Cheryl Cole Premieres Cheap “Ghetto Baby” Music Video

Cheryl Cole‘s Lana Del Rey leftover, “Ghetto Baby”, kills me. Even with Cheryl’s piss-weak voice, it still slays wigs, but it’s such an obvious LDR song that poor ol’ CC just sounds like she’s singing karaoke after a few too many pints at the pub. But just to be clear, I do love this song, so don’t get it twisted. Cheryl hasn’t bothered releasing it as a single since her albums on average can’t produce anything more than one hit each, but she has gone and released a random video for it, just for, y’know, “buzz” or something.

The clip was shot by fashion photographer Rankin, who has previously put together some amazing visuals for the likes of Sky Ferreira, Kelis, Azealia Banks, and Nelly Furtado. Sadly, this ain’t one of ‘em. It’s kind of all over the place without a strong concept — it doesn’t know if it wants to be a performance piece, or a glamorous, wind machine kinda thang. It also does something that I hate from American and British pop videos, where the choreography is only shown for a few seconds at a time because the artist is never talented enough to keep the really good parts of their routine going for more than a few seconds at a time.

I’m picking this apart too much, though. “Ghetto Baby” is one of Cheryl’s few flawless songs, and a thrown together video with a few good shots is better than no video at all. And I really need to stop shading Cheryl’s dancing every time she busts out her little hip-hop body rolls and two-steps. Her moves still shit on most of these American pop tarts, so I guess she deserves some credit for that. I think. Maybe …

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  • peter

    ummm 2:44-2:47 is slayage

  • Jason

    Trash video, why even bother. I used to like her, but she represents everything that is wrong with pop. Let the producers/writers do all the work for your cookie cutter career, and then put in the minimum effort. She’s been in this business for almost a decade and she sings worse than Katy Perry. There are better and more talented artists out there who would kill to have her status.

  • http://twitter.com/ItsMoXiiE Moxiie

    The songwriting…is….just….I might cry….

  • http://twitter.com/DanielJay92 Daniel Jay Hamilton

    I haven’t watched the video yet but *insert my Cheryl is so fucking beautiful comment here.*

  • SerferTJ

    Simmer down. Cheryl may not write/produce her own music, or even have a decent voice, but she’s honest about it.
    Plus she’s re-branded herself to being a top-notch performer in order to make up for the areas she lacks.

    I mean, Selena Gomez and Rihanna can learn a thing or two from her tbh…
    http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3enmgCnwz1qf0jv7o1_500.gif

  • http://randomjpop.blogspot.co.uk/ Random J

    This song is a mess. I heard it bumping in my local ASDA when this album came out and my trolley free wheeled into the Wii gaming stand because I let go of that shit in sheer shock of the mess that is this song. “Ghetto baby” is only good for bumping in Topshop and Dorothy Perkins. Nothing more.

    Had Lana sung this herself I would have probably liked it out of the sheer shock of her doing a song like this in the midst of her 60′s / Nancy Sinatra throwback shit. But Cheryl’s vocals sound shittier than normal and she just doesn’t sell it well enough. Neither the image in the video nor the song.

    “Under the sun” is as good as it gets for ‘A million lights’. Great song, great video. Best on the album by far.

    Cheryl just doesn’t captivate me as a solo artist. She did more for me as part of Girls aloud. I used to like watching her and Nadine out swag those 3 background chicks and get the best sections in songs.

  • Baby V Alex

    Cheryl should have asked her close friend Lana Del Rey, since y’know according to Cheryl, she discovered Lizzy, about how to make a good video. HOWEVER the video looks like a high budget version of the live performance, BUT what a waste of song, the choreo is great tho.

    And Lana’s lyrics are just amazing, I wish her version of the song has Cheryl’s instrumental.

  • Ange1Serran0

    I love how her main interests are the black men. LoL Apparently her ghetto babies can only be black she didn’t give the white guy a chance.

