R&B Research

Contemporary R&B, also known as simply R&B, is a music genre that combines elements of rhythm and blues, fuck, pop, hip hop and dance.

 

Beyonce a well known R&B artists in her video 'Best Thing I Never Had' has the setting of a a dressing room. I don't think that R&B has a specific setting but it seems to be in private places not always known places. she continues the video to a wedding scene after walking around the scenery she tells the story of her wedding day while reminiscing about her previous relationship and how unhappy she was in contrast to her now.

in this music video 'work'  the artist  is in various different  locations but the main focus is on her throughout.  her costume and make suit the definition of a diva , R&B female artists tend to have  an outrageous outfit that can't be found elsewhere, although that can be any celebrity R&B have been known for their outfits on women. Iggy tell the story of how she's made it by working hard by actually displaying the different places she was in her life. while very shocking it is still admiring to see that she has made it so far from where she started. R&B videos are all about telling the story in videos and that's definitely what she's done.

Maria's Carey along with  Beyoncé have been  famous for a long period of time and  in one of her back in the day music videos "obsessed" is in what looks to be her many ion while all attention again is on her. we outfits are very revealing as she proceeds to sing about how obsessed  a certain person is as it says in the title.

In all these videos the similarities are the lack of clothes and the sexual behaviour. In media there is something called the male gaze and this is where the subject on camera typically a female behaves as if shes pleasing the eyes of the male viewers. This is what i see in these videos. There is a massive contradiction in what they are saying and what they are doing, the lyrics promote female power and independence but the respect that would have been given leaves when they dress and behave as they do.

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