- What's up Allure, it's Sofia Carson here,
and today I'm breaking down my favorite looks
from my music videos.
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♪ Don't you know the rumors ♪
Rumors featuring R3HAB 2018.
Rumors was probably one of the most exciting videos
that I've ever shot because I got off the plane,
went straight into a fitting,
and then we shot this music video in 24 hours
in three different cities on the Amalfi Coast.
And R3HAB and I had actually never met up until that day.
So it was the first time that we were meeting
and we wanted the music video to really reflect
the ease and the effortless coolness of the record
that is Rumors and also tell the love story
that we're telling.
And so the Amalfi Coast just felt like the perfect backdrop.
The looks also really captured that vibe or that energy,
even though they're still really chic and fashion forward,
they were kind of effortless in a way and cool,
and perhaps even a little bit more casual,
like that really awesome Versace number
when the Versace top and the belt and the shorts
and the red boots.
I actually used my own sunglasses
for that shot when R3HAB and I are in the car
driving down the Amalfi Coast.
My favorite piece, I think,
was the Alexander McQueen jacket that I wear
in the beginning and the end of the music video,
which that was shot in this awesome gas station in Positano.
But we paired that with denim shorts and stilettos,
and it just had this effortless ease to it
that was really cool and a little bit of rock and roll too.
♪ Oh, down in my soul, I need to know ♪
Fool's Gold 2021.
So Fool's Gold is the beginning of a story
that I'm sharing with the world.
It's the story of falling into a love that feels
too good to be true, kind of like fool's gold.
And the theme that I used to tell the story of this record
is fire.
So everything was inspired in this concept of fire
from the music video that we shot with Hannah Lux Davis,
to the fashion choices that we made,
to kind of create this world.
And that's kind of where our inspiration started from.
Fire signifies the beginning or the birth of something
and that's exactly what the song is for me.
All of the looks in Fool's Gold were, of course,
kind of inspired in what a flame looks like.
So we chose from red to gold to black.
And I think the one that pushed me the furthest
out of my comfort zone was this gorgeous, tight,
full body, head to toe red Balenciaga number
that actually catches on fire in the music video.
It just was such a strong and bold look that just really
exemplified, I think, what the record and the song is.
I think the next look was this stunning Dundas gold,
almost like melted lava dress in this fire triangle.
And for that we went super retro
and over the top with the hair,
just because the song has kind of a retro feel
and we wanted to incorporate that in the hair choices.
And then one of my favorite looks was this really cool
Saint-Laurent latex number.
And that whole setup was pretty retro and fun
and kind of pop art.
And so we went really retro with the updo as well
and with the makeup, it was really fun.
For me, it's always so important to really bring to life
that beautiful balance of strength and femininity
'cause there is such strength inherent to femininity.
And for instance, like, that gorgeous Versace suit dress.
There's something so empowering about that dress,
and that's the girl that I imagine in Fool's Gold
or the story that I want to tell is this girl who,
even though she knows that she's falling for a love
that's too good to be true,
she knows exactly what she wants
and she's not afraid to go for it.
You know, my style icons
have always remained pretty consistent.
Audrey Hepburn has always been my all time icon
just how effortlessly elegant and feminine
and strong she was in everything that she wore.
I also love Gwen Stefani
and she's always just been so unapologetically,
effortlessly herself and so cool and so rock and roll.
My fashion choices are always kind of dictated
by those two worlds, you know,
always trying to make looks that are timeless and elegant,
but also leaning into the edge a little bit
and sometimes a little bit of the rock and roll
and kind of finding that balance.
♪ I miss you more than you know ♪
Miss U More Than U Know, 2020.
So Miss U More Than U Know was an interesting music video
to tackle because it was released in the middle of COVID.
And so we actually shot almost two music videos
and put them together.
So the first half of the music video was shot in Paris
a couple of months before, during fashion week.
And the second half was shot in Los Angeles
in the middle of COVID last June.
Of course, the shots in Paris were just magical.
I had just finished the Giambattista Valli show
and I had fallen in love in my fittings
with this gorgeous couture black tulle gown of my dreams.
And Giamba was like,
"You need to have this for your music video."
And so I got to walk around Paris
and dance around Paris and
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in like this tulle dress of my dreams for the video.
I've always loved black and white.
