Featured Posts

To top
Title Image

Aguileras Tag

17 Apr

How culture has modified since Christina Aguilera’s 2002 hit

To mark its twentieth anniversary, the singer has updated her ‘Beautiful’ music video – here, we speak to the director to learn the way much, and the way little, beauty expectations have shifted Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful” is an iconic music video. Released in 2002, the song was the second single from her image-shifting album Stripped, a raw soulful ballad which followed the attention-grabbing first single “Dirty”. With lyrics centred around insecurity, self-esteem and inner beauty, the video shone a highlight on the people affected by society’s strict beauty standards, and people outside of and rejected by the mainstream. Touching on themes from eating disorders and body image to sexuality, the video won a GLAAD Media...
Continue reading
1 Jan

How culture has modified since Christina Aguilera’s 2002 hit

To mark its twentieth anniversary, the singer has updated her ‘Beautiful’ music video – here, we speak to the director to learn the way much, and the way little, beauty expectations have shifted Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful” is an iconic music video. Released in 2002, the song was the second single from her image-shifting album Stripped, a raw soulful ballad which followed the attention-grabbing first single “Dirty”. With lyrics centred around insecurity, self-esteem and inner beauty, the video shone a highlight on the people affected by society’s strict beauty standards, and people outside of and rejected by the mainstream. Touching on themes from eating disorders and body image to sexuality, the video won a GLAAD Media...
Continue reading
22 Oct

How culture has modified since Christina Aguilera’s 2002 hit

To mark its twentieth anniversary, the singer has updated her ‘Beautiful’ music video – here, we speak to the director to learn the way much, and the way little, beauty expectations have shifted Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful” is an iconic music video. Released in 2002, the song was the second single from her image-shifting album Stripped, a raw soulful ballad which followed the attention-grabbing first single “Dirty”. With lyrics centred around insecurity, self-esteem and inner beauty, the video shone a highlight on the people affected by society’s strict beauty standards, and people outside of and rejected by the mainstream. Touching on themes from eating disorders and body image to sexuality, the video won a GLAAD Media...
Continue reading
20 Oct

How culture has modified since Christina Aguilera’s 2002 hit

To mark its twentieth anniversary, the singer has updated her ‘Beautiful’ music video – here, we speak to the director to learn how much, and the way little, beauty expectations have shifted Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful” is an iconic music video. Released in 2002, the song was the second single from her image-shifting album Stripped, a raw soulful ballad which followed the attention-grabbing first single “Dirty”. With lyrics centred around insecurity, self-esteem and inner beauty, the video shone a highlight on the people affected by society’s strict beauty standards, and people outside of and rejected by the mainstream. Touching on themes from eating disorders and body image to sexuality, the video won a GLAAD Media Award...
Continue reading