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  • - How much fun would it have been to film this?

  • Like, all those stars.

  • - (FBE) If you could honor

  • one inspiration woman out there, who would you choose?

  • ♪ (industrial intro) ♪

  • ♪ (guitar strumming) ♪

  • - Ohhh. Maroon 5.

  • - Maroon 5!

  • - I dig Maroon 5. I always have.

  • - I was watching this recently. This is sick.

  • - His voice is so nice.

  • I wish I had that falsetto. It's insane.

  • - ♪ Now it's all good, babe ♪ ♪ Roll that Backwood, babe ♪

  • ♪ And play me close ♪

  • - This is the one with Cardi B.

  • - ♪ 'Cause girls like you ♪ ♪ Run around with guys like me ♪

  • - ♪ Till sundown when I come through ♪ - Freaking love Camila.

  • - ♪ Girls like you love fun ♪ ♪ And yeah, me too ♪

  • ♪ What I want when I come through ♪

  • ♪ I need a girl... ♪ - Oh!

  • - Oh, so they're changing.

  • - This is a very simple setup compared to most of their videos.

  • - They only have one shot, and they just spin,

  • and they used all their money to get other people to come in.

  • - ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ I need a girl like you ♪

  • ♪ I spent last night ♪ - Who's this? Who's this?

  • (gasps) Oh, Aly Raisman! Yes!

  • - Yeah, speak your truth. You go, girl.

  • - ♪ I took a whole day up ♪ ♪ Trying to get way up, ooh, ooh ♪

  • - I love Sarah Silverman.

  • - Can't wait for "Wreck-It Ralph 2," by the way.

  • - All the girls are coming out. It's so cute.

  • - Is this like a #metoo sort of thing

  • where you just invite a lot of really powerful women

  • like Wonder Woman onto the music video?

  • - Oh my god, Gal Gadot.

  • - ♪ ...guys like me ♪ ♪ Till sundown when I... ♪

  • - Must've been the easiest day for all these girls at the studio.

  • Go and just dance a little bit behind him.

  • - ♪ ...you love fun ♪ ♪ And yeah, me too ♪

  • - Is that Lilly Singh?

  • - Oh, Lilly!

  • - They got YouTubers up in here!

  • - This is the best way to make an otherwise patronizing song

  • not so patronizing.

  • - TIFFANY! I love Tiffany!

  • - This is just a rotating door of celebrities.

  • - (gasps) Ohhh, Eleven. This is so good.

  • - It is so beautiful that he had Ellen on this.

  • Oh my god. I love this.

  • - ♪ I need a... ♪ - (sings along) ♪ Girl like you ♪

  • - ♪ Girls like you ♪ ♪ Run around with guys like me ♪

  • - Ah! Me... and him? Ah.

  • - ♪ Not too long ago, I was dancing for dollars ♪

  • - (laughs) I almost destroyed the set.

  • - Oh, hey! I didn't know she was gonna be in this.

  • - Cardi B, she's dope.

  • - Cardi B! The song just went up five notches.

  • - ♪ So who you gonna call? Cardi, Cardi ♪

  • ♪ Come and rev it up like a Harley, Harley ♪

  • - I'm just not a fan of her.

  • - Jacket reminds me of something that April would wear

  • in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

  • - ♪ I don't play when it comes to my heart, let's get it, though ♪

  • ♪ I don't really want a white horse and a carriage ♪

  • ♪ I'm thinkin' more of white Porsches and karats ♪

  • - Love this. Come on.

  • - ♪ 'Cause girls like you ♪ ♪ Run around with guys like me ♪

  • - Is that J.Lo? Oh my god.

  • - ♪ ...like you, yeah, yeah ♪ - I love so much diversity

  • in this music video.

  • - They're so fast, I can't name 'em all.

  • - Man, they got, like, everyone. What in the world?

  • - (sings along) ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ Just all female empowerment.

  • It's really cool.

  • - ♪ I need a girl like you, yeah, yeah ♪

  • ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

  • ♪ I need a girl like you ♪

  • - This must've been a really fun shoot.

  • - How much fun would it have been to film this?

  • Like, all those stars.

