Christina Perri is a female pop artist born in Philadelphia, America. She turns her attention mostly to the topic of love and relationships. Tyler the Creator is a hip hop / rap African American artist. His listeners mostly consist of teenagers from 15-20 years old.
Christina Perri is a female pop artist born in Philadelphia, America. She turns her attention mostly to the topic of love and relationships. Tyler the Creator is a hip hop / rap African American artist. His listeners mostly consist of teenagers from 15-20 years old.
Christina Perri is a female pop artist born in Philadelphia, America. She turns her attention mostly to the topic of love and relationships. Tyler the Creator is a hip hop / rap African American artist. His listeners mostly consist of teenagers from 15-20 years old.
The two music videos I chose to analyse were Jar of Hearts by Christina Perri which was produced in 2010 and Yonkers by Tyler the Creator which was produced in 2011. Christina Perri is a female pop artist born in Philadelphia, America who turns her attention mostly to the topic of love and relationships when producing songs. Jar of Hearts was released on July 27th and was Christinas single debut. Perri was unsigned at the time the single was released and Jar of Hearts made her in the top 20 spot in one week and gave her a lot of fame in the music industry. Perris listeners mainly consist of girls from 15-20 as many women feel as if they can relate to the content within Perris music. Tyler the Creature is a unique, hip hop/rap African American artist lead member of a group of American rappers name Odd Future. Tylers songs vary in meaning and content. In his early career (which was when Yonkers was produced), Tyler sung mainly about his depressing life and his journey to insanity (which is portrayed in Yonkers, however in more recent years Tylers songs consist of a more positive content. Yonkers was released digitally on February the 14th and was the lead single from his debut studio album Goblin. Tylers listeners mostly consist of teenagers from 15-20 years old as rap is popular with this age group. There are few similarities and many differences between the two videos, one of them being the mise-en-scene in both. In of Jar of Hearts, the setting is an isolated, foggy road and within Yonkers, its an empty plain white room. They are similar in the way that they are both located in locations empty and isolated which is representative for the artists feelings in relation to the content within the songs. The empty room Tyler is located in alone is representative of the fact the problem is only in his mind and he is facing it alone, in juxtaposition to Christina in Jar of Hearts who is shown with a man who is clearly part of her current problematic situation (which includes a relationship). Another feature which can be compared between Perri and Tylers music videos is lighting. Within Jar of Hearts, the lighting is foggy, dark and dismal which is symbolic for Christinas emotions in relation to her fallen relationship. When a couple are shown kissing, they are in a dim, dark light which symbolises Perris view of other relationships. Within Yonkers, the room is completely white, however often in the video, Tyler is shown in a dark light making him a dark silhouette, which is reflective of the dark thoughts and emotions he experiencing and expressing within the song.
Tyler and Christinas costumes differentiate due to gender and what