VIDEO: NE-YO - “MISS INDEPENDENT”
Friday, August 22, 2008
Check out the new video from Ne-Yo, from his upcoming third release, Year of the Gentlemen. The video features cameos from Keri Hilson, Lauren London and Gabrielle Union.
The new album hits stores September 16th!








72 Comments
1.
Jus Doin Me
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
could i be first???love this tune!!!!!!11
neyo!!!! nd gd cameos
2.
asiamajor
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
Nice video, but who wears a hat in the office.
3.
Jus Doin Me
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
after ive seen it , its aite, love neyo singin, not so much his presence, i worry that he tries too hard
4.
CC
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
–is that TREY SONGZ @ 1:02-1:04 ???
5.
Beyunka
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
I Liiiiiiiikkkkkkeeeeee! This is a cute video. Great cameos!! Bravo!
6.
Khinje
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
Can’t watch the vid @ work, but I love Keri and Gabby.
LL…..not so much.
7.
NaijaQT
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
Lol @ #2
You know Neyo cannot be seen in public without a hat…it’s a shame, but he always has to have a hat on. lol
8.
Dame(The real singers are back)
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
Nice video
it made me like the song a little bit
9.
debra
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
Not!!!
10.
thickems
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
Love Ne-Yo love the video ! Very sexy !
Everyone in the video look great !
11.
Nothing But Love
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
Yeah i agree with “DAME” seeing the video has made me like the song more, but i really wish he would stop tryna dance is just so uneccessary and #2… its for the best that Neyo wears a hat at ALL TIMES….
12.
thickems
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
Yes CC that’s him (what a cutie pie). Watched the making of the video on BET last night.
Asiamajor it’s just a video !
LL wears his hat every where he goes. He wears it in his videos and when his tv show was on the air.
13.
TheEliteJustin
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
This cunt is so gay… HE better stay off my man… Trey Songz is MINE…
I’ll beat this bald-headed hoe DOWN if she even ATTEMPTS it…
14.
*Sigh*
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
The video was kewl…I hate Gabrielle U’s acting…it just urks the hell outta me.
Keri H w/ that damn mushroom cute hairstyle…
Lauren L looked the best and her sex appeal/acting IMO came across as the most effortless out of all the ladies…but overall i loved the concept that Neyo was going for in the video…
15.
MAI03
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
Very nice video & song. Everyone looks fabulous.
16.
FallBackHaters
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
Lovin the black cast. And I was LOL at the look Ne- Yo was giving Gabby at 1:25. Damn guys know 9 times out of 10 they will get a girl laughing because of that stare right there. And hmmm I saw Trey, he just seems to get sexier and sexier.
Gabby, Lauren and Kerri looked stunning. The song is growing on me.
17.
Honey Vick
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
This is my song, cuz it’s so me!!! Luv the cameos!! Luv Ne-Yo!!
18.
BlackLov
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
supporting the Black cast too. loves it Do it for my people. Love the song. So me.
19.
fashion crisis
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
i kinda like the song, but i thought the video could’ve been more exciting…like with more of a twist since it leaked early that all those celebs were going to be in it..idk..it’s ok
20.
Independent Woman (I don't care if ya get mad)
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
It’s cute I love both the song and video!
Yeah Ne-yo and LL are 365 24/7 hat wearers!! I wonder if they sleep in hats? lol… Although LL as he has gotten older does take his hat of on occasion. lol…
21.
bebe
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
u guys complain when he takes the hat off
now u want to see him without it
no thank you
i love neyo and his songs
but let his stylist do what she does best
cover my boo boo’s big head
i do think he tries too hard and sometimes he talks too much
i dont see why
his very talented
still love him though
22.
ladytroublesome
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
I like this song…The video is cool too.
23.
Myshel
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
Thank you Neyo for having BLACK WOMEN in your video and not a bunch of half breeds.
24.
BEAUTY Q.T.
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
Awww!!! They look soo pretty! I like how he is stressin’ the importance of independent women, but I don’t know about the song. It may have to grow on me. Do it Neyo!
25.
Islandchick_Bri
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
Lovin the song & video….Cool cameos too, everyone looked nice
26.
DeShawn
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
ya know….. that was actually a really nice video….. it made me really like the song…
27.
lilmoi
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
It should be called Year of the Wanna n can NEVER be
28.
