Well for me, there are a couple of reasons it works, and works well.
Regarding the music / sound, I'm not too fussed and it not an important element for me in the scene. What I did like about the scene is the sequence where you have two girls fronting up in a club somewhere, then cleverly edited or shot to give a strobe light / disco effect. For what it attempts to portray, I think it does it rather well.
lets be honest, it's not s definitive catfight scene, and it's not sold as such but these are the very scenes, by type (i.e mainstream & media), that lead us all into this genre.
It's a music video that has girl fight scene in it, and I'm sure, if I had stayed more sober in my youth, I would have witnessed something similar in the clubs I visited with heavy music and strobing "disco" lights going on. To film it differently, imo, would be wrong. I think, in context, it's filmed perfectly.
Just my opinion :-)
cheers
John