Sia - Elastic Heart feat. Shia LaBeouf & Maddie Ziegler (Official Video)
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- Опубліковано 6 січ 2015
- Sia's official music video for 'Elastic Heart'.
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Lyrics:
And another one bites the dust
Oh why can I not conquer love?
And I might have thought that we were one
Wanted to fight this war without weapons
Well, I've got thick skin and an elastic heart,
But your blade - it mightbe too sharp
I'm like a rubber band until you pull too hard,
Yeah, I may snap and I move fast
But you won't see me fall apart
'Cause I've got an elastic heart
I've got an elastic heart
Yeah, I've got an elastic heart
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This is heartbreaking, the last scene where he just gives up, it's all in the eyes.
makes me fight back tears every damn time
@@muhamedramazanoski9508 ino :( the last 2-3 minutes of this song and video have me in floods of tears. it’s so moving
@@sophieh-h6716 i have some weird emotional connection with this video. such amazing acting and they didn’t even say a word. so moving.
Stahp it I’m crying🥺
Absolutely. Great that u notised it, his Last moves and eyes.....
the part where maddie tries to get shia out of the cage but he can't get out reminds me of those moments when you are trying to get someone out of something like depression or anorexia or a disorder like that, and just like maddie ran out, it looks so easy to just leave it, but for some people it's difficult to get out of the cage, like something pulls you back, you are afraid of what people will say, or you are just to attached to it. then people trying to desperately pull you out but you can't no matter how you try and im crying help
it could also be trying to get out of an addiction to drugs or alcohol or bad habits like cutting or stuff like that
Honestly, kind of how I feel about the idea of being myself. I want to but I don't know how. In this case, I am Shia who can't get out of the cage..
laci Tippett I feel the same. In my case, sadness started to be daily...and my cage.
the exhausting part is pretend the whole day 4 the others, so they don't dive stupid monologues of how living, when they either know how.
best wishes
+Ximena Perez Ikr? I always haft to pretend to be the person I used to be when really, I've changed like almost a year ago. My family thinks some 5 year old little girl who's not ready for boys yet and I'm in 8th grade. But yeah, I feel pretty caged everyday😔
roxanne rivers dfdcvnjkho
Maddies talent brings me to tears.
And the best part is her personality... She's so energetic, just like the Sia music vids
*The ETERNAL GOD would do anything for you!!*
Even out of love for you he went to the cross as a human!!
Philippians 2:5-8
XD
Anyone 2024?
Me 🙋🏻♀️
Here!
Hii
You know it!
Hiiiiiii - loved this when it first came out here for nostalgia
I see Father and daughter. I see nothing sexual between them. It's a profound video. Sad but beautiful.
Really
@@paulyelton3478 yep, I see my dad or my brother in this video
Idk why i see a couple trying to fix their relationship. Like it’s toxic and they try to make it better. At the end they both give up fighting and the girl tries to “fix” the guy, but he can’t get out the cage bc idk 💀 but yeah tahts what I understood
@@danabananna2436 That is kinda frightening, your perception of something tells far more about your own personal experience than you may wish to admit or realize.
Dana Bananna
Interesting perception
It’s about actually about a daughter and her father
The cage is a metaphor for a disorder
She gets over it but her father cant
Thank god we have UA-cam comments or else I’d forget what year I’m in.
finally something original
@@tukinieves4975 except this comment is also being parroted for likes. It's a never ending cycle of attention seeking dipshits
Hi Ginny!
Lol yes that's right
I don't even try to understand those people anymore, I just ignore
I love the way Shia treats her. He understands there's a child in front of him, and he's extra careful. Kudos to the choreographer(s).
he was talking to minors
She's not a child, she's like 19 in this.
@@deagle50ae she was 12
@@deagle50ae😧😧noooo she was 11/12
@@graciej7868 MADDIE ZIEGLER ALSO HAD FOUR ADDITIONAL MONTHS ATTATCHED ONTO HER ALREADY 12TH YEAR! THIS CHRONOLOGICALLY PUTS MADDIE @ 12.4 YEARS IN THE ELASTIC HEART MUSIC VIDEO IN 2015! Unless someone else knows some more information that I have missed out on? 4/10th/2024
I remember sitting in front of my father and him telling me to make him beautiful again. The pain in my heart, I felt like it was breaking into a million pieces. Whomever doesn't understand this video, has never had to go through the pain of seeing someone they love not be who they knew them once to be. Mental illnesses are the most painful thing ever.
Very well said ❤❤❤❤
Asking you to make him beautiful again... 😢
@lannettesantanaslife8289 That is so true. When my Dad had his first stroke at the age of 83 he and I would walk together to McDonald's for supper in the summer of 1998 many times but he { Jacob } could not communicate verbally as well as I would have liked. We sat on a bench for a half an hour, with nothing said and the train trestle bridge beside us. That bench is now gone. And so is my Dad to Heaven. The Elastic heart music video has a heart of gold and it keeps bringing wonderful memories to the forefront of our minds! 🧠🧠 🥲🥲🥲🥲 M a r c h >< 2 0 t h >< 2024 🐦
Like this if your here in 2024 march
Pretty sure people can not understand the video and still know what that's like, lmfao
''Shia & Maddie are both representing the heart. Maddie is the strong representation of the heart. She's representing how naive and innocent yet strong the heart is. She's young which shows she hasn't fully experienced heartache. She's a fighter. Shia is representing how guarded and damaged the heart is. The cage is there to symbolize a barrier which is protecting the heart from heartache. Because Maddie hasn't experienced it she has no problem leaving the cage and teasing Sia about it, but after feeling bad she steps back in. Sia seems to try desperately to get her back in the cage because he knows the pain of heartache. It's like they're both trying to teach each other. In the end, Maddie just doesn't understand and tries to pull the guarded Sia out, but he's just too scared. A tug of war. So the heart remains guarded unable to love because both sides of the heart need to leave in order to love. This video shows the hearts back and forth conflict within.''