DeShawn
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
OH YEAH..ONE MORE THING… DID YA’LL SEE MONIQUE FROM TOP MODEL IN THE BEGINNING.. SHE WAS THE CHICK THAT WAS REAL EVIL AND POURED WATER ON EUGENA BED CAUSE SHE WANTED IT AND WAS JUST ACTING UP…. SHE IS THE FIRST GIRL TO SAY “GOOD MORNING NE-YO”
DIDNT THINK ID SEE HER AFTER HER TOP MODEL BEHAVIOR…
29.
Denise
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
LOVE IT!!! Great song…super cute video….Boomerang 2008″
30.
MsEmaun
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
In my best Wendy Williams voice *How you doing Ne-Yo?*…LOL
Cute video and song, gotta love those dimples from Gabrielle and Lauren!!
I have em too… :*-)
Neyo is a very talented songwriter, and I aint mad at him
31.
Vicky
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
Dag-on-it! …I’m at work!!!!! Can’t see it!
32.
SHEAMiLLER
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
i LOOOOVED iT!!!
33.
Paula
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
It’s a dope, sleek and sexy video. Men would probably enjoy work a lot more if all the women in the office were gorgeous.
Ne-Yo is a talented artist but he doesn’t have that it factor. Has anyone noticed that since he’s come out however many years ago…he’s always had something out. He has a fanbase but not a diehard one. He isn’t in demand cause he’s always around. Always tryna be smooth. And not to be superficial but he’s not a heartthrob. He better slow down a bit.
So Sick is his biggest song to date. I think he needs to step back for a couple years…write everyone else’s shit and then comeback big.
34.
Noelle
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
I love it! I think its a great song and a fly video. And Gabrielle looks flawless.
35.
Goldenlady
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
Ok, so I’ll be the first one to absolutely HATE this video. Ne-yo always makes me like his songs less when I see the videos. This is so, so very lame. I took this song as an ode to the true independent woman but its not. I know its a video, but see how far you go in the real corporate world wearing your back out in the office and kicking your heels up on the desk. I also thought this was the year of the gentleman. He’s just regular…sizing up every woman in the office he passed…BOOOO!!!
36.
Noelle
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
@ goldenlady thats’s not necessarily true. When I worked at Marc Jacobs, we dressed VERY fashionably. We could wear shorts skirts halter blouses and everything. As a matter of fact as long as it was his brand we could wear it no matter how outlandish. Now that I work in an investment firm things are ALOT different. But I still think the video is great, it shows that there is nothing wrong with being a smart woman and still keeping your sex appeal
37.
Curious
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
is that Mya dancing with him at the end of the video
38.
Ceecollegegal
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
I like the song and video.
39.
traci
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
the women are beautiful all 3 of them i like the song and the video….he should always wear a hat at all times….
40.
faschistmuse
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
i have always thought neyo should have never came out from the back seat producing. thats what he’s best at. and i still will not change my mind abt it. guess he got envious from all the limelight & wanted to be the centre of attention. he sounds mediocre & not inspiring at all…
41.
dale23
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
Video was pretty good.
Cameos were on point…
Gabrielle- Dats a bad bitch!
Keri- As bad as she is, something about her doesn’t sit well with me.
Lauren- BADDD BITCH.
NeYo…
It woulda been more realistic if they didn’t call him “Ne-Yo” in the work
place. SMH
Who wears a hat in an office? Oh yea…Anyone who’s head looks like his. Never
mind. SMH
And the dancing could have been left out. Very easily. Looks like he always
tries to do too much. Leave it for live performances so we’re surprised.
The video was okay. Still like the song’s concept although the beat gives me a headache.
42.
dale23
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
Oh yea…THE END WAS LAME.
43.
HelluvaChick
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
I don’t like it! Like, its so lame.
44.
jenii-babez
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
OK NEYO FINALLY GOT ME TO FALL FOR HIM…i luv this video…did ya’ll see TREY SONGZ sittin the meetin with GABBY or were my eyes just playin with me a lil…MISS INDEPENDENT!!!!
45.
La Maestra
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
The video came from the movie Boomerang, with Eddie Murphy back in the day…….I like the video, like the message of the song, but don’t necessarily like the song. Same ole watered down R&B to me.
46.
KOKO
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
I am a NeYo stan so I love the video!!!.. Can’t wait for his album.. Good look having Gabby, Lauren, Keri, and Trey Songz in the video..
