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[@doddleoddle]

The burp probably was a direct quote to be honest

[@chokladmoln]

Hiiiii Dodie ilysm

[@ICOEPR]

That's fair.

[@apsycopathicpluviophile9881]

Hellllllllo u my bæ

[@dorainfante2214]

john smith Yes. Yes we do.

[@zoechalais8006]

john smith because the perfect equality isn't reached yet ?

[@Louisepentland]

Since it was my videos that people commented on saying you should vlog, I'm gonna take a big chunk of credit for your future PMS and will look forward to it every month. Not my PMS, only yours. Good job being pretentious about art and stuff too. (Sense my good natured tone please!) x

[@Louisepentland]

PS- Wrote this from my Glitter account. You're welcome. x

[@hollyrebecca7716]

I sense the tone louise!! Love you xx

[@JackHoward]

of course you will take the credit, knew you would figure out a way

[@roisinska]

you lovely girl.

[@sarahvican4531]

You two are my favorite friendship tbh

[@ICOEPR]

1 - Very glad I introduced you to 2001: A Space Odyssey. 2 - I look forward to seeing what PMS becomes in your hands.

[@jordanwillis1363]

That movie is amazing! HAL is such a creepy antagonist even though he's just a computer. I can't believe Jacks waited so long before watching it! It's definitely a must see :)

[@neafcy]

Are basically in charge of Jack's input now?

[@josephmarwick667]

+ICOEPRproductions ARE YOU RACIST!

[@fluffylovey]

What goes best with wine? Another wine, obviously.

[@ruthmeansfriend]

Indubitably.

[@Dylamn]

Yes, quite.

[@SavageLynelButtPlug]

Balls deep!

[@asheloise5746]

Balls deep, my friend, balls deep!

[@a7xmaNga]

Aisling O'Brien why i read this in Dean's accent in gbsp2013 video i don't know but then i found it hilarious :D

[@TheHazelHayes]

I really wish you'd made a reaction video to Elastic Heart now.

[@janzy58]

Jack just sits there staring at the screen, his head leaning on one hand, occasionally blinking. Riveting.

[@rockroyalty97]

everytime I watch elastic heart, I see something I didn't see before or start to interpret it differently. It's seriously so beautiful.

[@JackHoward]

I'm with you there, Emma

[@holliewouldnt]

Just watched the Elastic Heart video now, my first reaction was that Maddie is representing some sort of internal demon or addiction that Shia is fighting with rather than any sort of literal relationship

[@holliewouldnt]

or the cage is a symbol of a struggle or addiction and she is an image of his mind trying to fight his way out

[@JackHoward]

Hollie Watson great stuff, I love all of these

[@jennielicence6459]

I quite like looking at it as them being father and daughter, and that the father is dealing with something like alcoholism or mental illness or something like that, and that, to start off with, Sia/Maddie doesn't get on with him, but eventually tries to help him. He can't get out of what ever he's dealing with so she gives up

[@roisinska]

i saw it as the opposite! shia is the addiction maddie is fighting.

[@NDMeow93]

***** Nah I definitely see Shia as being the addicted one. Anyway, addiction definitely came to my mind when watching it as well.

[@DanLayton]

I haven't made it past 20 seconds yet, because it's pronounced 'Nu-Cle-Ar' and we're going to have to have lessons. The rest of the video best make me forget this.

[@DanLayton]

It didn't make me forget it. After we've watched the Sia video and had a lengthy chat and/or cuddle over the crying, we'll discuss Nuclear War. Not the details OF nuclear war, or its ramifications - just that it's not pronounced New-cue-lar, and that you aren't George Bush. Actually, here ends the lesson. Let's go watch Sia.

