Sia - Elastic Heart feat. Shia LaBeouf & Maddie Ziegler (Official Video)
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- 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.....
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.
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
Literally.
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
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
''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
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…
Anyone 2024?
Me 🙋🏻♀️
Here!
Hii
You know it!
Hiiiiiii - loved this when it first came out here for nostalgia
Thank god we have CZcams 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
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!
Becoming one with the thing that's trying to hurt you is a whole new level of understanding. My gosh sia has got some talent
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
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 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/
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.
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.
A passionate interpretive dance that expresses something very close to my heart: the struggle of being TOO BUFF to fit through stuff. This video is about two people doing a dance, but when it ends the man realizes he is too PUMPED to get out of the cage-stage. The pair goes back in to dance more so he'll get all sweaty and hopefully be able to slip through the bars, but he is just too IMMENSE and MUSCULAR to escape. He succumbs to exhaustion as his dance partner tugs on his SHREDDED PIPES to no avail.
So powerful. Amazing video :')
wtf
HAHAHAH I laughed so hard at this.
You're a fucking poet, I tear'd up a lil'! :)
Great interpretation.....after-all, it is Shia LeBUFF! BADOOM BOOM! lol
so this video is trying to show that being muscular is a bad thing?
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
I am super proud of Shia, life wasn't always easy but he pushed thru
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.
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!!
step by step:
Maddie is Sia, Shia is her father.
He is confused because of (maybe) her new self, so he stays away from her.
But he can´t let her alone, so he tried to get closer to her again.
She refused and (maybe because of the scream moment) even screamed at him to go away.
He is shocked, confused and maybe they even fought together, because he couldnt handle it.
But every time she was down and confused because of herself, he came and tried to get her up.
She refused it again and just wanted to be alone.
Maybe one time he even tried to get away from her or leave her complete alone (cage climbing scene)
But as soon as he saw her breaking down again, he went back to help her get up.
She was scared, but she tried to open herself. But he got to close and she wanted to be lonely again.
One day he got depressed because of her (the lonely cave scene)
She couldnt see him like that, so she tried to help him or better saying...she let him help her.
They had fun again and everything went better , for some time.
End opinion: She tried to get out of her cage (the depression) and tried to take him with her...but he
couldnt let it go and fell even deeper, alone without her.
But this is all just a opinion. I can feel the story behind it or better saying....I lived it.
Your opinion made me cry. I don't know if it's right, but watching the video again, it makes a lot of sense. It's so sad, but at the same time so beautiful. And that is how love is, right? Beautiful, but at times, extremaly sad. I will never be able of watching this without tears again.
Very well expressed
Insightful interpretation.
^ that's what I meant to say lol
♡
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
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
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"...
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 am here nine years April 28 2024 and everytime someone likes this it reminds me of this masterpiece (not begging)
Me: SHIA GET OUTTA THE CAGE!
Shia: But I can't-
Me: JUST. DO IT.
Shia: Bu-
Me: YESTERDAY, YOU SAID TOMORROW, SO JUST DO IT. MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE!
Shia: Seriously, I can't get out. Could you he-
Me: YES YOU CAN! JUST DO IT.
XD YES LOL!!!
Me:Shia I can't get you out
Shia:Yes you can
Me: I'm trying I really can't
Shia:Just do it!!!!!!!!
Me:I'll try tomorrow
Shia: yesterday you said tomorrow.Just DOOOOOO IT!!!!!!!!!!!
TheRealMEEDABEE xDD dude that was epic
***** No
your so funny 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍# just do it
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!
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... 💕
Maddie is one of those rare kids who can channel raw emotion at a young age, reminds me of Disney kids 💔
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.
Any father with a daughter they care about will recognise the dance of love and care that this vid expresses so perfectly.
The ending just made me cry this truly was beautiful
A lot of people give hate to Shia, why he's so talented and that beard is legendary
+Haadi Hussain Er, perhaps because repeatedly exhibiting narcissism and colossal pretension while treating other human beings abusively or as if they are worthless may lead people to criticize a fellow, even if that fellow has really sweet facial hair. But I'm just guessing. Perhaps people just don't get how legendary his beard truly is.
+Haadi Hussain not legendary not even close ....
+Haggis Pouch I try not only focusing on the worst of people. But yeah I guess you are right.
you are right😝
+Haggis Pouch What did he do exactly to treat other beings abusively? I tried googling but didn't get anything maybe im looking in the wrong place. Genuinely interested to know.
I see the video as a father daughter relationship. The father doesnt want his daughter to grow up and mature. I think the cage is a representation on her innocence.
Megan sings I agree w/ father daughter relationship...but I think it has to do with trust. A girl, these days, has to grow up quick sexually. There are many forms of pedofilia & inappropriateness. I think the girl in the video is 'damaged'. Shia is killing himself to gain her trust. When he does it is beautiful! Shia is the best actor of his generation!
Megan sings DEAD ON! This reminds me so much of my relationship with my 12 yr old daughter. Bieng best friends and now it is time for her to move on, and it is a struggle to handle as a father.