I've always gravitated towards how clean and classic
and timeless and yet really strong black and white feels,
particularly for Miss U More Than U Know,
it felt perfect because there's a certain
melancholy aspect to the song.
And there's like a longing to it,
of missing a love that you once had.
And so the black and white just felt so perfect
'cause it kind of does take you back.
So all the images of me in Paris are in black and white
in the video.
The hat moment was a last-minute addition.
And I think it was the last shot that we shot.
And we just saw the hat
and the director had this cool concept
to shoot me kind of profile.
And there was something just kind of really beautiful
and mysterious about that moment.
There's like this inherent softness and this tenderness
to the song that we really wanted to translate
in the fashion and in the beauty as well.
♪ He loves me, loves me, loves me, but ♪
♪ Tell me did you know ♪
He Loves Me, But... 2021.
Fashion has always been one of my favorite ways
to tell stories,
especially for my music videos and my performances.
And for my most recent music video, 'He Loves Me, But...'
The whole visual concept was told through
the concept of earth.
We shot the music video in the desert because to me,
the desert symbolized truly like a deserted heart
or the end of a love.
And so everything that we decided for the music video
was kind of decided through that lens,
including the fashion.
We started off with this gorgeous white Elie Saab number
in the middle of the desert,
and it kind of symbolized to me,
it was like her coming into her own freedom.
And then we moved on to this gorgeous brown
Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent dress
among cactuses in the desert.
And then one of my favorite pieces
was this gorgeous Versace number
that I wore while I was on this green floating cube
in the middle of the desert.
And the green to me kind of symbolized hope,
you know, the hope of life after love.
The lens of earth also helped to inform the makeup
that we decided to use for the music video,
so everything was in really beautiful earthy tones
in the first Elie Saab, there's very,
almost little makeup in the eyes and a very neutral lip
and then we kind of bumped up the nudes and the browns
for the brown Saint Laurent dress.
And then for the green,
we amped up the makeup just a little bit more,
but we kept the tones pretty neutral throughout,
and I wanted the hair to feel kind of fresh and free
to kind of match the mood of the record
and to match that moment when we're all dancing
in the desert to kind of have that freedom.
♪ I guess I'm a liar now ♪
Guess I'm a Liar, 2020.
Guess I'm a Liar is a really powerful song
because it is the story of the survival of heartbreak
and the triumph of self-love.
One of my favorite lyrics is
"Swore that I would love you to the day I die,
but I'm still alive so I guess I'm a liar."
So we really wanted to bring that story to life
and tell that beautiful triumphant story through fashion,
through arts, and even through the choreography.
I got to work with Hannah after many years
of not working together.
It was so exciting to kind of build this world
from the ground up.
And fashion was such a huge part of the storytelling
for this world.
So we start with this beautiful Giambattista Valli two-piece
that is just kind of ethereal and soft
because that's kind of where she starts.
I say she... Where I start the song.
I'm kind of soft and slightly heartbroken
and then you see her just become stronger with every setup.
And then we move into this gorgeous three dimensional
white cube where I wore this awesome Balenciaga cape
that was just spectacular.
And it was almost matrixy, but it was just so empowering.
One of our biggest inspirations for the choreography
and for this world was Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson
and the incredible videos that they brought to life
in their glory days and how bold and strong
and striking the worlds that they created were.
And then I also wore this beautiful Couture Iris Van Herpen
art piece that is this black sculpture, essentially,
that was just the perfect balance of
femininity and strength.
And then I get to wore another Iris Van Herpen piece
at the end of the video,
when that part of the video was like
me standing in a screen full of clouds
and she just feels like completely free.
And it's a celebration of freedom and how that dress moves
and how magically it was made,
was just so perfect for that moment.
Until this video, I had never really done
really striking and bold eyeliner,
but this was the worlds to do it in.
And so we start off with this really gorgeous
striking black cat eye, but on top of it as a silver liner,
and then we move on for the black Iris dress
into this really sculptural black liner.
I love the edge and the sharpness of the makeup
that really complemented the production of the song.
And then I went into a blue smoky eye,
which I've never really done before,
for when I did the choreography,
because it really complimented the gray world
that we had created.
And it was just so much fun to experiment and to play
and to find, kind of,
different sides of yourself as an artist.
To be able to wear these just breathtaking pieces of art,
to tell such a beautiful and powerful story
was truly an honor.
Thank you so much Allure for joining me
as I broke down some of my favorite music video looks.
Love you.
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