[@JazWbu]

I love how your videos are always original. Some KZbinrs do nothing but Q&A's and Tags and there's nothing wrong with that, but it's nice to see something different. Great video Jack

[@planetamy1886]

your viewers are so well education with amazing opinions and views, this is the most intelligent comment section wow

[@planetamy1886]

also my view ( which may or may not me correct ) is both the character are the same person but two sides of them. I did a bit of research and found out that the reason Sia is never seen in her videos/ uses the wig in interviews/ not many people know what she looks like ( compared to other large artists) is due to the fact that she has an anxiety disorder I believe that in the video the man trapped in cage represents what her anxiety does to her on the other hand the girl dancing is portraying her childhood in which she was free of worry and stress/ or what she wishes she could be like. Throughout the beginning of the video it seems that the child Is tormenting the man with the fact that she's free and not restrained in the cage. Ultimately the man wants to escape and be free with the child.But the child is making fun ( I can't think of a better phrase :/) of the man for being trapped in the cage. However towards the end of the video we see the child trying to help the man escape and I'm not sure quite how this fits in with my interpretation so if anyone is

[@planetamy1886]

kind enough to reply to this with your views it would be greatly appreciated

[@JackHoward]

I just read your interpretation. So well thought out and constructed, I really enjoy that point of view.

[@planetamy1886]

thank you so much Jack

[@isabelle5968]

Amy that was long and serious af

[@metakognicija]

The more I watch Elastic Heart, the more ideas pop in my head. I still haven't figured it out completely, but for now, I see it as a story about struggling with some sort of mental illness. I understand where you're going with the father/daughter thing and I think it could be a combination of these two, Shia being the one (maybe the father) with the illness and Maddie trying to help him (which would fit with your theory at that part when she makes him pull funny faces, possibly reminding him of what he used to be like when she was younger, something like that) despite the fact that he can sometimes be aggressive and fight with her, just like at the beginning of the video. And about those comments like "he could obviously fit through that cage, duh", well, I think that has a meaning as well (maybe I've just gone a bit too far). It could represent the ignorant comments people with mental illness get, like "why don't you just TRY and be happy?" and "some people have it worse than you". In other words, just because someone thinks a certain problem is very easy to solve doesn't mean it's easy for the person who's actually struggling. The way Maddie pulls Shia at the end looks like that to me. Anyway, as I've said, I still haven't put it all together, but this is my interpretation so far. Maybe we all just see what we want to see. P.S. I absolutely love the amount of different opinions here and the fact that people don't fight just because they have different interpretations. You've started a very good thing here, Jack.

[@goodluckginkgo]

I've watched elastic hearts a few times now and I think Maddie represents some kind of destructive part of Shia. It reminded me of something my drama teacher told me when we were doing a project on bullying. When a pack of wild dogs decides to drop one of the members, the individual will die in about a week. Not because they can't survive on their own, but because they get depressed and refuse to eat. In a way they self destruct. I think human do a similar thing. We all have this part of ourself that hates us or maybe even wants us dead (extreme cases). The hard thing about it is that it disquises as something innocent, something you wouldn't want to fight or hurt, for example a little girl. To me the lyrics also seem to be about some eternal struggle and about not knowing whether you should keep fighting or not. That's just my thoughts

[@CrashBangAdam]

You've actually made women and men excited for PMS, well played Jack.

[@SueFye]

I watched Sia's videoclip yesterday and it made me cry too. Saw many comments beforehand relating it with paedophilia or saying it was chauvinist with him being clearly stronger than her. So simplistic... Loved how the video is beautiful and painful at the same time, and actually realised that the girl, Maddie Ziegler, is the strongest all the time. He's scared. Great video. Anyway, looking forward to following your pms project, I followed sammy's and enjoyed a lot.

[@ICOEPR]

Thnx bbz

[@brookeeyles5977]

I was watching Elastic Heart earlier and I totally agree! It's honestly one of my favourite music videos of all time. I rarely find a video that I can click repeat on over and over and interpret something different each time so I was completely blown away by it. I look forward to PMS!

[@DaAuntie]

THANK YOU, f*cking THANK YOU! This video title made me instantly think about Sia and when you brought it up it made me cry. I can't remember the last time any popstar has shared anything so touching and personal in a such vulnerable manner. The viewer is hurting but can't look away, breathtaking!