+Dranilo Thank you for explaining!
Mhmmmm.........Poop
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+Dranilo shia is stage fright so she has maddie do her videos
+Nancy Hernandez correct, she also doesn't like how she looks. Correct me if I'm wrong! :) no HATE! :3
Didn’t realize I was coming here to CRY, this song came out when I was young I never knew the meaning behind it
Same...same
same i’m bawling my eyes out
Same I was rewatching dance moms and didn’t think I would cry
me rn i’m bawling, reminds me sm of me and my dad it hurts
SAME!
My father died yesterday. We had a very tumultuous and complex relationship, and I hadn't seen him for a decade when he passed. He was physically and emotionally abusive, but at times he would be super loving and caring. I never knew which version of him I would get. I always wanted to find a way to reach him but realized I couldn't. This is the one song that really sums up our relationship.
Sorry for your loss 😢
😢
As you can see, you aren’t alone
Im sorry ❤️🩹
I’m sorry for the pain you’re feeling…
Maddie is one of those rare kids who can channel raw emotion at a young age, reminds me of Disney kids 💔
Yo my man shia just climbed the ceiling like its nothin
@hahagotcha!!!! And liftin mad weights
I think chance is right
I mean like... are you physically a massive bitch inside? Don't answer that, we know the answer.
7 year olds do the same thing with rope . P.E class. If you impressed by this you must be really out of shape.
@Chance Roberson. The girl in the video is Maddie Ziegler from Dance Moms. She does the dances in a few of Sia's videos.
Everyone still sleep on Shia, dude is an amazing actor who s conflicted with the evil he's seen in Hollywood.
He's a nut
He is a brainlet
@Tristan Karns yeah me too, he's got some good looking films coming. He's working with "fury" director David Ayer again and it's gonna be good. But yeah I hope he can make a big comeback cause he's got talent.
Shia 4 life
Probably the rampant sexual abuse of child actors that has been alluded to by a lot of people.
He also suffers from PTSD from seeing his mother get raped.
I can't even imagine how emotional this was to film
It should have been reported is what should have happened.
Why? @@DFSLJC
@@DFSLJC LOL!
@@rikusoini4557 oh I don’t know. I thought it was quite clear by now how filthy the entertainment industry is and what child performers have been subjected to - almost all appear to have been defiled in some manner even when technical sexual abuse may not have taken place.
Couple that with the physicality of their bodies entwined in symbolic nakedness and the themes of incest, sexual captivity, and of course eroticizing a little child.
Shameful that people still stay blind.
So emotional too spastics in a cage running around
I lost my dad on Christmas Day 2023. He and I had a very tumultuous relationship due to his mental illness and drug abuse. This song is so beautiful but hits me so hard, it causes a physical pain in my chest. The emotions portrayed by Maddie and Shia are so earth shatteringly real. I can’t listen to this song without bawling now.
I'm sorry Kayla. My prayers with you dear. Having dealt with similar toxic situations I can understand how torn and lost it can make one feel. The fact that you can see through the pieces of the puzzle shows your endurance and mental clarity. Wish healing and strength. Hugs.
Just to clear this up cause it drives me crazy when people assume the worst: according to Sia herself, in this video, Maddie and Shia both represent different parts of Sia. Maddie is the younger, free version of herself that is naive, bright and hopeful while Shia plays the jaded half. The half that has had all his hopes and dreams shattered by heartbreak. The song is about the internal struggle, between wanting to give up on love after heartbreak and getting back up and being hopeful about it again. The way Shia looks at Maddie longingly at 2:00 and 2:19 represents that even in heartbreak, you still long for what was. The way shes aggressive, then tries to physically fix him and then shes kind as she tries to help him out of his cage so he/Sia can love again. Thus, the elastic heart title.
caraclaudel I don't think you understand three things
1) Nobody cares
2) It's called metaphor
3) There were no intentions to choreograph such thing.
How dirty of a mind could he (caraclaudel ) have :)) like wtf it s wrong with him he says "dressed to simulate nudity, and we have her spreading her legs, sniffing his dirty fingers, wrapping her legs around his neck." like wtf and that proves pedo?:)) that proves only his sick mind think of that and not even trying to see a message in the music For me it s in my op a fight to overcome theirs mental illnes or their problems of any kind and the most beautiful thing is that all people can interpretate and could relate in it s own way to the meaning Sad is that even the dirty minds like caraclaudel can do that...:)) in it s sick way of course Sorry for my english...
usss2444 it's because caraclaudel has practical experience
L)) It could be that :))
exactly,,, wonder if Sia is part of Pizzagate with half the other politicians, singers, actors and upmarket social networks
Fuck all the haters Shia Labeouf was really good, and this song is great.
Yeah. He is actually a great actor
Just do it
+joce sta what do you mean?
