#music video interpretation

[werewolfsmile]

Somethin' I'm Good At - Alec Hardison

Watch it on Youtube

Oh my gosh it's finally done!! I've been obsessing over this video for a few days now and ahhh I'm so excited that it's finished and I can share it with people!!

And of course I know Hardison is insanely competent at anything and everything, but this song just fit his personality so perfectly, I had to make the video! No insult towards him, just a fun and silly video that I can't stop dancing along with. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

#leverage #alec hardison #eliot spencer #parker leverage #nate ford #sophie devereaux #pardison #parker #brett eldredge #somethin' i'm good at #my posts #music video #mostly fun hardison shenanigans #with strong pardison themes #and a dash of ot3 #romantic or platonic interpret how you will #normally i'm a little sick of a song by the time i'm done making a video to it but i could keep listening to this on repeat for a week

[twistedappletree]

You cannot tell me that when Lan Sizhui improves his guqin language, he wouldn’t be out using inquiry every damn day to talk to spirits and make little ghost friends.

The minute that boy knows how to have full conversations via guqin, he’s gonna know every spirit in Gusu on a personal level and casually bring them up in conversation with the other juniors.

LJY: “These loquats are sooooo goooood!”

LSZ: “Right? Reminds me of A-Liu, he loves loquats”

LJY: “….Who the hell is A-Liu?”

LSZ: “Hm? Oh, he’s the spirit who likes to visit the cold springs.”

LJY: “The… the cold springs? How often is he there?”

LSZ: “Um, I don’t know? A lot? Whenever he wants to be there, I guess”

LJY: *panicked* “Was he there last night?!”

LSZ: “…..How would I kno—“

LJY: “WAS HE THERE LAST NIGHT? ASK HIM RIGHT NOW”

#LJY was definitely up to no good LMFAO #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #the untamed #lan sizhui #lan jingyi #mdzs headcanons #gusu lan #guqin #mdzs juniors #precious juniors #I’ll leave this up to interpretation ahahaAHAHAHA #lan yuan #a yuan #best boy #apple babble 🍎 #since I’m writing this from an ace perspective #LJY was definitely seen playing barbies in the cold spring #or dramatically lip syncing to Lana del ray while pretending he’s in a music video

[screecherofthenight]

Guys. GUYS. I was thinking about a Wolf 359 social media au and I came to an earth shattering realization. Kepler is a story time youtuber. he’s a fucking STORYTIME YOUTUBER. I’m having a moment.

#wolf 359 #kepler #warren kepler #jacobi is like that one locksmith guy on yt who dismantles locks in three seconds and insults them the whole time #Maxwell scams scammers back and goes on impassioned rants about the value and potential sentience of AI #Eiffel has a podcast. and a twitch. he’s on every social media platform #Minkowski does video essays on musical theatre #Hilbert has a blog documenting experiments and research #Lovelace is a gamer. you can interpret that how you want #they’re in a hype house. it SUCKS. #hera’s their manager <3

[absenthearted]

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD || HACKEARNEY + ALTERNATE UNIVERSES [1/?]

A girl walks into the woods, and a wolf walks out.

The village has a tradition: a girl is chosen as a sacrifice to the Wolf. The Huntsman leads the Chosen into the woods and keeps vigil at the entrance. 

The girl does not come back. The Wolf stays away.

This is how it has always been—until now.

#hackearney #travis hackett #laura kearney #the quarry #travis x laura #hackearney AU gifseries #a concept series for AUs i may never write lmao #idk how many i'll actually make since i'm fairly limited with what i can use for travis lol #but i have a very tentative idea for a historical one at least #at some point #anyway you can interpret the gifs and the caption however you wish but it was inspired partly by for the wolf by hannah whitten #and obviously diverges quite a bit from the original fairytale but i think you can spin it multiple ways #i've always loved the idea of red as both the girl and the wolf; and wanted to keep laura's wolf transformation in #(which she does! in that music video! but the makeup was a lil too cheesy lol but i actually loved that video lmao) #this started out as a ~no plot just vibes~ thing but then i went on a little mini worldbuilding spiral for this #maybe i'll make a post about it. maybe i'll write it at some point?? who knows #which. these tags are already too long so i won't get into it lmao but! sources! #1&2: mariah scary and the ghoulish cauldrons 'werewolf valentine' MV #4: red riding hood (2011) #sorry the quality is not great on these gifs i did my best #sometimes i make things #wait sorry 3: the trailer for red light bc i couldn’t think of another gif to use for him lol

