Music Video and Promotion
The song's music video was directed by Sophie Muller and filmed in Lake Como, Italy. "It was obvious I was gonna ask her to do it", Stefani stated in an interview with VH1's Box Set. The video follows the song's theme and depicts the relationship that Stefani has with a former boyfriend, who is played by Spanish actor Daniel González. González and his new girlfriend—played by Tony Kanal's girlfriend, Erin Lokitz—are shown walking up to a villa where Stefani answers the door. The villa featured in the video is the Villa Erba, in the town of Cernobbio, which Stefani said was "so beautiful". The three of them are seen in each other's company, with intercut scenes of Stefani singing on a bed. There are flashbacks to the time when Stefani and her former boyfriend were dating, where she has brunette hair. Flashbacks and present day images are linked with match cut cinematography. The lyrical theme of "Cool" is maintained in the video, frames are incorporated to portray Stefani feeling "cool". She is depicted as cool with her former boyfriend and his girlfriend throughout most of the video, although there are certain times that, when looking at her eyes during the video, one can see that she still has feelings for her ex.
The music video for "Cool" premiered on MTV's top ten chart program Total Request Live on June 30, 2005, where it reached number three. After its July 8, 2005 debut on MuchMusic's Countdown, it reached number one for the week of October 7, 2005. In mid-October 2005, the single was included in the setlist for Stefani's first concert tour, Harajuku Lovers Tour 2005, performed as the eleventh song of the show. The song was added to the tour's video album Harajuku Lovers Live, released on December 5, 2005, and was featured on the 2006 New Zealand compilation album Now That's What I Call Music 20. It was also used in the trailer to Click and in the Sofia Coppola's 2010 film Somewhere where Elle Fanning's character Cleo is ice-skating.
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