+santiago carreño I could not agree more. The end of the video really got me. Seeing Shia cry was powerful.
yea ur right
The meaning of this video changes with every stage of life
get over yourself, seriously. it's intentionally ambiguous, not profound.
@@CSM100MK2god forbid someone has an opinion, maybe you’re the one that needs to get over yourself
@@erinexorcism2 god forbid you get upset with my opinion, maybe you need to get a life
I am super proud of Shia, life wasn't always easy but he pushed thru
I've seen this video several times (I love the song), and today I watched this video with my son (he's 6), and he said, "Mom, why can't she get the dad out?" My 6yr old saw this video for what it was, and a bunch of grown adults try to turn it into something sexual. I'm not sure if that's sad, or disturbing, or a little bit of both. I think it's a beautiful song and the video was well done.
best coment here.
+Danielle Gilbert Because the we live in a twisted world with twisted people.
It's not sexual though lol
Maybe cuz six year olds don't know about sex? Just a thought.
+Danielle Gilbert well if that is the story dont you think they could have done it with more cloths on
Shia is underrated. He has lived such a wild life in terms of finding himself. Amazing man. Brilliant performance
Oj
HE WILL NOT DIVIDE US!
@D B I really like the song but to each their own
Shia lebeouf turns everything he touches into gold
Very talented ❤
For real! A very underrated actor. He always does such a great job on all movies. I’m a huge fan of Shia.
at 3:03 you can see if he really wanted out of the cage he could get out. But something traps him in other than the physical barrier. This video made me cry for the first time today. I finally get it.
I agree with most of the comments about the meaning of this video, but here's my take: I see a man, fighting, but with the feeling of a game. She can break free from others judgement (the cage) but he can't: he's grown up, he can't play anymore, he's confined in the standards for a grown man. Bet he's truly happy only when she's around and they can play and move in their space. And that's why he climbs up to the top of the cage, to put his head in the hole and watch the world from the outside, like he used to when he was young. Just my way to see this video. Great acting and coreography.
interesting theory my friend :D and I agree its great acting and coreography
I think this comment needs more likes guys...so that everyone can see the real meaning of this video
but what would explain the fighting?
As I mentioned, the fighting starts as a serious fight but soon will turn into a game, a child's play, because Shia is rediscovering his inner child. That is, still my opinion!
I like this interpretation because I relate to it, and maybe that's all it comes down too. I'm not a man but I understand when society views you as an adult you can't do fun things anymore, you can't mess up or need help, and you can't really be yourself without cages of judgment and responsibility. It kills our souls, no matter what gender/race/class or age we are.
SIa put Shia LaBeouf in this masterpiece because both of them had estranged relationships with their parents. Audio and Visual took message home. Brilliant art.
WoW this his real close to home.
This girls dance improvisation, is unparalleled!
True love = the love of God!
*God himself went to the cross for you out of love for you as a human being*
Philippians 2:5-8
Any father with a daughter they care about will recognise the dance of love and care that this vid expresses so perfectly.
If you're here after 6 years, you're not alone
thanks sherlock.
I keep coming back because it keeps taking on new meanings for me. Like I'm not exactly a model of mental health, but I have given up trying to have the same grip on reality as everyone else, because their grip is too slippery for me, no shade on those that can use the hand holds I can't. I'm an autistic trans woman, my reality is only tangentially related to neurotypical cis people's. I have a heavy gendered read on this video that most likely isn't part of Sia's design, but once you release art it is somewhat out of your hands.
This is one of the ones I gotta hear once in a blue moon. It hits home.
HA
Two talented people one amazing singer. Despite controversy this piece is art. I find Maddie's dancing incredible and Shia fits the role perfectly. Great work to the whole team who made this possible.
Just one more person finding negativity in a positive comment.
Gabe Newell give me AWP Asiimov
Gabe Newell Another Asiimov right here Lord Gaben
R u crazy that chick and that 12 year old is demented geez crap I lost brain cells watching this. Also that statement u just said is friekin trash
Are you bored? Move on. Nothing better to do than get behind a screen and call my opinion trash? This generation makes me sick.
It's March 2024, how many legends are listening to this incredible song ❤
Much respect for "that kid Shia." What a phenomenal job. From what I understand, there is a rough family history. The level of performance and emotion makes sense. The whole video stuns me.
Shia is brilliant in this piece. He is not a dancer yet he performs it brilliantly. It’s a piece of art.
agreed, it was very moving and perhaps his best career performance, difficult to achieve in a music video filmed in a cage.
Shia is A Masterpiece 😭😭
@@tinyhouseranch So is tiny grand participant 12 year old Maddie Ziegler! Maddie is the first scented flower of May! 🥰🌺 April >< 24 >< 2024
Gosh I hate it when people think the man is sexually abusing the girl character.
The girl is a younger, freer, happier version of the man/Sia (I don't know who it is representing). The man is heartbroke and hurt, caged up while the girl is trying to free the man from the cage (his fears, heartbreak, and sorrow), but the man won't let go because (I think) he fears he will get heartbroken/hurt again.
Thus, the song being called "Elastic Heart".
It's rather easy to see it as a father-daughter relationship, though.
It appears as a story about a little girl who is growing up and her father reluctantly realizing his little princess is becoming a woman.
