In the beginning, the lead character is having sex with a guy and for a moment, she looks to the left and sees a bear that had a big impact on her life. She flashes back to a time when she was in preschool. She, as a little girl, was eating lunch when one of her school mates grabs her bear and throws it. She sits on the boy's back and grabs his hair. The teacher sees her and she gets scolded.
Forward in time and the girl watches from her window as a kid's birthday party is taking place next door. Obviously, she is not invited and she feels sad. One of the kids at the party looks up and sees her and she hides. She, then, looks at herself in the mirror.
A little more forward in time and she is now a teenager. Her mother sees her and scolds her for dressing "improperly". She gets dragged to her room and her mother forces her to change. In school, she recieves an F as a result on a quiz. Not seeming to care that she got a bad grade, she doodles on the F to disguise it as a mock drawing of a lady, probably her teacher. She vandalizes a bathroom stall as she peeks at the more "beautiful" girls at her school. The video reveals that she etched the words "Skinny Bitches" on the wall.
She is now in a clothing boutique and she looks jealously as some girl tries on a blue dress. She takes one of the same dresses from the rack and her bag and hides in the employees' lounge. She stuffs the dress in her bag and as she walks out of the room, she is caught. She is, then, dragged out of the store.
At her own house, she weighs herself in the bathroom. She is provoked by her weight and grabs a blade. She sits in the tub as she slashes her wrists. Bloody water, blade drops to the floor and the word "Perfect" is slashed on her arm. She sees the bear and realizes what she's done to herself. She gets up and cuts her hair short. She paints a picture and time moves forward again.
She is now at an exhibit as one of the painters. P!nk raises a glass to her and she nods. She sees the guy and we are back to the present. She gets up from the bed and takes the bear. She puts it beside her daughter and mouths "You are perfect to me."
In my opinion, The video is meant to be an awakening. An awakening for the popular kids in school, showing them that what they are doing can have a big impact to the less popular kids. An awakening for the teens that vomit to make themselves skinny, showing them that they can be perfect in their own way without doing that. An awakening for those that slash their wrists, showing them that life doesn't have to end there, that it can go on wonderfully. An awakening for the whole world to see how hard life is for this generation.
The song is very meaningful. The video, although controversial, is beautiful. That is why I can easily rate it as 5 STARS.
Here is an article from Metro Lyrics on P!nk defending the video for her new single.
Singer Pink has defended her controversial new video for single F****n' Perfect and said it was meant to stir things up. The new video shows a sex scene as well as a girl slashing her wrists while in a bath. However the star took to her website to defend the scenes and admitted that it does reflect some unhappier times in her own life. She said: "I'm sure my newest video will be much like some of my others, which basically means I expect it will ruffle some feathers. "My favourite books, art pieces, films, and music, always have something jarring about them. I want art to make me think. In order to do that, it may p**s me off, or make me uncomfortable. "That promotes awareness and change, or at least some discussion. That is my intention. You can't move mountains by whispering at them."...
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