Life in a new light , Performance

A four-minute and eight-second performance of Billie Elish, a multi-talented singer and songwriter. Her animated voice deepens through her soul and egresses in an intensely emotional way. The breakdown of the song makes us rethink our whole life in a way that we never believed we could. Watching this short video I am able to reimagine memories I no longer knew I had. Memories as a child growing up with two brothers and praying for a sister to share clothes with, suddenly reappear. Reminders of my yearly Disney vacations with my family where my brothers and I would fight until the sun went down. As Billie frolics with her doll-sized clothes I can feel my heart flutter and freeze at the same time as a fiery sensation fills my body with emotion. Without warning I am a kid again. Bursting with excitement as my train pulls into the Big Apple to go to the one store I only imagined in tv commercials. Billie’s lyrics open up the same pathway the American Girl Doll store once opened for myself. As the phrase “what was I made for” repeats throughout the four minutes somehow each recurring phrase holds a different meaning.The simple phrase is something all of us have asked ourselves sometime in our lives. Having to ask ourselves such an intense question is truly such a profoundly sad feeling when you don’t know the meaning of our existence. Unlike anything I have ever experienced, this song makes me feel every emotion I have felt in my lifetime. I find myself repeatedly asking myself, “what was I really made for?”, because the answer is never the same. Am I born to be strong or selfless, confident or brave? The assumptions are endless. Can we ever truly be made for one certain thing or are all of our different traits what make us who we are? This performance brings me to another dimension. After fighting for my life trying to figure out what my body just went through I realize it is the effect of Billie’s song. The effect is frankly like nothing I have ever experienced in my life. Mind Blowing, moving and astonishing, who would’ve ever thought one song could make me feel so emotional. No matter how hard I try to avoid it, these sensations will stick with me forever. 

 

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