47.
Mr. West Coast!
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
Great Video!
It’s time to bring some class back to R&B,
I also like the fact that he put African American women in a positive light!
48.
Goldenlady
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
Noelle, you stated my point exactly. You worked for a designer, i.e. the private sector, not the corporate world. You know better than to go into your investment firm w/ a halter top on. Keep your sexy at the house for your man or your weekend w/ the girls, and take your brain to the job, unless you work at the club. I’m appalled that sexy=revealing and/or unprofessional as if you need to be sexy for someone to notice that you are smart and work well.
49.
crunkpoet
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
kinda corny……like most of his stuff these days…..
50.
radio
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
Video was cool….. it would of been OUTSTANDING if he just went ahead and did a video that was a spin off of boomerang…. i would of loved to seen another Lady Eloise
51.
radio
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
that is boomerang you can tell by the font they used…. i think i would a did a little more
52.
Jellee
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
Love the song! NEYO who wears a hat like that in a professional setting?
53.
Allen_J
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
Man all the ladies in the video were doing the damn thang. I couldn’t choose either Ne yo would’ve been sizing up every chick in the building with a corporate office that fly. I think the songs hot the beat and production is what pushes this song over the top
54.
Aries
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
Great SONG!! There Are women out here who no how to take care of them damn selves!!
55.
Noelle
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
I dunno golden except for Keri I dont think their outfits were revealing at all. I thought they looked sexy but still like a classy woman
56.
ThinkAboutIt
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
If Gabrielle is trying to break that image of being a quick lay - then she should not have shot that last scene in the video. Any respect she had as ‘the boss’ she lost when she offered to “make it up to” to her subordinate. Real woman know better, and do better.
57.
CUBEVISION
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
big tune for ne-yo but he has to quit playin lyk he can get with lauren london, keri hilson or gabrielle union who r u tryna fool i seen the hairline and so have each one of those ladies i just mentioned
58.
why?
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
great video…despite neyo being an ugly, cheesy-ass motherfucker
59.
Nina's Simone
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
I told yah in the begin that I like this song…now I LOVE it! I love that it is getting alot of airplay where I live at! The concept of the video was on point…I asked that he at least have one Black woman in the video and instead got 3! I can’t complain!
60.
Ms. Flawless
Friday, August 22, 2008 /
IN MY OFFICE YOU CAN WEAR WHAT YOU WANT AS LONG IT’S in good taste. If Neyo would have step to me like that I would have told him, “in my office in 5mins “with or without your hat EAT A## haters
61.
Kiwi
Saturday, August 23, 2008 /
Gosh is it me or does lauren london get prettier everytime I see her. I look better tho. lol
62.
Outagetcha
Saturday, August 23, 2008 /
Yeah why he always covering up his dome. I’m real suspect now….
63.
leasimone
Saturday, August 23, 2008 /
nice video!!!
64.
tia
Saturday, August 23, 2008 /
trey barely got a cameo.
65.
PROVOST...
Saturday, August 23, 2008 /
LMAOOOOOOO @ whoever called Ne-Yo the cunt earlier…
I don’t like the song, but I can appreciate it. If the album’s title and this video are any indication, I might be tempted to use a term loosely and call this a concept album…the concept being that the women in Ne-Yo’s new vids will be clothed and empowered.
…until there’s a beach or pool scene. In that case, scatter the ass!
66.
Porsche
Saturday, August 23, 2008 /
He coming out. He’s gay. I think in the next issue of essence.
67.
cleen
Saturday, August 23, 2008 /
@ Porsche………..way to gun 4 a rumour, damn!!
This song sounds like Kanye’s flashing lights
yes it is quite corny but has a positive message.
U know this song’s about me rite?
68.
*KeNzY*
Sunday, August 24, 2008 /
i love it..i effin love it.. the whole concept…i love it….2 thumbs up…
69.
MI
Sunday, August 24, 2008 /
luved it!!
70.
lala
Monday, August 25, 2008 /
i can’t believe he has done the same turkey neck and michael-esque moves for 3 fucking albums and gets away with it
71.
Mrs. Jones
Monday, August 25, 2008 /
Ya’ll forgot the Trey Songz cameo!! That is one hot video
Lauren is stunning
72.
::the:mix:mason::
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
Lauren London…will you marry me?