1. Britney Spears' love interest in the "...Baby One More Time" music video was actually her real-life cousin.
2. The fist pump choreography in the "Bye Bye Bye" music video was inspired by the Black Power fist salute.
3. In Christina Aguilera's "Dirrty" music video there's a poster that says "Thailand's Sex Industry" and "Young Underage Girls" in Thai. The video's director, David LaChapelle, later issued an apology.
4. AJ McClean was high on cocaine during the filming of "The Call" music video. It was the first time he ever tried it.
5. In the dance scenes in "Pop," Joey Fatone was replaced by the choreographer Wade Robson because Joey had a broken foot.
6. The wedding dress Mariah Carey wears in her 2005 classic, "We Belong Together," music video is actually the same one she wore when she married Tommy Mottola in 1993. They divorced in 1998.
7. In Britney's "Sometimes" video, a girl scratches her crotch.
8. Channing Tatum is a shirtless bartender in Ricky Martin "She Bangs" music video.
9. LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Robertson found out they were kicked out of Destiny's Child after seeing the "Say My Name" video. Their vocals are still featured on the song, even though the new members Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin are in the video.
10. In "Hit Em Up Style" Blu sings "So I went to Neiman-Marcus on a shopping spree/And on the way I grabbed Soley and Mia," BUT in the music video she's definitely not at Neiman-Marcus...
just realized in the video for Blu Cantrell’s “hit em up style” she doesn’t shop at Neiman Marcus but rather:
...she's at Neircus Marman 😭
11. Blink-182 weren't actually naked in in "What's My Age Again" video. They wore flesh-colored Speedos for most of the video.
12. It took Beyoncé one-and-half months to learn the choreography to "Single Ladies." During the shoot, they did the routine 50 times and broke multiple pairs of high heels because they were dancing so hard.
13. Baby Spice taught the girls moves in the "Say You'll Be There" music video because she actually knew karate.
14. Blink-182 pretended to be a boy band in their music video for "All The Small Things," then 11 years later, a real boy band, One Direction, filmed their video for "What Makes You Beautiful" at the exact same beach Blink did.
15. The director of "Cry Me A River," Francis Lawrence, originally pitched the "Cry Me A River" music video concept to Faith Hill.
16. Missy Elliott was apparently "trashed" while shooting part of "Work It."
17. Jennifer Lopez almost didn't wear her iconic Juicy tracksuit in her "I'm Real" video. At the time, "a little known company" called Juicy sent her a bunch of clothes to hang out and chill on the set in. But, Jen loved them so much she decided to wear them in the video.
18. And, classically, last but certainly not least, Kelly Rowland used Excel to text Nelly in the "Dilemma" music video...
...but the best part is she got pissed when she wouldn't answer him back.