Legion Ivory Yes, but Sia herself even said it in a video, and a social media. She said that she was sorry people thought it was a pedophile music video, and then said that she meant it to be a video about her heartbreak and younger version of herself (the version I explained). 🙃🙃🙃
Very well interpreted!
Borealis Wolfe what I saw was different (no pedo shit tho) I feel like the dance represents drug or alcohol addictions, Maddie (the girl represents the addictions) and Shia is the addict.
Your interpretation is just your interpretation. It's not "right"... and others aren't "wrong"...
One of the most exquisitely choreographed interpretive dance routines I’ve ever watched. So raw, so visceral, & so painfully beautiful. ❤
"I'm still fighting for peace..." 😢😢 I really feel that. There is none.. only chaos
2015 : who's that girl with Shia LaBeouf
2016 : who's that man with Maddie Ziegler.
Hahahahaha 😂
exactly :')
i made people laugh I'm so happy 😂 lol
YESSS
15 years ago called. They said they want half the likes for using their old ass joke.
Im probably wrong, but i think it is about a little girl and her father. the girl is born and the father does not know how to handle/help this girl grow up and raise her. he soon learns to play and have fun with her, they care for each other very much, until the daughter is ready to grow up, but is not ready for her father to leave, so when she leaves the cage (her childhood) she wants her father to come with her, but he cant as the girl must live life on her own and make her own choices,
I thought kinda the same thing
huuuhkjv
wow, never thought I'd it that way. :)
that's a good one i think it makes more sense of he represents adulthood and she represents childhood
how she is free but he's stuck in the cage
I agree
The ending just made me cry this truly was beautiful
When this came out I was homeless, on drugs, and then jail. Now I have a house, job, and husband. This song and “Clover Cage - The Chess Piece” are the two songs that helped get rid of my depression. I just want to send love to everyone and I want everyone to know things will get better. We are in this together..I love you 💕😊
I'm so happy for you ❤️
@@stanenhypennnthats a bot
@@hunzhunz-lo3xn lmao I legit thought it was a real person😭
@@stanenhypennn LMAOOO just saying you can press on their profile and see fhat they commented the exact same thing on multiple videos😭😭
@@hunzhunz-lo3xn yeah ik but I didn't check 😭😭it's so embarrassing 😭
Maddie: (leaves cage)
Shia: come back here
Maddie: no
Shia: JUST... DO IT
Maddie: (slowly gets back in the cage)
Omg xD
+Mrs Pigeon Once I saw Shia I really wanted him to Yell DO IT or at least make him Mouth it
+Mrs Pigeon *snorts loudly*
Laughing till my last breath
actual cannibal Shia lebouf
2:17 the Best part ❤ you did not brake me I’m still fighting for peace her voice is gorgeous
Anyone in May 2024?
ME!
MEEEE
Meee
Yeah. My kid was watching dance moms. Just realized this is the coaches favorite "Maddie"
@@PandaBear.23 your right it’s Maddie from “dance moms”
It got me straight in the heart how she tryed to fight him and save him.... It broke my heart.....
Same
To all the perves: it's called interpretive dancing. And it's telling a beautiful story.
To all the dance moms who got 'offended' after this video: ya'll are jealous your daughter wasn't casted.
It is very beautiful
+Carlos Vargas Amadori jajajajajaa
+MelodyOfMars to be honest when i saw this i was so confused, then to this day im still confused
to some people it's telling a story but to regular people it's pathetic and weird
+MelodyOfMars
And i'm not having a glass of wine, Im having six. Its called a tasting, and its classy!
maddie is so skilled, it's sad thinking what she must have been through in all this as a kid but she sure did and amazing, even legendary job. i still almost 10 years later am absolutely in love with how they executed the choreo
There are a lot more podcasts in recent years, of male and mixed groups sitting and talking frankly about their mental health, and it has opened people's eyes a little more. His words in recent years and his performance with this song are truly humbling.
They both did an amazing job, they're both strong.
I thought this made sense if you think of Shia as a father and Maddie as his daughter.
They feel trapped in a cage together, trying to figure each other out. The father not knowing what to do. Them fighting and yelling, with occasional moments of peace. Until she is able to get loose from the cage, away from him. He feels trapped, she feels sympathy, and so they're finally able to connect when she comes back. But when she moves into adulthood, try though she might, she can't take him with her back out of the cage. She gets the independence she once craved but it's not the same anymore.
Idk, just my take.
that's actually a brilliant theory...
signed in to like this.
brilliant
wow. Brilliant explanation
Love your theory :)
Now watching it after reading this : it's an interview of Sia talking about her father :
“I do find him amusing. I think it’s the only way to function within the relationship. Growing up he had two very unique personalities. One was called Phil and one was called Stan… Phil was like the best dad ever… He was fun but he was eloquent and he was present and interesting and interested. When Stan came around stuff got scary.”
musicfeeds.com.au/news/10-things-we-learned-from-sias-howard-stern-interview/
the first time in my life i see art in a song video
Same👊🏻😊
agree
+احمد يونس art?
+احمد يونس um please tell me how this is art?
God Immortal exactly...
Anyone march 2024?
🙌
meee
Me
Me
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incredible good song, amazing actors... one of the best!
The last part, when Maddie tried to break Shia out of the cage breaks me every time.
I'm crying looking at it even after these many years
Me too! Shia and maddie are truly the best ever. Wowwww°°°!
