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Avicii – Wake Me Up Video Analysis
By KyleBirtch
All right, so this video has been floating around for a while now and other than a dear friend and I, no one has really commented on the video or what it is all about. So today, I figured that we would take a few moments and go through the video step by step and show what the creators of this video are basically portraying. Here at SongFreaks, we like to make sure that people understand the “true meaning” of not only the song through its lyrics, but also the video and the weird creative directions it may take.
But first, watch the whole video and see if anything seems… unusual.
As you can see, the video starts out with an attractive girl in what seems to be a “hick town” in the 30s, where everyone except for her (and her younger sister) are unattractive and boring. The video even goes as far as to dress the two girls in “hip modern clothing,” while everyone else in their town looks more like they are trying to get through the great depression. In this scene everyone in the town seems to be obsessed with the girls and staring at them as they walk through the town. Creepy.
“They don’t like us.”
“Yeah I know.”
“Why?”
Hugging ensues.
Next is where the video gets interesting. Just to recap: so far we have a town where everyone is unattractive and they don’t like the two stars of the video because they are, in fact, attractive and therefore not accepted in their town.
Now we move to the older sister jumping on her horse – that’s right, she jumps on a horse, not into a vehicle, thus furthering the 30s theory – and rides off into the sunset. After riding for a while the girl comes to a city, which appears to be a ghost town.
Side note: Did anyone else notice the shameless promotion where “Ralph Lauren Denim Supply Co.” is written on the wall? Well it is, at 2:11, and for those of you who don’t know, Avicii is currently their poster boy.
Now cue another attractive girl walking by, where they both turn to look back at each other and revel in their beauty. Nope, it’s not over yet – another attractive person shows up and they all pile into an old pickup truck. Can anyone guess where they’re going?
Well if you guessed that they were headed to see Avicii performing his set at Ultra, then you guessed right! They pop up surrounded by exclusively attractive people at Miami’s premier EDM festival, Ultra – where Avicii originally released wake me up.
After the concert scene we cut back to the girl riding here horse back to her town. She tells her younger sister (who she left overnight alone, and who looks to be about 12) to pack her things ‘cause they’ve found where they belong.
What You Should Take Away From This Video:
1. If you think you are beautiful, you better listen to Avicii.
2. If you don’t listen to Avicii, you’re not beautiful.
3. If you’re attractive and go to a city, random strangers will pick you up and take you to an EDM event where you can magically skip the line and stay there all night.
4. The distance you can travel on a horse is vast and can actually result in time travel.
5. The director was clearly not concerned about the possibility of people analyzing this video.
Thanks for taking the time to read; if you have anything you would like to add (or even argue) we would love to hear from you! Leave a comment or hit us up on our Facebook or Twitter!
Read more on the SongFreaks Blog
POSTING COMMENT...
CrimH (60
) / 31 December 2013 AT 10:12 PM
0
The town isn't necessarily ugly. There are ugly people there, yeah, but there were some really pretty or at least moderately attractive people there. If you wanted to say it was plain or old fashioned, yeah it was, but the people at the concert weren't that good looking, just more modern. So it's not really beautiful vs. ugly, and if thats what they were going for the directors had issues.
Stephanie0101 (60) / 20 December 2013 AT 2:52 PM
+1
The town they live in is not in the 30's. There is a relatively new pick up truck parked outside the house.
CSPENCE (60) / 20 December 2013 AT 10:12 AM
+1
I think that the young girl is the younger version of "herself" not a sister. Wake me up when I am wiser and older...Her getting on the horse and finding a place where she belongs is a dream, she wakes up older and wiser and isn't afraid to do what her heart desires just because other people surrounding her or him don't agree. That is my take. Cspence
AileenKathy (60) / 22 December 2013 AT 6:46 PM
0
The Older Girl is Kristina Romanov 21 year old Russian Model
mangomimi (60) / 08 November 2013 AT 9:58 PM
0
i thought it was more like... in a future dystopia, the girl and her sister clearly genetically engineered, or tank-grown or androids or something like that. this would explain why all the people with the tattoos are good looking. and why the "natural," unmodified humans in the first town don't like them. i would argue that the people in the town aren't obsessed or creepy so much as they're just disapproving or afraid of the girls because they're unnatural.
i imagine the girl and her sister moved to the town or were moved there for some reason, and were trying to find a way to fit in or find acceptance. however, once it becomes clear that the town will not accept them, the older sister decides maybe it would be better to live with other unnaturals, where at least they will be accepted.
