Is Homoeroticism The New Black In Music Video Clips?
May 25th 2008 10:49
So I was watching MTV yesterday, looking out for brand new clips, and I came across two. Dannii Minogue and The Presets might not have a lot in common, apart from a strong affinity for beats and the pop genre, but they both seemed to have homoerotic themes.
I noticed Dannii Minogue's very colourful 'Touch Me Like That' as the title came on, and decided to have a look. It's pretty much your typical pop video from a female artist, with the female constantly sexualised, assuming all sorts of poses in various costumes, with heavy make-up and featuring back-up dancers with whom she sometimes interacts. However, the back-up dancers were all bikini-clad females who were moving their hands all over each other's bodies! At one point Dannii stands with them and they place their hands on her torso or breasts, thereby becoming part of the lesbian extravaganza.
It appears it's getting less unusual for a mainstream pop act to incorporate non-heteroesexual antics into their video clips, and Dannii and her Public Relations team clearly expect big returns from this video.
Next up I saw the gay group The Presets attached to a new title, 'This Boy's In Love'. Here two very toned and good-looking men are shown attacking each other in slow motion in milk, or some milky substance. The lead singer's high tones ring out over the spectacle, announcing "this boy's in lo-o-o-o-ove." A possible interpretation is that the two men are fighting over the same person, but the slow motion and drops of milk clinging to their backs seems to emphasise the sexuality of their interaction. It reminded me a bit of the fight scenes in Brokeback Mountain (a movie I try not to remember).
The Presets had very dark themes and design in their previous single, 'My People' too, with the light in these being so weak as to just illuminate the musicians and other subject matter. I guess this shows that you don't have to be wrapped in neon and embracing of the electronic light to endorse gay themes...
It's all relatively homoerotic... So which artist will be next to perpetuate this theme, and to what extent do these clips represent homoeroticism in a positive light?
I noticed Dannii Minogue's very colourful 'Touch Me Like That' as the title came on, and decided to have a look. It's pretty much your typical pop video from a female artist, with the female constantly sexualised, assuming all sorts of poses in various costumes, with heavy make-up and featuring back-up dancers with whom she sometimes interacts. However, the back-up dancers were all bikini-clad females who were moving their hands all over each other's bodies! At one point Dannii stands with them and they place their hands on her torso or breasts, thereby becoming part of the lesbian extravaganza.
Here Dannii is represented as taking pleasure in the girls' touch by touching her own breast
It appears it's getting less unusual for a mainstream pop act to incorporate non-heteroesexual antics into their video clips, and Dannii and her Public Relations team clearly expect big returns from this video.
Next up I saw the gay group The Presets attached to a new title, 'This Boy's In Love'. Here two very toned and good-looking men are shown attacking each other in slow motion in milk, or some milky substance. The lead singer's high tones ring out over the spectacle, announcing "this boy's in lo-o-o-o-ove." A possible interpretation is that the two men are fighting over the same person, but the slow motion and drops of milk clinging to their backs seems to emphasise the sexuality of their interaction. It reminded me a bit of the fight scenes in Brokeback Mountain (a movie I try not to remember).
The Presets had very dark themes and design in their previous single, 'My People' too, with the light in these being so weak as to just illuminate the musicians and other subject matter. I guess this shows that you don't have to be wrapped in neon and embracing of the electronic light to endorse gay themes...
It's all relatively homoerotic... So which artist will be next to perpetuate this theme, and to what extent do these clips represent homoeroticism in a positive light?
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