Even after its heart-stopping season finale, Foxs breakout hit Empire can still find ways to assert its dominance over both TV and music. The new video forYoure So Beautiful combinesa number of smiling, upbeat clips of the dysfunctional Lyon family.
The video culls from scenes that were the catalystfor the familys anguish over Empires first season. With middle son Jamal Lyon (Jussie Smollett) taking the lead on the song that made patriarch Lucious a megastar, the video focuses mainly on Jamals debut public performance of Youre So Beautiful.
On the show, the same white party performance served as the launch spot for Jamals coming out, carefully changing the words to make the songs subject a male and to upset his homophobic father. The official Youre So Beautiful clip focuses on the smiling family at the party and recording together in the studio; fitting moments for the lighthearted, upbeat song.
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Empires debut season premiered in Januarywithone of the most successful first-season runs in television history. (The shows ratings rose dramatically with eachepisode.) With original songs produced by Timbaland and a variety of superstar guests either playing characters (Courtney Love, Jennifer Hudson) or themselves (Snoop Dogg, Patti LaBelle), the series also became its own hit factoryalong the way.
As fans await its second season, TV Linehas reported that scene-stealing assistants Becky (Gaborey Sidibe) and Porsha (TaRhonda Jones) have become series regulars. A premiere date has not yet been set for the shows second season, though Kanye Westrecently joked at the 2015 Time 100 Galaabout his performance at the event showing up on theprogram. Lee, dont try to take this on your next season, man, West directed towards the shows creator Lee Daniels. If you see this on Empire, you just know where he got it from.