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The title of this "film" is "Lil Dicky Feat. Chris Brown: Freaky Friday" and this includes the names of the two musicians here as well as the title of the 2018 song. The director is Tony Yacenda, who was worked with Lil Dicky on other occasions before this one too, for once a more prolific film director than music video director in charge of a music video here. The entire thing runs for slightly over five minutes and about one third early on is an introduction. We see Lil Dicky being somewhat humiliated at a restaurant and he wishes he was Chris Brown, so next thing that happens is the two switch bodies. Okay, maybe it is a bit rude, but with Chris Brown's history and conflicts with the law/women, that may not be the wisest pick there. That came to my mind. Of course, the whole thing is linked very closely to the movie(s) named "Freaky Friday". Perhaps you have seen the one starring Lindsay Lohan. It's all about making a wish and ending up in somebody else's body. At the end, there is a funny little epilogue, which may have been the best thing about this music video, namely that three other artists/celebrities are includes briefly and also become part of the body switching idea. It probably helps even more to appreciate these if you are an Ed Sheeran fan, which I am not and that is probably why I preferred the inclusions of DJ Khaled and Kendall Jenner, even if I don't have much of a connection with this duo either. Oh no, what was even better/funnier was the Asian guy, who is a waiter early on and who shows up towards the end again as well at the club when Lil Dicky in Chris Brown's body enjoys the night club action while Chris Brown in Lil Dicky's body is not amused at all and tries to climb the stage. Obviously nobody knows who the real one is. Maybe they should thhough with all the body switching that is going on towards the end. It cannot only be these two/five. Oh yeah and LD in CB's body also enjoys the pleasures of women as we see, even if they kept it family-friendly. This one here was an okay hit, did not really make it to number one anywhere except one or two countries, but reached the top10 many times in fact, also in America, so you can say it is a success. At least commercially. Creatively I have to disagree. The song is not particularly good and same is true about the performances, even if they are not on failure territory. Very generic overall though and without the "Freky Friday" inclusion, that is of course also nothing that stems originally from this video, it would have been a very bland watch. It's a thumbs-down for me overall. Not recommended and I am glad it was this short.