 The song 's music video premiered on January 10 , 2007 on LAUNCHcast . The video opens with scenes of Stefani and the Harajuku Girls in a golden jail . After obtaining the key from a dog , they escape . Stefani is then shown in a penthouse two hours later . She lets down two long braids , allowing the Harajuku Girls to scale the building and cut off the braids . They meet Akon at a parking lot , and Stefani drives off with him . They are pursued by two of the Harajuku Girls as police officers , and the video closes with Stefani back in jail after two hours of chasing . The video is intercut with sequences of Stefani and Akon in front of a letter G in lights . 
