What's Behind The Puppets In “WTF”? 7 Questions I Have About Missy Elliott’s New Music Video
byJenn Rose
Drop absolutely everything right now (unless you’re holding a baby; put the baby down gently in a safe pace): Missy Elliott has released a new video for the first time since 2008, and it is more than worth watching. “WTF (Where They From)” featuring Pharrell Williams, is everything you could hope for in a Missy video: super weird, catchy as hell, and impossible to look away from. But along with a bunch of futuristic-looking costumes, "WTF" also features puppet versions of Pharrell and Missy, dancing along to the beat — and it's just one of many things about the video that has enthralled the Internet.
Missy’s videos have never been average, but this one might be the most bonkers yet. It starts off pretty normal, with shots of different people in an unnamed city quietly singing the song to themselves on street corners, in cars, and in a nail salon. And then the dancing starts! Missy does her Missy dance in a track suit that looks like it’s made out of disco balls, and it is on. This video’s got everything: shapeshifting, marionettes, twerking, hoverboards, possible robots. It’s like a Stefan nightclub come to life!
However, I do have some questions. I'm not much for reading into the symbolism of videos, or anything else for that matter. To me, a cigar is always a cigar, unless you tell me otherwise. With that in mind, though, I'm hoping Missy can clear up a few things about the appropriately-named “WTF” video. Such as...