I just watched this again....so incredibly powerful. It's weird, but watching this made me realize the magnitude of the tragedy in a whole new way, like it really sunk in after watching this. The way it shows them as all dead at the beginning, but their spirit arises and lives on in the sense that this community is free, alive, and everlasting.
I really think the video is inspired by the Orlando Pulse shooting. There's 49 dancers. At the beginning, Maddie wipes the rainbow tears down her eyes. Then she looks tormented and starts to cry. She wakes up the dead bodies (the victims) and reminds them "don't give up" and that they are "the greatest." At the end, they're all dancing together in the warehouse with the disco balls (Pulse) before falling down, like they're dead. The wall behind them looks like there's been bullets shot through them.
I'm in tears.
It is inspired by the shooting. It better get nominated for Video of the year next year
the amount of spins.
