Hey all,
For today's music video review I will be watching and listening to Faouzia & John Legend's collaboration on the song 'Minefields'. I cannot believe Faouzia is only 20 years old, but she rose to fame after posting some of her singing covers on YouTube and being discovered by her record company. There are so many new artists coming out of nowhere it's honestly quite scary, but it's also a great opportunity for these young singers to prove their worth in a difficult industry!
At the beginning of the music video, the title of the song is written in bold white letters against a blue background which was a great introduction for the music video, and for people that know me personally, they'll understand that text is the thing that can make or break a music video. The opening shots show Faouzia wearing a white dress with lots of open space around her, and also a different shot with her sitting down at a piano in all black, with her natural hair let loose. It transitions to a shot of John playing on his piano in a black suit, so the colours automatically blend well together, especially with the background environments in both of their shots.
Some of the first lyrics that I heard were 'I still belong to you...anywhere you are' which could identify that there might be a long distance relationship going on, or just distance between the singers and their family or friends - not sure if this is due to the coronavirus pandemic, or if it's just thoughts that they are having in this current moment. Faouzia is seen again in her white dress (almost like the kind of thing you would see a Princess wearing), her long acrylic nails, and seen in a desert like atmosphere with light snow/hail flying across the screen, which is a great scenic effect along with the beautiful vocals.
During the music video, the shots transition from one artist to the other, with close ups and extreme far away shots, with Faouzia's piano travelling in the middle of the sea to be somewhere else...and maybe the key to getting them back together is by simultaneously playing the piano? In the chorus, they both sing the lyrics 'these minefield that I walk through, ooh what I risk to be close to you' which could identify that there are particular barriers in order to see the one that they love. The word 'mindfield' to me sounds like a form of battle or war in order to be able to do something, and in terms of love, it could be a dodgy ex boyfriend/girlfriend, a possessive stalker or maybe just somebody who is craving attention by saying negative things about you.
The final part of the music video shows a variety of different puffs of brown smoke coming out of the ground which almost turns into snow, and it creates a lovely final shot before the vocals come to a close and the credits appear on the screen!
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