Kevin Cormier yeah, me and my dad had a relaionship before. he abused my mom. they got divorced and it hit me hard. recently he has gotten into a drinking and a smoking problem. my dad and i used to be close, but now im growing up.
***** Thanks for explaining that, I couldn't figure out the meaning behind the video.
Jonathan Deller according to the little girl she was told that they were werewolves and she was the dominant one who can get out of the cage and then realizes she was lonely. lol. I guess they didn't think she was ready for the truth of it
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.
One of the most exquisitely choreographed interpretive dance routines I’ve ever watched. So raw, so visceral, & so painfully beautiful. ❤
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!
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.
incredible good song, amazing actors... one of the best!
"I'm still fighting for peace..." 😢😢 I really feel that. There is none.. only chaos
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
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...
So good; they both gave amazing performances.
Sia's music always have a powerful messages in them....tysm sia for making such masterpieces !!!
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.
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.
Today is March 26, 2024, I'm here to see how many people still listen to this legendary song.
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.
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
Me: I have to finish my work
My last two brain cells:
Adam Lescallette wahgdjxjsjsjshzhzh LMAO
Adam Lescallette underrated comment
Lmao
Nooo[o
this is the best voice of
decades in addition to unforgettable songs and melodies. Ilove you
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
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.
Shia represents Sia father and Maddie represents Sia. Sia and her father suffered from a mental illness that Sia overcame but her father did not. It shows the love hate relationship and how it felt to see the illness take over her father
Sia****
Lol thought I wrote it wrong my bad
+ladana teal It's especially interesting when Shia publicly had some outbursts and odd reactions that hinted at some type of breakdown or mental illness. So perhaps working with Sia is a way for him to work on his own issues? I wondered a similar thing when I saw Rihinna do videos with Eminem about abusive type relationships.
That makes sense now, she got out of the cage and the father didn't
+ladana teal Sorry - But you are wrong. The video has nothing to with Sia or her father. junkee.com/watch-sia-explain-the-meaning-of-elastic-heart-with-bananas-over-her-face/49420
Shia Breaks My heart with This HEART wrenching performance 😭😢
It's March 2024, how many legends are listening to this incredible song ❤
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.
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.
I have never seen such a perfect embodiment of giving up hope. So heart wrenching.
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 ❤️
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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
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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
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.
Possibly one of the most complete performances of all time. Lyrics, singer, video & meaning it has everything! Top bananna!
once you learn and understand what this is about, it tells an amazing story and it is truly a beautiful piece of art
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 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
Toujours autant d'émotions.. Cette chanson, ce clip, ces paroles, c'est un monument.
2:17 the Best part ❤ you did not brake me I’m still fighting for peace her voice is gorgeous
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
It got me straight in the heart how she tryed to fight him and save him.... It broke my heart.....
Same
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 ❤❤❤❤
Best performance by Shia ever. He was amazing. Madrid is a beautiful wonder. And yes I remember dance moms. I hope she is great today ❤
I totally see this as a father/daughter interpretive dance. If you look you can see the progression. She's out of control. He doesn't know what to do, he scared. She manipulates her niceness, he relaxes, she bites the hand that feeds, he starts to fight back, he gives up she comes back-i love you but everything is upside down dad and finally she wants him to go with her but hes trapped and cant follow her path. Totally nails it. Amazing. And finally Shia looks like a grown up.
Hit that one right on the head
Exactly how I interpreted it! I love the part where she has him making faces. Like, "Daddy, I know I'm growing up and I know I make you crazy and mad but I'm still the little girl who loves the game where you make the funny faces."
NOW the video makes since
beautifully put hun
THANK YOU!! Seriously. I don't have TV, I don't listen to the radio. I'm so so so far behind on music that I'm still stuck int he 80s (and I like it there) -- I access entertainment through my computer. I just caught the SNL performance and when it was over I thought, "I was so intrigued by the dancers that I didn't even hear the song!" I had no idea what it was about so I went looking for more info. I fell in here and VOILA! Penny clears it up for me!
My interpretation of the video
They are the same person. She represents the child, infancy, playfullness, what was left behind. He represents who that person is today, beaten down, stressed and "fighting for peace".
This video begins with him facing her, his inner child.
They are at war with one another. The child beating him and laughing and taunting him. Being playful sometimes, but he takes everything as a painful blow, even if she didn't it him hard. He tries to come close, but she pushes him away and throws him around. Of course he can't fight back, just tries to get away from painful memories or things he has lost.
1:40 she is down and he tries to wake her, he's gentle and tries to make peace, he offers his hand and she pretends to give in and be gentle but then bites him and keeps playing him around. He's upset cause he trusted and almost got close to reconnecting, so he starts going stronger against her.
At 2:55 when she leaves the cage, his prison, he is mad she can leave but he can't (even if physically it's obvious he can, 3:03).She sees he CAN'T leave and changes her approach. She now wants to help him instead of aggraviate him. She lets herself fall on him and be held. He holds her and comes to terms with his inner child. They play around making funny faces, she pulls at his face and gently triesto guide him out of his prision, but he's not stong enough and surrenders. She tries and tries to bring him out, but she can't do it for him, he has to want to, but can't. She eventually loses strength as well.
