dodie - Cool Girl (Official Video)

[@muun6834]

is anyone else absolutely obsessed with the trousers they’re all wearing

[@weronikaklamka6208]

hahah yesss I want them

[@Tgrlikesart]

I was just thinking this!!

[@danja6799]

Definitely hahaha. They look so comfortable

[@Rasberrylil]

Meeeee

[@marielizabeth3820]

Yessss!!! I’m literally looking online for some right now, I’ve just come back to the video as a reference

[@fairycars]

i can’t believe you started as a 14 yr old in her bedroom with “rain” and now you’re releasing your DEBUT ALBUM!!

[@eva.b5354]

it’s glorious! we’re so proud 💕

[@jrowme9230]

She’s got load of self published albums x

[@harper1628]

@@jrowme9230 they’re all eps though. this one is gonna be full length

[@huh7755]

@@Memeology_Shorts no

[@Quichebro]

okay but rain still slaps

[@teagannam]

Ok it took me a minute to get the theme of this choreography and stuff but wOA THIS IS COOL. She doesn’t do everything in sync with the other dancers but she’s still a part of it (none of them are actually doing the exact same thing anyway), she tries to walk away sometimes but it always ends up being in the direction the dance is going. *She’s pretending like she’s not part of the dance but she still is.* I also love how all of the dancers are a few feet from each other and have slightly different movements - they all have different lives and stories, and feel isolated from each other, but really they’re going through the same things. Beautiful.

[@narayanima1294]

Oh this is my favorite comment.

[@nternetrat]

wow yes!

[@mayormcch33se]

i also love how the space between the dancers almost feels like a reference to the pandemic as well and how during this time when our main communication is through social media negative comparison is higher than ever for so many

[@mayormcch33se]

love your comment by the way, so brilliant

[@seignee]

"she's pretending like she's not part of the dance but she still is" HOLY SHIT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT A "cool girl" IS. *chills.*

[@tessaviolet]

I have SHIVERS

[@mjoymusic7035]

Don't we all👀😳

[@sidhanthprabhudesai7834]

r u real Tessa violet 🥺?

[@lutsic7721]

@@sidhanthprabhudesai7834 да

[@lutsic7721]

тоже самое Х)

[@jm75937]

While watching this video, I was thinking "I wish Tessa and Dodie would collab on a song". So... hint hint. EDIT: NOW I FEEL DUMB BECAUSE YOU HAVE. A LOT... more, please? 😂

[@Neekachu11]

This was filmed in the hall where I sat my finals exams LMAO so weird to see Dodie dancing in the spot where I almost failed, TWICE.

[@sinner272]

LMAO

[@johnrenzzilabbo1621]

Woah really?! Thats actually really sick!!

[@Neekachu11]

@@johnrenzzilabbo1621 hahahaha yep I recognised it instantly due to the trauma lol! Also, thanks for the likes everyone! If anyone is curious, the place at the beginning is where we left our bags and the hall where she is dancing was filled with 300+ desks and chairs. One year I nearly failed as it was a hard exam (I legit passed by 0.1%) and the year I sat my finals I nearly failed because I accidentally got my timings wrong and had to answer 50 questions in half an hour :/ it all worked out in the end though!

[@emilyryan5192]

Oh really

[@PlatonicPurplePanda]

Congrats on passing though!

[@tom_harlock]

rewatching, and keeping my eyes on a different person each time. lovely video

[@doddleoddle]

[@holland7898]

what are you doing here you magnificent human being you oh hi dodie

[@averyk.a2938]

oh my god! the god devine watches the goddess devine ❤️

[@holland7898]

@@averyk.a2938 im gonna bully him for being dodie stan trash like me in his next video

[@snehapradhan5591]

This is such a surprise! A very good one at that!

[@katieannyoder]

One thing I really appreciate in Dodie's music videos is how she seems so aware of all the women around her and how they're experiencing the same pain she is. Like in 6/10, all the other girls in the room who looked just like her were experiencing the same thing, or in Boys Like You, they were all just caught in the same game she was. And here all the women have the same lonely look on their faces, reminding us that our experiences of pain are shared by many others which is both tragic and beautiful. I feel this song is discussing how women try and play the "cool girl", a mythical fantasy created by men (and named by Amy from Gone Girl, oo, look at that) where a woman is chill, doesn't get "emotional" and is "easy" to date. So many women are performing this role in their relationships, and you can see how lonely it makes them feel. Gah, there's just so much to appreciate. I feel we've really progressed from grouping women against each other with the "she wears short skirts I wear t-shirts" stuff. There is so much empathy for women in Dodie's music and it's so great. I don't know...just wanted to say that. Sorry.

[@izzydasilva9703]

I totally agree with you!! Thank you for commenting this! I think a large part of why dodie's music is so comforting to so many people is that it makes everyone feel less alone. It shows us that everyone is going through the same sort of things even though we don't talk about it or necessarily realise it.

[@emilyb1311]

AMEN. Even the way you ended this comment with "sorry" goes to show how we're made to feel even about sharing our ideas... DON'T be sorry for explaining your beautifully worded understanding of Dodie's song! I loved to read it.

