MTV.com News Story:

Ashlee Simpson seems to have two sources of inspiration for her "Invisible" video — "Million Dollar Baby" and Chumbawamba's "Tubthumping" — because when she gets knocked down, she gets up again.

"It's a really cool concept," Simpson said. "It's basically about life, about finding the courage to get back up and keep fighting, which I think everybody deals with every day."

Taking her punches this time in a boxing ring, Simpson plays a pugilist à la Hilary Swank's "Million Dollar" character, and to help channel a bit of Maggie Fitzgerald's fighting spirit, the singer shot the clip at the same facility used in the movie. She also took a few crash-course boxing lessons, where she found her previous experience as a dancer came in handy.

"I had one day of training, and right now," on the second day of shooting, "I'm one sore beyotch," she joked.

Because the emphasis of the video, directed by Marc Webb (Simpson's "Boyfriend," Hilary Duff's "Wake Up"), is how she takes it on the chin, Simpson couldn't use a stunt double and had to take more than a dozen falls on her face. That was intense, she said, but what was harder was repressing her sense of humor. "I giggle all the time, and I laugh at everything," Simpson said, "and Marc told me to be tough and not laugh in the ring. That was difficult."

What made things a bit easier, she said, was thinking about how her fans stuck by her when she was down in the dumps, and as a tribute to them, her character is fueled by one fan's devotion.

"There's a girl that when I get knocked out, I look at her," Simpson said of the video. "She's my fan and she stands by me, and that really helps me get up and keep going."

Simpson's new song, however, isn't a tribute to fans but instead seems to address detractors who think they have her all figured out. The "Invisible" chorus taunts, "You're the one who looked right through me/ Now you're saying that you knew me/ When I was invisible."

The song, which Simpson recorded with label executive Ron Fair in the producer's chair, should be available by late June/ early July, according to a label representative; a snippet is currently streaming on the singer's Web site.

Click here to check out the story as well as pictures of Ashlee on the set of the video.

Here's the TeenMusic.com News Story:

Ashlee Simpson took intensive boxing lessons in preparation for her latest music video, which is inspired by the film Million Dollar Baby.

The 21-year-old appears as a female boxer in the promo for new single "Invisible".

She explains, "We took boxing lessons before the shoot to make it look real."

The Love singer even took a brutal blow to the face while filming the clip: "I got hit hard on the chin! (In the video) I get knocked down, but keep getting back up. I can relate to that!"

Click here to check out the story on the teenmusic.com website.

Comments

GO ASH WE SUPPORT YA ! Written by ashluva1 on 2006-06-24 10:27:55 Hey yall i haven't seen it yet but i will asap !~ im her huggest largest biggest fan i luv her !great song though i got it on my iPod !!!!*much support*

GO ASH WE SUPPORT YA ! Written by ashluva1 on 2006-06-24 10:27:55 Hey yall i haven't seen it yet but i will asap !~ im her huggest largest biggest fan i luv her !great song though i got it on my iPod !!!!*much support*

Written by Mike on 2006-06-25 07:54:37 where can I watch the video ?

Written by Mike on 2006-06-25 08:00:19 ... sorry, too lazy to read all this

Written by paulie on 2006-06-27 21:24:17 aww  actually i cannot express my self very well because im from Argentina, but i wanted to know if anyone knew when is she going to make another cd.  please write me  pauliee_@hotmail.com  i dint hear that song yet!       I LOVE ASHLEE!

Written by Mike on 2006-06-28 12:11:13 ahhh, great... I can't watch Ashlee's video because it's for the U.S only. -

? Written by californiachick27 on 2006-06-28 20:20:44 where do u live? (to mike)

Written by Mike on 2006-06-29 09:36:12 Sweden and where do you live? (to californiachick)

Written by boy101 on 2006-07-08 12:04:10 I hated the video it sucked i like peices of me video better dont u?

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