Hey all,
For today's music video review, I will having a watch and listen to American Actor Joshua Bassett's new song 'Lie Lie Lie' - but I won't lie when it comes to my review! Have a read below to find out what I thought!
Within two seconds of playing this music video, my eyes lit up as I realised that this guy is not only super talented, but also super attractive. Anyways, back to the music video review...The introduction shots make it seem like he is in a very remote location, like a desert or a forest. Throughout the whole video there were a variety of outfit changes and I think they all helped bring the music video together, especially being able to have 5+ changes within 3 minutes of footage! In the opening scene and throughout, there wasa shot with Joshua infront of a pink background, wearing a blue suit and holding a guitar (pictured above), with grass and beach in the distant background, which was a great set up for the song.
Some of the lyrics to this song included 'Only thinking about yourself...darling what the hell' - which show that although he could have been in love with somebody, it's not going to work out as the other lover only cares about themselves. He continues to sing 'I know what you say about me' which can explain the romance fading away, as this particular individual is maybe being a little two faced; acting nice to Joshua, but then talking about him behind his back. 'You can't get me off your mind' is another line that I wanted to pick up on, and there's a quote in the UK which states that the only thing worse than being spoken about, is not being spoken about...so the fact that somebody is spreading lies or hate about Joshua, it's making people more curious to see who he is, or to hear his side of the story for this particular drama!
Another shot that I loved, was when he was wearing a striped shirt, driving in an old styled car, and there were lots of close up shots of him driving along the desert. It's one of those emotional scenes that you could expect to see in a movie or short romance film, which showcased even more anger towards the person being sung about. Some of the lyrics from the chorus included 'All you do is lie lie lie...I'm going to kiss your a$$ goodbye' which are words that Joshua sings with passion, and simply explain that he's not putting up with anymore lies, and if he/she wants to continue spreading lies about him, their relationship is not worth fighting for!
Coming towards the end of the video, there are multiple shots of Joshua playing on the drum kit and sitting in various positions on the sofa (which is quite funny to watch, as it's like his little one man band) but then we are able to see some 'throwback shots' to him and a mystery girl in the car, and also asleep next to him in bed (which nobody would reject...). We also see a night time shot outside with flashing lights on a clothing line where some of the final words are sung, before a showreel of clips from the various other scenes are collated together for one final closing of the song and also the music video! In my opinion, 20 year old Joshua reminds me of a mini Shawn Mendes, and if he continues creating lovely music with that musical tone in his voice, I'm sure he'll be on the cover of all the magazines in the future! If you got anything from this music video or the review..don't lie otherwise you'll have a song written about you!
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