The narrative is based on two children exploring london and there is a relationship between the lyrics and the visuals. Some of the lyrics include 'you are my best friend' and 'theres no one that knows me like you do'. These link to the visuals which are shown as it shows the two girls with their heads on one another which Sassure would say is a signifier that they have a close relationship and are important in the others life.
Another part of the video where the lyrics link to the visuals is where they sing 'I'll keep you safe,
You keep me strong' this is represented in the video where they are carrying an old television and one girl runs over to the other to help her lift it as it is obviously heavy. This shows the girls physically helping one another to lift the heavy object and shows that they are stronger when they work together but this can also be interpreted in a metaphorical sense of keeping each other strong when they are facing tough times. Adults or more mature people would most likely relate to the second interpretation and younger audiences the first.
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The relationship between the music and the visuals is mainly linked to the pace of the film. When the tempo of the music is slower, longer shots are used, for example; there is a part of the video where the music is mainly instrumental, with only a few lyrics and a shot is used for 10 seconds which is very long for one shot of a video. This creates the atmosphere of the video to be relaxed melodic as there isn't much to see so you focus on the music rather than what is featured.
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In contrast to this, when the music speeds up and more instruments are added to build the song up to its ending, the shots are quicker and switch between different parts of the narrative so as the music builds you are seeing different images which allows you to concentrate on a lot of things and the momentum quickens too.
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The artist isn't featured in this music video and it is purely focused on the two girls. This represents the artist within its genre of indie rock as they don't follow the mainstream trend of being in the video and having it focused on them and them singing. The way this track is represented is to allow older listeners, whether that be in their 40s or teenagers to find their younger self and remember adventures they've had but whilst also relating to some of the meaningful lyrics. The video itself is very innocent and allows the audience to interpret its lyrics as they please. Barthes refers to this as 'death of the author' as once the artist has finished writing the lyrics and the editors and directors have finished creating the video their influence is no longer relevant and the final product is open to interpretation by any individual.
This video is unusual for wolf alice as a band as their music videos usually include adults, who might be actors or themselves. Either way, their other music video have much more adult themes within them such as drinking and smoking in the song 'she' and the music video for the track 'freazy' is entirely of the band themselves. All of their music videos seem different and of different themes which adds to the artists appeal as they aren't repetitive.
The video is a mixture of narrative based and concept based. The narrative based sections are when you see the girls doing thing such as exploring, running, eating and this shows their day, we know that is is meant to follow a narrative as at the end of the video they get on a bus and this signifies the end of their adventure and going home. The concept based parts of the video are focusing on innocence and adventure which are portrayed through the narrative.
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