Scarlett Johansson's First Music Video: Watch And Listen

Scarlett Johansson's new music video for her song "Falling Down" hit the web this week. The song is a cover of the Tom Waits classic of the same name. Johansson recorded nine other Waits covers and one original song for her album Anywhere I Lay My Head, which will be released May 20.

Check out the video below and tell us what you think in the comments section.

Comments

[querencia]

Seems bitchy to add my - "this sucks"- to the list. But there you have it. Bless her hollywood heart for giving it a try. I'd respect it more if she created a scholarship fund for talented young musicians instead of dropping the cash for a bad vanity record of herself. Then again, anything that puts royalties in Waits' pocket seems a worthy cause.

Not a rule of thumb that all actors are bad singers/musicians

List of actors who have done records I liked:
Miinie Driver- good playing, good writing- great and distinctive voice- authentic
Dennis Quaid (actually I liked hisband better than any of his movies)
Bird York

or sounded so good singing something in a movie I wish they had:
Meryl Streep
Jennifer Garner
Brad Pitt (okay I guess he was lip syncing in that Mr. And Mrs. Smith scene f*ing funny though and he was on key!)
Anybody have other faves they want to mention?

[PlasticSpoon]

(sarcastically): wow! a video of a day in the life of Scarlett Johansson while she just as blandly sings karaoke to a Waits song...

won't be looking forward to any more vacuous droning and celebrity worshiping... too many real musicians out there with original music that i would rather have spent my time on - i feel ashamed of myself for getting sucked in

[NoSillyName]

Vaguely Nico-esque with.that drony, monotone. But not too impressive on first listen. Won't search it out after it finishes playing here.

[hippabilly]

does anyone know who directed this?

[TroubleNYC]

She sounds like she's singing from across the street.

[OttoMann]

The voice sounds weak, but it's hard to tell, because it's so over-processed. As a singer, she's a very pretty actress....

[DCDan]

Sorry, Scarlett. You're gorgeous. You're a better than decent actress. You're not a singer.

Also, doesn't help that the vocals and production sound exactly like Sinead O'Connor circa 1985.

[uhohzombies]

Tom Waits deserves far, far better than this. The man is a musical legend.

[gerontion72]

Celebrity self-absorption as music video.

At least try. You know?

[DeanLowe]

Over produced.

[TheInsomniac]

I've watched it a second time now. My final comment: HuffPO, please take this down. Please. Don't make someone else suffer through it. Think of the 8th Amendment.

[TheInsomniac]

What the hell? Why is Salman Rushdie at 3:10?

[TheInsomniac]

At the halfway point, the instrumental (definitely mental) interlude. It's better than the part where she sings.

[TheInsomniac]

AHHH!!! I stopped listening and decided to watch the video. Bad decision.

[TheInsomniac]

1 minute in, and the chorus is making me cry. Not from joy or from sadness. More from the ear bleeding.