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[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Sam Smith has sparked a row over 'hyper-sexualised' dancing in their new music video with critics arguing it is 'normalising pornography' in pop culture - but fans claim it is 'empowering'.

The 'raunchy' video for the singer's new track I'm Not Here To Make Friends has led to a debate over whether it should be age restricted on platforms such as YouTube due to its supposedly explicit content.

It shows them arriving at a castle in a helicopter before dancing alongside a large number of performers wearing corsets, suspenders and nipple tassels. A fountain of water is also seen being sprayed into the singer's mouth.

In other scenes, the dancers are filmed slowly thrusting on a bed wearing only black leather underwear and later surround Smith, who is non-binary and uses the pronouns they/them, while dancing provocatively.

Fat man dances like a stripper in women’s lingerie accompanied by other men in women’s underwear dancing for teens and tweens. Calls himself non-binary so grooming is forgiven and the debate is about pornography for some fucking reason.

The way that the media, even the right wing media, humours this fat twat is unbelievable.

[–]Haylstorm 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

A bunch of youtubers getting demonetised for using words like asshole but this shit is perfectly fine...

[–]Newzok 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's all just marketing. That they use this 'controversial' angle to sell the blandest chart pop is hilarious.

[–]JulienMayfair 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You're exactly right. It's such a piece of lightweight crap as a song that no one would be paying any attention to it otherwise.

[–]Newzok 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I gave it a listen because curious. Anodyne normie mush you'll hear at the gym, in the supermarket, on someone else's car radio. But never voluntarily. Similar vibe to whatshisface from One Direction. All pandering, no vision.

[–]JerzyZulawski 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

He looks like Paul Shane.

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hi-De-Hi campers!

[–]UncleWillard56 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No account for taste, but his music is complete drivel. Most of the music the industry puts out is. Bunch of dance music or hip-hop that is degrading to everyone, imo. I mean, even if the music were good, this video is disgusting and should be age restricted. It's musical pornography, which is ironic given that people who love this crap are so against actual pornography, unless its wrapped in rainbow flags.

[–]MikeSopes 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

"We can't have porn, that's anti-women! Instead, let's promote the trans agenda, which is totally not actively attacking women and womanhood!"

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah, whatever

Music videos have always been full of this stuff. They were invented in the 1980s after all.

The only reason anyone cares about this is because they hate Sam Smith.

Which is a legitimate reason but so many people are being completely disingenuous.

[–]JulienMayfair 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

True. And a lot of elements of this video were stolen from Madonna and Lady Gaga videos that were better produced -- or The Rocky Horror Picture Show. As far as I can tell, the whole point of it is for Smith to act like he looks sexy. Like many things these days, it's hard to tell if it's parody or if he's serious.

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Paula Abdul, etc . . . There have been a lot of very sexual music videos.