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why xxxtentacion& #39;s music videos are genius (part 1: look at me!) (THREAD)
xxxtentacion didn& #39;t have many music videos, but i think the ones he did were amazing. the one for look at me! (directed by jmp) was the first one he ever did and i will analyze it in this thread.
the first part of the video looks like a very typical soundcloud rap music video, funny and not very deep. we see x in class rebelling against the teacher while the song look at me! is playing.
not even a minute later, the song stops and the scene changes. the song "riot" starts playing. this is a very short song about how riots affect people& #39;s lives and how they don& #39;t give a good image to the blm protests.
while the song is playing we see images of violent protests and real images of racial murders. x and a bunch of other people appear hanging from trees.
after the song finishes, the scene changes again. this time x is in a stagewith a white kid and a black kid in front of an audience. x hangs the white kid, while the audience and the other kid stay silent.
in the final part of the video x gives an speech about equity and equality. he says that there& #39;s not a superior race and that the youth has to be free to express themselves and be able to make a difference.
my analysis: in my opinion, this music video is genius not only because x uses clickbait perfectly by putting his most famous song in the title to deliver his message. it& #39;s also great because of all the symbolism it has. the part when he hangs the white kid shows that (1/2)
people (real people, not the ones in the audience) will get mad when they see a black man hanging a fictional white kid, but they won& #39;t respond when they see real images of racial murders. combined with how graphic the images are, it creates a very big impact in the viewer (2/2).
in conclusion, it& #39;s very impressive how x created a video like this (it was written and creative directed by him) for his first music video. also, it was released a day before 2pac& #39;s death anniversary. i& #39;m not sure if it was intentional but it would be a cool tribute for him.
end of thread, hope you liked it :) i& #39;ll probably do the part 2 about the sad! music video soon (if i do it now it& #39;s gonna be an absurdly long thread
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