[@katieannyoder]

@@emilyb1311 Girl--I realized that the moment I published it, like "Oh gosh, I just apologized for having an opinion, why...whyyyy!" But yes! Thank you! I love how Dodie create something beautiful out of a shared pain many people (particularly but not exclusively women) experience. I'm so happy she's finally getting a full album, she has matured so much as an artist and is making some beautiful works.

[@bronco7087]

Don’t be sorry!! I loved loved loved this interpretation

[@savannaherickson6895]

I love this take!

[@freeasacomet]

dodie said "alosia rights" when she put this one on the album

[@doddleoddle]

bahahah

[@potato.pancake]

she put all of the demos (as demos though) on the album 🥺🥺

[@popoplotc1802]

@@potato.pancake heeey c: Memento mori Unus annus

[@MarleneRodriguez711]

@@popoplotc1802 Memento mori. The clock is ticking

[@maxprofitonemilliongoal5507]

6:03 Easy BIG WIN kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3-xlWV6j7iXgdU

[@halfalive]

i too have a bedroom connected to dance floor heaven.

[@emynicholson]

Great minds think alike,,,,, I can’t wait to hear more from y’all now, not yet is in my top 10 all time favorite albums 💘💘💘

[@eloisamarie6120]

COLLAB

[@rohanimations]

@@eloisamarie6120 they **need** to collab 😅

[@Maryam-mz7jo]

a half.alive comment under dodie's song makes me so happy

[@catkawasaki250]

😂🤣😂

[@potkettle]

It was only right near the end when I realised "holy crap, that's all one take". So so good. Also adore the production on this, the kick drum is absolutely gorgeous and warm, and the vocals are mixed perfectly

[@TheHazelHayes]

Beautiful as ever. God I just love you so much!

[@Duncan2201]

Hazel, you are such a supportive friend, it is so heartwarming!

[@doddleoddle]

MA BABE

[@thetinni]

@@doddleoddle this was the best

[@andrevdhaak]

she's so genuine with her own sound

[@hfGermany]

That's so impressive! Congratulatios to this masterpiece!

[@molloblin]

“Deliberately defying expectations still keeps you beholden to them” - my partner, to me, often.

[@ethelbiza5828]

That has literally just blown my mind. Thank you for sharing that piece of wisdom!

[@FhornPatrick]

Damn! This was so great! Vibes on point, the song gave me chills, and the fact that you did it all in one take is so badass. Congrats!!!

[@acesparks]

i agree. this is a masterpiece

[@estellefoxmusic]

the choreography is gorg

[@aderiancreature8464]

Didn't even notice that * - *

[@ChelseaArtunez]

I literally wrote something ao similar and then saw your comment. One wavelength 😋🦋

[@bethanedlin]

The power walk at 2:12 has been living in my mind rent-free since yesterday and probably will till the end of time and I'm totally cool with that

[@flappetyflippers]

It was _perfect_

[@sigma0thee0enygma]

That Walk randomly pops up in my mind

[@kawaiikat7322]

I think about this walk when I want to be more confident

[@lameperson4867]

3:19 she breaks out of the crowd, looks proud in a childlike way, looking at the person whose approval she is seeking. when the camera zooms out again, i think it symbolized the temporary boost of attention fading, she looks disappointed in that same childlike way, as if subordinate to the person who she chases. when the camera leaves, she falls back into the dances she were trying to escape.

[@annierebeccaa]

Definitely! That need for attention and the frustration of losing it and starting to “blend in” again.

[@megan-wj5gh]

towards the end when she began 'knocking' the other women down, i thought that was really smart. she's acting superior since she's the 'cool girl', she's different as she stood above them all. but then, for a moment, she lies down with them, copying their movements. she's wishing she could be care free like them. whilst they dance in harmony, she's trying to prove herself different. it's like a battle of internalised misogyny for the approval of others. that's my interpretation anyway.

[@simsamsammie]

+

[@ca-ke9493]

ohh that what she was doing. Its a little unclear, maybe because of social distancing?

[@rebeccaogden4583]

That makes so much sense!! I was juggling between different interpretations but the "I'm not like other girls" take makes the most sense to me

[@nec.tarine]

This i such an interesting take (not how I interpreted it at first, but I definitely see this. I think that’s the beauty in music and videos like these, it’s all what you take away from it. Amazing theory though✨

[@reharm_reality]

I also think there's an element of putting yourself down or letting yourself be a victim because you've put others down and you feel guilty. To me it looked like she knocked all the other girls down and then went "what have I done? I'll fall down too then." You can put others down to build yourself up and be the "cool girl", but in the end you defined yourself by other people's expectations so you knocked yourself down too. The relationship you build based on being different isn't going to be a healthy one.

