young ‘love’

I am noticing a phenomenon.

Firstly, I miss music videos.

I remember coming home after school in junior high to watch video countdowns. Remember? And, remember how much that video was a part of the song?! I do.

I also think about how much those videos ‘defined’ a specific time or cultural moment in my mind. Is this the same today? Artists are still making videos, now much more accessible with the internetz. Those videos could be seen as promotional tools, but in my eyes they appear more as creative extensions of the song and artist. And, in many cases they are windows into a specific cultural moment. A re-presentation of culture, if you will.

I still look for videos when I find a new song I like.

Of course, the videos vary, but there is this little something that I have noticed appear in several cases. (At least in the music I have been picking and choosing, which probably says something more about me than the videos themselves).

Check out the next few videos. I have been thinking a lot about ‘love’ (theoretically anyways!) and thought these lil’ proclamations of ‘love’ (so to speak) would be interesting to explore. Culturally.

enjoy!

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