[waterballoon]

Seems like many people have given their interpretations for Microphone, Sexy little things and Don't look back. I shall contribute what I think of Lady Dynamite then.

I think Lady Dynamite has been a pretty straightforward with perhaps nothing much to talk about, or even having no symbolism whatsoever.

However, I feel like the message behind the PV is often overlooked due to obvious flaws like the horrible directing and editing, as well as Ayu's overtly-exaggerated facial expressions in most of the video.

So, I would like to highlight this scene in Lady Dynamite, where Ayu is in this scene full of lockers, and she goes on knocking on them and even trying to open up some of the lockers.

This is the crux of the PV, where everything comes together and the message comes out:

DON'T BE AFRAID OR ASHAMED OF WHOEVER YOU ARE

The reason to the lockers reminds me of this simple and common saying for homosexuals, 'Come out of the closet'. This is further emphasized by the cut-scene where a fellow gay man shuts the toilet door as if saying, "No don't try to know more about me. I'm uncomfortable being who I am, I don't want you to see me in this form."

I mean, unfortunately a lot of homosexuals face a problem where we are almost ashamed of who we are due to social stigma and stereotypes... I think the reason why Ayu chose a gay club as a setting isn't because she's a hot diva who's richer than you - it's because homosexuals fit the message of the video, and only in a gay club, do gay men feel most like themselves, and can find people who are just like themselves. It's like... being normal, you know? That sort of feeling where you're finally acknowledged and respected, instead of being despised and shunned...

Now, this also leads me to my next point where most of the PV involves Ayu happily dancing with many homosexuals in the gay club - happiness, freedom, joy. These feelings... can only be felt by gay men in a gay club because they don't get despised there. And so the message comes again, "Be comfortable with yourself."

And I think why the first scenes of the PV are shown Ayu and other people being impatient to enter this gay club is because, these people are sick of the looks that other people give them - that look of despise, that they can't wait to go this place where they can have freedom and happiness.

The best thing is - this message doesn't only affect or relate to the homosexual community. In fact, anyone faces a problem of being ashamed or almost afraid of who they really are... and I think that's a big problem in society right now, and Ayu definitely has observed that to use it as a theme in the PV for Lady Dynamite.

Unfortunately, I've not understood the significance of the lollipop-Ayu... but I suspect it might be just eye-candy since this is not a really symbolic or deep PV anyway, so yeah.