On of my initial ideas of a song for my music video is Ariana Grande ‘Better Off’, from her most recent album ‘Sweetener’. This RnB break up ballad is about the artist’s wish to exit a toxic relationship. She discusses her feelings within the relationship and how she would rather be alone and live her life, not ready for love. It sounds as if the song is written whilst still in the relationship and what she experienced the whole time, not when they broke up.
Lyrics
You keep me in your orbit
Well, I know I’m a hard one to please
Give it too much importance
My love’ll have you fall to your knees
Well, I know I’m a hard one to please
Give it too much importance
My love’ll have you fall to your knees
I tell them this too often
Know better than to bark up my tree
Just for me to fall and leave
Nah, I’d rather just watch you smoke and drink, yeah
Know better than to bark up my tree
Just for me to fall and leave
Nah, I’d rather just watch you smoke and drink, yeah
Steering clear of any headaches to start
And if we’re being honest
I’d rather your body than half of your heart
Or jealous-ridden comments
And if we’re being honest
I’d rather your body than half of your heart
Or jealous-ridden comments
That come when you let in them feelings
That I don’t want
I never let ’em know too much
Hate gettin’ too emotional, yeah
That I don’t want
I never let ’em know too much
Hate gettin’ too emotional, yeah
I’m better off without ’em
I’m better off being a wild one
On the road a lot, had to keep it a thousand
I’m better off being a wild one
On the road a lot, had to keep it a thousand
So that I’m better off not being around ya’
Go on and face it, I’ll never be ready for you, ready for you
I swear my love is a curse, make you handle my shoes (hand over shoes)
Let’s put them topics to bed and go
I swear my love is a curse, make you handle my shoes (hand over shoes)
Let’s put them topics to bed and go
Fuck on the roof, just to say that we did it
You keep insisting I listen to your proposition
I dismiss them all, no offense, yeah
You keep insisting I listen to your proposition
I dismiss them all, no offense, yeah
Steering clear of any headaches to start
And if we’re being honest
I’d rather your body than half of your heart
And if we’re being honest
I’d rather your body than half of your heart
Or jealous-ridden comments
That come when you let in them feelings that I don’t want
I never let ’em know too much
Hate gettin’ too emotional, yeah
That come when you let in them feelings that I don’t want
I never let ’em know too much
Hate gettin’ too emotional, yeah
I’m better off without him
I’m better off being a wild one
I’m better off being a wild one
On the road a lot, had to keep it a thousand
So that I’m better off not being around ya
I’m better off without him
I’m better off being a wild one
On the road a lot, had to keep it a thousand
So that I’m better off not being around ya
So that I’m better off not being around ya
I’m better off without him
I’m better off being a wild one
On the road a lot, had to keep it a thousand
So that I’m better off not being around ya
I have created a word cloud which includes all the words associated with the song.
Narrative of performance
A young girl who is struggling with anxiety. She has a group of toxic friends who are the ‘popular girls’ in school who she hangs around with so she can been seen as one of them. However they are nasty to her and treated her like rubbish, she is always getting picked on by them. On the flip side she has another group of friends who are just and ordinary group of girls who have no label to them, they are pretty irrelevant to everyone else but they are kind and very caring. Her anxiety is making her overthink drowning with worry. She is worrying that the other girls will start acting even worse towards her, but looking at her own emotions she knows being friends with them is not good for her, at makes the change for the better.
Description of performance
The aim for this is to show the day to day life of someone who is struggling with anxiety & friendship issues. I will use several locations for my music video, with appropriate lighting to reflect the mood. I will use a female singer as she is the subject of the matter, the lyrics of the song are representing her feeling hence why she will be the only one lip-syncing them.