[@MarisaG329]

Bless you for talking about Elastic Heart. That video was incredible on so many levels. As a dancer and choreographer I'm used to viewing pieces that are very vague and allow for that kind of personal interpretation and my favorite pieces are always the ones where I can't pinpoint the moment it began affecting me or even what it was about it that I connected with but by the end I'm a crying mess. Loved hearing your interpretation of it and thoughts in general. It was actually your reblogging of the video on tumblr that lead me to the video in the first place so thanks for that :)

[@purplebeanful]

Jack Howard is intelligent, hard-working, hilarious, witty, self-aware, open-minded and opinionated in all the right ways. Very rarely compelled to comment on youtube videos but find a plethora of clever comments and a stream of funny, intellectual commentary in all of Jack's videos that often has me doing just that! He seems to be a talented, top chap! (Also, Lee who's basic)!!

[@SpazzyKidd]

Now, I can give a more intelligent response to Jack's video after watching it. I watched Sia's new video as well, and I agree with Jack's interpetation of a father and a daughter. I enjoy watching modern dancers, so I see nothing sexual about the movement of the Shia and Maddie. Like Jack said, it's demonstrating the complexity of a father-daughter relationship, and how the father has his own personal demons that cage him, which limits how close he can get with daughter. And it shows the daughter trying to be there for him, but sometimes it can be too much and she has to leave his cage in order to for her to remain sane. The video itself is super artsy and deep, and I love it.

[@rachaelclark5909]

Exactly what I was thinking, was about to comment something similar but I don't need to :)

[@zannahlu]

Take a shot every time jack says the word "pretentious"

[@jessicatastro]

Aw, as an art history student loving to interpret and analyse EVERYTHING this made me very happy. I mean the symbolism in that Sia video is so powerful, down to every last movement and detail. Also, I think that the fear we all seem to have of being pretentious is kinda unfortunate, because it's blocking so many people from actually thinking about - and hence fully enjoying - the things they see. Hope to see more pretentiousness from you, Jack!

[@TheLittleHydra]

For me it was the end of the music video that actually made me feel...things. When the girl is leading him out and the fact that he can't leave. Her reaction really stuck with me, it was 2 am when I watched it so that may be linked in some ways as I'm not normally moved by music videos and only two others have stuck with me in the same way. So far I've watched it 5 times.

[@chronicallywalking]

This monthly vlog thing sounds so good! Not going to lie I started watching Louise a lot more when Jack was vlogging and now I just watch all her vlogs religiously, very excited to see it!

[@kirstentaylor3865]

I'm so glad to hear someone talk about the Sia video. I've watched it SO many times, and I can't stop watching it. It gives me more of an emotional reaction than the chandelier video, I think it's amazing.

[@DesignLilly]

Finally!!! Someone who "understand" Sia's new music video or at least try to understand it! My news feed has been flowing with hate comments on the video which I personally find mind blowing. Like you said it's about struggle. You can so easily relates to what she sings, breakup, friend betrayal, work problems, familial problems, just anything!

[@fallout985]

Very excited to see the PMS videos! And I really like your interpretation of Sia's music video. I didn't really know what my view on it was but yours really opened my eyes :D

[@orla45]

So happy you made this video Jack! I consider myself an unrefined and ignorant peasant but even I can recognise the brilliance and creativity of Sia's video. It gave me chills and I felt like it was a privilege to watch it. Brilliant to see somebody put themselves out there and take risks like Sia does

[@mItAkaXnaa]

I do agree that the video represents the struggles that father and daughter go through in their relationship and it is so beautiful

[@frigginboom]

I think the Sia video is about a guy that needs something extreme for him to change his sedentary life style. He doesn't really understand where his life is going and it takes a zombie apocalypse to chan...hang on I am thinking of Shaun of the Dead

[@unji1210]

scott pls

[@raythomas2586]

I totally understand how you cried at the video, the end got to me the most as the girl's desparation to get her father out of the cage is really powerful and then she has to give up and let go

[@emilysueee]

What I get from the Elastic Heart video clip is a father trying to cope with watching his child go through depression and the way that it twists people. The father is trying to pull faces at the daughter to help her be happy, and all the daughter can do is mimic her father. She shuts him out by leaving him in the cage at one point, and towards the end it appears that the daughter wants the father to follow her, she doesn't want to leave him but he just can't break out of the cage, he's stuck but shes already broken free. Ahh, thats what I get from it and it breaks my heart, being someone who's been through that. You're an amazing person Jack Howard, thankyou for exsisting!

