Paris Hilton - Stars Are Blind ｜ Paris Hilton

What this video is

Released June 5, 2006 via Warner Bros. Records as the lead single from Paris Hilton's debut album 'Paris,' 'Stars Are Blind' arrived at the cultural zenith of the socialite-as-celebrity phenomenon. Hilton was simultaneously one of the most photographed and parodied public figures in the world, known primarily through The Simple Life (2003–2007) and tabloid omnipresence. The song's reggae-pop sound — written by…

Why it matters

One of the defining celebrity-pop crossover music videos of the mid-2000s, 'Stars Are Blind' demonstrates how the Warner Bros. pop machine deployed reggae-inflected production (then associated with Gwen Stefani's mainstream success) to repackage a non-musician celebrity as a credible pop act. The…

The director

Chris Applebaum (born 1970, Los Angeles, CA) studied film at Hampshire College, Amherst, MA. He became the youngest director signed to Satellite Films (a Propaganda division) at age 21 and directed over 250 music videos. He holds 30+ MTV #1 videos, won the…