Will.i.am is definitely feeling himself, and has enlisted superstar Miley Cyrus alongside Wiz Khalifa and French Montana for a new music video and single, fittingly titled "Feelin' Myself." The collaborative track was released on will.i.am's VEVO page Tuesday Nov. 26 and, of course, it features some quasi-rapping, minimalistic beats and the inevitable twerking.
The music video itself is simple enough in concept: it's quasi-futuristic as will.i.am, Miley and crew dance around with some red and black backgrounds and triangles float around behind them. There's also a computerized projection of will.i.am at one point and a super hot sports car because why not? This is a rap video, and rap fans like expensive things. (Right?)
The song itself is annoyingly infectious like most of will.i.am's recent jams. A narcissist's wet dream, "Feelin' Myself" is about owning your own reflection and da club, and thus being capable of feeling yo' self and being "the s---" while getting bottle service and looking at your own reflection.
The beat is repetitive and full of bouncy electronic beats, finger snaps and tingly bells. It's most certainly an earworm, and the refrain of "god d---it you're the s---" over and over again will most certainly get stuck in your head.
As for the rapping performances, they're okay. Will.i.am, despite all his money-grabbing faults, can carry a melody with the best of them. Miley Cyrus raps, of course, and does an okay job. It's a less inspired and less attitude-chalked turn than her verse on Mike WiLL Made It's "23," but she can handle her own. French Montana and Wiz Khalifa are seasons MCs and do a fine job, but it's not like most people will care about their verses anywhere. There's Miley all over this song.
Watch "Feelin' Myself" below.
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