Video Girl
FKA twig Lyrics


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Was she the girl that's from the video?
You lie, you lie, you lie

Nineteen, too keen
Looking at the game, though
Trying to make a stand for the main squeeze
Please, you don't stand a chance
Stop acting like you can

The camera on you ain't enough?
You're looking for the all round good love
So nothing's gonna get in your way
You're gonna get yourself broke one day

Was she the girl that's from the video?
Stop, stop lying to me
Was she the girl that's from the video?
You lie, you lie, you lie

Nineteen, I see
A body that can move, the hardest in the room
With a quick switch, kiss
Got all eyes on you now
What you gonna do?

The camera loves you, ain't that enough?
You're craving for the whole universe
So nothing's gonna get in your way
You're gonna get yourself broke one day

Was she the girl that's from the video?
Stop, stop lying to me
Was she the girl that's from the video?
You lie, you lie, you lie

Got something to say?
I don't want to hear about it
So you feeling the fame
I hate, the things you're going through now
What you gonna do?

Was she the girl that's from the video?
Stop, stop lying to me
Was she the girl that's from the video?
You lie, you lie, you lie





You lie, you lie, you lie
I can't recognize me

Overall Meaning

"Video Girl" by FKA twigs is a song about a girl who is trying to make it in the entertainment industry but is caught up in the destructive cycle of seeking fame and attention. The lyrics suggest that the singer may have participated in a music video and is now trying to use that experience to propel herself into the limelight. The song opens with the question, "Was she the girl that's from the video?" and then repeats "you lie" as if accusing someone of not telling the truth about the girl's origins.


The second verse focuses on the singer's desire for attention, describing her as "craving for the whole universe." She is willing to do whatever it takes to get noticed, even if it means getting herself into trouble. The chorus repeats the question about the girl from the video, as if the singer is struggling to come to terms with the truth about her own situation.


The song ends with the lines "I can't recognize me," suggesting that the singer has become so caught up in the pursuit of fame that she has lost touch with her own identity. Overall, "Video Girl" is a poignant commentary on the pressures and pitfalls of the entertainment industry, and the toll it can take on those who seek success within it.


Line by Line Meaning

Was she the girl that's from the video?
Asking if the girl in question is the one from the video


You lie, you lie, you lie
Accusing someone of lying


Nineteen, too keen
The subject is only 19 and eager


Looking at the game, though
Observing the industry


Trying to make a stand for the main squeeze
Attempting to make it to the top


Please, you don't stand a chance
Not likely to succeed


Stop acting like you can
Stop pretending


The camera on you ain't enough?
Not satisfied with the attention


You're looking for the all round good love
Longing for complete love and support


So nothing's gonna get in your way
Willing to do whatever it takes


You're gonna get yourself broke one day
Will suffer the consequences of recklessness


Nineteen, I see
Again referencing age


A body that can move, the hardest in the room
Talented dancer


With a quick switch, kiss
Quick and smooth transitions in performance


Got all eyes on you now
Focused attention


What you gonna do?
Response to the pressure of being in the spotlight


You're craving for the whole universe
Aspiring to be universally recognized


Got something to say?
Invitation to speak up


I don't want to hear about it
Not interested in hearing from someone


So you feeling the fame
Acknowledging the effects of fame


I hate, the things you're going through now
Dislikes the struggles fame brings


You lie, you lie, you lie
Reiterating the accusation of lying


I can't recognize me
May feel lost or disorientated in the midst of fame and success




Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Emile Haynie, Tahliah Debrett Barnett

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

@iamnathanal

In my perspective the video and the song are actually connected. 
It's about her dramatic shift from a back-up dancer to an artist. 
FKA twigs began her career in music as back up dancer rather than a singer. She was known to be reliable and the one hit wonder. She wanted to make a shift, however her reputation followed her. Strangers would ask if "she was that girl from the video" but because she wanted to break free from this persona she'd lie and say "no"

The video portrays an obsessed man, he has photographs of FKA twigs hanging on the wall behind him. Photographs are just snaps of a certain moment, the fact that he's hanged them behind him shows that this is his perspective of her, and he loves it. It also showing his unhealthy obsession of her.
This is how FKA twigs felt when trying to shift into being an artist. The obsessed man, being society/directors they had an unhealthy obsession with her as a dancer which made it hard for her to pull from the back-up dancer persona.

The video cuts to a scene where her body starts moving, she starts to dance, however she's carrying a facial expression which suggests she feels like she's being forced to dance. Eventually, she conforms.

