Over the past decade, there has been an increase in academic research on media and its influences on body satisfaction. To date, the majority of body image literature focuses on low body satisfaction. While low body satisfaction leads to negative outcomes, high body satisfaction leads to a host of positive outcomes. Further, in a non-academic domain, it would seem that even some media icons are starting to take part in the effort to try to promote positive appearance messages. Singers like Christina Aguilera, Colbie Caillat, and Alessia Cara have begun writing songs like Beautiful, Try, and Scars To Your Beautiful to combat the rampant standard of the thin ideal. The current study consists of an experiment to examine the effects of positive or negative appearance music lyrics and their influence on body related outcomes (body satisfaction measured implicitly through an IAT, self-reports of body satisfaction, and observed body surveillance) in emerging adult women while moderating by adherence to sociocultural attitudes of media ideals. Results revealed that participants who listened to the positive lyrics reported significantly better body satisfaction as compared to those who listened to the negative lyrics. However, those who listened to positive lyrics did not report significantly better body satisfaction compared to those in the neutral condition and those in the neutral condition did not differ significantly from those in the negative condition. Due to preconceived schema regarding how participants already felt about their appearance, perhaps they were primed to hear lyrics confirming their appearance fears (or soothing them), but failed to attend to lyrics "unappearance" related (the neutral lyrics). Therefore, when asked about their body satisfaction, their responses reflected what they attended to, namely, either the positive or negative lyrics, not the neutral lyrics.
To me Wayne is obviously writing about himself and how he looks in the mirror and always sees this hurt and struggle in himself. He doesn't think that anyone understands him the way that he understands himself so he finds himself talking to this mirror on the wall. In the mirror he sees everything that's hurting him.
I find this song beautiful,meaningful and really deep.He's talking about his inner struggles,pain and the wrong choices he made,which was only understood by his reflection in the mirror. He comforts himself by saying that "they'll understand the man i am" but still,he ends talking to his reflection again.He finds a true friend in the mirror,but in the same time when he looks at it,he sees all the scars from his past.
man the video for this adds so much and paired with the song lyrics, it tells a great story. this is an artist sharing a deep self reflection. only wayne himself can truly understand and appreciate this work to the fullest but it def says alot about him and his pain.while viewing this i tried to keep in mind that his life was different from mine. and with that i tried to imagine what that ment for him growing up, age 9 signed up to be a rapper. what does that make him think of himself and of what is expected of him? i have no idea(in a video doc. of him he said he was raped at 11 by some woman in a room full of people and had his own kid at 15.. he was drunk or high when he said this so it leads me to think it was a confession of sorts, or maybe just trying to spook the kid he was talking to who was 15... mirror mirror? :3 )things i see in the video...blood. blood and more blood refrence. from the paint everywhere surrounding him,to it being on his hands and tattoo'd on his back. also MANY suicide/killing self refrences. him gesturing a noose, him hanging sill with feet off gound, and a gun to his head. maybe not suicidal, rather the things hes done have killed a part of him inside. what do i know? awesome video by an awesome ARTIST.
