The song 'Weight in Gold' by Gallant is based on his personal life/experiences; "It's about just really feeling like you're weighed down, in a really dangerous way.I know that when I was writing
The music video 'Weight In Gold' by Gallant is a narrative based video, consisting of scenes where it's solemnly scenes of gallant, himself, portraying some sort of story, by the use of facial expressions and freestyle dancing/movements.
The lighting continuously goes from light to dark.. areas where the lights brightened up occur when the beat drops in the song or where we have a sudden climax, this adds a unique effect onto the music video.. rather than it being different shots of him just lip syncing, it allows us to feel the music in a way/ feel the raw emotion of the musician.
Overall, the music video starts off quite basic and simple then slowly turns very dramatic as you're met with blinding flashes of light as the song hits
it's climax which many occurs in the chorus. the beginning of the music video emits some sort of calm and serene setting, this consists of a simple candle stick being lit up and then suddenly going out this continues until around 0.47 seconds, which is when the song begins to build up and reach the climax.this allows us to see a sudden change in his feelings and the way he expresses the meaning of the lyrics through anger now.
The lyrics of the song contain strong emotion, followed by the music video which just simply explains what Gallant had felt at the time, he states in an interview concerning this specific song that: "It dared to let people in my life a little bit more with using extreme encryption or metaphor."
generally, allowing us to understand the struggles and negative aspects of his life that he shared with the world through his song 'Weight in Gold'
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