to work together on her new music video; "creatively, we like the same sort of things, so it just makes sense". One month later, Madonna revealed to Ingrid Sischy that the video would be for "What It Feels Like for a Girl", which she found "ironic because [Ritchie]'s such a macho man, and his movies are so testosterone-driven, but I asked him a long time ago what song on the album he responded to the most, and that's the one". Filming took place in Los Angeles, including on the Olympic Boulevard. According to Madonna she portrayed a "nihilistic pissed-off chick" in the clip, doing things that girls are generally recommended against. The video did not feature the original version of the song but the Above & Beyond remix since the singer "wanted a matching visual to it and an edgy dance mix". The clip starts with the singer in a motel room getting ready to go out, her hair is straight, chin length and parted down the middle. She then hot-wires a yellow 1978 Chevrolet Camaro from the parking lot, with the license plates reading "Pussy" and "Cat" on the front and back, before driving to the "Ol Kuntz Guest Home" to pick up a semi-catatonic elderly woman. At a traffic light, they stop next to a car with three young men, one of whom blows her a kiss, which prompts Madonna to spin her car around and collide them. She parks at an ATM, tasers a man and steals his money, and later gives it to a waitress at a burger place, watched by two policemen. The singer drives alongside and scratches their police car and then squirts water in their faces from a fake pistol before driving backwards into their car, triggering their air bags. She then mows down a pack of street hockey players before stealing a red muscle car from a gas station while a man fills its tank, spilling gasoline all over the pavement. Madonna then throws a lighter out of the window causing an explosion, all while still accompanied by the old woman. The final shot depicts her slamming the stolen car head-on into a telephone pole in an apparent act of murder–suicide. Release and banning Upon release, the video was criticized for its violent content. Music channels MTV and VH1 said that it would not be added to their regular US rotation and