[@conniev7023]

you’re tell me this is the girl i just watched taking shots whilst knitting

[@stagnantmilk]

bahaha

[@doddleoddle]

LOLOLOL

[@josephkarl2061]

She's the Supergirl we all really need 👏👏👏👏

[@confusedpanda2]

Mood

[@chioteedane]

AHAHAHAHA

[@jessicaw2534]

So incredibly excited :') who else has no problem staying hyped about this until March

[@junomoon6553]

basically this is the only thing to be hyped about until march

[@izziethompson7763]

Literally screamed when I found out the album is coming out on my birthday 😂

[@Seranade_WOW]

Haha it was like a gift on your birthday

[@ideldoofer6772]

Me tooooo

[@trashthedragon5407]

I carry the time we don't talk In a backpack Leave it on the side with the nights You didn't call me back And all the ideas, and the hope I'd never ask him for I'll throw them away, it's okay Without a second thought God, I swore I wouldn't play The age old game Yeah, I watched you all ask all your lovers away Rolling your eyes To the backs of your heads Surely you know to close them instead Cool girl Will be different I'll be quiet Oh so easy Cool girl Will be different I'll be quiet Oh so easy How much of a tongue can I bite Until we notice blood? Spit to the left, carry on Just smile and say you're good You all plead and demand All your needs but you can't He'll be asked 'till he's bored I would know, I've been bored before Chill out if it's late Or every heavy sigh will seal a fate God, I swore (God, I swore) I wouldn't play The age old game Yeah, I watched you all ask all your lovers away Rolling your eyes To the backs of your heads Surely you know to close them instead Cool girl Will be different I'll be quiet I'll be easy Cool girl Will be different I'll be quiet I'll be easy No, I won't be like them (Cool girl, will be different, I'll be quiet, I'll be easy) Want me more than friend (Cool girl, will be different, I'll be quiet, I'll be easy) No, I won't be like them (Cool girl, will be different, I'll be quiet, I'll be easy) I'll be quiet again (Cool girl, will be different, I'll be quiet, I'll be easy) Oh so easy

[@grisglez234]

Awesome, thanks ♥️

[@chelseaiosua6498]

Bless you

[@mysss29]

my brain so desperately wants there to be another syllable or two between, "surely you know", and, "to close them instead" (Also, I finally listened to/tried to sing this a few times in the shower today, and I finally heard what, "asked", and "away", were; so then I suddenly understood, "I should know, I've been bored before", and DAMN)

[@papayasaf5134]

I think it's "ask all your lovers to play" rather than "lovers away", and maybe "he'll be arsed till he's bored". Like can be bothered until he's bored

[@scrubdaddy3000]

3:20 this part really struck me and its when the entirety of the choreography’s meaning fell into place. as the other girls continue dancing dodie sings “i wont be like them” and distances herself from the group. but at the end shes in the same position as before. women so often try and ostracize themselves, whether intentionally or not in order to seek out approval. there are moments where they all blend back together, and the end particularly struck me because they end in the same spots as they began. womanhood is a cycle and societally, it cannot be escaped. they will always be perceived the same. small ‘outbursts’ like this for a lack of better terminology are extremely liberating and limiting simultaneously. oof that was a whole essay lol beautiful job dodes. EDIT: looking back at the part i timestamped i also noticed how her expression changes. when she first steps out of the crowd she looks very proud and defiant, but the camera refuses in that moment to let her have the center stage again and as she becomes smaller, her face falls and it looks almost as if shes forced or pulled back into the same choreography. GOD i just watched this and i already want to go on about it for ages.

[@kritikhadka4453]

You described it soo beautifully 😱❤️❤️❤️

[@fairygrrl45]

Beautifully said. It definitely points to the ways we isolate ourselves by trying to be “different” only to be acceptable and accepted in someone else’s eyes. In the end, just as much of a game and performance as any other. I also think there’s something beautifully human in that truth, though, which is that at the end of the day we’re all seeking the same thing, to be loved and accepted for who we are. And we’ll contort into all kinds of knots trying to get it.

[@black_swanN]

[ Lemme modify my comment...] Actually she never did exactly like everybody else. She always slightly missed some moves, but the more the chore goes on, the more it is difficult for her to blend with the others. Walking is very natural move while they're all keeping the dancing, even out of the chorus line, she doesn't. (she refuses?) So when the chorus comes back, they've all gained in grace and even teamed up. She didn't, and she doen't naturally blend with the others anymore. she can't jump, or spin like a ballerina and basically did and feel excluded from the group. (In contrast to the begining when she was surrounded and much happier) Now, she knows old moves, but she doesn't share anything with the others anymore. All she can do is trying to mimic. Voila :) I see with variations throught all the peoples represented here : a struggle to be oneself. End.

[@ElleAura12]

@@black_swanN I really like this interpretation.

[@gh4939]

Gosh, I love your interpretation!

[@reharm_reality]

There's such a strange tension between trying not to be like others but at the same time basing all your behavior off of them. It's brilliantly conveyed here.

