BBC Radio 1 has recruited an all-star lineup of pop stars such as Justin Bieber, Nick Jonas, Craig David, Meghan Trainor, Carly Rae Jepsen, Troye Sivan, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and the members of 5 Seconds of Summer to spoof the controversial video from Kanye West's "Famous" single. For the parody, these artists created a safe-for-work version of the music video.
The video, which was produced by BBC Radio 1, begins with former X Factor host and "Crazy Stupid Love" singer Fernandez-Versini lying in bed with Bieber. But, unlike in West's video, the two stars are fully clothed. They then hilariously discuss which of them is hotter, Complex reported.
"Out of the two of us, who do you think is the hottest," Fernandez-Versini asks Bieber in the video.
"Probably me," the "Love Yourself" singer jokingly replied. "No, I'm just messing with you, but I do have a perfect, symmetrical face."
Bieber tries to make up for his self-centeredness by showering Fernandez-Versini with compliments but still ends up talking about his good qualities.
Then, a scene between Sivan and Trainor cuts in with the former trying to flirt with the latter but is met with a barrage of "No's." The other pop stars mentioned above also have their own scenes in the parody video with some of them dropping lines from their various hit songs.
Being an SFW parody of the original "Famous" video, the BBC Radio 1 production certainly looks very different from the one West made, which basically features the unclothed likeness of various celebrities lying in bed next to one another. Still, the spoof clip was able to deliver light-hearted humor that pokes fun at the very serious and controversial content of the track and its music video.
Of course, given the nature of "Famous," it doesn't come as a surprise that someone spoofed it. Other personalities, such as Stephen Colbert, host of the talk show The Late Show, also made parodies of their own shortly after the original video came out, according to Rolling Stone.
In Colbert's video, which he claims is the unedited version of the clip, the talk show host is lying on the edge of the bed beside George W. Bush and Anna Wintour.
"I wish you could smell it in here," he says in the clip. "It is like a cage at the zoo. They're gonna have to burn this bed."
