![]() His distinct style of shifting to the high notes, that growl towards the end, and his drawling of “ Are you with me baby?” made me fangirl so hard before I even knew about that term. He does not break his concentration at all. I had the hugest crush on Abrams with his brooding and aggressive stare into the middle distance – what is he looking at so intently? His commitment is praiseworthy. The chiseled jawline, that slicked back mini-pompadour with the slight fade, that meticulously groomed goatee, and that subtle eyebrow raise – dayum. If the video meets all the requirements for 90s videos, Abrams meets all the requirements for 90s heartthrob status. And most importantly – the vest over a plain white T-shirt? Check check. Quick cuts of brooding looks into the camera? Check. ![]() The video ticks all the boxes for a 90s music video: Black and white? Check. My classmates and I were crazy about Color Me Badd (or CMB, dontcha know) and we would sing their songs between classes, singing all the parts together (including the backup vocals and instruments) with no regard for harmonizing or proper phrasing. They only had access to a few videos at a time, so luckily that meant they played the ones they had on repeat. And with no internet or cable back in the olden days, my only hope to see it was the local TV channels that showed the latest videos. There was a very specific time and place when this video was absolutely it for me (or “da bomb”, as we used to say HAH). I had not seen this video since it first came out 25 years ago (!) but my God, all the memories came back full force. p. YE-20.I got lost in the YouTube rabbit hole recently, which is how I stumbled upon the music video for Color Me Badd’s 1994 single “Choose”.
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