CL surfs the clouds for her latest music video, 'Lifted'

Dances with Method Man, naturally
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The Baddest Female is back.

That's right, CL, the South Korean chanteuse and tour de force who hit U.S. shores last year with her first single, "Hello Bitches," just dropped her latest music video.

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This time, instead of a banging beat and fierce dancing with Parris Goebel and crew, she's gone super chill. Like, smoking some herb and chillaxing on a cloud, chill.


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The track was produced by YG Entertainment's own Teddy and co-written by CL herself and ... Asher Roth. Yes, the "I Love College" dude himself.

And if you thought you heard the beat before, it's because you have. The track contains interpolations of Wu-Tang's 1993 single, "Method Man."

Method Man himself actually even makes a cute cameo where he and CL have a moment dancing together.

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The music video, directed by Dave Meyers (Katy Perry's "Firework," Missy Elliot's "Lose Control) is an ode to New York City, with backdrops in the meatpacking, Brooklyn Bridge and SoHo with an all-star cast of a who's who of downtown cool kids like Luka Sabbat.

To watch the entire video, click below.

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David joined the Mashable team as its first fashion hire. He's written for the Wall Street Journal, Elle, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Esquire, Details, Nylon, Refinery29, Fashionista, and covered the men's market at Women's Wear Daily. David has appeared on E!, Vh1, the Style network, and was a stylist at Capitol records.

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