Who is maddie
Wilko Weers_861 Maddie Ziegler, the girl
paula carmona yesbut who is maddie ziegler as a person
999 million okay now I can say im here before 1 billion😂😂
I'm here for it too.
Me too
Same
Me toooooo
Yo same! Lmao
2:02 ... "and i want it, i want my life so bad... im doing everything i can..."
I've never in my 34 years had lyrics resonate so deeply inside me that it shook me to my core. Every time i watch and listen to this... i dont feel so alone...and thats just the lyrics... dont even get me started on the video... 💕
So good; they both gave amazing performances.
the only thing that pisses me off about this video is that shia labeouf could've totally made it out of that cage
Maybe the cage represents imposing ourselves a mental limitation when we are adults. It makes senses if we imagine the video being an internal battle within ourselves.
Shia could've gotten out anytime he truly wanted, but he can't because he thinks that's impossible.
oh i believe there is some sort of deeper meaning behind it but still :)
Yasmeen Mounir Yea like he can but doesn't realize it yet
The reason why they put them in a cage is becuase theyre supposed to feel trapped in that emotion of father/brother daughter/sister continuous repeat of fighting
I KNOW RIGHT? Like, I was yelling at the screen like "PUT YOUR OTHER ARM THROUGH THE SAME BAR, IDIOT, DON'T PUT A BAR IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR CHEST!! YOU'LL NEVER GET OUT THAT WAY!!"
The best analogy of this vid that I heard was that the cage was a symbol for the adult world and that the dad was trying to keep his daughter there and stop her going wild. Then she goes back in to try and teach him how to be a kid and when he finally realises that he wants out, the cage has gotten too small so he is stuck in the adult world forever. The cage was a symbol of suppressing your wild side and creativity - sort of a metaphor for real life. When you are stuck in the cage for all your life it is really hard, almost impossible to get out. Just one way for looking at it. Shame on those people who say this is pedophilia, it is a beautiful dance with nothing sexual implied at all.
I also think he is scared of her wild personality and wants to control it because he thinks it is dangerous to be wild/childish.
That's not the meaning sia posted the meaning
+Ariella Traurig :D maybe there are nothing pedophilia,but how can u explain,that in
fact,this video reacts to sexual instincts,a lot of people says it.they see it,and their penis UP,they fap on it,and after they calling it "pedophilia"))))))
+Videos and other things Yes but everyone is open to their interperetation of it, and take what meaning they want.
+Ariella Traurig That's an interesting take on it.
I heard it was based on how She and her father were battling depression, but she was able to escape from it, not him. Hence the heavy emotion at the end.
To me, this video has always represented a struggle with addiction, with Shia as the addict and Maddie personifying the addictive substance. He oscillates between hating it, trying to avoid it, then looking for comfort from it. Ultimately he succumbs to the temptation and it wipes out his world entirely. I think of an “elastic heart” as one that can feel a whole range of emotions for an addiction that’s slowly killing them.
Possibly one of the most complete performances of all time. Lyrics, singer, video & meaning it has everything! Top bananna!
Me: I have to finish my work
My last two brain cells:
Adam Lescallette wahgdjxjsjsjshzhzh LMAO
Adam Lescallette underrated comment
Lmao
Nooo[o
He only thinks he can't get out. The bars are not stopping him.
ohhh
That is the heart BREAKING point, and so many of us are in the same situation and don't know it.
Yeah, our mind is our only barrier.
Well said
Yes. That's the point.
I have never seen such a perfect embodiment of giving up hope. So heart wrenching.
Maaaan even this many years, Shia's face at the end, when he can't get out of the cage, kills me!!
March 2024 here ❤❤❤❤
This is actually about two parts of a heart. When one part is damaged and fears being open to love (hence not able to get out of the cage) and one part is small and innocent, and open to love (hence easily gets out of the cage). But if the whole heart cant be open to love then they can't love, hence the innocent and open part of the heart tries to get the damaged part of the heart out of the cage.
That was deep
nice explanation
or my version. let the inner child in you to take over.. ;)
Definitely a battle of inner elements but I agree 👌
guys help!!!! my dad saw this in my tablet and he thinks im watching porn!!!! NO KIDDING!
Am i the only one who sees this as a man/father who has strength. this man is fighting his girls mental insanity, and hes going to fight to make her okay. throughout the video he feels like hes losing every battle with her. near the end he gives up and decides to just love her as is, eventually she realizes this and starts to walk away. then loses again to save her. AND WHAM shes trying to save him. there will always be a prisoner to insanity.
and Shia LaBeouf never ceases to please
You're describing "Betty Blue", which Sia would have seen in her teenage years but complicate the mix even more as the Male dancer has "children" with the borderline child-women. This is represented by his extreme range of emotions... displayed throughout the dance routine.
Ashley Quinn Beautiful interpretation, That's what I saw in the video also how He wants to protect her and finally at the end lets go to let her face the world. Learning that he must trust her.
Thank you I was trying to figure It out. Shia and the little girl did a great job and Sia is incredible
Yes,you`re right. The dance surprized me.Maddie is young,but advanced in "lyrical ballet". I danced mostly Classical Ballet,from the age of ca.4,back when we got whipped with the stick,if we did not perform "perfectly",and had to train alone,in a big,big mirrored rom,with only little me,Mrs.Agnes Gjerding,(former Prima Ballerina)..,and our claviature player.. My sister,born when I was 16,learned the more "intimate,personal expressionalism`s" lyrical ballet,that is all about dancing out your emotions and feelings.She was lucky enough to "play her way into the world of dance",without being physically disciplined. "Lyrical" is an often strange dance,but Maddie and Shia did it just beautiful and perfect. Credos to Shia..,who NEVER ceases to amaze us.. Bless you.You must be a special man.Many,many men are "afraid" of a tiny smudge of feelings. May all of your dreams come true.. Hugs from Norway.
