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Originally Posted by artcika
I find it ironic that everyone is saying she's overreacting in Flower. I can totally see here going"oh so that's what you want? is this hand graceful enough?no? how about now? Does that profile look good? Is my lipsynching perfect?" in a cutesy voice. And then she goes on and rips everything appart being ridiculously over the top like "Fuck you! I'm no longer taking all of this BS." This video can pretty much be taken as "I am tired of this whole nonsence, i'm just gonna be ME. Take it or leave.". It's like she's kinda laughing in people's faces in it. Kind of trolling everyone, on purpose. LOL Or maybe i'm just looking too much into it. But i like that.
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Originally Posted by artcika
As for mad world. With some saying how she was made in japan and destroyed by it. I think the whole song being a methaphor for her own career and life is a very acuraate guess. The whole entertainment industry is. They make these trees grow and bloom aka they let all these people reach for the sun and for their dreams, but if they don't grow in the direction they want, it's done. I mean look at how many idols and entertainment people have had sucess but then one single slip and it was all over because japan doesn't know how to forgive them? That video makes perfect sense. If the black ink is thrown at the "Hamasaki Ayumi" the Ayu that is "hiding" there is smeared up in the whole thing too. And it's not the image of the popstar that has to deal with it, but the human bechind it.
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one thing for sure, when you have such divided opinions about something, that's art right there lol.
sorry to say, but something which has no meaning to person A doesn't mean it does NOT have meaning objectively. That's like saying a monument with historical significance has no meaning for you simply because you did not go through a certain era but you cant say it has NO MEANING at all because it does stand for something. And I think these videos do stand for something. Why not compare it to BLUE BIRD and see if that PV means anything.
and i think some people really ought to READ about the various interpretations around the thread. you are free to disagree but they are still interpretations, which to be honest, do make sense if you even bother thinking deeper than judge a video so shallowly.
I even think the one-shot amateur-ish camera can have some sense. Yes, perhaps in a crude way, it's a really fast job because it's one take. But on another hand, it seems to even hint at how people are simply judging her in ONE WAY. Do you even look at ayu from another perspective? No. You judge her based on what you see on-screen. She must be poised and gentle? Heck no. Ayu doesn't want to conform.
And, the deliberate monochromatic PV. You think it's lazy? Not at all. The mise-en-scène of the PV is incredible. Just look at the juxtaposition of ayu before and after. She was dressed in white. and then she gets dressed up by these tall people fully dressed in black. Almost suffocating because at one point, we only see her head. And then she wears a black gown. WHITE -> BLACK. It's so apparent. The symbolic use of colour and clothes.
Lastly i wanted to say. All these comparison to her past works. Touch your heart and ask, Im sure she has had worse PVs. I found NaNaNa and Shake It and XOXO to be absolutely void of emotion and content. Of course, some people may find sense in it. These PVs may not be on the level of pre-Rock'n'Roll Circus but they sure come off with some aesthetic. It seems that Ayu has spoilt us with her magnificence post-MY STORY but honestly, i do agree these PVs remind me of her pre-MY STORY works more than anything.
you can find meaning in anything, as long as you wish to.
(ayu better be washing plates next PV. im sure everyones gonna love it)