By KyleBirtch
All right, so this video has been floating around for a while now and other than a dear friend and I, no one has really commented on the video or what it is all about. So today, I figured that we would take a few moments and go through the video step by step and show what the creators of this video are basically portraying. Here at SongFreaks, we like to make sure that people understand the “true meaning” of not only the song through its lyrics, but also the video and the weird creative directions it may take.
But first, watch the whole video and see if anything seems… unusual.
As you can see, the video starts out with an attractive girl in what seems to be a “hick town” in the 30s, where everyone except for her (and her younger sister) are unattractive and boring. The video even goes as far as to dress the two girls in “hip modern clothing,” while everyone else in their town looks more like they are trying to get through the great depression. In this scene everyone in the town seems to be obsessed with the girls and staring at them as they walk through the town. Creepy.
“They don’t like us.”
“Yeah I know.”
“Why?”
Hugging ensues.
Next is where the video gets interesting. Just to recap: so far we have a town where everyone is unattractive and they don’t like the two stars of the video because they are, in fact, attractive and therefore not accepted in their town.
Now we move to the older sister jumping on her horse – that’s right, she jumps on a horse, not into a vehicle, thus furthering the 30s theory – and rides off into the sunset. After riding for a while the girl comes to a city, which appears to be a ghost town.
Side note: Did anyone else notice the shameless promotion where “Ralph Lauren Denim Supply Co.” is written on the wall? Well it is, at 2:11, and for those of you who don’t know, Avicii is currently their poster boy.
Now cue another attractive girl walking by, where they both turn to look back at each other and revel in their beauty. Nope, it’s not over yet – another attractive person shows up and they all pile into an old pickup truck. Can anyone guess where they’re going?
Well if you guessed that they were headed to see Avicii performing his set at Ultra, then you guessed right! They pop up surrounded by exclusively attractive people at Miami’s premier EDM festival, Ultra – where Avicii originally released wake me up.
After the concert scene we cut back to the girl riding here horse back to her town. She tells her younger sister (who she left overnight alone, and who looks to be about 12) to pack her things ‘cause they’ve found where they belong.
What You Should Take Away From This Video:
1. If you think you are beautiful, you better listen to Avicii.
2. If you don’t listen to Avicii, you’re not beautiful.
3. If you’re attractive and go to a city, random strangers will pick you up and take you to an EDM event where you can magically skip the line and stay there all night.
4. The distance you can travel on a horse is vast and can actually result in time travel.
5. The director was clearly not concerned about the possibility of people analyzing this video.
Thanks for taking the time to read; if you have anything you would like to add (or even argue) we would love to hear from you! Leave a comment or hit us up on our Facebook or Twitter!
Read more on the SongFreaks Blog
POSTING COMMENT...
CrimH (60
) / 31 December 2013 AT 10:12 PM0
The town isn't necessarily ugly. There are ugly people there, yeah, but there were some really pretty or at least moderately attractive people there. If you wanted to say it was plain or old fashioned, yeah it was, but the people at the concert weren't that good looking, just more modern. So it's not really beautiful vs. ugly, and if thats what they were going for the directors had issues.
Stephanie0101 (60
) / 20 December 2013 AT 2:52 PM+1
The town they live in is not in the 30's. There is a relatively new pick up truck parked outside the house.
CSPENCE (60
) / 20 December 2013 AT 10:12 AM+1
I think that the young girl is the younger version of "herself" not a sister. Wake me up when I am wiser and older...Her getting on the horse and finding a place where she belongs is a dream, she wakes up older and wiser and isn't afraid to do what her heart desires just because other people surrounding her or him don't agree. That is my take. Cspence
AileenKathy (60
) / 22 December 2013 AT 6:46 PM0
The Older Girl is Kristina Romanov 21 year old Russian Model
mangomimi (60
) / 08 November 2013 AT 9:58 PM0
i thought it was more like... in a future dystopia, the girl and her sister clearly genetically engineered, or tank-grown or androids or something like that. this would explain why all the people with the tattoos are good looking. and why the "natural," unmodified humans in the first town don't like them. i would argue that the people in the town aren't obsessed or creepy so much as they're just disapproving or afraid of the girls because they're unnatural.
i imagine the girl and her sister moved to the town or were moved there for some reason, and were trying to find a way to fit in or find acceptance. however, once it becomes clear that the town will not accept them, the older sister decides maybe it would be better to live with other unnaturals, where at least they will be accepted.
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