New Steven Universe vid: Electric Lady

[frayadjacent]

Title: Electric Lady
Fandom: Steven Universe
Song: Electric Lady (edited for length) by Janelle Monáe
Summary: Watch the water turn to wine
Premiered at VidUKon 2017

Content Notes: Occasional fast cuts and flashing lights. Song lyrics use "she/her" in a section about a character who canonically goes by "they". Spoilers through early Season 4. Feel free to ask specific questions about content.

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I do not have subtitles available yet for this vid. Lyrics for the edited version of the song under the cut below the embedded vid.

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Elec- lec- lec- lec- lec- lectric
La- la- la- la- la -la - lady
Elec- lec- lec- lec- lec- lectric
La- la- la- la- la -la - lady

Ooh, you shock it, shake it, baby
Electric lady you're a star
You got a classic kind of crazy
But you know just who you are
You got the look the gods agree they wanna see
All the birds and the bees
Dancing with the freaks in the trees
And watch the water turn to wine
Outer space and out your mind
Ooh shock me one good time

Electric Lady, get way down
(Get down)
Cause tonight we gon' do what we want to
Lady, get way down
(Get down)
Cause tonight we gon' do what we want to
Lady
Electric La-la-lady

I'll reprogram your mind
Come on, get in
My spaceship leaves at ten
I'm where I wanna be
Just you and me
Baby talking on the side
As the world spins around
Can you feel your spine unwind
And watch the water turn to wine
Ooh, shock it one good time

Electric Lady, get way down
(Get down)
Cause tonight we gon' do what we want to
Electric Lady, get way down
(Get down)
Cause tonight we gon' do what we want to

Gloss on her lips
Glass on the ceiling
All the girls showin' love
While the boys be catchin' feelings
Once you see her face, her eyes you'll remember
And she'll have you falling harder than a Sunday in September
Whether in Savannah, Kansas or in Atlanta
She'll walk in any room have you raising up your antennas
She can fly you straight to the moon or to the ghettos
Wearing tennis shoes or in flats or in stilettos
Illuminating all that she touches, eye on the sparrow
A modern day Joan of Arc or Mia Farrow
Classy, Sassy
Put you in a razzle dazzy
Her magnetic energy will have you coming home like Lassie
Saying "ooh shock it, break it, baby"
Electro, sofista, funky, lady
We the kind of girls who ain't afraid to get down
Electric ladies go on and scream out loud

Electric Lady, get way down
(Get down)
Cause tonight we gon' do what we want to
Electric Lady, get way down
(Get down)
Cause tonight we gon' do what we want to

Ooh, shock it, break it, baby
Electric Lady, Electric Lady
(From the past to the future
From Venus to Mars
I'm calling all the stars)
Electric Lady

Comments

[calvinahobbes]

AAAAHHHHHHH! OMG!?!?! At first I was like, "Oh no, a SU vid to Janelle Monae, how terribly perfect!" And then you start out with Garnet?? And I thought maybe it was a Garnet vid?? Only then came the Pearl/RoseQuartz section which was almost too good for me!! And THENNN somehow you cranked it up a notch with Stevonnie?? Basically how is this song so good for Steven Universe fusions and how are you this awesome???

[frayadjacent]

Yaaaayyy, thank you, and I'm so glad you like it! I think I originally thought this was a Garnet song before I realised it was a fusion ensemble song!

[purplefringe]

(a) This is amazing and beautiful and I don't even watch Steven Universe, and (b) I meant to tell you at the con - I'm SO IMPRESSED you reconstructed this after your laptop was stolen!! You are a vidding hero.

[skygiants]

THIS IS REALLY GORGEOUS

[sasha_feather]

This is amazing and i love it so much!!

[flipbook]

I love this!! Thank you!

[frayadjacent]

Thank you! a) I highly recommend Steven Universe! The episodes are only 11 minutes long! If you need a link I can PM you. b) Argh, Lightworks was great because it is free and I downloaded it quickly, but also Lightworks is horrible because its workflow is not Premiere's workflow and I am turning into a cranky old-at-heart vidder who resists learning new things. Thankfully this vid was short on SFX, and the Stevonnie section (the section where JM is rapping) practically vidded itself. :D

[frayadjacent]

Thank you! (I love the icon!!)

[frayadjacent]

Thank you! And thanks for the rec on twitter!

[frayadjacent]

Thank you!!

[thingswithwings]

This is awesome! It's like six amazing Steven Universe vids all wrapped up in one. :) Love your editing on the Rose/Pearl section especially - using all those queer queer Pearl moments (eg the rose and top hat) together to create an overall vision. And the Ruby/Sapphire parts were so lovely and sexy and sweet!

[juniperphoenix]

Oh, I really like this. :) I'm not sure I have the vidding vocabulary to properly express the thing that most strikes me about this vid, which is the sense of rhythm and flow you develop through your editing choices. The steady, relatively slow beat of the song imposes discipline on clips that contain a lot of fast motion. There's so much energy in the visuals (esp. Garnet's fight scenes) that sometimes it feels like they might be about to break free of the music and fly off in chaotic directions, but they don't; they fit and flow together perfectly.

[chaila]

This is so great! What a perfect song choice. And it's just so smooth and confident and STYLISH.

[runawaynun]

This is so pretty and I love how you incorporated all the characters dancing throughout the vid. :D

[kouredios]

Cassie won't let me watch this until we catch up with season 4 wahhhhhhhhh

(I think I'll watch it after she goes to bed. :D)

[kouredios]

I was right, no major spoilers for us. AND SO GOOD! <3 <3 <3

[goodbyebird]

*MASHES THAT DOWNLOAD BUTTON*
So happy you got this up this fast! I've already watched it twice and it makes me so freaking joyous :DD

[kabal42]

I loved this SO MUCH when you showed it at VidUKon! It is a perfect match with the song and the fusions. Absolutely amazing :)

[kabal42]

When this showed at VidUKon, I was thinking "I just know Calvina is going to LOVE this" :)

[frayadjacent]

Thank you! Gah, Pearl is so damn queer, I love it. And I love how sexy this show is.

[frayadjacent]

This is such a lovely comment, and expresses what you're saying really well! Thank you. I'm really glad you like the vid. And I love your icon!

[frayadjacent]

Eeeee, thank you! :D

[frayadjacent]

Thank you! The dancing was so fun to vid!

[frayadjacent]

Thank you!! And I hope you and Cassie enjoy the rest of S4!

[frayadjacent]

Yaaayyyy thank you! Heh, I felt like I uploaded it so slowly! Three days after the premieres show!

[frayadjacent]

Thank you! And it was great to meet you!

[such_heights]

I LOVE this! It makes such fabulous of the dynamic source material and it's a perfect match to the song.

[kabal42]

Likewise :)

[frayadjacent]

Thank you! <3

[kate_nepveu]

This was great, thanks!

[frayadjacent]

Thanks for your comment! (And sorry for the long delayed reply.)