[@liberty4005]

This isn't going to be one of your best explained comments/compliments so far - lets give it a go. Whenever I try and explain why I like your videos, I just seem to put my hands out, do a weird facial expression, and look lost for words. I feel like you understand society a lot, you get it and you are willing to make it and shape this into a dry, funny short five minutes. I like that. With Elastic Heart I interpreted it as a survival of the fittest, while we are constantly competing in life and against other people we turn on one another how Maddie does. By the end, human nature takes over, Maddie is now helping but inevitably inequality is still there, representing there will always be someone who is 'stronger' or 'better' which is just apart of life. I then watched your video, went back to watch Elastic Heart and cried because the father-daughter relationship is beautiful. Promise I didn't just write the start of an essay.

[@lucyallen6479]

I love the Elastic heart video because it so unique and allows people to have their own view of it. The first time I saw it, I saw it as Shia LaBeouf as the past and Maddie as the future/present trying to escape and trapped in the pasts mistakes.

[@Zozette]

I absolutely love Sia's videos. I also really like that Electric Heart is a story continuation from Chandelier. I definitely got a paternal sense from Shia- he seemed to be a calm, sensible, parent figure struggling to see eye to eye with his wild and reckless daughter. (And when she finally understands that he has only been trying to help- it is too late) I don't know why people are getting mixed tones about this though- all of Shia's interactions with Maddie are so clearly full of tenderness and love. (While hers are actually more aggressive.) Sia did tweet that the video was actually about her two self-states going to war. Calm/rational Sia vs troubled/reckless Sia. I absolutely love how it is so open to interpretation though. Very cool piece.

[@lydiajones8786]

Side Note: The Composer for the Space Odyssy soundtrack is a guy called György Ligeti, if you have an open mind/open ear, I'd thoroughly recommend listening to some of his stuff

[@camdensnow]

art is risk. the sia video was just so powerful and moving. people are going to perceive things in their own way, there will always be people who can't understand profound topics and will say things reflecting that. anyway, i'm excited for pms, jack! (i honestly never thought i would say/type that sentence)

[@ThatGirlOnYoutube]

I've just watched the video and I see what you mean about it being a father and a child. I see it as the father being ill and the child not understanding the illness and so in turn takes her frustration/anger/hurt out on him. The cage represents the illness which is why the child can escape but the father cannot, no matter how much she wills him to escape.

[@mari6294]

I'm so happy you made this video. I watched Sia's music video for the first time today and I've been obsessed. It is the first piece of work that I've connected with for a while. I feel re inspired.

[@isaginationchannel]

to me, the video embodies each and every struggle that humanity is facing right now..might be a bit influenced by all the horrifying events lately but I see the cage as something we inflicted on our society (since it's sort of artificial), the man as the force that's within us and can be overpowering and the girl as the free spirit that still lies in every mind, representing the hope that we will surpass the point of being caged and being a slave of conventions one day.. judging from the end of the video though, we might never make it out of that cage.. Or again, I might just be disillusioned by recent events..

[@aussiecomedy]

I really like Sammy's PMS vids, so very happy to see you take it on.

[@alicejackson5415]

Your hair is on point in this video jack, well done 👏

[@funkygirl217]

I would say being able to form your own opinion of Art is much more satisfying than a definitive answer whether it be in a movie or a painting. Personally I find listening to other people's opinion much more enjoyable. Also, there is definitely something about that Elastic Heart video, I have watched in the dark with my headphones and still manage to find a different interpretation or feeling from it by the end.

[@roisinska]

your interpretation was fantastic and a definite inspiration for my own. without needing to read into context considering my knowledge of sia, i could tell it was a "battle" so to speak but your views put a whole new twist which really struck me personally. thank you, j-how.

[@burncosmic]

I watched a more than a few videos before clicking subscribe, and this video did it for me. Sia's Elastic Heart music video is an understated and usually not understood piece of art. The combination of dancing, acting and music- what passionate and beautiful people- how does one not shed a tear when watching that?

