When I decided to get my PhD in something completely useless and silly I had to accept that I would never make a lot of money like my parents. I would find contentment living a modest life in a random place and having the freedom to do what I love.
This music video by Little Boots explores that idea. Even though she doesn’t have a lot of money, she wants to take some guy out and she wants to show him a good time. I am not sure if that means she will have sex with him or not.
Little Boots - New In Town
In the first part of the video, Little Boots is at that place in your city where all the homeless people congregate and live/die. She is saying that even though all these homeless people have no homes and just their shopping carts that they find time to dance and have fun, just like her.
I think maybe this part is offensive because she is wearing fancy clothes and the homeless people don’t get to but ultimately we learn that we don’t need a roof over our heads, food, healthcare or our sanity, all we need is a little bit of spirit and gusto to lift us out of our dark place.
In the second part, Little Boots gets involved in some kind of mini gang/turf war. It seems like at first they are going to kill eachother but then they just have a cute dance off. I wish all the drug dealers of the world could see this, so they could know that they don’t need to fight over selling drugs, they can just battle their enemies via dancing. The world would have a lot more people on drugs and far less deaths.
In the last part Little Boots goes to some makeout place where everyone is doing it but really they are like modern dance doing it. I am not sure if they are doing it consensually or if this is like a contemporary/artsy rape scene. All of the other scenes have been so violent/abject, I am not sure why this one would be full of love.
I am pretty happy it is finally socially acceptable to date without spending tons of money. I am also happy that homeless people, implied drug dealers/gansters/drug abusers and rapists are able to use dance to express their feelings and get over their shit.