Beck's Next Single Features Christina Ricci, A.K.A. 'Kurisuti-na'
mtv.com, - News- Aug 19, 2005
Next month in Los Angeles, Beck will shoot the video for "Hell Yes," the third single from his latest album, Guero. The bleepy, blippy tune features vocal contributions from none other than Christina Ricci, who voices a Japanese sushi waitress (and is credited in the album's liner notes as "Kurisuti-na")....
"I had this voice in my head that was saying 'please enjoy.' I think it was kind of lodged in my brain from flights to Japan, or rides on the bullet train where you hear the announcer saying, 'We will be arriving in 15 minutes, lunch cart will be coming. Please enjoy,' " Beck said. "So it was just one of those things that felt like it should be in the song. And we went around to a bunch of sushi places in L.A., sort of, like, auditioning waitresses for the part. But none of them got it.
"So one day Christina was in the studio, and she tried it and just absolutely nailed it. ... It's really not funky at all. Kind of like me saying in a deep, boring voice, 'Yeah, that's it.' It most definitely was not hip-hop...more....
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Watch the "Hell Yes" animation music video in crappy RealOne media format here.