[@WrappedUpInABookPage]

If you loved 2001 you should definitely watch Moon, it contains a lot of the same themes (AI, value of the individual, perils of technology) and addresses some of the same questions, but rather than looking at all of humanity it focuses on an individual, and so presents them in a completely different light. Also every performance is cracking and it made me cry, so heartily reccomended

[@katiehammond3887]

My interpretation of Elastic Heart is it represents two metaphoric personalities trying to escape the mind (the cage) as if it was representing something more serious, such as Schizophrenia, because the two dancers are wearing skin coloured clothing, almost showing like they're naked, showing their vulnerability to each other and also they're dependency on each other to stay inside mind and not leave one another behind. It's a difficult one because there's so many interpretations which fit it perfectly.

[@liketheoceanwaves]

Just watched the Elastic Heart video, I honestly think you hit the nail on the with the whole father/daughter scenario, but then again that's the beauty of these kinds of self expression, they're so open to interpretation, people forget that their interpretation isn't the only possible one.

[@andiedittman1371]

You're so right Jack, reading all the interpretations of Elastic Heart is sooooo interesting. To me it represents her struggles with escaping her 'inner demons'. Such a nice video and amazing choreography + execution by Maddie. :)

[@1403AMY]

I cried while watching Elastic Heart as well. I saw it as just two different people who are willing to save each other from their struggles. There's something realistic and relatable with the video! Its stunning

[@ashareeoo]

Man, I loved the Elastic Heart video. Soooooo much. The moment of silence where he's just collapsing, damn. It was unreal.

[@BeautyByHan]

This is so sonodd. Me snd my buddy sarah were talking about the sia video probably about 2 hours ago. We were both saying how sia is an artist, and she creates video art with her narration as her songs. The video is just wow, and I love when you find someone on the same wavelength as you. Also looking forward to your monthly vlogs xx

[@XXxRachiu94xXX]

I have watched it so many times and also can't pinpoint exactly what it is about it but I know I really love it. I will admit when I first watched it I was a bit taken aback but now I just find it so intriguing. And also the lighting is really beautiful.

[@lydiajones8786]

I cried as well when I watched it, the guy I was watching it with *who showed me it* Thought it was hilarious. Suppose, you have to forgive people, it's modern art in a music video. The majority of the music industry/mtv is overly sexualized. When sexualisation is thrown down our throats people can't help but see it in everything, including this unfortunately.

[@isaginationchannel]

I'm definitely with you on this, compare something like an Anaconda video to Sia's videos (that's not even comparable in the slightest but anyway) and I think we can all agree that one is rather disturbing for our society whilst we can actually learn from the other one :)

[@lydiajones8786]

isagination YES, exactly! You hit the nail on the head. It really does speak volumes and volumes about us as a society...! Like why must their be sexualisation in everything, it's sad really There needs to be more of this out there! And more 'KZbinrs' like Jack Howard

[@isaginationchannel]

Lydia Jones DEFINITELY!

[@izzysykes9138]

I loved the Sía video so much. You said everything I thought about it; that it was beautiful, that it was art and that it made me cry. So much passion about a struggle, I don't think it matters what kind.

[@KarolinaLopez]

There was a certain point in the video Elastic Heart, I don't know which, but I just started crying. There I was with all of these emotions and seeing the dad trapped, while the daughter tried to help. And it was just such a beautiful video.

[@ZoeLeeJames]

I thought the elastic heart video could have been about the effects of mental illness on a family. The fact that they were caged and the way they interacted, so wary and scared yet trying to understand each other. She then is able to get distance when she gets out the first time, but sees her father is still stuck, and feels she cannot leave him behind. So at the end she tries to lead him out and desperately tries to help him but he is ultimately trapped by the illness. I'm usually really bad at making interpretations though, I don't really understand a lot of symbolism, which frustrates me because I would love to. I think I saw what i did in the video because I studied social welfare/work and psychology at uni. The video is brilliant because it could mean so many things to so many different people.

[@evathegood]

I saw 2001: A Space Odyssey 20 years ago, I was 4 it was late I was up alone sitting glued to my screen in complete awe of that film and I've never really forgotten it. The thing is I never actually caught the name of it, but now thanks to I figured it out and I'm so excited to go back and watch it with an adult perspective!

