During this visit, an iconic photo was taken of them standing in front of the Mona Lisa, which was effectively recreated at the end of the "Apes**t" video.ĭirected by Ricky Saiz, "Apes**t" offers a different look at the inside of the Louvre, featuring famous artworks such as the Winged Victory of Samothrace and the Great Sphinx of Tanis. When Beyoncé and Jay-Z dropped their music video for Apeshit, shot on location at the Louvre Museum, the world went, well. (C) 2018 Parkwood Entertainment LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment, and. The Carters visited the Louvre in 2014 for a private Tuesday viewing, the only day the museum is closed to the public. Beyoncé and Jay-Z in front of the Great Sphinx of Tanis. Music video by THE CARTERS performing APESHIT (Official Video). Last Saturday, Beyoncé with husband Jay-Z as 'the Carters' surprised. Beyoncé and Jay-Zs much-viewed Apest music video helped Louvre Museum break record with 10.2 million visitors in 2018Welcome to the official Beautiful Lif. If The Carters had a crew of more than 50 people working on the video, that alone would have cost them $21,000.Ī private tour for less than 50 guests costs up to $11,700, according to the Louvre's private events brochure, and renting out the reception hall beneath the famous Glass Pyramid will cost upwards of $36,000. Beyoncé and Jay-Z filmed the music video for Apes-t at the Louvre in Paris. However, a music video that includes both the Louvre's interior and exterior areas would cost $5,300. The combined cost to film both the exterior and interior of the museum for a feature film would cost $18,000, according to the Louvre's website. masterpiece looms behind Jay-Z in the video. The most recent films include Fifty Shades Freed and Wonder Woman. An art history tour of Beyoncé and Jay-Zs new Louvre-set video 'Apeshit,' the lead single from their joint nine-track album 'Love Is Everything.'. During their last visit in May 2018, they explained their idea of filming, a spokesperson explained. Nearly 500 movies and music videos are filmed at the Louvre every year, the New York Timesreported on June 17. Beyoncé and JAY-Z visited the Louvre four times in the last ten years.
When Beyoncé and Jay Z released "Apes**t" on June 16 under their duo name The Carters, they filmed the music video in the world's largest art museum, The Louvre. The Louvre is now offering a guided, 90-minute, tour based on Beyonce and Jay-Zs music video for 'Apeshit,' which was filmed at the Paris art museum.