[@hadassahm3016]

So dodie asked on Instagram how we interpret the song and I wanted to add. dodie's narrative voice is preoccupied with the discussion of broken promises of the past, and the redundant desires to make them again. From 'you didn't call me back' to 'I'll be different' the narrative voice is splintered between past and future, thematically reminiscent of When. I love the contrast of the line 'I'll be different' with the cyclical use of the line in each chorus. The promise to change is encased into the most repetitive structure of the song showing the misplaced determination of the speaker. The music video visually echos this by placing dodie in the same place and position at the start and end of the video. This song is a cycle. This pain can't be cured until dodie grounds the speaker in their own present needs. This relationship promises to adapt but only leaves the character wallowing in self induced pathos.

[@izzydasilva9703]

Applying this to real life, I feel like this song can be such a wake up call for everybody including myself. We can never truly live life authentically until we stop comparing ourselves to others and what we 'could be' or 'used to be'. We need to start living in the now to be happy!

[@doddleoddle]

oh damn i didn't even notice this tbh but ur so right

[@hadassahm3016]

@@doddleoddle I'm an English student so I love discussing this sort of stuff. My teacher would disown me if I don't talk about narrative voice, structure and intent

[@izzydasilva9703]

@@hadassahm3016 I'm an English student too. Yo if you wanna exchange socials and talk English I'd love to hear more about what you think about things! :)

[@hadassahm3016]

@@izzydasilva9703 yeh sure! It's Hadassah_xyz on Instagram

[@jessicamyers9557]

dodie, you really are such an inspiration not only musically, but just as a woman and how you have matured and persevered in life. Whether or not you realize it, you have helped me and many many others feel recognized, and understood for things that are difficult to explain, process, and understand. I really love you and your work, thank you for motivating and inspiring me every day. You're like a friend I don't have :') lol

[@kierabelson4021]

you've taken the words from my mouth

[@maxprofitonemilliongoal5507]

5:26 2020 Money WIN kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3-xlWV6j7iXgdU

[@jessicamyers9557]

@Robbierut 🥰

[@jessicamyers9557]

@@kierabelson4021 I'm so glad you feel the same way!

[@jessicamyers9557]

@@daniela-g3p8 So happy you relate!

[@ImSupposedToSleep]

I'm a dancer so I focused more on the dancing and it's just a beautiful choreography! it flows very easily and is mesmerizing to watch. it's not about tricks and showing off but about being in sync with the song and the vibe. great artistic choice!

[@lilybee6552]

same, i had trouble concentrating on the song because my brain said oooh let’s learn that dance

[@meagnelhug9976]

*Everyone's giving all these smart cool interpretations, whereas I'm just excited for dodie that she gets to dance somewhere other than her flat* 😂✨

[@emmagine3092]

this mv is so unbelievably gorgeous. the colors make it look like a modern painting and every single one of the women in this video are absolutely STUNNING. dodie legitimately looks like a princess. i have no words.

[@ddlegend]

It's just a video 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@evan]

holy shit this was so good

[@evan]

@Ted Wilson dodie fan

[@alessia8347]

I would say it's fire but I found the girl quite cool

[@nicksterling6351]

your just saying that because its true.... :p

[@misguided_ghost]

hey evan 👋🏽

[@mjoymusic7035]

Right!👏

[@lucymoon]

The strings!! 😭

[@rosianna]

agreee

[@Basomic]

I now want a Cool Girl Instrumental Reprise with just strings!!!

[@yuxutin]

@@Memeology_Shorts 😐😑😐

[@soupiedog23]

they alwayssssss get me

[@heedles]

came back here to confirm that yes, Harry Styles new music video was filmed in the same place! coooool

[@mystichlo]

there is something so beautiful about the sisterhood women share.. knowing we all feel insecurities, feel like we're too much, that we need to water ourselves down to be acceptable and "easy". dodie's music is so empathetic and her music videos are so empowering. her art is so warm and comforting. i love this, dodie, well done

[@nicolecampos9989]

‘i would know, i’ve been bored before’ is such an unexpected, honest line. we’ve been hurt and we hurt others. we’re all messy humans.

[@rebekahshook9023]

"Dodie, don't lip sync for this song" Dodie: can't help but to sing along

[@kaitlynkratz9433]

Honestly I think the subtle mouthing along was a really cool touch. The song itself seems to function as a stream of consciousness throughout, a voice to all the women in the room, but only Dodie is breaking pattern and beginning to figure out and voice that thought process.

[@katherinemartin1653]

IM HIGH ON ANESTHESIA RN FROM MY WISDOM TEETH REMOVAL AND THIS IS FCKING EVERYTHINGGGGGGG THERE ARE TEARS STREAMING DOWN MY FACE I LOVE YOU DODIE

[@doddleoddle]

Omg wow

[@katherinemartin1653]

@@doddleoddle omgomgomg I'm not high anymore LOL I don't even remember writing that but it is 2000% true

[@seekersatori212]

I'm not high but I am still crying.

[@staceyscarfe6074]

"How much of a tongue can I bite until we notice blood? A spit to the left, carry on - just nod and say you're good." I loooooove this, @dodie you are super talented at everything but honestly your writing skills are amazing.