[@orlaithwhelan6658]

Goddamn I love your more thoughtful videos where you talk about pretentious shit and give opinions and are still somehow really funny throughout. I really thought that the Elastic Heart video was about an internal struggle with (wait for it, ultimate cliched interpretation coming up here) an inner child or sense of innocence that just sort of is more free than the man in the video, and is eventually the thing that ends up showing the man the way out of his feeling of claustrophobia and being trapped, even if he ultimately doesn't succeed in escaping. Excited for PMS and for more pretentious videos about film and stuff.

[@larawelford6660]

This made me smile so much, thank you Jack. A Happy New Year to you as well!

[@thatsbeth96]

I literally couldn't have put it better myself, Jack. So many people making it out to be a disgusting video, it's the most beautifully directed video I have seen in a long time! It is showing real struggle and emotion in such a different way, that's how I see it I see something more every time I watch the video☺️

[@natalieu.1286]

So I watched the elastic heart video. My god. I'm blown away by how incredible it is. Thanks for the recommendation Jack!

[@ImpossibleAlien]

I just so love that the "dance" the two perform in 'Elastic Heart' makes them so relatable to animals and their behaviour and that it reminds me that this is where we actually come from, we all got it inside of us. (Wow. Way too pretentious for almost midnight, but whoohey. Art.) I also just raelly like the song. Sia is great.

[@mariregine9986]

PMS= Parody Music Sketch on Jacksfilms hahah Looking forward to Potentially Monthly Scrapbook tho

[@ggracekayy]

I loved seeing your tweet abt the music video & then seeing what your interpretation was on this video, LOVE IT.

[@McDanny23]

Pretentiously, yet proudly, I'd say 2001 is one of the most important films in cinema. You can see glimpses of literally every sci-fi film in 2001 - a film way ahead of its time. I don't usually see eye to eye with the opinions of film critics, but Roger Ebert's article on 2001 is definitely worth a read. The best thing about 2001 for me is how it's ambiguity leads to such an open field for interpretation. Kubrick was a master of the ART.

[@emiliewatson788]

My first impression of the Electric Heart video is that it is about mental illness and making peace with yourself and with the fact that you won't ever be "normal". I see Maddie as the young version of Shia who still has moments of being "normal" and can get through the cage of the illness. I feel like I would see a new interpretation every time I watch it though, there's just so much to take in. It's brilliant.

[@Hlphlia.Mtnoia]

I seriously love your videos. Its just...... you know, sorry i cant really find word to express my love for your craft.

[@katrussell2386]

I can see why you liked that music video Jack, the ending made me tear up because, well I suppose in some ways I can relate to it, feeling a bit torn or struggling with your family, maybe that's why it has been watched so many times, because Sia has an amazing talent for connecting with people and understanding it is our human nature for our heart to want to snap back to how things were. That is one thing I love about good art. It's ability to make you want to look at it over and over and wonder why you like it so much.

[@carolinamarques2003]

I really loved the elastic heart music video, and I had not seen it until you mentioned, but it has been my favorite song for about a year now, and the music video made me feel a thing in the depths of my heart that I cannot explain. It's amazing how you saw it was about a father and daughter relationship, and I can see also see that point of view. I saw it as two people who were supposed to fight each other but in the end they need each others support and become friends. That idea came mainly because of the fact that this song is from the second hunger games movie soundtrack. But the video is so powerful and can be interpreted in so many diferent ways, and that's one of the main reasons why I love it! Great video, Jack, can't wait for PMS! (well I never thought I'd say that :p)

[@shan7358]

watching this 2 years later on a new year

[@kermitandfrodo]

When I watched Elastic heart, I pretty much felt the exact same as you. I think you're right about it being a father and daughters relationship, that is sometimes good and sometimes they were distant. But reading about Sia's life, I think it showed her dad's multi personality disorder as he kept on changing from soft to angry. And obviously Maddie represented a young Sia who could never fully trust her dad. I don't know if thats right, but I would like to believe it is!! :)

[@Queenmaya99]

Hi jack. My first interpretation of Elastic Heart was the same as yours, and like you it gets me, and I'm not too sure why. I don't even like dance but watching Maddi makes me want to learn! I've heard people saying its a metaphor for addiction too, which works, and also a father with a personality disorder, but I'm not too sure on that one. Anyway, good luck with your project and I hope your year goes even better than last year (which was a pretty triumphant year for you anyway!)

