Erykah Badu Explains Why She Chose To Go Nude

With all the hype about her new video, which I find to be an awesome expression of her artistic gifts, Erykah goes viral to explain her take on the video and what it meant for her, and why she chose to go nude.


"I was petrified while shooting this video ... but liberation began to set in. I conquered many fears in that few moments," Badu posted on Twitter on Sunday.

Families can be seen in the background. Badu said on Twitter that she prayed the children who were there wouldn't be "traumatized."

The video begins with a 1963 radio broadcast describing Kennedy turning onto Elm Street. Badu is then shown in a parked car. Then she walks toward Elm Street while taking her clothes off.

Badu said on Twitter that she could hear people yelling things at her but she kept going. People were yelling things such as "This is a public place," "You ought to be ashamed," and "Put your clothes on," she said.

She said the people caught in the background were trying to ignore her as she shed the last of her clothing -- except for one man who grabbed her clothes.

In the video, she falls to the ground at the spot where Kennedy was shot.

The blood at the end of the video spells out "groupthink."

Comments from a poster on a popular social networking site stated this:

I think this is a song/video as her comeback to people that have lambasted her for her lifestyle. After her third child by a third baby daddy and her revealing that she doesn't have a man... she have menzzzzz, a lot of people came down really hard on her. Her way of saying yes, I'm different but I'm not hurting anyone so please don't try to hurt me... I need you. As she says, "my kids are fine, my kids' fathers are fine, all the men in my life are fine and we all get alone and care for each other so what's the problem?"

The end of the song... character assassination... people are killing her with their character assassination of her. But she should know when you deviate from "the norm" especially if you're in the public eye, you will get shot at. But then again, is it so much from the norm? Many women out there with 3, 4, 5 and more children with just as many baby daddies. Al least she can afford hers and apparently all the baby daddies are around.

I hope that this expression brings more real true artists o the spotlight. There are so many good artists out there, but due to the rise of Southern rap, radio and media has to cater to those artists to stay afloat. It's a shame that artists like Badu have to fight for exposure and record sales.

Last night she performed on Jimmie Kimmel live, and although "Window Seat" is hot, the other song she performed, "Healer", reminded me of Parliament Funkadelic.