"A third — my favorite — pictures three recent eighth grade grads on a suburban lawn, acting out a literal video version of “Call Me Maybe”: when she sings “now you’re in my way” they run into each other; at the line “your stare was holdin,” one gives the other bug eyes through his plastic spectacles. It’s just adorable. And though the makers intercut insistent testimonies to the group’s heterosexuality — “This is dedicated to the GIRLS WE LIKE!” — these young men are utterly comfortable acting out same-sex desire. Teaching tolerance may not have been Jepsen’s intention with “Call Me Maybe,” but she’s given these kids a forum to learn it together."

- Ann Powers on Call Me Maybe Youtube covers. (via flavorpill)