Song Options

In a chat on Facebook with all the member of my group, we discussed the various song choices we have and discussed what we storyline we could fit to the song as well as interpreting the lyrics. Solo female artist was the option that stood out most for us as we could use the stereotypical view that viewers have on female artists and manipulate it to make it different to all the other music videos. Another reason as to why we chose to do a solo female artist is that our group consists of 3 male and 1 female and therefore they nominated the female to be the star of the music video. These included:

• M.I.A - Paper Planes

The song emphasised the stereotypical view some people have on immigrants that are not accepted in the society. This is represented through the use of MES, the urban settings and a large part on the lyrics. 

We liked the song due to the fact that is was trying to portray a message that was actually quiet meaningful and relevant at this moment in time. We came up with various ideas towards the videos and how we could interpret it and make sure the audience see the song from a different point of view. We came to the conclusion that this song was not suitable for us due to the subject specific lyrics and therefore we have to consider our restrictions such as the location and setting as well as the nature of the song. 

• Lorde - Royals

Royals is about the contrasting lifestyles that famous and ordinary people live. Her song is emphasising how the famous and wealthy artists gloat about everything they own and how much they earn. The artist herself, Lorde, is representing herself through the song by implying that she came from an ordinary, not very wealthy background and how she is not like all the other artists that take face for granted. 

As a group, we liked the song as the lyircs were not very specific so we could interpret them in anyway we wanted to. Famous and wealthy people are the main focus in the media most the time, and we though that this song would fit perfectly for if we wanted to create a parody type video of these people. The only problem we had is that even though the lyrics were not very specific, we found it difficult to manipulate the storyline to anything that had nothing to do with the famous people and the media. 

• Tove Lo - Habits 

Habits is a song about how a girl escapes from the pain and hurt that she receives from a loss - whether it was a death or a breakup, the song lyrics insinuate she goes out and does certain actions to try and forget this horrible ordeal. The music video supports the lyrics as it represents the artist going out and becoming a bit of a mess and taking part in various events that a woman is not expected to be part of. 

We liked this song because it goes against the idea of a typical pop princess and represents the female in a time of despair and hurt. It shows a different side of females as a gender, instead of showing them as the sweet and vulnerable people which we stereotypically see them as. An issue we had with this song was that we could only base the song around a female suffering and therefore we were worried that our music video would look quite similar to the original one.