[@AmbyMT]

“How much of a tongue can I bite until we notice blood?” Brilliant.

[@annelieschulze3945]

love how to the end she does these kicks, literally kicking them down bc she ‘wont be like the other girls’ not knowing shes bringing her self down with it... I had chills ugh so good

[@hannahnimer820]

The sequences where everyone is dancing at the same time and the build up to the ending of the song when Dodie knocks them down was mesmerizing. I was just thinking about how hideous it feels to fight yourself to be what society want and in the process you are putting other women down. Even when we all are in the same dance doing the same things.

[@anna-zc6gv]

i love how in contrast to human you’re not constructing someone else to fit you, you’re trying to construct yourself. the variations of you are how you want to be perceived, perhaps by others, or how you want to perceive yourself. maybe it’s like 6/10 with comparison to others or maybe it’s about self love and growing but struggling to do so because how could you possibly fit all these ”cool girls” into a single cool girl. how you all move together but you separate yourself from the others maybe trying to be different and be your own cool girl but then you’re absorbed back into how others perceive you which leads you to feel isolated because you’re not presenting yourself simply another variation of this cool girl. and the ending could be how you detach yourself from it because you don’t feel truthful to who you are portraying to others- and that’s my really bad analysis of it hehehe

[@anna-zc6gv]

omg looking over it there’s so many errors and a bit is badly worded i hope you get my meaning though!

[@lordor317]

@@anna-zc6gv no i think this is a rly cool interpetation!!

[@edensylvester13]

Do you mean Human, not Boys Like You?

[@anna-zc6gv]

@@edensylvester13 oh shoot yes ahahahah

[@anna-zc6gv]

@@edensylvester13 it must be the excitement got to me lolll

[@ThePurpleBoom]

I'm so glad I'm not crazy and everyone is talking about this being the same location as Harry Styles' new video. I INSTANTLY recognized it too. We're just a bunch of sneaky sleuths. Cheers everyone!

[@aryy]

love this!

[@drachior]

Never thought ariel would know dodie's music. Glad you like her :D you're both doing great works.

[@idkwtfimdoing]

oh my god aryy i was literally listening to your song "Creep" by radiohead before this!! ily

[@elisluyter4791]

the aesthetic of this era is so strong!

[@rebeccaogden4583]

ITS SO GOOD

[@hannahwitton]

oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh

[@arunmusic26]

LYRICS I carry the time we don’t talk In a backpack Leave it on the side with the nights you didn’t call me back And all the ideas, and the hope I’d never ask him for I’ll throw them away, it’s okay, without a second thought God I swore I wouldn’t play the age old game yeah i watched you all ask all your lovers away rollin your eyes, to the back of your heads surely you know to close them instead Cool girl Will be different I’ll be quiet Oh so easy Cool girl Will be different I’ll be quiet Oh so easy How much of a tongue can I bite Until we notice blood Spit to the left, carry on Just smile and say you’re good you all plead and demand All your needs but you can’t He’ll be asked till he’s bored I would know, I’ve been bored before Chill out if its late or Every heavy sigh will seal a fate God I swore I wouldn’t play the age old game yeah i watched you all ask all your lovers away rollin your eyes, to the back of your heads surely you know to close them instead Cool girl Will be different I’ll be quiet I’ll be easy Cool girl Will be different I’ll be quiet I’ll be easy No I won’t be like them Want me more than friend No I won’t be like them I’ll be quiet again Cool girl Will be different I’ll be quiet I’ll be easy Oh so easy (byw i'm a singer/songwriter inspired by Lauv and Jeremy Zucker. It'd mean a lot if you check out my music and subscribe,promise you won't regret💛. Have a good day)

[@Glあss]

thanks :)

[@utkarshed]

Thank you!

[@bluepursue8542]

I appreciate you 🙏🙏

[@kennedy2594]

I love how she tries to be “not like the other girls” but ends up doing something similar anyways because no girl is really “not like other girls”

[@sarahturner4148]

OOF okay That ending tho! She slowly pushes every girl away in an attempt to be cool and different from them, and finally begins to put HERSELF down to be more palatable to whoever she's trying to win the affection of... but one of the other girls raises her arm, and dodie copies her-- because even though she says she doesnt want to be like them and has pushed them away, she really does.

[@NelsonDellis]

AMAZING video!

[@g8yearsago948]

I second that

[@ddlegend]

I laugh at video 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️ it made me piss my pants

[@heydebee]

brilliant.

[@pragmatic]

Quite!

[@stellas1450]

debeeee tu por aquiiii

[@heydebee]

@@stellas1450 AMO

[@joykeenan3595]

Ok but the choreographer deserves all the money in the world- my god that was amazing

[@sabrinang6123]

everyone else: the masterful spins perfectly mirror the complexity of the lyrics and the movements reflect the inner conflict of the - me: p r e t t y p a n t s

[@ZeldaandFairies]

okAY dodie filming here before Harry Styles 😍 loooooll

[@pixel1280]

AGGHHHHHH DODIE IM LITERALLY CRYING AND IT HASNT EVEN STARTED YET

[@acesparks]

aah i already know this is gonna be amazing i can FEEL it edit: i can't even describe how incredibly good this is... i am so proud

[@NOAHFINNCE]

YESSSS

[@willow7085]

Yoo noah didn't expect to see you here!