[luckydragon10]

One Interpretation: Dum Dum MV

I was looking around for some story interpretation for Jeff Satur's new MV that just dropped, couldn't find what I wanted, had to do my best to work through what I'm seeing and all my feels.

First, the video:

NOTE: THIS IS HIGHLY INTERPRETIVE. There's no one true way to interpret a music video like this. I'm going with the interpretation that I enjoy the most.

As much as I love everything Jeff does, I'm a story slut through and through, and this story lit my brain on fire.

On my first time watching, I was struggling to figure out what the story was saying. I felt like I was getting a lot of little pieces and clues, but they weren't forming a coherent picture for me.

Then like a lightning strike, "AHA!" I got it at the very end, BAM, right when this big gasping moment happened:

The story that came together for me:

Businessman!Jeff was murdered, brutally (stating the obvious here). Then somehow, some way, he was able to come back to life. The means and reason behind this are unclear, and what he comes back as is also up for interpretation, but for me it reads as Zombie!Jeff.

Visuals that support my zombie feels:

The scenes with the red windows with clawing hands

The washed out, faded hair, reminiscent of life being sucked away

The dance moves, which I know people are ragging on hard, but which to me read as "baby zombie relearning how to move"

^-- this basically comes from every zombie movie ever.

He doesn't go on his roadtrip of vengeance right away after his reanimation. He does some development first, learning how to move, getting tattoos, stockpiling weapons, etc. He also has to sing about it.

I also feel like there's a little bit of a choice that Zombie!Jeff has to make. Is he going to live his second life for himself, or is he going to pursue vengeance?

The DUALITTYYYYYY.

What happens if he does pursue vengeance? What does he lose? Does he lose his soul? Give up his chance at heaven? For me, the sky imagery supports the choice being made between heaven and hell:

Later, after he exacts his revenge, there's definitely a resolution and a CHANGE that occurs, when we see Zombie!Jeff drop like a puppet with its strings cut:

That's going to break my heart every time I see it. Ugh.

But, for me, storywise, here's the most important thing: It's only AFTER Zombie!Jeff collapses that we then see Businessman!Jeff gasp.

Big AHA! moment.

At this point, how I interpret the story is fuzzy and depends on whether I'm looking at it optimistically or pessimistically. And how that works has to do with the timeline:

The optimistic interpretation is a sequential timeline: After Zombie!Jeff gets his vengeance and then collapses, Businessman!Jeff comes back to life. Maybe his mission was actually what he had to do to regain his real life.

The pessimistic interpretation is non-sequential: After Zombie!Jeff collapses, he's finally dead for real. What happens then in the video is that we the viewers jump backwards in the timeline to see the moment Zombie!Jeff initially reanimated, taking his first zombie gasp, his lovely zombie life just beginning. Was he given a choice between following vengeance or living peacefully? Perhaps the cost of vengeance would be this second half-living life, a price to pay?

This is a face that says "my vengeance is worth any price":

Whew. Still having feelings over here. I actually hope Zombie!Jeff is okay, living his best undead life. 🥺🙏

#jeff satur mv #jeff satur #kinnporsche cast #dum dum #dum dum mv #music vid #music video #story meta #story interpretation #Youtube #zombies

[seasurfacefullofclouds1]

heyy not to hit u with another request for an analysis lmao but i’d love to hear your take on the bigger than me mv! i only watched it recently but i thought the number of sticks (7 i think?) that louis picks up along the way and the difference in their size/where they’re found/what condition they’re in as well as the smaller stick he pockets at the end seem significant. i know louis prefers to keep a lot of creative choices open to interpretation and likes a healthy dose of mystery in his symbolism (still no idea what 369 means beyond the manifestation method😭) so perhaps it’s a lost cause to try to decipher this haha

I think Louis did mention once that the Bigger Than Me video didn’t have any specific allegory, or that it was open to interpretation.