[@ElectraJade74]

Quite looking forward to your PMS (what a strange sentence). Also, I liked hearing your art thoughts. Sia has said that it's like two different warring Sias, but the cool thing about art is being able to interpret it any way you want! And I feel like I too have been growing more accustomed and comfortable with ambiguous ends/story lines more recently. And I feel like I appreciate it more than I would have, several years ago.

[@chloecori]

You're seriously one of my favorite content creators

[@hamstjul14]

Sia wrote on twitter that it has nothing to do with her father, so maybe it's about the two conflicting sides of her personality, Maddie being the passionate side, and Shia being the more unsure, clingy side, trying to coexist together? I think it's awesome that everyone is getting all these different interpretations!

[@kristyryan2448]

I love how open minded he is about everything and he's so smart...

[@notnatwhothat]

I love the way you look at things. You've opened my eyes a bit.

[@elephantcrazy99]

My interpretation of the elastic hearts video was that it was a fight against mental illness, Maddie was the illness and Shia was try to fight the illness and the cage represented that when you have a mental illness it feels like your trapped trying to fight it off.

[@Paty791]

Honestly everytime I hear you talk about films, I just really really wanna meet you and get talking for hours about the great ones. Your opinions about the films you've reviewed resonate with mine a lot. Thanks for sharing that 'nerd' side of you. Yeah. Films. I'm into them. Excited for PMS (Never thought I'd say that)

[@femkelippens2980]

I recently saw the music video for Another Love from Tom Odell and I thought the lighting was amazing and it's a really moving video. I also saw The Great Gatsby today and I was blown away by the beauty of the colours and shots!

[@Gryttis17]

Jack when you said you had a little cry because of the Sia video, I expected a few tears.. I had absolutely no idea that I'd cry my eyes off!

[@janzy58]

Sammy's PMS is awesome, so I can see why you're nicking his idea.

[@nyssa_22]

Literally my exact reaction to the Sia video. Thought it was absolutely incredible. I think I've watched it about 20 times now. Still cry when I watch it :/

[@Queenmaya99]

It's been 10 days since new year? Screw the future, I'm watching this in the past!

[@dreamylittlethings]

I cried too! Looking forward to your PMS.

[@MarrowsAreCool]

I see the elastic heart video as a father, daughter relationship too; the father has an addiction, for example drugs or alcohol (represented by the cage), and it is affecting the relationship between him and his daughter. She feels trapped with him as she still loves him and wants him in her life but hates him for the addiction he has. There are constant fights between them about it, her angry and him sad and frustrated portrayed via their facial emotions throughout the video. He escapes through the addiction (climbing the cage) and she escapes by leaving the situation entirely (exiting the cage). They'll always come back to each other but he'll never truly be free as he physically cannot escape; the cage/addiction will always be intertwined with his life. I love the end shot because she is trying to free him from the cage whilst relying on him to stand up, therefore making it impossible for him to actually leave. He desperately wants to get out of it but he can't, crying in frustration and sadness. The bars pf addiction will always be between them.

[@ActSingFashion]

I knew it was about Elastic Heart! I love that music video, the song, the singer and You!

[@aMayZing]

Omg Sia's new video! I'm so glad you mentioned it!

[@swissellie]

I'm an art student, studying in London (I know pretentious) & funnily enough I'm doing a project about Stanley Kubrick at university right now (the director of 2001: a space odyssey) where we have his achieve. Since the beginning of Jan I've binge watched many of his movies (hadn't seen the shining, clockwork orange, eyes wide shut...) and I have to admit these movies are AMAZING !!! Not just because of the crazy cinematography, attention detail and plot but also the way that in nearly all of his films I've watched there are SO MANY different interpretations - at the end of the shining I researched literally ALL the proposed explanations & watched the documentary on how it was shot to try & further understand how Kubrick meant the story to end, but since then I've realised that the work is open to interpretation TO YOU!!! Everyone I've discussed this with has different ideas of what happens & why. These films allow you to continue to fantasise & imagine after the end. These films are brilliant & I advise anyone (with interests in any thing) to at least watch one of his movies if you haven't already & keep an open mind ;D

[@heavyhandedvlogs]

LOVE that you've made this. I've been talking a lot about this music video and how much i loved it. I studied Fine Art for 3-4 years, so i worry that i'm being pretentious for the majority of my life aha.

