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why Demi Lovato’s “I love me” is such a Delightfully relatable as well as inspiring song .

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Demi Lovato just recently released her newest song “I love me”.Considering the hype surrounding the teaser of the song released a day prior, it’s no surprise that people were eager to hear demi’s newest creation and that it ended up being currently #21 on trending. I, like any person with a healthy dose of curiosity and love for music, went and checked it out. At the end of the song, I found myself looking at the screen smiling like an idiot.  This is due to many reasons.

Demi Lovato address in her newest song her insecurities,and how she’s always too harsh on herself. “’Cause I’m a black belt when I’m beating up on myself” as she put it. Despite this somehow dark theme, we don’t see the sadness in the song or the music video. Quite the contrary actually, it has a very lighthearted undertone. whether it’s the upbeat music or the delightful fight between the different sides of Demi, it’s not a dramatic song as much as it’s just someone wondering about “ when I love me is enough”.Plus, after the inner fighting, we see Demi out in the city, smiling and enjoying things around her, which only adds to that idea.

Furthermore, despite the lighthearted tone, we still don’t forget that the topic at hand is not one to be ignored as shown by the ambulance at the end of the video. Despite all of these experiences the singer goes through in the video, she is always smiling. Finally, the song’s bridge both acknowledge these insecurities and the fact that they are the product of her own imagination. “I’m my own worst critic, talk a whole lot of shit But I’m a ten out of ten, even when I forget” pretty much sums it up. Even Ariana Grande seems to think so as she tweeted “imam ten outta ten even when I forget”.

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All of these aspects give us a song relatable and yet somehow light-hearted and fun. We’ve all struggled at one point in our life with our self-esteem and some of us are still struggling with loving our selves, which makes this song so relatable. Yet, Demi leaves us in a feel-good kind of mood. For us who see ourselves in her, she reminds us that we’re a ten out of ten even when we forget. That is why this new musical piece is relatable as well as strongly inspiring.

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What does Harry Styles’s “falling” video actually mean?

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Recently, Harry Styles released the video of his new song “falling”. Considering that the song attracted a lot of attention due to harry’s live performance at the brit award,  it’s no surprise that people have been looking forward to the video that completes it. After taking a look at the long-awaited video, I’ve been thinking about what it could mean and I eventually came up with something.

First, we see harry style, wet and sitting on the floor, then we see him sitting at the piano with a glace before he starts playing the piano and singing as water slowly sips out from the piano throughout the song to eventually submerge the whole room. Sounds pretty simple no? not necessarily. With the song’s lyrics in mind, we can say that what harry style is drowning in, might be his own thoughts and feelings. It clearly seems that he’s at the end of a relationship regretting and rethinking everything. He’s even rethinking his identity, “What am I now? What am I now?”.He’s even scared of himself, almost resenting the person that he might be,  “What if I’m someone I don’t want around?”. He’s also heartbroken by the turn of events and his helplessness. “And it kills me ’cause I know we’ve run out of things we can say”. He even goes as far as to beat himself over hypothetical scenarios. “What if I’m down?What if I’m out?What if I’m someone you won’t talk about?”. I think what he’s falling in is the rabbit hole of his own thoughts. Hence the drowning in the video. Thought something doesn’t add up, how did he jump from sitting on the floor all wet to sitting at the piano as if nothing happened? Well, in fact, the beginning of the video shows us the ending, what happened after he’s been completely submerged in water, and that is him, out of the water, tired, but still, he got out. It shows us that no matter the hardships, no matter what may be drowning us, we can still come out triumphant at the end.

Well, after some thinking, we can see that this video sends quite the inspirational message. Harry admits to he’s drowning, and that this song doesn’t show us the bests of times but that still at the end of the day, he can still survive these harsh time.,so can the people who saw themselves in him. It’s a video that gives us hope.

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Lady gaga’s “Stupid Love”: A refreshing start.

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Lady Gaga just released her new song “stupid love” today and the first of her new album along with its video. Being on the internet like everyone else these days, I heard about the song way before I actually heard it. Now that I did hear it though, there are some things that caught my attention

First, talking about the video, we can clearly see gaga’s aesthetic and eccentric style she is so known for. The video is full of interesting vibrant colors, which fit nicely and gives you a very pleasing visual. Furthermore, we can also see the theatricality and creativity usually shown in a gaga song with an interesting story explained at the beginning of the video. Last but not least, we have a lively choreography as upbeat as the song itself to complete the whole visual appeal of the video.

 That brings us to our second point, the song itself. It fits perfectly with what we perceive as a gaga song but yet it still is unique and new in its own rights. In addition to its intriguing lyrics and its catchy melody, we can clearly hear the upbeat techno we came to associate with the singer. It is very refreshing considering the latest we heard of gaga was the “a star is born” soundtrack, which is different but as much deserving of praise if not more.

In conclusion whether, it’s with it’s visual or it’s musical appeal, Lady Gaga’s newest song definitely gave us a refreshing start to her new album and left fans waiting for more. This song left us indeed with a lot of expectations for the new album of the same name, will be up to the challenge?