To me, Louis’ choosing BTM as the first single from FITF, after a long pandemic and delayed tour, shows that the pandemic was an introspective time for him. He reflected on the state of his career and he was ready to switch directions.

It was a different kind of song from Walls singles— bigger in every way, with a grander vision and bolder sonics, more challenging vocals, more yearning for community and engagement.

Visually, Louis chose an ethereal, grand location for the music video, and it was shot with no expenses spared. The director commented that he used cinematic equipment and proportions to frame the video. The drone shots contrasted the immensity of the natural elements with the smallness of the single human being— an isolation that’s increasingly rare on earth.

Let’s contrast the BTM video with Walls, and their separate depictions of “being alone.” In Walls, the location was also a place of relative isolation— the desert. Louis looked into mirrors to find himself, in fantasy rooms where he was the single person surrounded by paired dancers, as the center of a literal target on the floor, in the darkness where demonic faces crowded him, and— most memorably— stranded high on a wall, abandoned. His direction, his “goal,” was the mirage of a door in the desert.

In BTM, Louis is surrounded by the lushness of nature in green and earth tones. The video is tinted with warm overlay. Louis’ photoshoots leading to the album release emphasized green and orange complementary tones— secondary colors, compared to the primary red of Walls. Moreover, Louis is not directionless in BTM— at the very start of the video, he sees the bonfire in the distance. The distance was vast, but still human in scale— eventually, with enough travel and persistence, he reached it.

The imagery and feel of BTM reminds me of these lines from One Direction’s Long Way Down:

“Sailed an ocean and drowned in the waves” acknowledges the naïveté of the nautical imagery, “My hands, your hands/ Tied up like two ships/ Drifting, weightless/ Waves try to break it” in 1D’s Strong (but later, Louis reuses the metaphor to signify taking ownership of his life in Paradise). “Built a cathedral/ but we never prayed” also precedes the church of burnt romances in Only The Brave.

(Off track and not to be a sap but Louis did also write on History and these lyrics, after seeing AOTV, are gut-wrenching:

Bigger Than Me shows Louis walking a long path toward a large fire— both a purifying and transcending metaphor. The sticks he carries throughout his journey range from large to small. The large ones are heavy, burdensome, yet he starts walking with the largest, and eventually tosses it in.

The bonfire is maybe an acknowledgement that some things are not worth carrying forever, but worth releasing into the world, worth leaving behind in ether. The fire is like a ceremonial ritual, a formal way of letting go. Instead of him “going down in flames,” Louis is able to control what he keeps and what he burns. The purification can result in rebirth and renewal; fire is a natural part of earth’s being reborn. The small stick he keeps in his pocket is a memento of Louis’ journey, literally and figuratively.

The number 7 is a coincidence; there are also seven roses in the 28 Official Programme logo. It’s a lucky number. 1/4 of 28.

#bigger than me #bigger than me music video #BTM mv #BTM interpretation

[murderofcrow]

i hope the guy that made the 3 hour long sleep token 101 video for his friends, makes another one where he discusses tmbte sometime 😂

#i saw this video when i really got into sleep token #i liked hearing his interpretations and passion about the music #i really relate to the adhd infodumping #sleep token #sleep token worship #worshitposting

[hyephyep]

Twinkling Ash does work very well for Farcille. When I watch the music video, though, what I'm really reminded of is Marcille and her father.

Something about it being a kid and an older man, exploring together in this strange hallway they're trapped in. Something about the kid finding the key for escape, and dragging the man with him when he runs all the way back to the exit. But when they get to that locked door, the man doesn't go with him. The kid leaves, and his companion stays in that hallway.

Something about the lyric, "and resented the distance that separates us," becoming "and chose a distance that separated us," in the final chorus.

It makes me think of Marcille running down that hallway of books in her nightmare, dragging her loved ones with her as she tries to stay ahead of death. But at some point they can't keep up anymore. Her father can't leave with her. She can stay there, stay afraid, stay resenting that distance between her and the people around her. Or she can leave. Choose to let go, build a life beyond her fear, and accept the distance she can't change.

Her father stays in that hallway.

#dungeon meshi #dungeon meshi spoilers #dungeon meshi manga spoilers #marcille #entirely possible the old man in the music video is the kid's future self instead of a family member #but art is a beautiful thing that can be interpreted many different ways

[synthshenanigans]

I love trying to Jash people but MAN is it difficult tho

"Can i listen to them on Spotify?" Yea but the videos themselves are important as well plus he worked hard on them so you should watch them on youtube instead.

"Okay well what order do i watch them in?" *gives a list* this is the canonical order but there's 2 videos that have multiple songs in them. So you have to listen to a part of the video, leave, listen to other songs, and eventually come back to finish it.

"Okay but i should understand the lore very well at that point right" WELL YOU SEE THE THING IS-

#like don't get me wrong #its very fun to do this #but oh my god is it so much work #you cant be like “hey watch this show its p good” #its more of “hey watch these vids in this order WHILE skippin parts of them and come back to later while i tell you the plot of it” #“i will also tell you stuff about the band the songs are originally from cos thats apart of the lore too” #id love to use the album video or the isolated versions of the songs he recently posted bUT THERES NO VIDEO THERE ITS JUST AUDIO #CJ please i want more people to like your stuff why must I do this #i like making google docs and ranting about my interests as much as the next nerodivergent person #but please #save me from this #also the fact i have to clarify that storm & a spring and spring & a storm are different songs #or the fact that some of the earlier songs either originally didn't have a story/bigger idea behind them #or that like RoE has the colors flipped accidentally #or the fact that im dumb and also don't 100% know the lore #but that's mainly cos a lotta stuff is up to interpretation or we'll see eventually #but i also like that i don't gotta know everything at one time #none of this is a complaint about him either i just think hes a fun dude #love this and his music not a complaint all this is lighthearted & goofy #chonny jash #chonnys charming chaos compendium

[indiaalphawhiskey]

There’s something about it that really speaks to the experience of getting older; the difficulties of getting older, and having to face or do hard things. (Guy taking a hard look at himself in a mirror, girl sitting outside in a car looking at a familiar facade of a house)

It feels like a tribute to that specific kind of nostalgia — the kind that takes over when we’re having a particularly hard moment, and overrides our thoughts to help us cope, help us remember “times like these” that were “so much better” and “nights where we were so much happier.” (Bar scenes with friends, smoking outside.)

But in the end, we can’t live in that nostalgia (You smile at me and say it’s time to go, but I don’t feel like going home) and we do, eventually, have to live in our reality.

Do the hard thing.

Move on.

Grow up.

Go it solo.

#silver tongues music video #silver tongues first impression #silver tongues MV interpretation

[okapiandpaste]

people who like music video lore are incredibly deranged and as one of them i say this with all the love in my heart. it's like if bullshitting was a hobby. there's no easy way to have a collective interpretation of an mv besides by reading youtube comments, and even then you won't agree with those commenters 80% of the time.

#it's the most up-to-interpretation form of storytelling like. ever. #i'm mostly invested in nilfruits and eve lore #music videos #text heavy #me posting crud #also loveit? by biz bc ahhh what the hell was that

[the-cat-at-the-theatre-door]

Performance clips from Act 1 of Il Sistina’s opening night. 

#jellicle songs grizabella the glamour cat the jellicle ball and memory #CATS Musical #CATS Italy #videos #my posts #that rain at the end is interesting - if it's a projection then it's super cool if it's real liquid i pity the stage crew #the re translation thus far sounds really...not necessary #but they kept italy's weird interpretive dance style so bonus points for that

[youmustfixyourheartt]

Oh my god it would be so silly if you talked more about danger days

its called danger days: the true lives of the fabulous killjoys, implying the residents of the zones have dazzled up the killjoys and hailed them as martyrs of a revolution. they're the ideal, they Are what the zone rebels need to be. the album paints a very different picture. sure they start off as triumphant but party poison (whom i am assuming is narrating most likely due to context clues) is Unreliable as a narrator. of course they're going to paint the revolution as sucessful and wash away all the dark elements of it in the first two songs, but the weight of it slowly starts to set in on him as the killjoys are faced with more and more enemies and increasingly dangerous situations. its messy, its horrifying, and they're not that old. they're probably 19 or in their early 20s at most. they're fighting for something that seems impossible but nobody else is doing it so they have to start. i think party's initial spiral is brought on by losing kobra and jet star in the traffic report. There are four main killjoys plus the little girl. youve basically not only lost half of your team, but your closest friends and allies. youve just lost people who youve fought side by side with, spent sleepless nights with, comforted and cried with and you're barely an adult. you've just lost half of the only family you have. are you fucking kidding me? not so long ago they were singing about how nothing could kill them nothing could ever stop them, but now half of them are gone. the album is Very Much the True Lives of the fabulous killjoys, not the story that you would tell around the bonfire before heading off to fight dracs the next day, its the story of 4 kids and the little girl they're protecting trying to fight an impossible fight against a whole system that hates them and them dying in the process. dying isn't what made the killjoys great, it was how they lived.

#ever listen to an album that has a story that can be so personal #im gonna alternate between he and they for pois in this because thats what i like to think they use Personally #this is also an interpretation OF THE ALBUM #the music videos tell a slightly different story #god. #stickers lore #adam tag

[pricechecktranslations]

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ねぇフォルトゥーナ、教えて。

Hey Fortuna, tell me.

あの子の切り札。

What's her trump card?

赤か黒か？

Is it red or black?

それくらい聞かせてくれよ。

Let me know at least that much.

『オシエテ アゲナイ コトモ ナクハ ナイ』

"I may tell you, possibly"

……勝利の女神は笑わない。

...The goddess of fortune doesn't smile.

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ねぇフォルトゥーナ、教えて。

Hey Fortuna, tell me.

あの人の切り札。

What's his trump card?

大なの小なの？

Is it high or low?

それくらい聞かせてほしいの。

I'd like you to let me know at least that much.

『オシエテ アゲルカモ シレナイ カモ』

"Maybe I'll tell you. Maybe you'll never know"

……勝利の女神は気まぐれね。

...The goddess of fortune is a fickle one.

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Night and day.

この勝ち負けは水に流して。

Win or lose, it's washed away in the shower.

秘密の７７７号室で、

At a secret room number Three Seven (777),

あぶない遊戯もしてみない？

Why don't we try a more risky play?

.

「仮面の裏」にはホンネを隠して、

We'll hide our true aims "beneath the mask",

まるで紳士と淑女のフリをする。

And make believe we're a gentleman and lady.

視えないところが、逆にイイでしょ？

Isn't it better, rather, to not be able to see through it?

痛い目みる手前が、最高潮。

We've seen our fair share of pain, and now we're at the climax.

この遊戯は相当、ハマりそう。

We're fit to get pulled down right into this play.

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ねぇフォルトゥーナ、教えて。

Hey Fortuna, tell me.

あの人の素顔。

What's his true face?

嘘か真実か？

Is it all lies or is it the truth?

裏切りはもう見たくないの。

I don't want to see any more betrayals.

『シンジタイ モノダケヲ ミテハ ダメ』

"You mustn't only see the things you want to believe"

……最後のカードを開けない。

...I can't turn up that last card.

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ねぇフォルトゥーナ、教えて。

Hey Fortuna, tell me.

あの子の素顔。

What's her true face?