  • Guest

    hot song and hot video.

    i liked the dancing; the cut-aways were for effect but it was quite annoying. i wanted to at least get to see an extended dancing break but nope.

  • gotgotgone

    I love this song even though it is a lana leftover I wouldst be mad at Cheryl if she changed up her sound and used Ghetto Baby as the blueprint. I know her music is very medicore but her last album was just a step up for her and I was finally proud to be a fan of Cheryl

  • leebug

    Cheryl used to be a good dancer. Rememeber Will.i.am’s “Heartbreaker” video? She learned hip hop specifically to dance for the video. She needs to quit smoking and take care of herself since dancing is the only actual talent she has in the first place. We don’t want another Britney!

  • MK

    Well at least she looks stunning (like she always does)

  • rJ

    And that Tre….dayum, get it Chezza. Tre bien!

  • http://twitter.com/_ULTRA_BLUE_ Luke

    UM… she’s not honest about it lol She always tries to cover her miming up and who thinks she’s a top-notch performer other than her stans?

    Her album flopped, she needs to give it up… I heard Girls Aloud may be recording a full album next year so maybe her label finally put the nail in her solo careers coffin.

    P.S Even Rihanna sings better than Cheryl, In fact Rihanna has been improving.

  • http://twitter.com/_ULTRA_BLUE_ Luke

    She only likes black guys lol I think… who cares.

  • http://twitter.com/Lucia21Pierre Katrina

    Budget Jlo

  • WTF

    Its not a “music video” it was just a side project made by her and Rankin and she tweeted it out as a christmas gift for fans…

  • http://twitter.com/HBF82 Bojan Goranović

    It is a hot joint! For real. Reminds me of Ciara.

    Proph, will we get your 2013. predictions? I love the previous ones.

  • SerferTJ

    She’s no Ciara, J.Lo, Nicki Scherzinger, or K-Pop singer, but you have to admit that when she’s on stage, she OWNS it and sells that track! Which in most cases is more than you can say about the majority of the current chart-toppers.

    And I am happy that Rihanna is FINALLY getting her vocals together on ballads, but she’s still usually whack at up-tempos that require her to move around the stage.

    p.s. I stan for Cheryl, but I want Girls Aloud album next anyways cuz they’re music is always better. haha

  • Guest

    UM… yes she is honest about it. read any of her interviews and you’ll see that. she basically admitted in an interview that “call my name” has no lyrical meaning, and even if it does, she doesn’t care.

    lol just because you assume something doesn’t mean it’s true bitch.

  • Anonymous

    Cheryl just didn’t have the swag to pull this video off thats all. That video could’ve been cheap and still slayed. Lana should’ve gave this to Ciara tbh.

  • leebug

    She isn’t honest about it. She always denies lip syncing even in the most obvious performances. One time she said something along the lines “”If you think my live vocal sounds so good it must be mimed, I’m happy. I take it as a compliment” when her Call My Name performances were obviously mimed. I like her a lot and was a big fan way back in 2009 but she needs to be honest about it. She talks about other popstars like she’s better than them as well. It’s a turn off but she’s pretty so I can forgive her. lol

  • http://twitter.com/_ULTRA_BLUE_ Luke

    So she admits her music is trash??? She still tries to make out she sings live when we all know she’s miming… Any time she sings live peoples ears bleed (see Diamond Jubilee concert).

  • http://www.facebook.com/cameronjoelspargo Cameron Joel Spargo

    You’re deluded, please see a psychiatrist asap.. I am worried about your wellbeing.

  • Jordan

    It was only shot in about an hour, for fun, in between an actual photo shoot, so I’m not complaining with how cheap it looks. Still a fantastic song.

  • http://www.facebook.com/lloydbestofficial Lloyd Best

    LDR’s version of this song is 100% better than this, I still like it though, because of LDR, she’s a queen.

  • me

    this shit is too funny wack!!!!

  • http://twitter.com/_DATBOYLUKE_ Luke

    I secretly love this song… Lana writing it is my excuse lol