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Ben Taylor, 'Wicked Way' -- Video Premiere

We've seen Michael Jackson tributes come in the form of statues, songs, speeches, dances and even food, but our new favorite homage to the King of Pop has to be Ben Taylor's video for 'Wicked Way,' a tongue-in-cheek song about smooth operators that combines humor and a bevy of beautiful morphing women. Of course, the morphing faces brings to mind MJ's 'Black or White' clip and Taylor tells Spinner that was intentional.

"That was my archetypal idea of what a video like that was gonna be like. When Patrik [Andersson, director] said 'morphs' that's immediately what conjured itself in my head," Taylor says, adding they had begun work on the video before Jackson's death. "The way it worked out I guess it is sort of a tip of the hat."

Meanwhile, Taylor has never been a fan of watching himself in clips in the past, but now he's loving it. "Usually when I see videos of myself I don't want to watch and normally when I finish an album I'm pretty much done listening to the recording of the songs on the album because I've listened to it so many times," he says. "But in the case of this one, I just keep on going back for more."

The parade of women doesn't hurt. Watch the exclusive premiere of 'Wicked Way' below.

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Sheri Cline

Ben! That was wonderful! I hope you continue to dive into your musical root system. Cheers! Sheri Cline

August 01 2009 at 11:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Carolyn

Huge fan of both your parents, especially your mom. Now I'm a huge fan of yours! This song is catchy and makes me smile.. terrific job!

August 01 2009 at 5:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sally

That was, well, WICKED!!!

July 31 2009 at 5:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sandra

Love it!! I'll be humming this one for a long time to come :-))... simple, written well and relevant..

July 31 2009 at 1:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Arthur Sacramento

Your video is awesome! Congratulations! The music is sincere at the same time that it is kind and nice. Great!

July 31 2009 at 11:55 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nancy Joyce Plourde

Plain spoken, beautifully written. A wonderful piece of work.

July 31 2009 at 7:20 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
nick

well done Ben, I can listen to this song over and over.

July 31 2009 at 6:04 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
rillapearlp

I liked it. Tastefully done. Good song. Yeah. Two thumbs up.

July 30 2009 at 6:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kristen Kish

Brilliant piece of work. Well done Patrik.

July 30 2009 at 2:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kathy

Ben is one of the dearest young performers. His music is fun and rings of everyday truth that appeals to all ages. He has truly inherited Carly and James gift of music but has his OWN take on it. Grateful for all the fans that come to see him.

July 30 2009 at 10:24 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply