I dunno if it was as simple as she runs (full of courage, confidence etc etc) towards her "love" and gets "represented" as a standard of beauty (Ayu)... but really still is Adele then James's facial expression just made 0 sense.
also now that I typed that out, the whole idea felt good but it was so risky to execute in such a manner, especially since there were logic loopholes that didn't make the idea as cohesive or strong as it should have been. I'm not sure to applaud Ayu on trying something new for her music/PVs or to shake my head at how bad she is at execution these days.
still love the synth right after the chorus