Azealia Banks has dropped the video for “Anna Wintour,” the first cut from her upcoming album Fantasea II: The Second Wave.
In the video, we see Banks dancing in a warehouse to “Anna Wintour,” outfitted in jean cutoff shorts, a cropped white t-shirt, black gloves, and black boots. Scenes alternate between the warehouse and an industrial-area rooftop, where Banks sings into a megaphone.
The video itself is somewhat reminiscent of the warehouse dance scenes from the '80s movies Flashdance and Footloose, particularly because sonically, “Anna Wintour” has a similar '80s aesthetic. The visual is also evocative of Kanye’s video for his 2016 The Life of Pablo track “Fade,” which starred Teyana Taylor. Recently, an Instagram user made a comment about the likeness when Banks shared a behind-the-scenes snippet of the “Anna Wintour” video: “Okay azealia feel that @teyanataylor fantasy i see you queen.”
Banks, of course, had something to say about that, responding, “lol you mean the choreography she stole from @bornready_matt and tried not to give him credit for until a lawyer got involved…,” or Matthew Pasterisa.
Taylor has credited Pasterisa for his help choreographing part of the video for “Fade.” However, it was choreographer Jae Blaze, however, who came up with the routine for most of the video.
