Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Lana Del Rey - Don’t Call Me Angel (Charlie’s Angels)

What this video is

Released September 13, 2019 as the lead single for the Charlie's Angels (2019) film reboot — the franchise's first film directed by a woman (Elizabeth Banks) — 'Don't Call Me Angel' positioned three of pop's most commercially dominant solo female acts as a deliberate supergroup in the tradition of Destiny's Child's 'Independent Women Pt. I' for the 2000 film. The song debuted at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100,…

Why it matters

A landmark of late-2010s franchise pop synergy, blending trap-influenced pop production with three divergent pop aesthetics (Ariana Grande's vocal pop, Miley Cyrus's rock-inflected pop, Lana Del Rey's cinematic indie-pop). The video is a textbook example of the Hannah Lux Davis visual language —…

The director

Hannah Lux Davis (born May 17, 1986, Bellevue, WA) is an American music video, commercial, and film director. She graduated from the Los Angeles Film School in 2006 and broke into directing via a makeup artist network, landing her big break with Lil…