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Analysis

Nicole AbuAli
Period 2
Background
After the tragic Manchester attack at the Ariana
Grande concert May of 2017, she took a hiatus and
hasn’t released music for almost a year. Her new
single “No Tears Left To Cry” was a major comeback,
with an album anticipated this July.

● This music video is Ariana’s first debut/promotion

of her new album “Sweetener”
● The song is interpreted as Ariana’s comeback
and how no matter what she and her supporters
have been through things will be ok
Message of the video
❖ It is most likely her story of this past years experiences
❖ It reveals how her life was turned upside down
❖ she’s recovering and moving on which is revealed by the power and freedom of the
video including lyrics
❖ In a part of the video she was falling which might represent how she felt after the
attack
❖ As she takes off, and applies masks to her face it reveals how she publicised herself
❖ There is a secret tracklist of her album or a rough overview of it hidden in the video
❖ In the final scene, a bee which is the symbol of Manchester flies across the screen
Evidence of the messages
her life gets turned upside
down

Secret tracklist

Falling
(apart)/her
downfall
empowerment/comeback
after attack
“We on another
mentality...pickin it up
x2 I’m lovin, I’m livin,
I’m pickin it up.”
Symbolism

Takes off masks to The Manchester Bee (the

demonstrate different symbol of Manchester and
personas and how she feels. a tribute to the attack and
those affected)
Rhetorical devices

❖ Anaphora: repetition of a word/phrase

➢ “I’m pickin’ it up x2 , lovin’, I’m livin’, I’m pickin’ it up”
➢ “We're out here vibin', we vibin', we vibin'”
❖ Allusion: refers to an event
➢ The ‘Manchester bee’ refers to the Manchester attack
❖ Enumeratio: makes a point with details
➢ “Ain’t got no tears in my body, I ran out…”
Discussion question

What do you feel is the meaning of Ariana defying gravity in parts of the video?