Difference between revisions of "Video: Chelsea Rodgers"

Chelsea Rodgers is a Prince video released for broadcast. It was first available on (former model and Prince’s muse at that time) Chelsea Rodgers’ official website on 27 October 2007. The song only received a promotional release in the USA in August 2007.

The shooting was organized at short notice and very quickly while Prince and The NPG were in England for the final dates of The Earth Tour. Wanting to go to London Fashion Week which was taking place at the same time, Chelsea Rodgers advised him to attend Matthew Williamson’s fashion show (one of her favorite designers). Prince asked if he could shoot a video on the catwalk, to which Williamson agreed. The video was shot on 19 September 2007 at Eaton Square, London.

The video for Chelsea Rodgers is a performance of the song with Prince first shown seated in the audience to watch the fashion show alongside his then-manager, Ruth Arzate, before erupting on to the catwalk and joining (the full lineup of) The NPG. The performance is interspersed with footage of the fashion show and backstage sequences and stills, the latter in black and white . The inspiration of the song, Chelsea Rodgers, also appears in the video in the audience (also seated alongside Prince) and on the catwalk (although the song describes her as a former model).

The exceptional shooting conditions generated a lot of press and interest but, with limited time to complete the work, and Prince and his band reportedly only doing one take and no rehearsals, the cinematography and editing were rushed to produce the resulting video.

Of note, Shelby J. makes her first and only appearance in a Prince video.

• Prince
• Chelsea Rodgers
• Nandy McClean (as part of The Twinz)
• Maya McClean (as part of The Twinz)
• Shelby J.
• Marva King
• Cora Coleman-Dunham
• Josh Dunham
• Morris Hayes
• Renato Neto
• Greg Boyer
• Lee Hogans
• Matthew Williamson
• Ruth Arzate
• Models and audience of the Matthew Williamson Spring/Summer 2008 fashion show

• Phil Griffin - director
• More information needed

• Chelsea Rodgers
• Chelsea Rodgers (single)

• A few shots of this video appear in the unreleased 21 documentary.
• Audience applause not featured in the original audio recording (possibly recorded from the fashion show event or perhaps sourced from elsewhere) is also included in the audio featured in this video version
• This is one of the rare videos released by Prince shot outside of the United States, the others being : America, Girls & Boys, Mountains, U Got The Look (France), The Continental (Japan), The NPG’s Come On (UK), Te Amo Corazón (Morroco) and Somewhere Here On Earth (Czech Republic).