Kelly Rowland BREAKS SILENCE on Excel Texting in Dilemma Music Video 

I am impressed by Nokia being able to get Excel on their device back then. Respect.

As a software engineer, I would like to inform Kelly that you can send text from Microsoft Excel… it’s a super powerful tool. She doesn’t look crazy lol. She was ahead of her time

Kelly still looking fine af after 20+ years 😍

I thought this was a hidden relationship and so they secretly communicated thru a shared Excel sheet.

They were obviously communicating via real-time collaboration over a shared OneDrive link of an Excel spreadsheet.

Never even notice the spread sheet. I just wanted that phone.

The fact that she looks the same is CRAZY

Honestly I’m a little more impressed that the phone has Excel on it

Patti LaBelle playing her mom is iconic! 😂

It feels like this video just came out 😭 don’t be embarrassed girl ❤ this song is still one of the best

They both haven't aged a day wtf

What a classic song!!! The song Dilemma by Nelly ft Kelly Rowland is one of my favorite songs ever from the 2000s era!!! They did that song so amazingly well and beautiful!!! 😍 🤩 🎶 🎵 🎧 ❤😊😊😊❤😊😊❤❤️ 😍 🤩

Like no wonder he didn't reply! she was on excel!

THAT song always gets stuck in my dang head!😮😅Classic video and song💞👏🏻🔥💋

Kelly came through and pulled a lifetime music gem 💎 💐

Whole time they’re secretly communicating on a shared Google Sheet 😅 🤝🏾

I remember after that music video came out, every time we had use Excel in school I’d think about this song, wondering why 😂

This song is a classic!!

What saddens me most is GenZ and Alpha Generation will never know why this song was so popular to garner over a billion views. The woman playing Kelly Rowland's mom is Patti LaBelle, the original singer of the sampled song, "Love, Need, and Want You". This was a Top 10 hit on Ms. LaBelle's sixth studio album, "I'm In Love Again" (1983). The thing that happened with music back in the 90's/early 00's is artists would sample the songs from their parent's generation. The songs they heard growing up around the house or in their neighborhood. Patti LaBelle was a major R&B artist going back to the 60s. She was lead singer in Labelle where she had her biggest hit with the group, "Lady Marmalade" (1974). To come full circle where one of your songs from the 80's is used in a Grammy winning song in 2002 is phenomenal and extremely meaningful to multiple generations. 🎶♥

I was a college freshman in 2002. Time flew by!

Dilemma is arguably the best R&b song of all time. This song takes me back to some good times also.

Maybe she was just documenting it in excel spread

The excel moment lives in my mind rent free. I mean if you ask the top 5 things about the video this would be in it: 1. Nelly is there 2. Kelly is there 3. Song is great 👌🏼 4. Nelly and Kelly fall in love 5. Kelly texts using excel 🙈

Thank you. I've wondered this for 22 years

I remember the feeling when this came out, watching MTV on CRT TV. Gonna be 40 this year. Man where did those last 20 years go?

Everything about that clip is ICONIC!!!!!

“What did you expect? It’s just a draft, my dear” 😂😂😂

Kelly Rowland has been *breaking her silence* on this Excel thing every few years since about 2015 LOL

Lol how come I didn't notice that.

Kelly! We rolling! 😂

Never knew it was excel. I was only 8 or 9 😂😂😂😂😂

That's one way to Excel in a relationship

Kelly doesn’t know a darn thing about Microsoft Excel. 😂

I never paid that much attention to have even noticed it. Now I can't unsee it

I just like to imagine that Kelly was a stylish programming prodigy, who's unrequited love fueled her innovations.

Never noticed that, but now I can't unsee it....

Awh mann the memories, this is my junior year in HS when this song came out. We were all downloading this song off of Kazaa and limewire haha. Long live old school r&b

Love this song ❤ a classic

Your music is my ringtone from the first time it released till my phone gone 😢 Really love the tone

This was a era.i remember being a kid with this out in the summer

Gorgeous Kelly still looks the same now 2024 as in Dilemma 2002 music video 😳! Black don't crack

I was very young. This song was played in my radio everytime i prepared myself to school. My favorite song back then...