+Line Christine Ben
9 years later and this still makes me drop a thug tear. Incredible video. Powerful message.
once you learn and understand what this is about, it tells an amazing story and it is truly a beautiful piece of art
3:58 *When you see your friend never brushed his teeth in days*
That Nightcore Lover lmao
That Nightcore Lover lol
That Nightcore Lover Haha that cracked me up!
Roanne Anad I'm glad it did, I like to make people laugh :3
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I'm so freaking proud of Shia LaBeouf.
+Brooke Pugh He won the oscar in this video, especially the last 60 seconds. Rips my heart out every time!!!
+Cryo837 is that the just do it guy
+GFxel yes it is
+Cadence XD that's what I thought lol
YES WORSHIP SHIA LABEOUF... did I go too far :p
Shia Breaks My heart with This HEART wrenching performance 😭😢
Sia's music always have a powerful messages in them....tysm sia for making such masterpieces !!!
the cage is her heart, the guy is her bad side (negative feelings and thoughts, etc.), and the girl is her good side (good feelings and thoughts, etc.). The dancing around together and fighting might symbolize how negative and positive feelings are together 'in her heart' at the same time and constantly fight for dominance. In the end when the girl (or good side) got out of the cage but the guy (or bad side) couldn't it could symbolize that she lets out her 'good side' and cages in her 'bad side'. {By bad side and Good side i mean impulses to do good or bad things, etc.}
Finally, someone who understands this video! 😉
Yes
+Noeypiepie Claps.
that's deep fam
+Noeypiepie finally!!
At 3:04 it broke my heart because I realized that the dad could escape the cage physically but not mentally 😭
😢😢😢😭😭😭😭❤🇮🇷
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Fucking L, I just realized too :/
For me, it seemed like it was ment to show how he could leave at anytime, he was able to fix his problems and escape but he didn't think he could
slightlytalented I thought the same too
this is the best voice of
decades in addition to unforgettable songs and melodies. Ilove you
Thank you Sia. Just cried watching this. Beautiful.
I think it is the internal struggle of the man who lost a daughter, but could be generalized to grief.
0:00 to 1:17 Denial
He keeps running away from her, covers his eyes in the beginning, seems shocked and scared whenever they make eye contact. He seems scared of her
1:17 to 1:57 Anger
He starts to fight back against the idea of loss, the first time he pushes back against her in the video. He then climbs to the top, refusing to think about the loss, angry that it happened to him. He stays up there and the memory starts to die.
1:57 to 3:16 Bargaining
The man gets to the point where he doesn't want to lose the memory of his daughter and drops down, trying to approach the painful memories again. At first he is able to block out the loss because of the time that has passed, but it doesn't last long. He then looks determined in the video and they wrestle, which is symbolic of him coming to grips with the reality of the loss and realizing no bargaining can be done, what's done is done. Then she leaves the cage and taunts him, which is the memories not being real enough for him, and he has a burst of anger before feeling like giving up, which segues into depression.
3:16 to 4:25 Depression
He carries the grief around, and it feels like it controls every emotion he has (hitting head, changing faces). After time living with the depression, it leads him to the verge of suicide (leaving the cage) but he doesn't do it. He stays on the edge until acceptance kicks in.
4:25 to 5:07 Acceptance
You can see the sadness turn into acceptance, with sadness still being there but lessened. He stops reaching out of the cage and his arms go limp. He stays in the cage and life goes on.
What do you guys think of this theory? It doesn't feel forced to me even though it directly correlates to the 5 stages of grief which makes me thing the choreographers used that theory as the basis for the video.
+iiavalanchei Really interesting theory, seems like you put a lot of effort into it, best interpretation I've seen thus far.. kudos
+Mindy Hudson if the dancing didn't speak for itself I never would have realized it, its a really great video
+iiavalanchei You are half there. Not daughter. The little girl represents Sia. This was stated in the Chandelier interviews that the little girl was chosen to do interpretive dances as she takes on Sia's persona.
Krissy Hales Yeah it also would fit that way as Sia losing the old part of herself and doing this as a way of saying goodbye that's a pretty nice interpretation.
English Lit be like
The real sick people are those who see this in a sexual way, ignoring the complete beauty and message of this video. Please reconsider your lives.
Amen
and whats the message?
I considered that for a minute, but thats just a filter that the average person is conditioned to view most things sadly. obviously I quickly dismissed any sexual interpretation, but initially having no back ground knowledge I think such consideration is only natural.
ha gaayyyy
I agree with you, guess I wasn't clear enough, I mean people who already analyzed the video and still see it sexually
Symbolism: stress, addiction, hate, love. Everything that the human feels and the stressful cage of society that we choose to close ourselves, and the constant battle that we fight in our minds (the space) . A work of art.
I remember not being sure what to make of this when it was released, loved the song but the video not too sure what it was intended to be. I had my daughter 4 years ago and have just stumbled across this again.. 3 seconds in i knew instantly they were meant to be Father/Daughter. Beautiful and sad all at once.
