Artist: Sub Urban
Genre of music - Dance/Electronic
Type of Music Video - Mainstream, Interpretive ,Surreal/Absurdist, Editing & Animation
Settings and Locations - They're filmed in studios, warehouses and majority of them have green screen involved. However in his music video for "Cradles" some of it is set in a house, on a bridge and in a dance hall. But in his music video for "Cirque" it's set in a bar in LA and set like a 1940s-1950s action movie (Bar Fights, Back Alley fights etc.)
Costumes - Old fashioned, smart, Circus-esque
Props - a range of props are used in his music videos such as a baby stroller, a cradle, a bed, large tables, curtains, food - Cradles
Cages, Canes, Weights, Swords, microphones, clocks, Bowling/Juggling Pins? stilts - Freak
Cards, Tables, Glass bottles, Poker chips, Guns - Cirque
Makeup - majority of the makeup used consists of black eyeliner, and there is a small use of fake blood that is found in all his music videos.
Themes/Tones - the occurring theme Sub Urban likes to use in his music videos are things that relate to personality & psychological disorders, which explains why his music videos are very surreal and as if someone was dreaming about it.But they're all set in a very unpleasant and eerie tone, showing that these are nightmares more than they are dreams.
Narrative - It doesn't seem like there is a narrative towards his videos.
Choreography - There isn't a lot of choreography that's taken place in Sub Urban's music videos. However some scenes in them show some choreography for example, in his music video for "Cirque" there are dancers in the bar, and then there's some gang members that enter and they beat up Sub Urban.
Song: Freak
Lyrics:
[Intro - Sub Urban]
Welcome to our freak show, come meet my monsters
Oh, such a fine collection of stranger things
[Verse 1 - Sub Urban]
My patience running thinner on this melting clock
Cerebrum jailed with thoughts, most would consider rot
To think you're any different from an animal
A creature sick as you should be put down
But I can't help myself
[Pre-Chorus: REI AMI]
Oh-na-na-na-na, oh-na-na-na-na
Oh-na-na-na-na, oh-na-na-na-na
[Chorus: Sub Urban, REI AMI]
Welcome to our freak show (oh-na-na-na-na)
Come meet my monsters (oh-na-na-na-na)
Oh, such a fine collection of stranger things (oh-na-na-na-na)
[Verse 2: Sub Urban]
Please, don't hide your imperfections nature
Took two tries to make the man in white
No, I don't mind, you are a beauty
Not temptation, you're my creation
[Verse 3: REI AMI, Sub Urban]
Freak o' Friday night, know I'm the main attraction
Basket acrobat, they wanna see some action
Tinkering with my design, twist and turn my feral mind
Play with me 'til you've found another toy
Let me be your freak show, I could be your favorite monster
Rattle my whole cage, remind me why I can't be fostered
Let me be your freak show, I could be your favorite monster
Lock me up, don't let me out 'cause you know I can't help myself
[Pre-Chorus: REI AMI]
Oh-na-na-na-na, oh-na-na-na-na
Oh-na-na-na-na, oh-na-na-na-na
[Chorus: Sub Urban, REI AMI]
Welcome to our freak show (oh-na-na-na-na)
Come meet my monsters (oh-na-na-na-na)
Oh, such a fine collection of stranger things (oh-na-na-na-na)
[Bridge: Sub Urban]
You're wasting, you're wasting all
Of your time finding a cure when there's no disease
You're wasting, you're wasting all
Of your talent on an audience who sees a freak
[Pre-Chorus: REI AMI, Sub Urban]
Oh-na-na-na-na, oh-na-na-na-na
Oh-na-na-na-na
Can't help myself
[Chorus: Sub Urban, REI AMI]
Welcome to our freak show (oh-na-na-na-na)
Come meet my monsters (oh-na-na-na-na)
Oh, such a fine collection of stranger things (oh-na-na-na-na)
My patience running thinner on this melting clock, Cerebrum jailed with thoughts, most would consider rot - A damaged cerebrum (largest part of the brain) would cause multiple impairments, one of which is visionary hallucinations, such as a melting clock as well as distorted thoughts one would consider rotten. Also associated with personality disorders and general cognitive impairments which fits the theme Sub urban wants to project in most of his songs.
To think you're any different from an animal, A creature sick as you should be put down, But I can't help myself - Sub Urban is referring to another person as an "animal" or a "creature". He's also saying that this person is “sick” unlike the others, and normally someone would put it down due to it’s abnormally, but he can’t help himself to do that.
Please, don't hide your imperfections nature, Took two tries to make the man in white - Sub Urban here is sayings to not hide imperfections, ‘cause it even took god (nature) more than one try to make Jesus, who Sub Urban refers to as 'the man in white’, and Jesus is seen as a perfect figure in religious text. But ‘normal’ people are not made perfect, nor can they be, so he's telling them to embrace and accept their imperfections instead of trying to be someone they're not.
No, I don't mind, you are a beauty, Not temptation, you're my creation - Sub Urban notices there are some problems in his “creations”, but he doesn’t mind them. He actually embraces them but keeps them at a distance so he doesn’t fall into “temptation” from their beauty. He admires his monsters but also doesn’t want to get too close.
'til you've found another toy - REI AMI could be referring to other "toys" Sub Urban has created and is saying that he will be with her and play with her until he gets bored of his creation and wants to make a new toy to satisfy his desires.
Let me be your freak show, I could be your favorite monster - This line is comparing one monster to all, where the ring master (Sub Urban) has to watch all of his monsters, but one of them caught his eye by surprise though.
Lock me up, don't let me out 'cause you know I can't help myself - This may mean that REI AMI (Sub Urban's monster) wants to be locked up because she knows that she can’t help herself from doing something twisted or bad. She knows this and wants to avoid causing trouble by being locked up.
You're wasting, you're wasting all, Of your time finding a cure when there's no disease - Sub Urban's monsters are telling him that it’s a waste of time trying to cure whatever he has since psychological disorders don’t have a real cure since they are not technically diseases. So it’s a waste of time trying to cure a mental condition since it’s not a disease. Sub Urban could also possibly be telling the “freak” that its a waste of time trying to cure his differences because it’s not a disease and he's embracing what he has.
You're wasting, you're wasting all, Of your talent on an audience who sees a freak - Sub Urban is saying that the person is just wasting their great talent because, no matter what the person does, this audience will always see them as a freak, a sick creature, a monster. It doesn’t matter how much it tries, it will be seen in a negative way because of the way they look, so he is just wasting his talent.
Can't help myself - this line is meaning that it shows no control, he has no control over himself and temptation has taken over him.
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