Chappell Roan - Casual (Official Music Video)

I'm telling my kids this was the shape of water

the metaphors of being in a wlw relationship and the other person will always seek male validation over you GOD

The way that the relationship is only allowed in an environment and under conditions where the one with the power thrives is so significant. So well done!

A great representation of the phrase 'You cannot change someone by loving them harder'

This is such a cute and cinematic way of showing a toxic relationship. A siren? Perfect visual for the person you're emotional over, using you and never committing to anything other than a means to an end. The guy escaping, bloody and scared, warning you to not go closer, yet you get addicted and entranced anyways? You're always hanging out at spots that she feels safe at and in control of? The bathtub, the pool, literally making the literal monster more comfortable. Then she just walks away, you're dancing and smiling and she just drops you because that's how it feels. So confusing and cold. The contrast of her cool tones against your warm tones to symbolize your feelings towards the relationship is amazing. Visuals, makeup, everything, I'm in love. You're so creative. Edit- oh, and the popsicle matching your tones, to symbolize that right from the start, she took a chunk of of you. She took a bite out of your metaphorical sweetness, and therefore left you emptier than you were before her, and you just melted on her tounge because she knows what she's doing. The expected red syrup that usually drips on you upon melting it, can't even be seen because she has blood on her mouth, a literal red flag, but you ignore it because it matches the redness of what she just took from you, you taking that as a sign of infatuation instead of danger. And how she sexually bites the popsicle, to make sure she has your attention, attributing to the fact that she was a creature of lust, instead of commitment, all along.

THE UNDERWATER MAKE OUT IS EVERYTHING

"Those guys didn't mean anything to me babe, I was just hungry." 😂

this is what jojo siwa thought she was doing with her "gay pop" rebrand

this is healing my inner child (and teenager) who had a homoerotic friendship heartbreak from a girl I played mermaids with

That end shot. Ouchhh. like, “she didn’t kill me, she just left me”

It just struck me that the siren only comes on land when she wants to be with Chappell, but Chappell can never follow her into water or know much about her life in that world. It’s such a metaphor for being involved with someone who is on the DL… and yet the siren DID come on land for her and only her. She just ate everyone else in the water. Chappell was more than just a casual meal, but in the end, the siren was what she was 🤯

did anyone else notice at 5:09 she removed the M from home first, making it say "Welcome Ho e"

I think one of favorite parts of this music video is the symbolism of changing your entire personality for the siren so that you could be “good enough”. Covering your room with underwater creatures and seaweed and completely covering up the previous decorations and the switch from bright patterned clothes to the green colored sweater and the seashell hat. This music video is such a masterpiece, and the song is equally as amazing.

The line itself, and the way she sings "I can't believe I let this drag on so long" is so devastatingly relatable. We have all been there, kicking ourselves for not seeing the red flags that were there all along because we wanted so desperately to believe in the one that went on to let you down so badly.

Why did it take so long for me to discover her 😭😭😭😭

GURL WHO HURT YOUU???!! 😭😭😭😭

i did not go into this expecting to cry but this is the most beautiful and tragic love story i've seen from a music video. i want a full length movie. i want an 800 page book

i was not expecting this to emotionally wreck me like that 😢this is a masterpiece

As a black queer woman I love seeing us as love interests in mv. So beautiful

I can't be the only one a little emotional over the final scene, seeing the siren take a man under the water and watching the waves turn red with his blood, the way you can't tell if the girl is watching on with relief that she was spared that fate or jealousy that the siren never took her that way though maybe the girl would be willing to let her even knowing it'd be her end... I dunno, the fact that the siren is shown being literally out of her element, taken home, given typical romance like dates by the beach, watching tv on the couch, but even though the girl tries to make her home more comfortable for the siren (the bathtub, the pool, decorating her room in sea-like decor) she's a creature of the sea first and foremost. her relation with man has always been one that spelled their death, but she stays with the girl until it becomes clear the girl wants her to Stay, away from the sea in the girl's life and home, and leave that part of what she is behind.. it couldn't have worked for the siren, not the way the girl wanted, and the breakup could be seen as an act of mercy, but. it likely hurts the girl the most just the same. augh just. I love the visual storytelling sm. the way the siren is portrayed as this beautiful dangerous force of nature, and yet it showcases that the girl fell in love with those private displays of gentleness that were reserved only for her where the siren likely looked to men with nothing but hunger... and yet the girl wanted it all, everything the siren was, if only she would Stay. the starcrossed lovers of it all.... asjdfhadgh dies in gay