'Fave Hollywood friendship': Fans celebrate Helen Mirren and Kendrick Lamar collab after 'Barbie' trailer
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA: Kendrick Lamar is fresh off 'The Big Steppers Tour' but he is still not done promoting his fifth studio album 'Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers'. He recently released a new music video for a track from the album titled 'Count Me Out' and fans were instantly taken by surprise as it featured the stunning Helen Mirren as the psychiatrist who kicks off the video. Mirren's collaboration with Lamar comes right after the teaser for 'Barbie' was dropped and fans cannot get enough of her.
In the visual, the 35-year-old American rapper can be seen in therapy with Helen Mirren on the other side of the room. The video begins with black-and-white footage of a watch ticking, followed by Mirren's voice calling out "Kendrick? Kendrick . . . did you hear that Kendrick?" The 'Humble' rapper's album has been critically acclaimed for being a gleeful amalgamation of Lamar's wisdom with several heavy collaborations. On the other hand, Mirren has been receiving praise for the recent 'Barbie' trailer where she could be heard saying, "Since the beginning of time, since the first little girl ever existed, there have been dolls. But the dolls were always and forever baby dolls, until…" Her opening remarks paid a tribute to ' 2001: A Space Odyssey'.
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Speaking about the recent 'Barbie' trailer and starring in Lamar's music video, Mirren told Variety, "I do love to mix it up. I love to do whatever is quite different from the last thing I’ve done. I’m very, very fortunate... I’m having an enormous amount of fun doing it." 'Count Me Out' music video is directed by Lamar and Dave Free, and is the fourth visual project Lamar has released from his latest record following 'N95', 'We Cry Together', 'Rich Spirit', and 'The Heart Part 5'.
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One excited user tweeted, "Kendrick Lamar having Helen Mirren be the narrator of the Big Steppers Tour and star in the Count Me Out music video is cinema." Another user said, "Helen Mirren narrating the Barbie trailer AND starring in a new Kendrick Lamar video on the same day? Dame, let the other girls have a chance." One more user tweeted, "Helen Mirren in Kendrick Lamar’s Count Me Out video and narrating the Barbie teaser. She’s definitely on her side mission s**t lol."
Another user tweeted, "BARBIE trailer and kendrick lamar video? dame helen mirren booked and busy." Another Lamar and Mirren fan wrote, "As if I can’t love Kendrick Lamar more he has Helen Mirren in his new Music Video!!!" One user remembered Mirren's narration during Lamar's recent tour promoting the album and tweeted, "I remember being in the crowd at the #BigSteppersTour this year and hearing Helen Mirren narrate thinking how insane it was... The friendship between K. Dot & the Dame may be my favorite Hollywood friendship."
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