Camila Cabello Gets Crushed By A Elephant In Surreal, Cinematic 'Liar' Video

The cool thing about Netflix's Russian Doll is how it restaged the Groundhog Day scenario for a new generation. As an alternative opposed to Bill Murray's aimless hedonism, we got Natasha Lyonne's sense of purpose and, if take the journey with her, ultimately her cathartic resolution. Camila Cabello's extravagant new visual for "Liar" is more like the latter, where despite elephants falling from the sky and mansions burning up, the message is clear: The truth will either set you free or get you killed.


The plot is secondary to the in general experience of the clip, which is surreal with shades of Inception's mindfuckery, although it's also key to the setup. Camila plays a fictionalized version of herself, engaged to billionaire oil scion Reese Kensington (Euphoria's Zak Steiner). She's miserable. If she keeps lying to herself, she'll perish, and she does. So she reboots and begins telling the truth. That's once shit gets crazy.


Shortly immediately after proclaiming, "I hate this restaurant... And I want a cheeseburger!," Camila causes wilted plants to spring back to life and fellow bistro patrons to begin living their truths — only for her to get immediately crushed by an elephant. It happens again and again, once with a torrent of French cyclists and once with a barrage of drones. Then she's taken in by the "Truth Police" (evidently with the same arresting authority because the Karma Police) and, well, you'll just have to watch to find out.


"Liar," as directed by Dave Meyers, is cinematic in scope — the pink shot of Camila amid a sea of flamingos is downright dazzling — along with features Camila playing a gossipy TV host. Because the slapstick drama heightens, Camila has a lot of fun playing someone more and more more unhinged. Case in point, she called it "literally most enjoyable video I've ever made."


"Liar" dropped alongside "Shameless" earlier this month, and while the "Shameless" video was impressive, "Liar" is a mini movie. It also stars The Flash's Keiynan Lonsdale in a key supporting role along with Natalia Jiménez and Chelsea Brea.


Camila's second album, Romance, is due out before the end of the year. Watch Camila relive a toxic if luxurious relationship in the dynamic "Liar" video above.