Genie/Jeannie in a Bottle

"If you wanna be with me, baby

There's a price you pay

I'm a genie in a bottle

You gotta rub me the right way

If you wanna be with me

I can make your wish come true

You gotta make a big impression

I gotta like what you do"

One time I spent the night at my friend Leah's house, and my little sister, Ella was there too. We decided that we should make a music video for Christina Agularia's song, "Genie in a Bottle." Of course we had to find the costumes, and teach my sister the lyrics. Ella was being Christina. I remember Leah and I were behind the scenes; we filmed, and dressed Ella, and did her make-up and hair.

Christina

Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle

We had definitely never seen this music video. Our video was much more focused on the genie and the bottle. I don't remember if Ella's costume looked like Jeannie from the show "I Dream of Jeannie," but that was the image we had in our heads. We also used a tiny perfume bottle for our Jeannie's bottle. We put the camera close up to the perfume bottle to make it look bigger than it actually was.

Ella's dance focused on belly dancing and holding her arms above her head with her hands twisted, palms touching. We struggled to teach her the lyrics. I'm not sure the video ever happened; getting ready for it is what I remember.