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The inclusion of these figures in the music video adds to the overarching feeling that something is not right or is strange in the life/mind of the singer. Screen capture from 1:49 in the “Bring Me To Life” music videoĪccording to Justin Bienvenue, urban gothic (which is the setting of the music video since it takes place in a city during post-industrial society), “is known to put people in horror situations…for an overall dark feel and eerie look.” In this case, it does exactly that. In the music video, it goes by quickly, but there is a scene that includes clown-like, masked figures. Many visuals in the gothic style include grotesque or spectral figures. One line in particular, ” call my name and save me from the dark,” exemplifies this idea that the singer is in a dark mental space, so it’s very effective visually that her external surroundings are dark as well.Īnother, harder to spot gothic element is the inclusion of the grotesque. While the colors may not inherently mean anything, they symbolize a kind of inescapable darkness (especially to anyone who’s ever taken a high school English class) that corresponds to the lyrics of the song.
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Basically, Evanescence used traditional symbols of the gothic style in the music video, which then reinforced the meaning of the lyrics by giving them a historically recognized aesthetic backing. Yes, the music was angsty, but what solidified this song as the goth legend it is today was the way the music was combined with visual elements in the music video. The most popular song off the album, “Bring Me To Life,” was even described in terms of its relationship to popular music as the “ anti-Britney” by the New York Times. None of the tracks on “Fallen,” however, sounded like either of those songs. Their debut album, “Fallen,” came out in 2003, which, to set the scene for the music landscape, was a year in which the Billboard Top 100 was dominated by upbeat songs like “Crazy in Love,” by Beyonce and “Hey Ya!” by OutKast. The Youtube comments on the music video for “Bring Me To Life” mirror similar sentiments, with one user, Marco Alcocer, commenting “it’s not a phase mom.” Evanescence, through their music and their visual aesthetic, resonated with angsty teens on an incredibly widespread level.Įvanescence first became popular in the early 2000s largely because their songs sounded unlike pretty much all of the other popular music at the time. I’m not the only person that feels this way, though. Evanescence is one of the bands that created the foundation for what is now referred to as “gothic rock.” Coincidentally, it’s also one of the only bands that can make me feel like I’m still 13 years old and no one will ever understand me.