Missy Elliott Dropped a Stealth, Futurist New Video In the Night

It is truly astonishing, and remarkable, that Missy can continue to throw down such thrilling, visionary visual clips again and again; the lighting and hyper-shiny sheen is consistent with her repertoire (and I feel those feathers are a shout to her best friend Aaliyah’s, too, RIP), but the innovation is constant. Try not to be transfixed by the choreography by Sean Bankhead and Missy herself, which at times approaches performance art reminiscent of Donna Uchizono’s Butterflies from My Hand and also the illest butt workout at your gym; the exercise ball is suddenly new again.

Missy Elliott co-directed this with Dave Meyers, who’s also done some of her most iconic post-millennium work (“Get Ur Freak On,” “Pass That Dutch” etc). It’s not been announced whether this will be followed by that long-promised, long-awaited new album, but at least it’s something!