You are so amazing to notice and think these things!!!
I aggree, I see it the same way. The way I see it, she isn't either of them, she's the cage. To cite Freud, one would be Id (your "inner child") and the other the Superego (your "inner parent"). And if you notice, only the child can "escape" the cage, which I think is her saying that you will always be stuck with your self-judgement, but if you don't calm it down, it can "scare away" your childish joy and guilt-free happiness.
I agreed.
I completely agree with this interpretation, very nicely put!
Beautiful Ine :)
Thank you Sia. Just cried watching this. Beautiful.
This song and this video always make me cry. Maddie and Shia and this dance. The expressionism, like you can feel the pain in the dance and the acting just gets to me. It gets to me not only because it reminds me of being trapped in my depression and my addiction and the people who dont understand trying desperately to pull me out not knowing I would walk out of that cage myself if i could. That I would never choose to be trapped the way that I am and the hurt I feel fighting it every single day. It also gets to me because of knowing thebpain and pressure Maddie Ziegler experienced growing up under the spotlight in ALDC. Even though she made her way and it gave her a lot of opportunities, I cant imagine what it must have felt like for her at times. It had to have been a heavy burden for such a young girl. So happy she's making her own way and doing what she wants to do with her life.
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
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!
Can we or can we not go on and on about this piece Thank Sia..thank you.
9 years later and this still makes me drop a thug tear. Incredible video. Powerful message.
the two characters shown are opposite spectrums of the same heart, the part that wants to be care free and the part that wants to care and be cared about - and the tug of war between the two - an elastic heart.
nope it's sia and her father. both had heart diseases but her father died while she survived...
Both are truth...I dont know how about diseases but it s about sia and her father relationship and it s Sia´s inside freak...
It represents her relation with her father, that she wants to save but he doesnt want^^
i can dance my name
But towards the end kinda gets kinda sad
Okay, honestly, watching this, I don't even think they were supposed to be human. Did no one else sense something deeply primal? Animalistic? I don't know why you all are seeing something inappropriate, but I think this is extremely beautiful.
You are correct because Maddie was portraying a wolf :)
Aren't we all innately primal and animalistic?
This is a very true statement. One I think is deeply indicative of the video as well.
Teigan Bryce Its Human
Maddie was a wolf and the big man was stuck in a cage with maddie(wolf)!!!!!
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. ❤😢
Anyone march 2024?
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It is really upsetting that some people only see pedophilia in this.. Both he song and the music video have a deeper meaning!
And the characters are supposed to present a man and his self-state. She represents one of his demons. And the cage represents one body, it shows the relations between the self-states, sometimes you like who you are, sometimes are angry at yourself. The video shows you the different mixed emotions he feels towards himself.
thanks!:)
true this is real art! not the crap some other artists bring you..
FINALLY!
shame that some people see things with such a narrow perspective
i love sia! and the video was amazing!!
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
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.
This is an awesome music video, Maddie is a great dancer, everything about this video is great! The story behind it, the music, everything.
I literally watch this everyday cause I love the music video and the song so so much
Same here, every since I discovered it
Effin A !
Same
Fucked up
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this is like my relationship with my cat
iFinnyU, Haha that made my day!
iFinnyU lol
iFinnyU lmao😂😂
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Are you Shia in this analogy, or the girl?
Sia is the BEST 👌❤
March 2024 and this video STILL makes me weep with raw emotion. I see my brother and I in that cage of our mother's rage.
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 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.
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This is literally so touching, I used to work out on this song and suddenly think of watching the mv...❤
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.
For me, this shows a father-daughter relationship for sure. I think the little girl is struggling with some mental problem, most likely depression, and then the father is forever trying to talk to her and connect with her but she keeps pushing him away, occasionally he gets some control back over her but eventually she kills herself (at 2:54 when she leaves the cage) and him carrying her around is the funeral and then at the end he is struggling to completely let her go.
I like ur interpretation of the video. It's really good, never thought it could mean this.
I think it was already explained somewhere that it is two pieces of Sia's personality. The younger being the wild imagination, the older being reality. The imagination is free and unpredictable and wants to be free, but reality can't escape. That being said, yes, it is easy to see how this could be sort of father daughter, and therefore bring out new emotions.
Wow people like to jump to the darkest conclusions. Sounds like you might have your own daddy issues if suicide is your first off-handed conclusion (not trying to be a jerk but you should talk to someone about that if you don't already, much Love). I see the cage as a metaphor for addiction or depression. The first part the father is doing his best to raise his wild child (who is free of addiction though she's raised in its confines). Then she eventually rejects him and leaves, as children do, and he's left to his cage and the memory of her (carrying her around on his back). Finally she tries to come back and help him escape, but he's trapped good.
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Sia said that it represents her two selves. Confident and shy.