Footnotes episode features “Anyone” star Zoey Deutch and award-winning director Colin Tilley
Global superstar Justin Bieber started the new year with the drop of “Anyone,” a 1960’s -inspired boxing video and power love ballad. Bieber and the team that brought the visual to life have partnered with Vevo to bring viewers behind the scenes in a brand new episode of Vevo Footnotes.
The video stars Zoey Deutch, who hadn’t met Bieber until their first scene together on this project. She reveals that she had to learn stick shift for the role, wore her own vintage clothing in the video, and improvised the final line, “I love you.”
Tilley and Bieber had discussed the concept for this video ad nauseum, and the song “Anyone” was the perfect fit to play out the storyline they envisioned. “It’s kind of like The Notebook,” says Bieber. Other key visual references throughout the music video include Creed, Rocky and Snatch.
Bieber released the video on New Year’s Day. Colin Tilley, who has collaborated with Bieber on several visuals, including his recent “Monster” with Shawn Mendes, and “Holy,” featuring Chance The Rapper, directed the clip.
“Justin and I had a lot of conversations about this concept,” says Tilley. “We knew it had to take place in the 1960’s. The instrumental and vibe was so nostalgic, it just felt right… Justin wanted to box in it, and it felt right to tell a human story of the real come-up with someone by your side, loving you and supporting through thick and thin. We put together this beautiful story.”
“I’ve always wanted to do a boxing video, and it made sense for this song being an 80’s power ballad… If you’re not in love, it makes you want to be in love. It’s kind of like The Notebook,” Bieber shares.
“I had to learn how to drive stick shift approximately two minutes before driving very fast alongside him while he ran and raced me,” Deutch shares. “Considering I’m already a terrible driver in a normal car, not a beat up stick shift car; I was a little concerned about Justin’s safety. But we all made it out alive!”
Both Tilley and Bieber wanted his character to be as real as possible, so Bieber spent two days training with a fight coordinator. Because tattoos weren’t popular in the era the video is portraying, he spent three hours each morning having his ink covered.
