What can I say? I must be a
sucker of Azalea if I am writing about her again. Lets just say its easy to see
her transparency and depth of her emotion and even clothing in the first 10
seconds of her videos. "Work", oh yet another "empowering"
song, the old if I can do it why can't you? Well, looking at the layers
its clear on what the video projects and coming from the music industry it
automatically becomes overrated main-stream media or does it?
When analyzing the lyrics it seems genuine enough. The line "no money no family 16 in the middle of Miami" reoccurs multiple times as do the words "I've been working". The song intends to show the struggles Azalea has faced with a touch of emotional connect so that her audience can say,"if she made it why can't I"? Azalea uses her innocence to sell the story so one would think the video would reach that expectation and add a whole new level of empathetic struggles, well it doesn't.
Its actually quite funny, its like swallowing a little irony down the wrong way. The video opens with Azalea walking on an empty desolate road. This could potentially have some metaphorical significance like "my life looked empty" but it easy to completely forget the scene because of the clothing that Azalea is wearing. Outfit: Shoes Christian Louboutin approx 6,000 USD Skirt and Top Combo Givenchy approx 1,500,000 USD and lets see makeup and other garments: 8,000 USD all totaling at a good I cost more than a child's education which is really ironic considering at times she didn't have the money for education. Also the clothing is almost no clothing since 75% of her skin is showing.
The video continues as the scene shifts as Azalea's clothing, figure, and physic are compared with "ordinary everyday humans" as they turn and look at her. Yet again pulling from the lyrical message of "I did struggle, I did have the bare minimum". Another element which highlights the video in another sense are the constant appearance of burning articles. Azalea begins dancing in front of them with half-naked backup dancers doing the much dreaded mainstream media "twerk". It seems that the entire idea of empowerment has really gone to the dumps as she constantly sexualizes herself and her surroundings in a way saying this is the way to success.
This true success through sexualization finally is revealed when Azalea is faced with a man who is highlighted as her only way out (due to his car). She seduces him and successfully steals his keys saying again to her audience that the key to my success was through robbery and seduction. Here in a way it tells women the task can't be done without a man and illegal acts are required for success.
"I'm not hating I'm just telling you" Azalea's music maybe genuine but her videos stray far from the message. The comparison to the ordinary civilians, the expensive clothing, and the self-sexualization is literally the complete opposite of Azalea's song about working, scrubbing floors, and sacrifices. Well being a fan I can't completely blame Iggy, but then again the music industry attempts to popularize certain notions through its celebrities and then they label it as as "artistic view. Personally I think that is exactly how trends are made, they are forced down our throats through things we actually enjoy. Even though this video aimed to be empowering it sends a completely different message.
When analyzing the lyrics it seems genuine enough. The line "no money no family 16 in the middle of Miami" reoccurs multiple times as do the words "I've been working". The song intends to show the struggles Azalea has faced with a touch of emotional connect so that her audience can say,"if she made it why can't I"? Azalea uses her innocence to sell the story so one would think the video would reach that expectation and add a whole new level of empathetic struggles, well it doesn't.
Its actually quite funny, its like swallowing a little irony down the wrong way. The video opens with Azalea walking on an empty desolate road. This could potentially have some metaphorical significance like "my life looked empty" but it easy to completely forget the scene because of the clothing that Azalea is wearing. Outfit: Shoes Christian Louboutin approx 6,000 USD Skirt and Top Combo Givenchy approx 1,500,000 USD and lets see makeup and other garments: 8,000 USD all totaling at a good I cost more than a child's education which is really ironic considering at times she didn't have the money for education. Also the clothing is almost no clothing since 75% of her skin is showing.
The video continues as the scene shifts as Azalea's clothing, figure, and physic are compared with "ordinary everyday humans" as they turn and look at her. Yet again pulling from the lyrical message of "I did struggle, I did have the bare minimum". Another element which highlights the video in another sense are the constant appearance of burning articles. Azalea begins dancing in front of them with half-naked backup dancers doing the much dreaded mainstream media "twerk". It seems that the entire idea of empowerment has really gone to the dumps as she constantly sexualizes herself and her surroundings in a way saying this is the way to success.
This true success through sexualization finally is revealed when Azalea is faced with a man who is highlighted as her only way out (due to his car). She seduces him and successfully steals his keys saying again to her audience that the key to my success was through robbery and seduction. Here in a way it tells women the task can't be done without a man and illegal acts are required for success.
"I'm not hating I'm just telling you" Azalea's music maybe genuine but her videos stray far from the message. The comparison to the ordinary civilians, the expensive clothing, and the self-sexualization is literally the complete opposite of Azalea's song about working, scrubbing floors, and sacrifices. Well being a fan I can't completely blame Iggy, but then again the music industry attempts to popularize certain notions through its celebrities and then they label it as as "artistic view. Personally I think that is exactly how trends are made, they are forced down our throats through things we actually enjoy. Even though this video aimed to be empowering it sends a completely different message.
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