Views : 1,584,689
Genre: Music
Date of upload: Premiered Nov 2, 2020 ^^
Rating : 4.974 (471/71,662 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2022-04-08T03:12:54.273503Z
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towards the end when she began 'knocking' the other women down, i thought that was really smart. she's acting superior since she's the 'cool girl', she's different as she stood above them all. but then, for a moment, she lies down with them, copying their movements. she's wishing she could be care free like them. whilst they dance in harmony, she's trying to prove herself different. it's like a battle of internalised misogyny for the approval of others. that's my interpretation anyway.
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Ok it took me a minute to get the theme of this choreography and stuff but wOA THIS IS COOL. She doesnât do everything in sync with the other dancers but sheâs still a part of it (none of them are actually doing the exact same thing anyway), she tries to walk away sometimes but it always ends up being in the direction the dance is going. Sheâs pretending like sheâs not part of the dance but she still is. I also love how all of the dancers are a few feet from each other and have slightly different movements â they all have different lives and stories, and feel isolated from each other, but really theyâre going through the same things. Beautiful.
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3:19 she breaks out of the crowd, looks proud in a childlike way, looking at the person whose approval she is seeking. when the camera zooms out again, i think it symbolized the temporary boost of attention fading, she looks disappointed in that same childlike way, as if subordinate to the person who she chases. when the camera leaves, she falls back into the dances she were trying to escape.
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One thing I really appreciate in Dodie's music videos is how she seems so aware of all the women around her and how they're experiencing the same pain she is. Like in 6/10, all the other girls in the room who looked just like her were experiencing the same thing, or in Boys Like You, they were all just caught in the same game she was. And here all the women have the same lonely look on their faces, reminding us that our experiences of pain are shared by many others which is both tragic and beautiful. I feel this song is discussing how women try and play the "cool girl", a mythical fantasy created by men (and named by Amy from Gone Girl, oo, look at that) where a woman is chill, doesn't get "emotional" and is "easy" to date. So many women are performing this role in their relationships, and you can see how lonely it makes them feel. Gah, there's just so much to appreciate. I feel we've really progressed from grouping women against each other with the "she wears short skirts I wear t-shirts" stuff. There is so much empathy for women in Dodie's music and it's so great. I don't know...just wanted to say that. Sorry.
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I carry the time we don't talk
In a backpack
Leave it on the side with the nights
You didn't call me back
And all the ideas, and the hope
I'd never ask him for
I'll throw them away, it's okay
Without a second thought
God, I swore
I wouldn't play
The age old game
Yeah, I watched you all ask all your lovers away
Rolling your eyes
To the backs of your heads
Surely you know to close them instead
Cool girl
Will be different
I'll be quiet
Oh so easy
Cool girl
Will be different
I'll be quiet
Oh so easy
How much of a tongue can I bite
Until we notice blood?
Spit to the left, carry on
Just smile and say you're good
You all plead and demand
All your needs but you can't
He'll be asked 'till he's bored
I would know, I've been bored before
Chill out if it's late
Or every heavy sigh will seal a fate
God, I swore (God, I swore)
I wouldn't play
The age old game
Yeah, I watched you all ask all your lovers away
Rolling your eyes
To the backs of your heads
Surely you know to close them instead
Cool girl
Will be different
I'll be quiet
I'll be easy
Cool girl
Will be different
I'll be quiet
I'll be easy
No, I won't be like them (Cool girl, will be different, I'll be quiet, I'll be easy)
Want me more than friend (Cool girl, will be different, I'll be quiet, I'll be easy)
No, I won't be like them (Cool girl, will be different, I'll be quiet, I'll be easy)
I'll be quiet again (Cool girl, will be different, I'll be quiet, I'll be easy)
Oh so easy
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3:20 this part really struck me and its when the entirety of the choreographyâs meaning fell into place. as the other girls continue dancing dodie sings âi wont be like themâ and distances herself from the group. but at the end shes in the same position as before. women so often try and ostracize themselves, whether intentionally or not in order to seek out approval. there are moments where they all blend back together, and the end particularly struck me because they end in the same spots as they began. womanhood is a cycle and societally, it cannot be escaped. they will always be perceived the same. small âoutburstsâ like this for a lack of better terminology are extremely liberating and limiting simultaneously. oof that was a whole essay lol beautiful job dodes.
EDIT: looking back at the part i timestamped i also noticed how her expression changes. when she first steps out of the crowd she looks very proud and defiant, but the camera refuses in that moment to let her have the center stage again and as she becomes smaller, her face falls and it looks almost as if shes forced or pulled back into the same choreography. GOD i just watched this and i already want to go on about it for ages.
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The power walk at 2:12 has been living in my mind rent-free since yesterday and probably will till the end of time and I'm totally cool with that <3
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@Neekachu11
3 years ago
This was filmed in the hall where I sat my finals exams LMAO so weird to see Dodie dancing in the spot where I almost failed, TWICE.
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