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“Sonic the hedgehog”: why it reached the top of the box offices.

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In the movie “Sonic the hedgehog”, sonic joins forces with a human named Tom Wachowski to stop the evil Dr. Robotnik from achieving his plans, all while sonic tries to adapt to life on earth. Now, if you have been on the internet the moment the film’s trailer came out, you’d have realized that people didn’t exactly receive it well. Which makes the mild success experienced by “Sonic the hedgehog” at movie theatres quite surprising. In fact, sonic the hedgehog topped “birds of prey” in the box office and even more surprisingly, “The call of the wild” with an estimated $26.3 million. With these results have risen questions, mainly, why did sonic the hedgehog become such a success despite all the mixed feelings related to it? Well, here’s my theory.

First, it’s a known saying that “all advertising is good advertising” and it shows to be true in some cases, like this one here. Indeed, all this negative talk and speculations surrounded the movie after the release of its trailer, might have played a role in advertising the movie. Whether it’s good or bad doesn’t matter, what does is that all these controversies surrounding the movie clearly made people curious to see whether it will meet the negative expectations put on him or whether the movie will actually be good. Moreover, it’s that curiosity that might have led many viewers to the theatres.

Second, we shouldn’t forget the influence of the actors playing in the movie. Indeed, when you put the name of someone like Jim Carrey on a movie poster, it’s bound to affect people.With Jim Carrey being such known comedian and well-liked by the older generations, more precisely, the generation who’ll be taking their kids to the movies, it is not surprising that his presence might bring people to the theatres. Furthermore, the presence of Jim Carey, might awaken in the generation of parents pleasant memories of his past movies and so, driven by their trust in the actor and maybe a bit of nostalgia they will take their kids to theaters and even enjoy the movie themselves.

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Another thing to note is the fact that “Sonic the hedgehog” is based on a long time old school favorite video game so it will obviously attract a lot of the franchise avid follower and loyal fans to the theater or even old fans, driven by nostalgia, and the influence that video game had on their childhood.

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On that note, another thing that might have affected the movie’s box office result is the fact that this movie is a comedy adventure movie. Indeed, the story is a  bit lighter than “The call of the wind” and would still end up attracting people from potentially varied age category. The lightness and comedy of “sonic the hedgehog“ make it a perfect movie to get entertained on a Friday night, not only the adults and older kids who might be fans of the video game but also younger kids who might not understand “The call of the wind”.

While the story of the call of the wind might be an incredibly known and beautiful story just as deserving as “Sonic the hedgehog” if not more, these small factors might have been what narrowly put “sonic the hedgehog” ahead of call of “The wind” and other movies such as “birds of prey”.

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“Jojo Rabbit”: what is new and what is not.

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“Jojo Rabbit”, the Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay winner, tells the story of a young German boy named Jojo, who finds out his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their attic. This event pushes him to must confront his blind nationalism as World War II continues to rage on with the help of his imaginary friend Hitler. Now if you go around the internet a bit, you’ll find two very different opinions on this movie. Some people and critics claim that it isn’t exactly anything new, while some others claim that it’s truly unique and touching. After a trip to my local cinema, I think I can safely try to clear things up on the matter.

First, I have to admit; yes the themes illustrated in Jojo rabbit aren’t exactly all-new. The idea of depicting Hitler in a ridiculing way has been exploited many times, whether by Charlie Chaplin (“the great dictator”) or Disney. The Jew in the attic trope is honestly a classic of World War 2 movies at this point and the German resistance theme isn’t exactly untouched either (see “Sophie Scholl” by Marc Rothemund). Moreover, this movie, putting all these themes together, doesn’t exactly leave room for an in-depth approach to any of these tropes. Personally, if I wanted to watch a movie on any of these themes, there are thousands that would come to mind. A lot of movies depict the Second World War, the German resistance and the horrors experienced by the Jews way better than “Jojo Rabbit”.

Then again, the people who claim that “Jojo rabbit” is a unique movie aren’t completely wrong either. What is new here isn’t the themes of the movie but the perspective from which they are seen. Even though it’s a pretty small percentage, there are movies from the perspective of German nationalists, but never from the point of view from a young child. This film shows us how a young innocent child could get affected by the ideas and doctrines surrounding him. It is only natural that a child, not knowing better, would look up to the “cool club” of Nazis and participate in the discrimination against Jews. Furthermore, the film shows us how a misinformed young child who idolizes Hitler, slowly starts to open his eyes to what’s happening around him and slowly begins to differentiate lie from fiction until he finally learned how to think for himself.

Finally, I wouldn’t say this movie, filled with a healthy dose of laughs and feels, is completely unique or that it’s nothing new. It has overused tropes like it has some generally new and intriguing ones. Now, in my opinion, to say it’s a one of a kind masterpiece would be too much but I think it’s worth checking out for the interesting new approach it took to on the topics illustrated.

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“ Parasite”: here’s what’s worth noting.