When he says he has his life lined up on the mirror, and not to blow it. He could be talking about blowing lines of coke on the mirror, and maybe why he dont know weather he is coming, maybe he is too high. I dont think so thou. I think he is under alot of pressure bc ppl expect alot from him, he expects alot from him. Its why he is talking to, almost yelling, demanding, himself not to blow it. Versus is about his rise and fall. I dont even know it has to be about being a famous artist, or celebirty. I just think he has disappointed ppl before, but mostly himself. I think he is his own biggest critic, bc he knows he is capable of doing great things. So he has these talks with himself, and prob always has. Weather in good or bad times, he needs to face himself first, and come to terms with it. Rise or fall, disappointment(shame,guilt,lies), or satisfaction, knowing he stayed focused, on track, didnt self sabbotage, get lazy, or let fear get in his way. So i dont think it is hard at all for him to look in the mirror. Face it we all have too, and maybe he wants too be able to like who he is, who he has to see everyday, and live with, live as. He says rise and fall it has been his only friend. So even in the bad he needs to see himself, talk to himself, yell at himself, maybe sort things out with himself until, he can accept, come to terms, learn, or maybe even pat himself on the back, bc maybe he tried his hardest, and did the best he could. In times of rise maybe he needs to just tell himself, he knew he could do it, lets go, keep it up, yeah baby, be proud of his reflection, smile, and like who he sees. He says the scars are still there though, even in them times. So i think he is humble, and dont need to humble himself even in them times. Sounds like it took alot of pain, suffering, loss, judgement, disappointments, made by him, and others. He is probably grateful, and so he does not get ahead of himself. He looks like his dad now. Idk if that is a good thing, a bad thing, or maybe he is just getting older. He is happy his mom is smiling. So as self centered as it sounds. I dont think he is. I think he is just a very honest person with himself, if not with himself in the beginning, or everyone else. He would not even think twice of lying, not even to himself, if he was not a human capable of real emotions. I think he just chooses, not too live ignorantly bliss, too his misfortunes, disappointments, mistakes, hurts, lies, denial, and others as well. He pats himself on the back, when he is lucky, worked hard, accomplished, blessed, did great, and knows who he is, he has guided, and supported, himself, with many others i am sure. We are our own worst enemy, critic, judge. He is human, and he knows himself. Throu suffering, pain, indifference, denial, lies, guilt, shame, sorrow, tears, and throu joy, celebrations, laughter, hard work, proud moments, fame, praise, approval, support, fortune. So with all that, he manages not to get swept away, in the fame, fortune, fans, groupies, other peoples problems, talking shit, bout who is more ghetto than who, or who is better than who. He does not live ignorantly bliss, he dont ignore his problems, or who he is was, wants to be. He still checks in with himself making sure, he is not losing touch, staying humble, proud, person he knows he is. He keeps himself in check, humble, decent, and in doing so. He can look in the mirror, good/bad, and know he will be okay, make it through. He knows what it takes to change, what he dont like, and accept what he cant. In a way he kinda tortures himself, but has too maybe to stay where, and who he needs to be. We can work, with 100,000 ppl, be surrounded by hundreds everyday, live with a dozen, lie next too someone every night, but all that wont matter at the end of the day, when its quiet. Bc all our distractions will be gone, then we will only have ourselves, and all our bliss will be gone. So weather it be a good thing he talks to himself, or looks in the mirror. I dont know, but for me it is. He tries hard to stay in touch, too not ignore his problems, bc he knows denial will catch up too us all, unless we have no emotions. He sees the lies, guilt, shame, but is dealing with it:)
Genius. "Life lined up on the mirror, don't blow it" methaphoricly refers to cocaine. He's obviously hiding himself behind something and the mirror confronts him to what he really is, the only one that cared or can care for what he is. Is him. Afterwards, he starts refering to his father, that he reminds himself of him. Love the " I even look good in a broken mirror" because he sees HOPE. His mother, the good side of him, "I see the change; I see the message". "You told me that they, understand the man I am" and he tells the mirror "Any questions... I come to you... You always have the answer" means that in the end... He's the only one to understand himself. Very few can.
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This is one of my favorite songs by Buck Owens, it's easy for us amateurs to do. Use these Mirror Mirror On The Wall lyrics and chords to help you learn it, you'll be happy you took the time, it's really a nice song to do.
Mirror, mirror, mirror, mirror, mirror on the wall (uh-huh)
Mirror, mirror, mirror, mirror, mirror on the wall (uh-huh)
Who the freakin' savage? Listen, baby, yes, we are
Who the freakin' savage? Listen, baby, yes, we are
Mirror, mirror, mirror, mirror, mirror on the wall
Mirror, mirror, mirror, mirror, mirror on the wall
Who the freakin' savage? Listen, baby, yes, we are
Who the freakin' savage? Listen, baby, yes, we are
[MILLI]
[MILLI]
Mirror, mirror, mirror, mirror mirror on the wall (mmm, uh-huh)
Mirror, mirror, mirror, mirror mirror on the wall (mmm, uh-huh)
Who the freakin' savage? Listen, baby, yes, we are (yes, we are)
Who the freakin' savage? Listen, baby, yes, we are (yes, we are)
Mirror, mirror, mirror, mirror mirror on the wall
Mirror, mirror, mirror, mirror mirror on the wall
Who the freakin' savage? Listen, baby, yes, we are
Who the freakin' savage? Listen, baby, yes, we are