高貴か醜穢か？

Is she ROYAL or a SCANDAL?

約束を信じているんだ。

I believe she'll keep her word.

『ミテミタイ モノダケヲ シンジチャ ダメ』

"You musn't only believe in the things you want to see"

……最後のカードを開けない。

...I can't turn up that last card.

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Night and day.

こんな刺激なんかじゃ満足できないね。

This stimulus isn't enough to satisfy me.

今夜も対決、

It's another showdown tonight,

いけない遊戯[プレイ]を求めてる？

Are you seeking a play

わかってるくせに。

You should know better.

.

「仮面の裏」をハダカにされるなら、

If you're going to lay bare what's "under the mask",

君は天使と悪魔のどちらがいい？

Would you prefer an angel or devil?

優しく手引くのか、強く押倒すのか。

Shall I gently guide you along, shall I fiercely push you down?

焦らされた照れ顔も、最高級。

That shy, teased face is first rate.

この遊戯は中々、やめられない。

There's little chance we could stop this play now.

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素顔も名前も知らない相手と、

Tonight as well, room number Three Seven is stained in lust

今夜も欲望に塗れる７７７号室。

Between a pair who don't know each other's true faces or names.

午前０時にふたり、予約済み。

The two are booked up at midnight.

誰でもない自分でいられるから。

For they can be as themselves, and no other.

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「仮面の裏」にはホンネを隠して、

We'll hide our true aims "beneath the mask",

まるで紳士と淑女のフリをする。

And make believe we're a gentleman and lady.

視えないところが、逆にイイでしょ？

Isn't it better, rather, to not be able to see through it?

痛い目みる手前が、最高潮。

We've seen our fair share of pain, and now we're at the climax.

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赤い衣装でようこそ。

Welcome, with a red dress.

その手を上げて。

Raise up your hand.

大胆な仮面が、よく似合う。

That bold mask suits you well.

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黒い衣装でようこそ。

Welcome, with a black dress.

その手を上げて。

Raise up your hand.

上品な仮面が、よく似合う。

That elegant mask suits you well.

.

この遊戯はここだけ。

We can only have this play here.

７７７号室。

At room number Three Seven (777).

#()royal scandal #()songs #()kanon69 #note that my interpretations of these lyrics might change should they release a music video to provide context #also sorry for all the delays #the more confident i get translating general text the less confident i am translating songs

[little-december]

fortnight music video

in the first scene she's taking a pill to forget the first person(without the tattoos) then she sees the second  in the mirror (guy with the tattoos)

next scene she meets the second person while wearing the grieving dress (which is for the first lost love)

while grieving she remembers what happened with her first love. shes with him writing stories,poems. after the love and affection scene it cuts to close ups in their face. there's a look on her face like shes getting betrayed (hint in lyrics) or the relation is over.

so she went to getting treated for memories of her first love & the heartbreak (tests says loving him is ruining her life). second love rescued her from seeing the readings of her treatment (here she didn't finish her treatment)

next scene is second guy calls her to give life another chance n promises love.

next scene shows she was going insane for her first love in the grieving dress burnt the poems, stories of them they wrote together

then we watch her seeing the second guy in herself while in the mirror (losing herself again) so she breaks the glass which means shes back where she started

cuts to how she gave the second person a chance which landed her again the same place taking the forget him pill

#ttpd #taylor swift #the tortured poets department #fortnight #fortnight music video #just my interpretation

[trollocks-in-my-bollocks]

This Wikipedia article about my favourite Mylene Farmer song is

a wild ride

summarizes why I love her so much rip

#je te rends ton amour is revolutional #mylene farmer #though I have a separate interpretation that is nowhere near #the French psychologist's work omg #je te rends ton amour #like this was written by a person who's always asked if she's only famous bc of her nudity in her music videos #and she's singing about giving back all the love because it's too heavy and climbing back to the canvas???? #how can anyone be normal about is? #like this entire song is about how art is based on a nude female body #and what happens when the muse talks back #or god forbid has her own ideas about stuff