Music Video: 40 Degrees

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40 Degrees – it is a history of a great love that condemn to destruction. Two people are walking on the ice holding hands, remembering the past moments of life. They decided to take a picture, and suddenly he falls down under the ice. She began to scream and cry and call him back, but he went under the water. All this can be seen in the music video of Svetlana Loboda named “40 Degrees.” 40 Degrees was filmed in the best traditions of Nordic cinema, and can safely initiate a new genre called dramatic thriller. Video filming took place in Iceland. Especially for filming the singer took lessons of choreography and lessons of the cello. According to the article “Biography and news Svetlana Loboda,” she is not only a singer, but also a TV presenter, …show more content…

Music video makes sense and at the same time accompanied by deserving words. From the beginning of the song it is understandable that she begs her mom not let go and keep her tight. “Hold me stronger mom, I’m so drunk/ I drank all of his unearthly words/Hold me tonight, mom, I am so sick, One glance of his makes me run out… (Loboda). While watching a video and simultaneously listening to the words one sees a different picture, the audience can see solid glaciers and an exhausted singer that barely moves her feet. She recalls moments with her boyfriend. These moments are very similar to a close relationship. They hug each other. They laugh together, and he teaches her lessons of choreography. He carries her in his arms and whirls with her. One more example shows that lyrics and the music video are completely different but have one meaning and one idea. “I like, I like him so much/ I like him, I’m out of my mind/ Mom, he is at least 40 degrees hot/ I’m squeezed to the maximum” (Loboda). At the same time, in music video, this couple decided to take a picture, and he suddenly falls down under the ice. The singer starts to cry, and she seemed exhausted .It was the cry of a loved one. In general there are two types of songs: Some of them are sung smoothly just looking to perform, while another type will reach the listener with emotion. This song relates exactly to the second type; it …show more content…

It causes the feeling that suddenly something would happen. The cello plays a leading role, and its sounds cause sadness. To the middle of the song the music sounds are getting softer, but exciting. At the time, when he fell under the ice, it was the greatest culmination of the music. There is a feeling that all musical instruments boost the meaning of the awful circumstances. The cello in union with electronic arrangement creates excitement. This mixture gave the feeling of sadness, because the cello sounds angry. The constant weaving of the cello makes the audience hold on the emotions.. Here in the song listener also can hear a piano and guitar too. The strings convey all her pain and sorrow by him. In accompaniment with the piano it sounded more dramatic and conveyed the mood of the singer and the song in general. When lyrics and music arrangement are discussed emotion as a one more element that can be disputed

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