Miley Cyrus' new music video for her latest single Can't Be Tamed is indeed a sight to behold...
The short starts with the view of a great birdcage covered in what appears to be silk or white velvet(?)in display to hundreds of patrons of a museum that evokes Darwin's scientific discovery of species' era.
The heavy silk (or is it white velvet? haha) is raised and the "rare Avis Cyrus" is revealed to a dazzled crowd.
Amidst the "Ooh's" and "Aah's", the creature rises from its initial position, revealing its glory. A photographer risks a shot, which ruffles the large 'bird', revealing its awe-inspiring wings that it uses to shield itself first then stretches them to full length in 'attack mode' afterward.
This display scares the distinguished crowd off and the creature is left to sing and dance its angst off.
Alternating between dark and provocative dance sequences with fellow caged birds and brief glimpses of calm glamour with the peacock squence, Miley Cyrus belts and whines her songs, "I can't be tamed, I can't be tamed, I can't be tamed..."
The video ends with the final shot of creature Avis Cyrus in her wild and untamable glory, with its wings spread wide as it nestles itself in the comfort of it's nest's twigs and branches, with the large birdcage's bars crooked and broken off in most places, presumably from her attack.
The Miley Cyrus in the video is surprising and unexpected--probably what she and the team behind the video and the song wanted her to be. The video is indeed sexy, succeeding in that aspect of its goal. A new direction for the Miley of innocent and Disney-approved Hannah Montana afem, check! What is so sad about all this however is the unfortunate pattern one can see, one taken before her by former pop princesses Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera and many more--once considered youth models sticking to clean fun and cute pop but as soon as the inevitable teen angst affects them soon change to a sexier, albeit in a dirty and (just as this one is) unexpected, sound and fashion. The tragic element in all this is the fact that we have all witnessed this once, in earlier pop stars (as mentioned), but the pattern continues. Rare are those who switch from cute pop to conservative mature tastes (a notable example of which is Sarah Geronimo, who is slowly shedding off her cutesy, teeny image with a more romantic but interestingly elegant persona). The video succeeds in the message that it sends--Miley Cyrus is a girl-turning-into-woman that just cannot be caged, whose worldview and lifestyle are growing increasingly untamable (evidenced by numerous interviews she gives to magazines). I guess we should've seen this coming, after all, a girl who can flaunt her stuff and tiptoe between innocent and sexy like she did in her previous music video Party in the USA could not possibly avoid the path she teased to venture. Don't get me wrong, morality aside, the video was indeed entertaining, but the darkness (a theme in the video that is worth a whole blog post of discussion and analysis) and obvious sensuality presented in it by no less than a popular star whose fanbase consists mostly of prepubescent goggly-eyed kids whose minds and worldviews are still being formed is indeed worth a cautious thoughtful pause.
(Snapshots of music video and lyrics courtesy of Hollywood Records)
The short starts with the view of a great birdcage covered in what appears to be silk or white velvet(?)in display to hundreds of patrons of a museum that evokes Darwin's scientific discovery of species' era.
The heavy silk (or is it white velvet? haha) is raised and the "rare Avis Cyrus" is revealed to a dazzled crowd.
Amidst the "Ooh's" and "Aah's", the creature rises from its initial position, revealing its glory. A photographer risks a shot, which ruffles the large 'bird', revealing its awe-inspiring wings that it uses to shield itself first then stretches them to full length in 'attack mode' afterward.
This display scares the distinguished crowd off and the creature is left to sing and dance its angst off.
"For those who don't know me, I can get a bit crazy
Have to get my way, yep
24 hours a day
'Cuz I'm hot like that
Every guy, everywhere just gives me mad attention
Like I'm under inspection,
I always get a ten
'Cuz I'm built like that"
"I can't be tamed, I can't be tamed, I can't be blamed
I can't can't, I can't can't be tamed
I can't be changed
I can't be tamed,
I can't be be, I can't be tamed"
Alternating between dark and provocative dance sequences with fellow caged birds and brief glimpses of calm glamour with the peacock squence, Miley Cyrus belts and whines her songs, "I can't be tamed, I can't be tamed, I can't be tamed..."
The video ends with the final shot of creature Avis Cyrus in her wild and untamable glory, with its wings spread wide as it nestles itself in the comfort of it's nest's twigs and branches, with the large birdcage's bars crooked and broken off in most places, presumably from her attack.
The Miley Cyrus in the video is surprising and unexpected--probably what she and the team behind the video and the song wanted her to be. The video is indeed sexy, succeeding in that aspect of its goal. A new direction for the Miley of innocent and Disney-approved Hannah Montana afem, check! What is so sad about all this however is the unfortunate pattern one can see, one taken before her by former pop princesses Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera and many more--once considered youth models sticking to clean fun and cute pop but as soon as the inevitable teen angst affects them soon change to a sexier, albeit in a dirty and (just as this one is) unexpected, sound and fashion. The tragic element in all this is the fact that we have all witnessed this once, in earlier pop stars (as mentioned), but the pattern continues. Rare are those who switch from cute pop to conservative mature tastes (a notable example of which is Sarah Geronimo, who is slowly shedding off her cutesy, teeny image with a more romantic but interestingly elegant persona). The video succeeds in the message that it sends--Miley Cyrus is a girl-turning-into-woman that just cannot be caged, whose worldview and lifestyle are growing increasingly untamable (evidenced by numerous interviews she gives to magazines). I guess we should've seen this coming, after all, a girl who can flaunt her stuff and tiptoe between innocent and sexy like she did in her previous music video Party in the USA could not possibly avoid the path she teased to venture. Don't get me wrong, morality aside, the video was indeed entertaining, but the darkness (a theme in the video that is worth a whole blog post of discussion and analysis) and obvious sensuality presented in it by no less than a popular star whose fanbase consists mostly of prepubescent goggly-eyed kids whose minds and worldviews are still being formed is indeed worth a cautious thoughtful pause.
(Snapshots of music video and lyrics courtesy of Hollywood Records)
