Lest you suppose Eminem doesn’t undergo for his artwork, Slim Shady pulled again the curtain on Monday (June 10) to supply followers with a behind-the-scenes peek on the making of the video for his “Houdini” single. The minute-long clip starring the rapper’s not-so-super alter ego, Rapboy, options the caption, “I do my very own stunts. #Houdini video shoot behind the scenes – don’t do that at house!!!”
It opens with Rapboy doing a sequence of jumps off a mattress onto a crash pad, repeatedly face-planting on the black mat you don’t see within the completed product. He then does one other spherical of face crops — this time from a kneeling place — onto a dusty rug whereas complaining to the director about his motivation. “Oh, you need me to smash my f–king face!?,” video veteran Marshall says, adamantly noting that he can’t be liable for what his cape does when his mug hits the grime.
“Don’t do the recoil,” director Wealthy Lee counsels Em, because the Rock and Roll Corridor of Famer argues, “that’s my head bouncing off the carpet!” Lee, nevertheless, begs to vary and reveals Em on an iPad that he’s, in reality, bobbing his head as he drops to the bottom. “Are you able to make my nostril not as f–king pointy?” the MC asks whereas altering the topic whereas viewing the playback.
Reduce to one of many oldest methods within the e book as Rapboy “climbs” a constructing and will get blown round by a wind machine, showing to battle mightily towards gravity whereas really simply standing on a slight incline shot from the aspect. “Holy s–t, that’s really not simple,” a winded Em, 51, says after repeated takes. “I would like a break.”
The remainder of the clip consists of Em doing a number of takes of set-ups the place he does tuck-and-rolls and practices a struggle scene. It ends with a blonde-haired Marshall kicking a door open so arduous he loses certainly one of his footwear.
The video that makes nods to Em’s 2009 “With out Me” visible options cameos from Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent, in addition to Marshall’s three youngsters — Hailie, Alaina and Stevie — in addition to former SNL star Pete Davidson. The track is the primary single off Eminem’s upcoming twelfth album, The Loss of life of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce), which is predicted out this summer season.
Within the meantime, Eminem landed his twenty third profession prime 10 debut when “Houdini” entered the Billboard Sizzling 100 at No. 2, stored out of the highest spot by Submit Malone and Morgan Wallen’s “I Had Some Assist,” which has been on the peak for 4 consecutive weeks. The “Houdini” debut is the rapper’s highest-charting single since “The Monster” that includes Rihanna spent 4 week at No. 1 in December 2013-January 2014.
Watch the “Houdini” BTS video beneath.
