Kesha's Music Video Analysis Essay

Kyle Chandler says “If you're not really having a good time, it's not worth it,” (Chandler). Often times when women go out, they fear they will be or are harassed by men, which leads to an overall negative experience. Going out should be about having a good time and enjoying oneself and their immediate company. In Kesha’s music video “Women”, she displays an ideal way for women to go out by counteracting males tendencies and emphasizing female independence. Through further analysis, Kesha’s video can be split into three parts, going to the venue, arriving at the venue, and at the venue. Within those three parts the counteractant of males tendencies and emphasis female independence will discussed. Kesha’s music video “Women” debuted on Youtube.com on July 13, 2017. From the very title of the song, one can probably assume what the topic is going to be. Kesha shares an empowering message for women to take control of their experiences of in the world. In the video, she is depicted driving to a bar, where she then passionately performs the song to the nearly empty bar. During her performance the main colors of the shots are red and gold. Kesha remains the main focus of the video, although some other people - male and female- make an …show more content…
She shows that she does not need an audience to feel good about herself. The man on the other side of the bar shows how one would ideally like men to act in some situations, when they just out to have a good time for herself. Essentialism is defined as the “View that people have some inherent essence, or characteristic and qualities, that define them,” (Kirk, Gwyn, and Margo Okazawa-Rey). Kesha shares that to her viewers by showing she independently can create happiness and passion doing what she clearly loves doing, performing. She is able to accept who she is and embrace it for the men, and more importantly, the world to