[@astttrraahh]

Hayyyy Noah

[@CloudHopper789]

What do you guys think of “Art” as a 3 letter non-binary name?

[@lilywilliams5141]

@@CloudHopper789 that’s a good name. could be interpreted as the noun or as short for arthur, etc. good vibes, not fully clockable if that’s a concern for you. i dig it as a neutral or leaning either way name

[@CloudHopper789]

@@lilywilliams5141 awesome! I like Arthur, reminds me of the knight of the round tables and I like art which is abstract and gender less. I want to go by he/they, so that’s perfect. Thank you so much! 🎭🤴🏼

[@meganprice3757]

I have a migraine so I can't think of a clever way to word this but the patterns of choreography remind me of someone with a mental illness/disorder/neuro divergence masking, finally feeling free to take the mask off, immediately being rejected by society and having to re-mask by mirroring someone "normal"

[@dorastodolsky9432]

omg they have color coordinated socks!! OMG THEY HAVE COLOR COORDINATED SOCKS!!!!!!!!!

[@TB-ky7de]

that’s cause they’re all cool girls.

[@jorisdrm4rt3n57]

OH MY GOD THEY DO THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME NOTICE :DDD

[@biscuitsundown9757]

dodie: don't get attached, I'll never do anything with these songs also dodie: makes cool girl the first single of her debut album

[@yaboi3912]

OH MY GOD AT 2:11 WHEN DODIE FLIPS HER HAIR AND LOOKS AT THE CAMERA,, WOW I JUST- WOW She’s so talented gOd

[@Alexis-ob5rq]

Me: *lesbian noises*

[@ddlegend]

Why does her mic quality sound like it's only meant for commentary videos also this comment you just put is basically what this whole comment section is LMFAO it's just a video

[@12s0ph]

@@Alexis-ob5rq *same*

[@moej3386]

@@ddlegend What

[@ddlegend]

@@moej3386 did you not read it it right I said what I said

[@polandbananasBOOKS]

love this

[@nataliebakken9267]

OMG CHRISTINE’S A DODIE FAN STOP THIS IS EVERYTHING

[@doddleoddle]

CHRISTIIIINE 💕💕

[@sarahlevine2397]

Christine!!! :)

[@anthonyzamora9790]

WHATS THE MAIN INGREDIANT ?

[@magdalenadolorico-francoeu4596]

I GASPED I LOVE YOU BOTH AND SHE REPLIED I-

[@rubylyra341]

The fact that the video starts and ends in the same place shows a permanent repetition of feelings and situation. I love this song so much

[@CatSale689]

Hi dodie! I don’t know if you’ll ever see this, but i can’t believe how much this hit me. I’m loud and angsty and hyper and big all the time, and when I like someone, I want to be the universe for them and make everything and anything possible, including if they don’t want me to be me. I’ve fought against my own desire to speak and act for a lot of my life, with the hopes that it would make me more whatever. I just, I don’t know how anyone can do it. I have such a hard time imagining not wanting to express yourself, or not having to fight against it, and so I’ve surrounded myself with people who are as loud and expressive and in sync with their own garbage as me, and it’s wonderful and lovely until I start craving novelty. I guess my phenotype is the one to blaze my own social path; to throw quiet and normal out the window and make a new normal, but it hurts when I like or love someone who rejects that. It’s weird, how love seems to work, and how it attracts us to people that we honestly can be incompatible with. It’s also weird to see someone who you know is too bogged down by their own perceptions of how a life should be ran that, despite them loving you back, they choose to be comfortable. I suppose I shouldn’t fault anyone for being comfortable, especially since that’s all I’m pursuing as well. Aaaanyway, I adore your song, and I adore your words, and it was recommended right when I needed a reminder that being “cool” isn’t necessary or even fun. It’s not worth it, not really. Thank you :)

[@bhxnvi6789]

Look how Dodie is alone in the beginning and then she goes to the other girls. In my opinion the other girls are the "cool girls" different from what Dodie is when she is herself. Also notice that she is barely in coordination with them like she is either before or after. Sometimes her moves dont even match with them. It's like she is trying so hard to fit in but she can't. But then again she's been through all of that after which she swore she wouldnt play the same old game which is why she keeps stopping and walks away. But then she looks at the camera giving it somewhat a sardonic smile, walks a bit and smiles again before going back with them. It's like she is doing this to please someone and this someone here might be represented by the camera. She stops and continues repeatedly, trying to blend in but then remembering that she's been there before but then trying to please someone again. She goes lying again with them blending in. But then she realises how much she had hurt everyone around her and realises she doesn't fit in with them and goes back sitting alone where she first was. She looks at the camera calmly, unbothered of what they think, since she is different and not like them but not difficult. But what she doesnt seem to notice is that everyone is different too. Like no one has been in coordination perfectly all the time as such and yet it's as if Dodie fails to see it. For e.g the girl shown at 0:34 in the beginning is alone in her corner too. Or at 2:21 there's someone else beside her trying to catch up with her, trying to fit in too but Dodie is too blinded by the person(s)/here represented by the camera as I said before. It happens also time where they are doing mismatched/contradictory moves but Dodie doesnt pay notice, her attention focused on the camera.

