Music Video Analysis, Stone Sour - Through the Glass

I decided to analyze this music video, since I thought it is relevant to our final idea. The video to the song, Through the glass was written and directed by Tony Petrossian. It conveys the idea that celebrities are plastic, shallow. The music industry is now only focused on an artist’s appearance, instead of their actual talent, the content of their songs.

This is achieved as the video is set in a stereotypical Hollywood party, and as the video develops, the celebrities socializing in the party become cardboard cutouts and they are then taken away. I reckon this was a brilliant idea, since it successfully illustrates the point Corey Taylor – the lead singer – wanted to make. As they become cardboard cutouts, it is suggested, that these celebrities are only an image, they are not real people made of bone and flesh, they have nothing to offer but their looks. This is emphasized when the band members take their place to play their instruments in front of another cardboard cutout that says “Hollowood”, this makes the point more obvious to the viewer, it clarifies that Hollywood is full of shallow, plastic people.

The video illustrates great part of the lyrics,

“And it's the stars
The stars that shine for you
And it's the stars
The stars that lie to you, yeah”