Ed Sheeran appears in Lil Dicky 'Freaky Friday' video with Chris Brown
Lil Dicky enjoys some time as Chris Brown in his new Freaky Friday-inspired music video
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Your support makes all the difference.Ed Sheeran, Kendall Jenner and DJ Khaled have appeared in the new video for Lil Dicky's track "Freaky Friday" which parodies the film of the same name.
Lil Dicky, who returns with new music after a three year hiatus - is seen wishing he was Chris Brown after receiving a backhanded compliment from a fan (YouTube star Jimmy Tatro), and wakes up to realise his wish has come true.
Chris Brown is shown on a bed surrounded by two women in their underwear looking delighted as he realises how great his life is.
"Got all these hoes in my DM/Holy s**t I got a kid/Oh I can sing so well/Wonder if I can say the n-word" he sings.
"Ain't nobody judging 'cos I'm black or my controversial past," Chris Brown raps from Lil Dicky's body.
After some time in Lil Dicky's body, "Chris Brown" appears in Ed Sheeran's body and sings: "Wait what the f**k/And now I'm in Ed Sheeran's body/It's way less cool than being Chris Brown."
He then appears in the bodies of DJ Khaled and Kendall Jenner.
Speaking to Zane Low on Beats 1, Lil Dicky said: "I knew that I had to switch bodies with a really good-looking guy that can sing and dance. And then I thought about who that is and like Chris Brown, it's like, you know, no one can dance the way he dances."
Chris Brown's controversial past resurfaced this week after a controversial advertisement on Snapchat made light of his 2009 felony assault of Rihanna.
In the advert, users were asked to pick if they'd rather "Slap Rihanna" or "Punch Chris Brown". Rihanna herself responded to the controversy, saying Snapchat was not her favourite app and trying to figure out "what the point was with this mess".
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"You spent money to animate something that would intentionally bring shame to DV [domestic violence] victims and make a joke of it!!!" she wrote on Instagram.
"This isn't about my personal feelings... but all the women, children and men that have been victims of FV in the past and especially the ones who haven't made it out yet... You let us down!"
Snapchat apologised for the advert, saying in a statement: "The advert was reviewed and approved in error, as it violates our advertising standards. We immediately removed the ad last weekend, once we became aware."
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