But when a music video is provided, the lyrics help paint a bigger picture and show a visual expression of the words themselves. This is evident in the music video for “Same Love.” Macklemore helps show his audience the reality of living as a homosexual and the dehumanization they receive solely based of their sexual orientation. In the music video, the same boy who played football with his father is now a young man crying in his room, thinking there is something wrong with him. He is shown staring at himself in a mirror trying to find out who he really is. When he is walking with his partner on the sidewalk, another man pushes into them. Macklemore shows us something essential in his music video: the dark side of living as a homosexual. The constant fear of being accepted, the need to blend in with those around us in order to not stand out, and the way homosexuals are treated: even being purposely targeted
But when a music video is provided, the lyrics help paint a bigger picture and show a visual expression of the words themselves. This is evident in the music video for “Same Love.” Macklemore helps show his audience the reality of living as a homosexual and the dehumanization they receive solely based of their sexual orientation. In the music video, the same boy who played football with his father is now a young man crying in his room, thinking there is something wrong with him. He is shown staring at himself in a mirror trying to find out who he really is. When he is walking with his partner on the sidewalk, another man pushes into them. Macklemore shows us something essential in his music video: the dark side of living as a homosexual. The constant fear of being accepted, the need to blend in with those around us in order to not stand out, and the way homosexuals are treated: even being purposely targeted