day 270

cobra starship gets their west side on

in honor of their two nominations at this year's video music awards, cobra starship was asked to make a promo for the show alongside "good girls go bad" collaborator leighton meester. the band and gossip girl took to the transit museum in brooklyn to shoot the 30 second spot, making use of an antique subway car, with choreography by wade robson, who got his start as a dancer for britney spears. while a choreographer was necessary is beyond me, the spot is a one of the cooler music-based things shown on mtv (when people are awake and watching the channel) in a long time. though, in my opinion, leighton meester should have been used more than just a little "hi, i'm standing over here on the stairs looking all bored and stressed while reading" part. oh well. the second spot features music's latest (and only) it girl taylor swift. the "vma side story" spot is double the length of cobra's and features double the talent (with about 15 less people involved). i'm pretty sure taylor is set to perform at the show and hopefully she'll bring it. my favorite awards show performances recently have been tswifts, so i hope she doesn't eff this up. the show airs live september 13th at 9/8c on mtv and is being hosted, once again, by russell brand. hopefully he's learned his lesson and won't be making any jobro/virgin jokes this time around.