[@lunadoodles8810]

there's no way to be "wrong" this is an interpretation !! well said, btw.

[@meikotuna]

quite a *cough* cool *cough* way to see it...

[@lunadoodles8810]

@@meikotuna i love you

[@meikotuna]

@@lunadoodles8810 lmao love you too!!!

[@ldeluxe2283]

Imagine she wasn't off set on purpose and people are just roasting her in the comments XD

[@caitlin1815]

only dodie could release a bop about lettuce, then also upload this masterpiece

[@sarahdave5786]

As someone who is training in the arts, THIS is the reason why. Gorgeous music and choreo and as inspiring as ever xx

[@gabriellelee4558]

Absolutely incredible. And the choreography is absurdly good, loved it. And holy crap, the soloist in the crop turtleneck and green trousers is STUNNING. Her imrpov is on POINT.

[@madeleinecarson7262]

I love how pleasing the colors are in these videos,it’s like exactly my vibe. As an artist I really appreciate that stuff

[@rebeccasteeves6451]

never been more excited to not pay attention to a class than i am right now

[@lauren1260]

Same my notes will stay only half finished

[@itsGigiGarcia]

THE WALK TOWARDS THE CAMERA GAVE ME CHILLS ❤️

[@alicebergonzi3802]

Me too! I loved that bit

[@reharm_reality]

It was gorgeous

[@baileygraykeith9072]

Dodie, your music is sometimes my main source of comfort in a day. It keeps me company and gets me through. It makes me smile, laugh and cry and dance. Thank you endlessly for your vulnerability and honesty. You are a cool girl.

[@SaskiaRozemarijn]

Same hall as 'As it was' from Harry Styles! But Dodie was first! ❤️

[@darrenwoodbine3842]

I don't usually watch music videos a lot, but I've watched this one so many times already. It's all so perfectly beautifully done, the song and choreography just goes so well together. Kudos to everyone invovled.

[@thesage9016]

THE POWER THAT WALKING SECTION HAD !also did anyone else love the bi little top big pants thing ? THANK YKU DODIE!

[@susannewhitney3735]

This is the comment I was looking for! That synced walking floored me, and I am in love with the way they are dressed.

[@curious1499]

let's just take a moment to appreciate the therapy session that took place in the live chat. it was wholesome.

[@lunadoodles8810]

i remember you from the live chat !! and yes :') this fandom is the best

[@thetinni]

OMG MY TWO BRAIN CELLS ARE SHAKING.

[@davidmathew3649]

omg from the discord!!! hi!!!!

[@mbaldwin4375]

@@davidmathew3649 theres a diSCORD ?!!?

[@relaxolotl788]

sis same

[@madeleinechristensen9306]

Quaking

[@viczanatelli6980]

GO TINNI GOOO

[@alingoodtime]

i used to be a hardcore dodie fan in around 2015/2016 during her "my face" type songs if i remember correctly ( i hardly remember anything that happened a few years ago lol ) and i just got this in my recommended now that i'm fifteen, almost sixteen. dodie helped me come to terms with my depression, my anxiety, my sexuality, with myself in general, and she was also just a presence that made my day brighter everytime i watched one of her videos. and now to see her still making beautiful music, and thriving, is so wonderful. this song is really incredible and has such a great message behind it, and i'm about to go listen to it about twenty more times :))

[@giovannibonfiglio9243]

The way I interpret this song is as follows. It depicts the feelings one experiences when dating/seeing someone who doesn’t respond or match your emotional needs. It’s this constant worry of being annoying because you act out in the middle of the night for the attention your craving. It then expresses the subsequent pain and embarrassment you experience after you’ve ‘acted out’ - I think this is emphasized when dodie sings “chill out if it’s late, or every heavy sigh will seal a fate”. The choreography and the addition of the other girls is to highlight how each of us might experience similar feelings in our lifetime but we aren’t aware of how others around us might experience similar moments of desperation and delayed rejection. The beauty of them dancing similar but not the same is that each of them showcase their insecurities from past relationships differently and that factors into how they respond to manipulative situations.

[@tamsinsylvie4331]

My favourite song from the new ALOSIA, and the new album so far 🥰 I CANNOT wait for March 5th :))

[@joannetan4503]

it premieres at one am,,,, dodie would want me to get some rest,, but

[@tired9016]

omg same!!

[@fishfish7985]

Wow , 5pm for me

[@rainbowsparkles8017]

1am squad RISE

[@abigailchorley8118]

It premiered at 5pm in the UK

[@KittyCatThang]

I love how fluid everyone's movements are! There's so much character in every person's dancing, you're all telling stories and I love it so much!