Once Video Girl starts to play after he's set to die and starts to hallucinate. It shows his hallucination of FKA TWIGS, as she dances around the room, which is...what he believes she's set out to do/what he prefers. Then it skips to the scene where a man is bleeding from his mouth, mirroring the phrase "biting your words"  as she breaks eventually breaks free from her persona. A phrase from the first verse of the song "Please, you don't stand a chance. Stop acting like you can" suggests this is what she's heard. And now they'll bite their words and bleed. 

It also shows as she's on top of his body that she's mirroring the action of stabbing someone (killing societies view of her as just being 'the girl from the video') It also shows the microphone symbolising music, she sings into the microphone on top of the almost dead/dead body (which is the persona she's finally killed)

basically a video just showing the struggle of breaking free of her back-up dancer reputation persona which was holding her back from becoming an artist.



@RaVenDaWn999

allegorical tale of Salome, the empowerment of women, the relief death brings to the lost, she dances to guide his soul south, way way south.... I like your interpretation, yet the Salome storyline permeates. The killer being put to death is an allegory for humanity, the femme, a symbol of earth... or maybe it just has sex appeal. Deep as we look or shallow as we want, I love it... ~~*^*~~

"Au Revoir Cold Pulse (R.I.P.)"

Deadly is as deadly does.

I play because I am the cause.

All the same at the end of the day

~Au revoir, cold pulse;                       ~ R.I.P.~

 

Beyond dark rumor,

Past what gossip tells…

Truth is beyond the Penny Dreadfuls.

Truth isn’t there….  what the papers say.

Au revoir, cold pulse.       ~R.I.P.~

 

I hear the balladeer strum…

I know the end       -a song he plays.

Thy kingdom come,

Thy WILL be done~

Kill what’s in the way.

Au revoir, cold pulse.

R.I.P.

 

Deadly is as deadly does.

I dare because I am the cause.

Dress the wounds, hide the scars…

Fresh off the hangin’ tree.

Katie –bar the doors, they’ll be
no more.

Au revoir, cold pulse.

R.I.P.

 

~it begins again~

By RaVen DaWn



@ahmadsalehudin2156

Was she the girl that's from the video?
You lie, you lie, you lie
Nineteen, too keen
Looking at the game, though
Trying to make a stand for the main squeeze
Please, you don't stand a chance
Stop acting like you can
The camera on you ain't enough?
You're looking for the all round good love
So nothing's gonna get in your way
You're gonna get yourself broke one day
Was she the girl that's from the video?
Stop, stop lying to me
Was she the girl that's from the video?
You lie, you lie, you lie
Nineteen, I see
A body that can move, the hardest in the room
With a quick switch, kiss
Got all eyes on you now
What you gonna do?
The camera loves you, ain't that enough?
You're craving for the whole universe
So nothing's gonna get in your way
You're gonna get yourself broke one day
Was she the girl that's from the video?
Stop, stop lying to me
Was she the girl that's from the video?
You lie, you lie, you lie
Got something to say?
I don't want to hear about it
So you feeling the fame
I hate, the things you're going through now
What you gonna do?
Was she the girl that's from the video?
Stop, stop lying to me
Was she the girl that's from the video?
You lie, you lie, you lie
You lie, you lie, you lie
I can't recognize me



All comments from YouTube:

@poppysfit

When I first started listening to her I kept wondering why she wouldn't sing louder and stop all the whispering....now I have seen some interviews and see she is purposely trying NOT to sing over the music.  To basically let her voice become just another instrument in the band.  A reporter explained she is singing the way she once danced...becoming part of the music.  Pretty cool...

@lullabi3234

man the more I learn about her the more I respect the shit out of her.
What a genuine and Amazing artist!
Thank you!

@lucilleferdinand7792

stop making shit up

@guardianjuan

thanks for sharing, this makes much more sense now.

@justahumanhuman6088

Same tought i had! She sings like she dances

@apricot3998

@@lucilleferdinand7792 piss off

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@tesselate8nowait262

Her voice, the way she moves, her dancing...all the small subtleties...she's not just a musician, she's a performance artist. The dignity in her bearing is apparent in the way she carries herself. Twigs gives me hope not just for music, but for art itself.

And it is because of Twigs' music that my husband gets laid way more than he has any right to expect. Do that shit, Twigs, you're so so amazing!

@elena7659

Awww I'm in love with your comment....never underestimate the power of music right lol ; )

@mandymacdonald247

Ha! Awesome reply

@os4mike

meh

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