Music video

to put in hard work. Now I’m going to show a video of someone who believes that even with talent, we still need to work hard. John Legend Watch the video clip, Grit 3-2 John Legend Music Video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cHL63bUuFk (:51) Video Overview: By…

relationship to end and cannot stop thinking about it. The singer mentions a new girl who makes the guy happy and used to be her. When you watch the video with the song it adds another layer to the story. The video seems to be both a flashback of sorts and also another story completely. This song is very redundant if you are listening to it alone, but the music video was done extremely well. The storyline flows smoothly while still following along with the lyrics. The first lyrics in the song…

The song Pretty Hurts, written by Sia Furler and performed by Beyonce Knowles in a video directed by Melina Matsoukas has been viewed more than 203 million times on YouTube. At first glance the lyrics and storyline of the video, are moving and even at some points heartbreaking. The setting of a beauty pageant shows some of the darker aspects of girls trying to fit into societal beauty standards, which is all too relatable for far too many people. It might not be until your second or third…

Every star has a specific image and reputation of how they are perceived by people. This specific view, also known as the star text, is “formed by everything that the audience affiliates them with, such as their body of work, promotion, publicity and audience practices” (Jackson). Celebrities change their star text to shift the way they are perceived by the people and to be taken seriously. In the case of Ariana Grande, the Nickelodeon starlet has successfully managed to outgrow her previous…

The video was full of other powerful celebrities such as Chrissy Teigen, Kim Kardashian, and Ciara. Fergie decided to write a song about powerful and successful moms after the birth of her son Axl. She chose to express herself by making a sexy music video with other sexy mothers. The goal was to show the world that a woman could juggle the everyday stresses of being a full time…

release a new single some time next month. The pop icon just revealed last month that she is releasing a new album, following a seven-year hiatus from the music business. Jackson confirmed the upcoming album news on social media by posting an audio video on her Twitter page. "I promised you’d hear it from my lips and now you will. This year, new music, new world tour, a new movement," Jackson stated. She has not revealed any other details regarding her album or worldwide tour, but Jimmy Jam and…

States. Hozier’s music contains rock ‘n’ roll and RnB influences. According to Ehrlich’s (2014) interview from MTV with Hozier, Hozier’s exposure as a child to blues music through his father, a drummer in a blues band, as well as his love for rhythm and blues, featured in the music produced by Stevie Wonder and rock musician Sting, caused him to have an appreciation for these two genres (Ehrlich, 2014). It is apparent through his album From Eden that rock ‘n’ roll and RnB music play an…

representations in past and current music videos. Not only are there goo representations but in the music videos there are certain ways they market LGBT people. The point of my paper is to show that there are good LGBT representations and the ways the videos market LGBT people. There have been many good LGBT representations through music videos and the first one that I am going to talk about is “Take Me to Church” by Hozier. There are multiple meanings in this music video and the first one…

nurturing. I watched ten hip hop music videos for my observation of what the media tells us about being masculine and feminine and each one emphasized, and I would even say promoted, the use of gender stereotypes. Hip hop music videos for decades have been exposing and objectifying women to make the rapper seem more masculine and dominant. From the ten videos I watched, the main themes throughout every video was the objectification of women, masculinity, and wealth. Most videos had few to no…

FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF “TIP DRILL” Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. popularly known in the American music industry as Nelly came out with “Tip Drill” on his 2003 remix album Da Dertty Versions, he featured the St. Lunatics on this song. The expression tip drill is a slang vulgar expression, describing a well-known ugly girl with a nice body, hefty breast and backside. The lyrics of “Tip Drill” describe a girl who can only attract the opposite sex with her body and not her face, she is cheap and ready to…