  • - ♪ ...girls like you ♪

  • - Oh, is this his wife?

  • (gasps) Oh, that's so cute!

  • - And his little daughter. I bet it's for his little daughter.

  • - Look at all these women of all colors, all shapes,

  • different stories, YESS!

  • - That was a really beautiful song. You don't have to be a certain look

  • to be loved by somebody like Adam Levine.

  • - A whole cast of every empowering, amazing woman from the arts,

  • from social, political, sports, from every corner of the world.

  • - I saw Maroon 5 the very first night of their ever headlining tour.

  • And they've gone way more poppy

  • and dance-y and mainstream,

  • but that is so stripped down and just that acoustic riff

  • over and over again is kind of mesmerizing.

  • It's totally different, but maybe that was

  • to get the message across.

  • - (FBE) So, that was the video for "Girls Like You,"

  • the latest song from Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B.

  • - Mm-hmm. I think Cardi B always adds

  • a fun little flair to a song.

  • - (FBE) We're gonna talk about the video more in a second.

  • But first, what did you think of having two artists

  • like Maroon 5 and Cardi b together like this?

  • - I loved it. I've been waiting for Maroon 5

  • to come back with some heat.

  • So if they're gonna come back with some heat, they better do it

  • with the hottest person right now, which is Cardi.

  • - It's crazy how much Cardi B can be with anybody.

  • It's, like, my mom knows who Cardi B is,

  • so it's kind of like, okay, she can basically do anything.

  • - I really liked it, actually. That one just really meshed well.

  • That one just went... like, the beat with her

  • and also the lyrics just really combined really well together.

  • - Cardi B definitely meshes better with Bruno Mars and Migos.

  • When this video was shot, it's like they probably

  • could've been in two completely different recording studios.

  • So, I couldn't actually see their chemistry.

  • - (FBE) So, the video was notable for having a number

  • of celebrity cameos. But in addition to just being famous,

  • many people pointed out that there's a lot

  • of other inspirational women included in the video.

  • - Yeah, definitely. - (FBE) Among those featured

  • included many activists, prominent LGBT figures,

  • artists, and athletes who broke new ground

  • in their industry, and even the first Somali-American Muslim legislator

  • to be elected to office in the US. - Oh my gosh!

  • - Damn, I just got chills a little bit.

  • - (FBE) So, what did you think about their effort to include

  • such a diverse group of women in this video?

  • - I loved it. Different colors,

  • different backgrounds, different religions.

  • A lot of the metoo was included in there as well.

  • - It was a very diverse group of people.

  • It kind of shows that we all are strong in our own different ways.

  • - They could've played it safe and just made it sort of

  • a generic, like, "Oh, it's summer time!"

  • I say kudos to Maroon 5 for switching it up

  • with some political commentary.

  • - Maroon 5's so big and Cardi B's so big

  • that people would be drawn to this video.

  • They're gonna be like, "I wanna see who I missed,"

  • and go like, "Okay, who was that? Who was that? Who was that?"

  • and look 'em up. It makes you dive in.

  • - There's so much injustice and just hate and the news

  • and just the media in general. So, it's really awesome to see

  • such a poppy group shine light and use their platform

  • to highlight these really inspirational women.

  • - (FBE) Among these women were two who are notable

  • for their success on YouTube: Franchesca Ramsey and Lilly Singh.

  • What do you think about how YouTube has gone to a place

  • where its stars can be featured right next to

  • traditional media celebrities in a video like this?

  • - I love it. I love YouTube.

  • Because I feel like that leaves space for everybody to say,

  • "You know what? I could make a difference too."

  • - They are just as much on the same level

  • as Ellen DeGeneres, as Gal Gadot, as all these people

  • that are so big, these huge celebrities,

  • these huge athletes, that they are just as much

  • an inspiration to these kids as these people that are on TV

  • and big blockbuster movies.

  • - Not only is that amazing and those creative forces

  • deserve that attention, but, you know,

  • that's also where all the youth is.

  • Maroon 5's production person/ marking person/press person,

  • that was a smart move.

  • - (FBE) So finally, this video's honoring inspirational women,

  • so we wanted to give you a chance to do the same thing.

  • If you could honor one inspirational woman out there,