Music Video Violence: It’s No Longer Just a Guy Thing

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'Damsel in distress no longer describes female pop artists in music videos. With the release of the music video ‘Disclosure’ by Magnets featuring Lorde, there is an undeniable gruesome violent trend coming from female singers and it is sweeping across the music video industry.

The 'Disclosure' music video portrays Lorde tying a man, presumed to be a cheating guy, to a chair and then pushing him into a pool as he begs for her to stop. She then opens a lighter and throws it into the pool, setting it ablaze. Sounds like something straight out of a horror film.

Lorde took to Twitter explaining how the scene actually allowed her to live out a long time fantasy of hers. She wrote, “’one of my life goals has always been ‘to one day play a hitgirl who pretends to seduce then burns alive douche boyfriends[.]’”
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Don’t expect this estrogen-infused and media-glamorized killing spree trend to disappear from the music scene. The feminist equality mentality combined with upping the shock value is a dangerous mix. For now it seems, if you can’t beat the boys, then you might as well join them — or in this case just kill them.'