Bat For Lashes - What's A Girl To Do
Bat For Lash's Video, 'What's A Girl To Do?' is a very blatantly unconventional music video which breaks the conventions of the music video genre in a very obvious way.
The whole video consists of a medium - long shot of the main singer pedaling on the bike; the focus of the camera never gets too close to the artist as it would do in a conventional music video.
Also, all of it is shot outside of the studio in one continuous shot in one singe location with no fast-paced editing.
There are barely any props apart from the bikes, and the only extras would be the people in animal masks pedaling behind the lead singer.
Also, the song has nothing whatsoever to do with the video; the lyrics pertain to a female's view on a love that was lost, and yet the only thing happening in the performance video is the singer just pedaling at the same time as singing.
This is very strange and very unlike typical music videos; but in a way, it is an interesting and intriguing music video to watch due to the differences, and would make people want to come back and watch it again and again.
[By Zaynab]
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