Controversy
In music videos controversy is very important in order to keep relevant and current in todays current evolving industry. So in order to understand what this was and try and get a better understand how we could achieve this in our music video I researched the definition...
"a lot of disagreement or argument about something, usually because it affects or is important to many people"
From this definition I came up with the idea that in order to get a music video seen and recognised as well as getting maximum air time it has to be controversial.
But there is a fine line between controversial/ taboo and moré and sometimes artists cross controversial and step into moré.
For example Lady Gaga's is very controversial in everything, from her attitude, to her dressing, to her music and music videos....
by lady Gaga doing this she is staying current and keeping people talking about her therefore getting more views and popularity.
But sometimes some artist cross taboo and step into morè, for instance Lady Gaga wears nude and very revealing clothing which has people taking and may offend a few people but not the masses, Robin Thick crossed this line and offended the masses with the video blurred lines.
But there is a fine line between controversial/ taboo and moré and sometimes artists cross controversial and step into moré.For example Lady Gaga's is very controversial in everything, from her attitude, to her dressing, to her music and music videos....
by lady Gaga doing this she is staying current and keeping people talking about her therefore getting more views and popularity.
But sometimes some artist cross taboo and step into morè, for instance Lady Gaga wears nude and very revealing clothing which has people taking and may offend a few people but not the masses, Robin Thick crossed this line and offended the masses with the video blurred lines.
Blurred Lines was banned youtube and from a number of Universities as the song glorified rape, the song implies a woman is 'an animal' who 'wants it' because of the way she is dressed, The language within the lyrics and the images in the video are degrading towards females.
"Any song that expresses an author's frustration at 'being sick of blurred lines' is beyond unacceptable."
"Blurred Lines has been widely criticised for appearing to glorify rape and violent sex, with lyrics including "I know you want it", "I'll give you something big enough to tear your ass in two", and "Nothing like your last guy, he too square for you/ He don't smack that ass and pull your hair like that."
This is a classic example of music videos that have crossed taboo and is now seen as more which is why this video was banned from YouTube for the over sexualised content.
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