Damn it Shia Labeouf is so underrated
Fascinating how flawed infallible flesh deems worthiness under a world size microscope.
Shia labeouf was raped and it kind of took a toll on him that’s all but I really miss him
Mrs.Nickadeemus OMG 😱 he was go look it up 😐
He is kinda weird though
Mrs.Nickadeemus okay 😐🙄
if pedophilia is the first thing that comes to your mind when you watch this then I think the problem is you, not the video. Out of all the messages I saw throughout the video, that was never one of them. He never touched her in an inappropriate way, and all through I saw more of a father/daughter connection than "lovers". If you think this is representation of pedophilia then maybe you should think about the places your mind automatically goes to when seeing stuff related to this.
YES THANK YOU!!!
Haha thank you
What garbage
Totally agree
People sick in the head
I saw a daughter/father connection, as well. The "nudity" likely represents their emotional vulnerability. He's in a dark place, she rebels and retaliates against him, they struggle to find a loving connection, she finds a way to push past his abuse and overreaching, and when she escapes, well, visually you see her trying to pull him from his cage. But he's stuck. And that's why I teared up at the end. :( Sad thing is, he *could* squeeze out. He's just too blind to realize it.
Rory Triscuit
The ending make me cry as well, I´m agree on your interpretation. This video has nothing to do with sex nor pedophilia whatsoever.
I actually saw it as a tug of war between lovers and not as a father/daughter relationship, but obviously not literally because the age gap is two big between the two performers, more like they are just representations of man vs woman in the battle of romatic love. Great video anyway.
Toujours autant d'émotions.. Cette chanson, ce clip, ces paroles, c'est un monument.
Sia is the BEST 👌❤
It's interpretive dancing... "skin doesn't always equal sex, touching doesn't always equal lust and dancing does not always equal carnality." And with the way society is set up, we always assume the worst right away. Either way, beautiful song, amazing video. I'm absolutely in love with this.
Sad that you as a young female would justify it. This world is devolving.
Private, i'm older then joce and an abuse survivor and an avid SJW for abused, trafficked and exploted youth. yet i don't see my causes here. the nude clothes here are more about innocence, vunrablity, power and pain than sexuality, that's why they are kinda dirty too, smugged innocence and all that.
***** nothing is sexual until one makes it so.
this is just dancing. look carefully and shia is nowhere near any "off-limits" areas.
according to sia they are two warring sia self states.
Jenna Waldman Again with the subjective realities. Very scary. Very dangerous.
You need an extreme level to accuse?
Sad indeed. Maybe it is that it is too late and the desensitizing is too deep.
How ironic will it be when you come face to face with the reality that you have accepted and promoted.
When you realize just how unimportant your life will be seen as. How you will be dispensable. Just another animal one above an ape. That a woman is just a means to create another disposable animal.
They have eyes but cannot see.
It makes one laugh at the cries of "think for yourself" when you people do nothing of the sort.
You promote that sex,morality,abuse, should be entirely subjective. The world you people want will happen. You will then realize the folly of your ways. But it will be too late.
All this "thinking" but you cannot see past the end of your nose.
You go right ahead and defend it. It will come back to harm you. I guarantee.
***** People like you make me wanna quit the Internet. But you can't quit the Internet, so I guess I'm stuck reading the thoughts of people who over-think things like you do.
In my opinion, I believe this video is about a person with schizophrenia. Shia and Maddie are the same person, but trapped inside the same head which is the cage. One gets weaker when the other escapes or gains strength. As Shia was climbing to the top, Maddie was becoming more fragile. Then as Shia got back down to her level she gained strength and bit him basically saying "I'm the one getting out of this cage (mind) not you". Soon they realize that they're the same in many different ways, especially because, well they are the same person. Finally accepting that they cannot change, they help each other out trying to escape, realizing that "I can't escape myself without ruining myself" as Maddie pulls and pulls on Shia toward the end. A person with schizophrenia has many mood swings, as shown in the video their mood went from angry to happy to crazy to silly to sad.
Please don't attack me, if my comment is disagreed upon, it's just my opinion.
This is brilliant
WOW didn't even think of that. Nice catch :D
I didn't notice that and maybe sia has that
That's not what schizophrenia is. You're thinking of a different mental disorder, maybe bipolar or dissociative identity.
alwaysmmmusic google it.
Yo! For real. Shia LaBeouf deserves an Oscar! Not only for this interpretation. He’s one of a kind interpreters and actors of our generation! God bless his soul!
An Oscar? For dancing ? Give me strength freak video
When Maddie was bopping his nose while he held her I lost it…his eyes and intensity and dedication to this video were amazing. I cry at that part all the way through to the end. And no music but white noise was a powerful choice. ❤😢
How tf could ppl read it dirty. The emotions on this man's face are pain and desparation, definitely not desire
deadass ppl just wanna see wut they wanna see
People are stupid Maya
So perfectly spoken
people are superficial
No matter what you do or say it looks like a por* sorry but its truth
Guys, this is art. Everyone interprets art differently. Just like poetry. Anyone can think whatever they want.
Don't state it like a matter of fact if you also have the belief that people interpret art differently. If I don't want to consider this shit art, I have the right to do so.
Josh W Àctually, dance and music are kinds of art, so you're just wrong.
