Weezy is no stranger to controversy and his new video throws him right into the fire pit. The video for "
My Homies Still" Featuring Big Sean mostly takes place in the most bizarre suburbia ever—pink elephants, dancing pandas and makeout sessions with mannequins included—all Wayne's usual brand of chaos.
Around the 3:35 mark in the video, Wayne and his gang are transported to a movie theater where they dance, sing, and throw popcorn at the screen. In what we call horrible timing the theater is filled with 12 skeletons exactly the same amount as the people who died in the recent
Aurora Shooting During The Premiere Of The Dark Knight Rises Once that connection was made, others were quick to point out other similarities between the music video and reports of the crime scene: For one, smoke bombs set off in the suburban streets (where Lil Wayne also skateboards past a pair of skeletons). And, at 3:28, a mirrored reflection in the window nearly takes on the shape of a bat.
While Wayne has yet to comment on the matter, the video's director Parris, took to Twitter to respond to the similarities. One user asked, "How do you feel about shooting the scene with the skeletons in the movie theater? Is that a bit eerie to you?"
"not at all. It's just sad that people try an associate a tragedy to a music video that was created by having fun nothing more,"
Parris responded. "I'm not that deep or sick to put cryptic messages in my videos purely art and entertainment."