[@joshuathompson5082]

I love the dodie deep dancing music videos in this era!! O my god they’re beautiful!

[@himeshymns]

2:11-2:19 THE STORYTELLING OF THAT SHOT AND CHOREO ALONE IS JUST SO BRILLIANT AAAAAA I felt that in my soul qwq me marching alongside a bunch of well put together girls who are extroverted, pretty and sociable, while I'm barely put together, a bit slouchy, INTROVERTED, and asocial ;-;

[@Kate-yw7wy]

So d*mn excited for this. Dodie's gotten me through a break-up, a move, an altogether a sh*t period of my life. I will always need her music.

[@rebeccaogden4583]

never realized how much i would be affected by dodie walking towards me on beat

[@jemmalouise9693]

Geez. Same 😂

[@sophiamacgregor2011]

To me the dancing in the music video feels like Dodie is trying to fit in with all the other girls but she keeps getting distracted while dancing and looking a different direction or stops dancing but the lyrics I feel like she's trying to not Pine over someone again I love lyrical dancing this is absolutely gorgeous

[@manicmelomaniac4652]

I’m all choked up. Goosebumps galore. Just gorgeous.

[@yuuri9064]

I find the lines "You will plead and demand all your needs but you can't He'll be asked 'til he's bored I would know, I've been bored before" And "I won't be like them Want me more than friend" To be really interesting. It's like this relationship is similar to "Boys Like You" - there's more, but the partner does not want a romantic relationship. Or, they're sending mixed signals, with them saying no but acting in ways that would suggest romance. They're insistent that they're "just friends", and she wants more, but she feels guilty for wanting more. She's been in this situation before, guy friends who keep pursuing despite rejection. So she thinks she's being like them, and doesn't want to be, so she doesn't say that she wants more out of this. But I think the situation is probably different. This guy does show an interest, likely sexual, in her, whereas she did not show any interest to the guys. But since the guy doesn't want it to be a romantic, likely closed, relationship, it feels very similar. The guy might be using this to manipulate her into staying with him in a not-quite relationship. But this song seems to mostly be about the ways women often perform, mostly for men, and hurt themselves and each other in the process. "Cool girl" disparages most women as being "uptight", "nags", "clingy", etc.

[@amypike4304]

Ugh I can't even explain how much I love it when art comes together like this!! The music, the lyrics, the lighting, the colors the movement, the list goes on. Every frame is like a painting or sculpture it's so beautiful. Seing it all together builds up this feeling in your tummy of emotion. I love it when art inspires more art. I watch this and I just want to creat

[@11sriver40]

Can we agree that Dodie singing "somewhere over the rainbow" was the single most wholesome and beautiful thing ever to have been done ever ❤️🥺

[@eva.b5354]

yess 🥺

[@joeherrera3178]

We love seeing Dodie go from talking about how she can’t dance to this masterpiece ✨

[@Icaron98]

love the strings on this one

[@taraariadne6839]

how far dodie has come is astounding. all her old videos was just her with her ukulele, singing her own songs in her room. a few years later, she has a whole video with beautiful choreography and a warm, vintage aesthetic to it. im not good with words but idk, it just makes me so happy to see that people can come so far just with talent and dedication. thanks for being there, dodie, youve really helped me a lot.

[@sarie4474]

*DODIE OUT HERE MAKING 2020 BETTER.*

[@KateBrunotts]

this song means so much to me I'm so EXCITED!!!

[@user-ms6zs8cy7w]

it's soooo pretty --- and the color scheme is absolutely stunning --- and the dancers --- and the way they dance --- and the music --- and dodie, dodie, dodie

[@queenieau2797]

This isn't just a music video, it's a whole masterpiece

[@RedLeClerc]

I'm so overcome with emotion. Proudness, sadness, jealousy, joy, and everything in between. The opening shot made me think of how far she has come, and how much her artistry has grown since I started watching her as a young teen. She and her music has guided me through my youth to my young adulthood, and has shaped me so much as an artist myself. This song and this video captures so much emotion and representation, I just can't help but cry. I cannot wait for the album to come out.

[@Amalthya]

UBER EXCITED! I literally haven't stopped listening to this since it came out ✨

[@miahernandez3299]

IM SUPPOSED TO BE DOING HOMEWORK BUT THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW AHHHHH

[@lunadoodles8810]

your pfp is so fitting i love it lmao

[@miahernandez3299]

zaykawaii why thank you

[@clau7522]

2:11 dodie/director really knows how to coordinate the song with the video, this slight touch look incredible :))) let me sit and wait until march

[@kasperstenbom]

Omg, goosebumps. That was just lovely. My favorite part was at 2:10 when you moved your hair "oh so easy" and, where ya'll start walking forward with the beat, AH, so cool.

[@user-df2kg4cd8r]

2:12 AAAHHHH MY GOD This was so powerful and beautiful, so much so that I started tearing up. I love the build of the music with all of your steps and how you all look so amazingly stunning. Thank you Dodie 💚