nobody
. The song was released as the third single from the album in 2003
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in her hands and starts walking through the house as she starts to sing the song. We then see her sitting down, playing a large, black grande piano. The video contains various flashbacks scenes of her and her lover (Brendan Fehr
), such as a kissing scene in a red car, a scene where Vanessa gives her boyfriend a guitar as a gift, and a party scene. At the end of the music video, she goes up the stairs and into a bedroom, where we see an example of bondage
in which Vanessa has tied up her lover and taped his mouth with the duct tape seen in the beginning of the video.
The music video was directed by Marcos Siega
.
Vanessa Carlton
Vanessa Lee Carlton is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Upon completion of her education at the School of American Ballet, Carlton chose to pursue singing instead, performing in New York bars and clubs while attending university. Three months after recording a demo with producer Peter...
from her debut album Be Not Nobody
Be Not Nobody
Be Not Nobody is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton, released in 2002 on A&M Records."A Thousand Miles" was the first single from the album. It reached the top five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, number one in Australia and the top ten in the United Kingdom...
. The song was released as the third single from the album in 2003
2003 in music
-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...
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Music video
The song is known for having a slightly controversial music video. The video starts with Vanessa inside a large house sitting on top of a staircase. She has a roll duct tapeDuct tape
Duct tape, or duck tape, is cloth- or scrim-backed pressure sensitive tape often sealed with polyethylene. It is very similar to gaffer tape but differs in that gaffer tape was designed to be cleanly removed, while duct tape was not. It has a standard width of and is generally silver or black...
in her hands and starts walking through the house as she starts to sing the song. We then see her sitting down, playing a large, black grande piano. The video contains various flashbacks scenes of her and her lover (Brendan Fehr
Brendan Fehr
Brendan Jacob Joel Fehr is a Canadian actor. He portrayed Michael Guerin on the WB television series Roswell and Laboratory Tech Dan Cooper in CSI: Miami.-Early life:...
), such as a kissing scene in a red car, a scene where Vanessa gives her boyfriend a guitar as a gift, and a party scene. At the end of the music video, she goes up the stairs and into a bedroom, where we see an example of bondage
Bondage (sexual)
Bondage is the use of restraints for the sexual pleasure of the parties involved. It may be used in its own right, as in the case of rope bondage and breast bondage, or as part of sexual activity or BDSM activity.- Private bondage :...
in which Vanessa has tied up her lover and taped his mouth with the duct tape seen in the beginning of the video.
The music video was directed by Marcos Siega
Marcos Siega
Marcos Siega is a film, television, commercial, and music video director. He has also worked as a producer and a musician....
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