Title: Wrecking Ball
Artist: Miley Cyrus
Director: Terry Richardson
Release Date: September 9th 2013
Genre: Pop Ballad
Introduction
The the genre for this song is a pop ballad where it is basically where the singer Miley Cyrus is very vunerable andshows her true emotions and is maybe linked to a love interest. The song was made to be relatable to others through the lyrics. It is her second single on her album 'Bangerz'.
Lyrics And Visuals
Close-ups Of Artist And Star Image Motifs
In this music video, there are alot of close ups of Miley Cyrus and really how people see her today. There are also extreme close-ups to see the starts true persona. In this music video, Miley is seen to be upset and vulnerable which is a different side to her compared to her other latest single. Its like she wants to let the auidence into her personal life and does this by being naked. Some critics think that miley being naked in this is one step too far, but in a textual analysis you can see that she feels scared and connects with audience because of this.
Music And Visuals
Alot of the music and visuals are in time with each other for example, when she says "I came in like a wrecking ball!" When she says wrecking ball, the video stops being all emiotnal and she almost goes crazy using her hammer and the wrecking ball is shown by wrecking through these walls in slow motion. Thats all that happens in the music video, is when it comes to the chorus, the wrexdking ball is being shown wrecking everything. So when the music picks up pace so does the video.
Refrence To The Notion Of Looking
There are definately lots of refrences in this music video, such as the most common factor that she poses for full frontal nudity in this music video. There is also other points like when shes not naked she is is in a white crop top and white pair of hotpants, and she obviously isn't wearing a bra which creates vouyerism and the male gaze. Other points is that she is kissing a hammer, but not just a normal peck on the lips, a full frontal kiss even licking the hammer at some points. Miley explains "this is because she feels vunerable and by kissing the hammer shows that she loves the pain. And by also being naked shows that she has been emtionally stripped by her ex-fiance Liam Hemsworth."
Performance, Narrative Or Concept
I think this music video is a cross between Performance, because it shows her singing along to her song and the video only presents her. And the other one i think it is, is Narrative because she is telling a story and the lyrics relate to the video in some way.
Intertexual Refrences
There arnt many in this video, but some of the more ovbious ones is that she most have had her heart broken before she wrote this by a love interest, maybe her ex-fiance Liam Hemsworth.
Conclusion
In conclusion, I think that Miley Cyrus's soing Wrecking Ball is a very emotional single that she released from her album to perhaps show that she does have a vunerable side to her and that it is a song that many can relate to about their situations.
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