I'm a Spanish popstar

Well kind of anyways. For my Cultural Expression interest group we had to participate in a music video for a local band. Yes you heard me right. I, Jenny, was in a music video and it wasn't even the worst thing that has ever happened in my life. In fact it was actually a really fun day and it led me to meet some of my closest Spanish friends to date. 

The day started out a little rough, we were filming in the CIEE palacio or where we have class everyday, and we had to be there at 9 AM, on a Friday! Thursday is the main day that college students go out here in Sevilla, and they stay out late, if you go home before 4 or 5 AM you're doing something wrong. Needless to say, rolling out of bed and making the walk to the Palacio wasn't quite what I wanted to do, I would have preferred to sleep in until noon, but you can't always get what you want. 

The premise of the song/video is a guy who has a really controlling girlfriend and he finally realizes it and has flashbacks on how bad their relationship really was. My friend Allison, who is about the sweetest person I've ever met had to play the mean girlfriend and I was her snotty friend. The video started with the two of us having a conversation and the guy, Lucas who is a member of the band, trying to jump into the conversation and us not letting him. They weren't going to use the sound they just wanted our mouths to be moving but they wanted it to look natural so they told us to have a conversation in English but we didn't know what to say! We were talking about these silly Spanish guys we met last night and how cute they were, then Allison jokingly said that her "boyfriend" wasn't that cute and that we could find her a cuter one that night. After that take Lucas told us to "ten cuidado" or be careful because he understood English! It was so funny, and a little awkward because we had been joking and talking nonsense the whole time. 

After that scene we moved on to a plaza just behind the cathedral for the group dance number. We all did a short choreographed routine while Lucas lipsynched to the song, he isn't the singer he is the drummer. Then it was onto the spying scene, as he walked down the street I got to lurk behind him and '"call" Allison to update her on his whereabouts. There were a lot of close ups of my face, which I wasn't too fond of. Finally we ended in the park where Allison had to walk up to him, yell and tear him away from his group of friends, her attempts at a mean face were hysterical, we almost died laughing during every take. 

In the end they must have gotten enough of what they wanted because we called it a day, and the movie will be debuting on our trip to Madrid in April. Don't worry, despite the embarrassment I'm sure this will cause me I promise to post the video here once it is released so you can see me in my popstar glory. 

I know I mentioned that I made some of my best Spanish friends from the music video experience and that is the truth. Lucas is very nice and he introduced us to a number of his friends. Allison, McKenzie and I have been hanging out with them, mostly Lucas, Miguel and Antonio at least once a weekend since we shot the music video. It is such a fun way for all of us to improve our language skills in a way that doesn't feel like a chore. When I hangout with them I hardly notice that I am speaking Spanish, which is fun and makes me feel like I truly belong in Sevilla.