Sia said that they both represent one person. That one person, I believe, would be Sia herself and this is her inner conflict. Somebody here already said it - it might be story about her, her past and present herself. If you watch it again with this in your mind, it makes so much sense!
Her Present doesn't like her Past, they fight, but eventually make peace witch each other. They want to move on but they can't let go (of the cage)...
Art,,, hmmmm. This is one weird type of art
you're absolutely right!
I share with Sia the rememberance of an alcoholic father, and the experience of a cocaine addicted brother. This is what is about the song. Trying to suffer those situations. It gives you an elastic herat no doubt but at a very high cost after you made everything you could do to take them out of hell. Now I have basically no heart and thick sking... this song however is like a knife to my heart
Can we or can we not go on and on about this piece Thank Sia..thank you.
4 years later and I still thinking that he could have gone out the cage 3:03
cris Cris true
He doesn't want to go out the cage
Ricardo Milos sure
absolutely
That's part of the symbolism. The cage represents addiction. The girl represents young Sia and he represents Sia's dad. They both struggled with addiction but Sia left that life behind and encourages her father to do the same. She tries to help him and show him how; it's so easy to get out of the cage, out of addiction. But he still struggles, it's like he wants to be in the cage.
Obviously, all of you guys who think this video has pedophilia is a bit of a general statement. One interpretation of this video is, the cage is a metaphor for the inner/mentality of both the daughter and the father. The constant tackling and pushing is the time of constant adversities they both faced together, which refers to the lyric ''wanted to fight this war without weapons.'' When the girl is able to enter freely in and out of the cage; it means she can quickly adapt in and out adversities or it refers back to the song lyric of ''Well, I've got thick skin and an elastic heart''. Furthermore, ''thick skin'' means that she has high tolerance when helping her father, in this case; which juxtaposes with her father being trapped in a cage ( fear, adversities, isolation) when she comes in and out of the cage with ease. Near the end, once again, she goes back in the cage and tries desperately to try save or give a helping hand to his father, but he cannot come out which represents how deep or his mental adversities are and the constant isolation he is in when he's in the cage by himself. Lastly, the clothes they wear seem so close to being naked, because being naked symbolises a human's inner self. To be human, is to be flawed. Therefore, Sia re-conceptualises the idea of 'life adversities/tolerence in a more subtle way.
Amen
Or maybe the father can tell if his daughter is ready to decide on her own decision for herself. Kinda maturity or something I dunno :P
Thanks i get it now. I really didn't understand it
preach it!!! THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO!! I love his emotion in the end ~~~~
Amen
beautiful video, this is one of my favorites, thanks to all the producers
This is an awesome music video, Maddie is a great dancer, everything about this video is great! The story behind it, the music, everything.
Brilliant video. Makes you feel his pain at the end. He's stuck in a cage while the other one can easily leave.
He's stuck in a mental cage because he can easily fit through. This is symbolic for many people who are stuck in their cages. Whatever the issue may be.
Interesting video. Who knew Shia La Beouf had that much talent? I'm seriously impressed.
Kylie B Then you haven't seen enough. The dude can act, that was clear a long time ago
Tamara Laird They can both leave the cage , the distance between those rebars is big enough (3:02).
Zsolt Deak Hahaha, let's keep this sad feeling anyway...
I got no pedophilia vibe when I watched it. It is two people dancing. And the dance is not even sexual at all! Clearly it's a dance that is supposed to interpret a fight. When they actually are not fighting, he holds her like a father would hold his child. And it was cute when she poked at his face and he made silly faces at her. I think the fact that one of the dancers is younger, makes the dance so much more emotional. People just want to place sex and violence into every little thing they see. It's fucking stupid and everyone needs to grow up. And to the parents saying "I would never let my daughter dance with an older man like this." There are WAY worse ways that she could dance with a man. Look at Miley Cyrus and her god awful twerking for example. This dance was innocent and fun and you can tell that the little girl was having the time of her life.
well said,I could not agree with you more
the very saying " i got no pedophilia vide" says that you actually did.....
ak99515ak she said that because everyone is saying that is pedophilia
Sia's dad has multiple personality disorder and the silly faces showcased his angry side and his playful side.
Wonderful, comment! People are programmed to see certain things first, this video is a bit avant-garde for people who aren't exposed to very much art beyond the run of the mill mainstream. These same people see nudity/ or the impression of nudity and physical contact as sexual only. The pedophilia accusations are a harsh reflection on the repressions and ignorance we have as a society. But you know what, this video wouldn't have crossed my radar if it weren't for the accusations, so thank you weirdos with your pedo-guilt for creating a buzz for this great song and video!
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🌹 yes
You can see clearly Shia being cautious, because he clearly sees her as a little girl, the healthy way a grown man deals with a child. That’s worth noting as it’s not the norm in Hollywood. Their performances are stunning and certainly one for the books!! Beautiful! Amazing and sooo touching ❤❤❤❤❤But the end, when he can’t go where she is……..😔😩
to the people asking "why shia lebouf?": he's an actor. this video has more acting in it, for him, than it does dancing.
JUST DO IT
FishCakeIce people may talk shit about him but theres no denying hes an amazingly talented actor
MrBrownie2310 true!
Ikr, he's probs gonna be in YT REWIND 2015
MrBrownie2310 Especially in this. Can't stop watching it. It makes me hurt in places I didn't know I had.