The Plain White T's - Hate (I Really Don't Like you)
The Plain White T's are an American alternative, indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois, that formed in 1997. They started in clubs, Chicago basements and bars and underwent many personnel changes. They are best known for their number one hit song "Hey There Delilah", first released on their third album "All That We Needed" in 2007, which achieved the platinum status in 2007 which also got two grammy nominations. Their band consists of 5 members: Tom Higgenson, De'Mar Hamilton, Dave Tirio, Tim G. Lopez and Mike Retondo. With previous members of: Ken Fletcher, Steve Mast and Kahealani Sanchez. Their single 'Hate ( I Really Don't Like You) was their first single from their fourth studio album "Every Second Counts", this song was regarded as a major success and one of the band's biggest hits, until their 'Hey There Delilah' which overshadowed previous song achievements. The band has been signed to both Atlantic Records and Fearless Records until 2006 when they signed with Hollywood records and are still with them.
This music video is also a mixture of performance and narrative. The use of fast cuts and people running around the main singer while he walks through the streets represents that hate is chaotic, which is what he is singing about, that hate is so strong of a word to be used and felt, and what he is walking through is one of the reasons why he wouldn't use the word. The use of everything being ciaos around him, such as the water exploding, people running around frantically, these are a way of them representing what she did to him and how she broke his heart, as well as showing that this is how his life became when she hurt him, ciaos and mayhem, and not making sense.
The use of the performance of the band playing the song within the video is also related to the narrative of the video, that the main singer is the one who is hurt by a girl he loved within the narrative and that part of the narrative is that he creates a song to reveal his emotions and feelings and is playing it along with his band as both part of the narrative and performance.
The use of close up shots on a picture of a girl, who is the person who hurt him, represents that he couldn't completely let go of her yet, but when he deletes the picture of her off his phone and the picture in the frame smashes, it represents that he is past it and wants to move on, but also that she destroyed him, smashed up his world, but he is finally getting rid of her out of his life.
The actually song is like a narrative in itself, as it has a start middle and an end, that he is telling a story through his lyrics, starting with how happy they were and how much he loved he, moving onto how she broke his heart, and now that he has moved on and doesn't want her back in his life. Although he keeps repeating the word 'Love' as though she made the word and meaning something completely different to him, or that he would like to find it again but isn't sure if he could.
When he sings about hate being a strong word they use medium shots of both the guitarist and the drummer, showing elements of performance which entertains the audience, as well as symbolising that the word hate could be quite violent, and they represent that violent through the hits that the drummer makes on the drum, and the fast strums the guitarist makes, as well as them all violently banging their heads along with the music.
They use many contrasts within the video from the lyrics of the song, such as when he was singing about things being perfect with her, the video shows how opposite it is now, such as people being hit by cars and cars crashing into things, glass smashing, just bad things happening all around, this also represents how opposite his life is now that she has gone.
For my music video I would like to try use some of the elements used within this one, I would like to create many connotations within my video that link to my lyrics, like in this video. As well as the use of the artist walking in slow motion, I think this would work well with my chosen song, and I would like to feature this in my video.
This music video is also a mixture of performance and narrative. The use of fast cuts and people running around the main singer while he walks through the streets represents that hate is chaotic, which is what he is singing about, that hate is so strong of a word to be used and felt, and what he is walking through is one of the reasons why he wouldn't use the word. The use of everything being ciaos around him, such as the water exploding, people running around frantically, these are a way of them representing what she did to him and how she broke his heart, as well as showing that this is how his life became when she hurt him, ciaos and mayhem, and not making sense.
The use of the performance of the band playing the song within the video is also related to the narrative of the video, that the main singer is the one who is hurt by a girl he loved within the narrative and that part of the narrative is that he creates a song to reveal his emotions and feelings and is playing it along with his band as both part of the narrative and performance.
The use of close up shots on a picture of a girl, who is the person who hurt him, represents that he couldn't completely let go of her yet, but when he deletes the picture of her off his phone and the picture in the frame smashes, it represents that he is past it and wants to move on, but also that she destroyed him, smashed up his world, but he is finally getting rid of her out of his life.
The actually song is like a narrative in itself, as it has a start middle and an end, that he is telling a story through his lyrics, starting with how happy they were and how much he loved he, moving onto how she broke his heart, and now that he has moved on and doesn't want her back in his life. Although he keeps repeating the word 'Love' as though she made the word and meaning something completely different to him, or that he would like to find it again but isn't sure if he could.
When he sings about hate being a strong word they use medium shots of both the guitarist and the drummer, showing elements of performance which entertains the audience, as well as symbolising that the word hate could be quite violent, and they represent that violent through the hits that the drummer makes on the drum, and the fast strums the guitarist makes, as well as them all violently banging their heads along with the music.
They use many contrasts within the video from the lyrics of the song, such as when he was singing about things being perfect with her, the video shows how opposite it is now, such as people being hit by cars and cars crashing into things, glass smashing, just bad things happening all around, this also represents how opposite his life is now that she has gone.
For my music video I would like to try use some of the elements used within this one, I would like to create many connotations within my video that link to my lyrics, like in this video. As well as the use of the artist walking in slow motion, I think this would work well with my chosen song, and I would like to feature this in my video.
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