» “I had saved pictures on my phone to use as reference points for the video,” the 21-year-old singer told the Cut about the video’s provenance over the phone on Tuesday, when it was at about 8.5 million views and rising. “There was an image I’d saved of Naomi Campbell in the ‘80s — I think it was a Versace campaign — where she is basically holding another girl on her back. I loved the idea of girls looking after each other like that, holding each other, that sense of humility, that sense of strength.” «
–https://www.thecut.com/2017/07/dua-lipa-new-rules-video-interview.html
» The final shot isn’t of the female friends, but of a group of flamingos, flaunting by a pool. “I wanted them to be a part of the video because they really fit in aesthetically,” she said. And of course, while flamingos are a classic Miami symbol, in “New Rules,” Lipa wanted them to represent something bigger. “Flamingos live in large groups, they’re very social animals,” she said. “They’re good representatives of female friendship.” «
– https://www.thecut.com/2017/07/dua-lipa-new-rules-video-interview.html
For more plastic pink flamingos see Pink Flamingos {1972, John Waters}.
For more colourful depictions of female friendship in Florida see Spring Breakers {2012, Harmony Korine}.
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