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Will.i.Am has released a video for his collaboration with Justin Bieber on the dance track Power. The new song is the third single from Will.i.Am’s album, #Willpower, which also features guest appearances from Miley Cyrus, Skylar Grey, Nichole Scherzinger and Britney Spears, who appeared with the Black Eyed Peas front man on Scream and Shout.

The futuristic video features Will.i.Am performing with a group of dancers wearing matching outfits that I think are best described as what a traditional Amish man may wear in the year 2050. It appears that the production team may have blown their budget on the broad rims hats instead of getting shooting permits, with pedestrians sticking out like a sore thumb in the background throughout the video. This is especially evident when Will and his back up dances begin to move in slow motion, while people walk at a normal speed behind them. I’d like to think they’re making fun of themselves, but I don’t think anyone that earnestly adds a hashtag to their album title is big on self-deprecating humour.

For his part, Bieber appears as a hologram, which seems like a contradiction to the line “I’m alive, I’m alive, I’m alive”, which the singer repeats throughout the chorus. A box containing Justin’s hologram is the focus of the video, with Will and his dancers travelling the globe to deliver the goods to another slow-moving dance team.

Well, at least there are some super sweet cars to look at.