Old town Road Flashcards
What is old town road
Old town road is a music video featuring lil nas x and billy ray cyrus essentially starting off a horse chase and then falling into a magic hole which took them to a street where it was Normal life
What genre of music is it
It’s a hybrid music video
Country and rap
Who is the music video owened by
Sony - a high production values and stark making company
What are key term and conventions throughout the music video of both the country and the hip hop
Western
Cowboys
Guns
Horses
Sheriff
Setting
Hay bells
Money chase
Hip hop
Expersive clothing and items
Dance battles
Vibrant colours
Chains
How can the rabbit hole be significant to the shots
Could be modern times Alice and the wonderland: intersexuality
What does the lyric mean “last time i was here they weren’t so inviting” “your with me its all right”
When lil nas xs song hit the charts the billboard dint want him on it essentially because of him being a black male. But now billy a white male is in the music video Billy’s saying its okay im here now hinting at racism
Stuart hall - stereotypes
Old town road is a video that undermines stereotypes of masculinity. Instead of reducing maleness to ideals of physical strength, quiet brooding and aggressive behaviour, the cowboy trope is being subverted by lil nas x and billy ray wearing a sparkly pink outfit and singing and dancing with the locals.
How does Steve neales genre theory relate to old town road
Old town road demonstrates neales notion that genres are not fixed but rather subdivided nd fuse to produce something new and novel
. This innovation techniques can be utilities to minimise audiences enjoyment as well as provide elements that they still recognise and appreciate.
The typical character types settings and other iconology associated with the wester genre will be familiar to many audieneces, however lil nas x audio mix and inclusion of modern African individuals help morph this film into something completely unique. Playing with traditional codes subverts audiences expectations and introduces new and preogressuve attuides towards both gender and genres
Judith butlers - gender performativity theory
Lils nas x performance in old town road resists gender binaries by presenting himself as queen
Heteronormativity is rejected by visuals and yet could be seen as pararody in the lyrics ‘cheated on my baby? My life is a movie/ bull riding and boobies.
Lil nas x swaps his plain brown cow body outfit for a more extravagant e,embellished costume: not something worn by Macho males
Representation of setting and location
The urban location juxtaposes against the typical plains of a cowboy movie to emphasise and illustrate the differences between expectations off you black American men and alternate presented by lil nas x
What are the messages and values of the music video
Main messages of this production was to steer away from society norms. Like the western music video will normally have a gun fight with white males where as in old town road lil nas.x is the cowboy (black and gay)nand the sheriff was also black - its showing that you don’t have too follow society norms and yo don’t have too live up to traditional expectations everyone tells you too live up too
What gender role are presentaed in the music video
The girl calling for her father to help her shows the typical role that men are superior and stronger and women need them to survive
What audeince is the music video for r
Anyone who likes hip hop music
Representation of age
Lil nas x dancing with the older women in the end - its unusual due to the older genderaion noormally known to have a vendetta against black male so its a change too see that
What is Paul gilroys theory
Colonialism: taking over another country to run and exploit it
We were trying to increase the British empires
Paul gilroys says that we can still see this effect in media
He says that you can still see ethinic minotries as being dehumanised and “other”
They aren’t seen as being a good and powerful as white British communities has
