Hey all,
Another recommended music video was suggested to me a few days ago, so I thought I'd write a quick music video review about it! The name of the singer is called Jon Batiste and the song is called 'I NEED YOU' - which means he really needs us. The music video was released on the 22nd January 2021!
The beginning of the music video starts with a short piano instrumental before showing Jon walking around an art gallery. He sees a girl with a green cardigan and curly hair walking in and decides to go and talk to her about the paintings, explaining that the paintings have a 'whole lotta soul'. Within seconds, there is an image on the wall behind him which ends up transforming into a jazz performance with a full band, singers and dancers all wearing clothes from a previous era. He begins dancing in the middle of the gallery with his yellow top, jeans and shoes and the girl seems to be very confused and also looks quite out of place at first.
One of the initial lyrics is 'I love the way you're living coz you're so genuine' which is a positive aspect that he's noticed about the person he is singing about. Being genuine and living a simple life is much better than being a target of hate or abuse by people that don't even know you. He goes on to sing the lyrics 'in this world with a lot of problems, all we need is a little loving' which seems to be one of the simple things in life, but a lot of people under appreciate the value/meaning of love. It doesn't necessarily mean having a partner or a family, sometimes it's about being able to love and appreciate yourself, because sometimes being selfish isn't a bad thing if you need that time for yourself. One of the girls from the screen in a purple dress ends up jumping out of the screen and begins dancing with Jon, whilst he's singing a romantic song for somebody else (which might be a little awkward) but also makes the music video a little more theatrical and dramatic, as you don't know where to look the entire time!
Towards the end of the video, most of the dancers end up outside of the screen and it seems like there are two different sets happening at the same time - the more modern scene in the art gallery with dance routines, and the more old fashioned style of dancing and singing which is happening on the screen. Some of the lyrics here are 'thank you thank you oh you make me thank you for your love' so it's almost like somebody is doing him a favour by appreciating him, or he's just happy there's at least one positive thing to think about...when there's so many other things around the world that are negative. The initial girl from the beginning of the music video ends up becoming part of the dance routine and is smiling her way through the entire piece - compared to the introductuion of her character when she seemed a little confused as to why she was being approached by a random stranger in an art gallery. Other things to mention was the really cool saxophone solo alongside the band, where there was just an instrumental of music without any singing, and the hype around multiple couples dancing and singing around having a good time! To add comedic effect at the end of the video, when it was just Jon and the girl he originally spoke to that were the only dancer left, the security guard came round the corner clapping his hands, letting them know that the gallery was closing in 5 minutes...and then did a little dance and walked away! It was interesting to watch and gave me insight into a different type of music!
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