Hello?

More music from across the ocean, this time in the form of Namie Amuro's "Hello."

Well, even when the Japanese aren't being original, at least they're consistent. This video is very consistent in theme (cellphones), color scheme (washed out black and white with lots of maroon), hairstyle (long and wavy, long and wavy, and...long and wavy), and unoriginality (jiggling chicks in tiny outfits). In all though, the video's actually rather entertaining. The music's good and the visuals are attention-grabbing -- in particular, there's this one scene where she's surrounded by floating cellphones. Perhaps this is an audiovisual commentary on how society has become so dependent on technology as to have become completely disconnected. What seems like a typical musical confection is actually an intellectual study of modern pop culture!

Then again, maybe not. Whatever it is, it has a cute chick in it.