Swedish House Mafia - One (Your Name) feat Pharrell - Official Video found on House
My first impression of this video was that it was very different than what you would normally see in a music video. There were really quick cuts but made the viewer understand the story the directer was trying to pursue. A lot of the scenes were quite random at first but everything has meaning once you closely look at what each scene is showing and remembering the songs title "One Know Your Name".
The video stuck to its name very well when really paid attention.
Here is my interpretation of the music video and the meaning of the scenes.
The video starts off by the start/creation of the song.
A close up of an eye with video playing on the pupil. This shot tried to show that it is what you see through your eyes that matters not anyone else's and if you see something good, you head that way.
Video shows some personalities people you meet can have.
The first one is a woman kissing the synthesizer, which shows that a person can persuade you through sensuality or physical actions producing emotions, which is an incorrect way to judge love.
One shows his bicep muscles, which may attract others in an incorrect way also.
Then there is a scene showing a mask behind someone’s head and the head quickly turn to face the camera, showing a new face. This shows that people can act as a different way so watch out!
The flashing “YOU’RE NAME” shows that many people can force you and will not stop annoying you until they get what they want, but it is up to you to do what is right.
Eyes wide open shows that you should always be on a look out.
Many masks are used to define the ability of people to act differently towards you, then when taking the mask off, they change and become their selves, which is not what you saw before.
From here on, the video demonstrates catastrophic scenes that may be created through bad choices.
Person jumps on the table on which the music is being produced and disturbs you from progressing. If you don’t deal with your problems now, it will come back later on in your life and come with a bang.
A person punched the DJ in the face, which can represent trust. If you do not trust the right people, they can crate great deal of damage in your life. Know who your friends are because they also reflect an image of you to others.
Synthesizer gets taken away from the DJ. If you take the wrong choice, everything can be taken away from you. The synthesizer was the DJ’s way of feeling good and he made his living out of it, now it is taken away.
The camera falls down from a birds-eye view and hits the knocked out DJ on his head. This shows that you can lose EVERYTHING and your whole life can come crashing down on top of your head.
All in all, this music video really talks about your life choice and the things that can happen when making the wrong choices. As mentioned before, while watching this video for the first time, you really have no idea what its trying to point out, there is no meaning. Hopefully after my interpretation, you understand a concept that may have been used in this video.
