Saturday, January 14, 2012

Why Hilary Duff is flawless PART 2: "Reach Out"



There’s absolutely no question to us music lovers that Hilary duff can do no wrong. But once in a while there comes some intellectual thinker (albeit a real idiot) who questions this fact of life. People like that inspired this recurring column, Why Hilary Duff Is Flawless. Here I will explore one song per post and its video (if it has one) and why this proves beyond a doubt the flawlessness of the currently-dormant (and pregnant) pop diva.
Please check out exhibit A, below



The track you listened to was "Reach Out" by Hilary Duff, the first (and sadly only) single off of Hilary Duff's second greatest hits album, "Best Of."
Hilary had been working on material ever since her Dignity tour, planned for a Dignity re-release. She had recorded "Reach Out" and "Holiday" and was planning on recording one more original song, and include several remixes in the re-released album. Hollywood Records, however, cancelled this re-release, leading Duff to form a greatest hits album just to terminate her contract with the label.
"Best of" contains two brand-new tracks, "Reach Out" and "Holiday" (which will make the plot of another post VERY soon). Of these, it was "Reach Out" that really showed what a woman Duff had turned into. Long gone were the barely-noticeable innuendos and talk of love, this song is purely physical.
The song produced by Ryan Tedder includes some sever drum beats and an appropriately placed sample of Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" mixed with some slick guitar licks. "Reach out and touch me before I go insane. Reach out and touch me, why do you make me wait? I'm a dime and you're so on the money" Duff sings in the song's infectious chorus.
As if this song wasn't good enough, there are some sick remixes of this puppy. Among them is the extremely grimy Richard Vission remix that changes the drum beats and guitar licks for some grinding synthesizers and siren-like beats. It's maybe even better than the original!
Now let's talk video. Check out Exhibit B below:
  
This video is perfect, even though there's a this-should-def-not-be-here rap in the beginning and the middle...but it's still fantastic. The video makes some slight homages to Madonna's "Erotica" (albeit in color) with the blink-and-you'll-miss-it scenes of Duff with her hands tied or blindfolded. (luckily there's a gif for that, please don't blink)

Then there are the flawlessly-directed scenes of the Disney princess grabbing grapes and looking all sorts of sexy. Or the scenes of Hilary touching mirrors and looking hawt.
Like this:

But nothing on this video is as great as the parts where Hilary plays with her hunk-du-jour. Whether she's clinging on his leg while he facelessly stands there, hugging him while he facelessly stands there, or performs oral sex on his thumb while he facelessly...stands there?
(like this)

... it's just flawless.
Selena Gomez could never.
Demi Lovato could never.
Miley Cyrus can come close, maybe.
But Selena could never.
What are your thoughts on Hilary, "Reach Out," and these amazing gifs?

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