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“Parasite” is a box-office hit focusing on the newly formed relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan. Directed by Bong Joon-ho, The Palm d’Or winner made history this month. By winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, it became the first South Korean film to receive Academy Award recognition as well as being the first non-English-language film to win Best Picture. Now, these aren’t the only awards won by that film, but that aside, a movie so critically acclaimed is bound to be good. Or is it? After a trip to my local cinema, I found some things worth noting.

First, I want to talk about the comedy embodied in the movie. Indeed, through the whole film, you can find bits of funny gags to keep the atmosphere moving, it gives the movie a deceivingly light-hearted feeling for a moment as if disconnecting you from the unsettling reality of the movies without making that reality completely disappear. In fact, we can almost say that it gives that reality in question a feel of absurdity for a moment which definitely gives a good laugh. In addition, looking at the bigger picture, the film is laced with satire and irony, whether it’s the whole movie itself or a certain situation, it never fails to make Bong Joon-ho’s messages reach its audience.                                                              

That brings us to our second point, the movie is full of interesting messages. We can clearly see that we have a very well build social critique shown through the satiric aspects of the movie. More precisely, Bong Joon-ho builds his movie around a critique of capitalism and it’s effects on us as humans and as a society. It definitely leaves us thinking about the way we are currently living in a different light.                                                                                                       

Another thing that plays into our reception of the movie and its message, is the immersive experience provided by the South Korean movie. Indeed, everything about the movie tries to get us more and more absorbed with the scenes unfolding in front of us. Everything from the smooth cinematography to the music reflects the ambiance and events currently taking place on the screen in front of us. Furthermore, the scenery and the great acting really makes us feel as if everything happening is somehow real. This movie leaves us feeling as if we were involved with what was happening.

 In the end, we could say that the parasite is a good movie. Bong Joon-ho and everyone who worked on this movie used a very interesting and entertaining way to catch the viewer’s attention and send the message they wanted to deliver. Though art is subjective and this movie might not be everyone’s cup of tea, I would say it is worth watching to find out.

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“Portrait of a lady on fire”: to watch or not to watch?

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So, after months of stalling, I finally decided to tackle the period drama “portrait of a lady on fire”.It depicts the story between a French aristocrat(Héloïse) and a female painter(Marianne) paid to make her wedding portrait in secret while posing as Héloïse walking companion. As such, the Cannes award for best screenplay winner came with a lot of promises, especially knowing that Director Céline Sciamma isn’t exactly a Cannes first-timer. But now, past projects aside, is “portrait of a lady on fire”, as a stand-alone film, really worth watching? It wouldn’t be the first time that an award-winning movie left the viewer with nothing but disappointment. Well, dear readers, fear not for I went ahead and watched it for you all! And here’s why I think you should jump that leap of faith too and invest some of your time and emotions in that movie.

The first thing that made this viewing experience interesting was the approach Sciamma took on love. Here it’s a fleeting moment, a memory in the making, and that was made clear since the first scene of the movie. Furthermore,what makes these feelings stand out, even more, is the relationship between the characters themselves. Indeed, there could have been a lot of factors influencing their relationships dynamic like their social status, their sexuality, the knowledge that what is happening between them isn’t going to last. But Instead, there was no internal conflict coming in the way like it’s usually portrayed in queer movies. On the contrary, you could say that the fact that these feelings were exchanged between two women gave the relationship a certain immunity to the demands and expectations of society .Héloïse and Marianne took it as it is. Nothing but raw feelings and passion. It did feel like they “invented something new”.It gave this story a certain level of intimacy and companionship.

Talking about intimacy, another thing that I really appreciated in this movie is the way it portrayed the sexual aspect and desires of the two main characters. The concept of consent is clearly present between the two ladies and the sexual tension isn’t obnoxiously thrown in with a ten-minute sex scene.In fact, it was always here. From the first interaction between Héloïse and Marianne, we could see the tension flowing in the air. From the “stolen” glances to the tones of their voices, their passion can clearly be seen.Moreover,anytime there’s a mention of sex or nudity, we can see that both of the leading women are open with there desires, it feels so natural and intimate. Not like it’s some “scandalous lesbian sex scene”.

Another thing worth watching the movie for is the way it’s laced with cultural and literary references. The glimpse of art history and the very fitting use of the myth of Orpheus give this movie a whole different layer of depth. Without forgetting how Sciamma is able to tackle modern themes through characters like  Marianne, Sophi(the maid of the household), and Héloïse all while staying historically accurate. I would even say that the historical accuracy played to her advantage.

But most of all, what really made all of these aspects of the movie stand out, for me, was the incredible acting. Adèle Haenel and Noémie Merlant honestly made the characters look real, they gave the story a vassal. You can see the feelings though their eyes, in their smiles and movement, in the tones of their voices. Besides,with the minimalistic style of Sciamma, the acting really stood out.

With it’s incredible acting and storytelling,this movie took me on a beautiful journey of love in coastal France of the 18th century.Between paintings, music and card games, this movie left me crying and reflecting on a lot of interesting ideas it sparked in me,so yes,it is worth watching. Will it have this same effect on you? There’s only one way to find out.

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