All the times I watched this video while I was in college, I never noticed that. There's no way I can unsee it now! 😁

Kudos for this video

Shout out to Mythical Kitchen ❤

I remember seeing that when I was around 11 or 12, but I didn't give it that much thought. That's awesome!

no one address it, because phones are like a new thing at that time hahahaha.

I questioned it, then and now...!

She is so genuine, haven't seen a interview with her in years, love that!!

Truly a junior-year blast from the past. It's funny how much both music and technology changed in the last 22 years... damn, I'm old...

The way you come thru and holla and scoop me in that two seater that’s GANGSTAAASAA

If it’s a shared document you can message each other through excel x) I was doing a project with my classmates and we were all working on document at the same time and just started messaging through there if we saw other people were online working on the data sheet.

I listened to this every heart break since it came out, watched it on the tv, and never payed attention to the texting in the music video

ok but Nelly acknowledging Kelly's impact on the song years later is so sweet. Alot of men would claim the accolade single-handedly.

Plot twist: It's a shared Excel file so their partners won't find out about their secret convos. 🤣🤣

*OMG HOW NOSTALGIC* Reminds me of the *Motorola TalkAbout 2-way pager* my friends & I used to have. I remember I had the blue one & it came in red too 😂😌

I noticed it and thought they were using EMAIL!!!! Lol

This song brings so many memories ❤

I never noticed it

The fact that I knew the exact moment the title was referring to is crazy to me.

Remains one of my favorite songs

Omg I just realised it's "where my background singers?" Shouting from the door

This song was everything!!!!!

Ooh it makes sense cause she's trying to hide it from her man 🤣 he would think it's just a document she's working on

This is the first time I'm hearing about this, but it's hilarious. My first reaction was "Microsoft Word would've been more authentic," but then I caught myself and thought "Why the %@#$ didn't they just show an actual sent text message???" I can't think of any excuse other than someone on staff intentionally trying to sabotage the character, lol.

After watching this video I went down a rabbit hole of Nokia and it looks like this was from their communicator series.

Did Nelly private the music video? Can’t find it on RU-vid anymore.

I don’t think many people had cellphones at the time. So it didn’t seem weird at all, because we just didn’t know.

My favorite music of all time

Not gone lie I don't care what happened on that phone and revisionist history always find something out, but at the time that was the best song and was on the top ten for a while. I miss the hell out of those days. Way better than now minus the technology

I love that this clip takes place on Wisteria Lane! Great song!

it don't matter kelly is a kind, beautiful human being . ❤️

😂😂I always laughed about that.. She was upset about him not answering.. That's why.. Making us afro folks look silly.. Well women..

❤❤❤my song

This song felt like it was number one for years.

Aunties in the hood still rocking that red and black Kelly hairdo from the video 😅

Live spreadsheets enable others to leave notes and comments so PERIOD Sis! I know Dilemma inspired one of those devs back in the day to add this Feature for the Kelly feature we didn't deserve.

That's my jam i love that song.

I didn't notice it, that it's been more than 2 decades since... I was on 3rd year high school.

Fun Fact: there are 98 "OW" on the song Dilemma

I always noticed that!

Kelly's deadpan to the camera is golden. So glad this interview happened lol- cause we were all wondering

Mythical Chef Josh made it on ET!! Credit to MK!! 💜💜

You can also have a macro inside the Excel workbook that saves the file, opens Outlook and attaches the excel file to outlook, address it and email it. I’m not saying they were thinking this, I’m just saying it’s possible. 😂

Nostalgia

Good old 6th grade music (2002-2003).. 🙂

This is the kinda news I need

Me seeing it now made me laugh extra I felt stupid. How the hell I didn't see that 😂😂😂

Kelly's face at the end😂😂😂😂

**SILENCE** "WHAT HE SAID"

#Iconic ✨

This song will always be a classic

It's the thumbnail for me

What a gorgeous woman she is

The whole music video was an ad for Nokia

when you're in group projects and you're the only one working on it

OMG Excel texting 😂

I can also send text using Excel by saving it and send the file via Teams or Messenger 😊

That makes the whole thing so much better that's a hilarious mistake the whole time she trying to text him on there

She was sending him full excel spreadsheets with tables