[@ThatAJLaVa]

1- I cried watching Sia's music vido too. 2- I'm very excited about the PMS stuff!

[@isis347]

Thanks for introducting me to that music video. Hadn't seen it before. It's a really interesting video and I have a lot of stuff to think about now, because everything is methaphorical, even her signlanguage when she's out of the cage. Anyway, thanks again for introducing us (your audience) to that video.

[@100fleurs]

This is why you're amazing jack .

[@abbisnews1]

This is the first video I've ever seen of yours. It's quite amazing actually, because I saw the same thing in the video. I thought immediately of mental illness. It's my favorite video, and it's so beautiful. I cried a lot, too. I also love art. Thank you.

[@ellethegenie]

Jack, you raised some good points in this video. But I think it's kind of hypocritical for you to talk about how you're less definitive and more open to people's opinions when it comes to art, and then call anyone who thinks the elastic heart music video is about pedophilia an idiot. The music video is vague enough that a love story can be drawn from it. In fact, I think that the intention of the music video was to create controversy by putting romantic and sexual connotations in there. But like the 2001 film you mentioned, it doesn't necessarily matter what Elastic Heart was really about. I don't believe that the music video was about pedophilia, but I do think that they deliberately made it sexual in order to get people talking. So if people see it and think that it's about pedophilia, it's probably because they're picking up on the connotations, not because they're not smart enough to "think deeper" about what it really means.

[@JackHoward]

good point but my frustration is towards people that are just dismissing the music video because they think it's sexualised

[@ellethegenie]

JackHoward Yeah I think their anger about the sexualization sort of prevents them from seeing that the music video is well put together. For what it's worth, the first time I saw the video, I thought it was very well done. (I didn't cry though.)

[@erikalane123]

JackHoward but honestly, dismissing art is just as valid as a response as anything else, and it doesn't mean one is right or one is wrong. that's the great thing about art, everyone approaches a piece from a different place and everyone comes away with a different meaning. think of a film you don't take very seriously. someone might make the same argument that you're "missing the point"

[@PoppyObs]

I agree with the point you're making but I think saying it's about a pedophile is a harsh suggestion, I would be offended if I created something personal to me and it was dismissed as being something disgusting or promoting a vile thing such as pedophilia, also I think all of the backlash will have a negative impact on the young girl who was in the video. I completely agree on free interpretation but I dont think all of the hype is really necessary

[@PoppyObs]

And if they did put anything that was anyway suggesting a romabtic relationship then I think thats more sick than controversial

[@ErickaJanes]

Yeah, exactly! i personally love ART (art itself, music, films, poetry...) that doesn't explain anything and lets you THINK. i love it when brain works :)

[@SuperDogBiscuits]

Jack your videos are of such high quality, and the colour palette of this video was impeccable! It really calmed me down haha. PMS sounds interesting as hell??? X

[@sohailasabek3661]

It is a new year in the future, and yeas we sort of have hover boards...

[@ShaunCloudSwain]

For a scholarship english essay I chose, from a selection of statements, to write about the given question: "Should literature leave us with questions or fully satisfied?" and argued that the best literature provides artistic questions that can not be answered in the media posing them and that, essentially, an audience can't truly receive satisfying closure to a question if it isn't asked of them to answer it for themselves. Even films or novels that, on the surface, tie off and answer questions concerning the plot, the best films/novels leave the audience with questions that extend beyond the story - as a more recent example I discussed Gone Girl and talked about the idea of keeping up appearances to maintain that ideal "vision" that society shapes and sculpts, and whether it's us that determines what society demands of us or if it is the expectations imposed by the people before us that ensure society asks what it does of us, and above all: "Why?" It's not pretentious to discuss literature as art, it's important to ask more and more questions as the arise because otherwise they won't ever be answered.

[@kikideee94]

I'd just like to thank you for saying this about Sia's video. I feel a similar way. I've watched it three times already and each time it made me cry. I went back again to try and figure out why i had such a strong reaction to it, but I still can't figure it out and it's playing on my mind. Also, looking forward to PMS. sound's like a great idea.