In the song lyrics of “Road Less Traveled” by: Lauren Alaina are written in a way that lets people know that they should take a less traveled path in society. The music video, however, shows a more complexity into the song and how society effects the way people see themselves. The video features a woman who is singing in front of mirrors. This woman goes to help a girl who is judging herself in a mirror. She helps a girl who is scared to eat because of the way society says people should look. Then she helps a girl/teenager who is afraid to sing in front of crowd because of what society may think of her. By the end of the video, the women has encouraged these girls to not listen to what society thinks and a less traveled path. Lauren Alaina’s video for the song “Road Less Traveled” shows how society makes people see themselves, and how people should take their own path. The element, perhaps, noticed first by viewers is the video’s use of diverse backgrounds throughout the video. At first the video opens to a dark room with mirrors and a wave of color …show more content…
The mirrors, the magazine, the make-up, the food, etc…, there all symbols. The magazine is a symbol of the people that are photographed to be in it, and how it can make others fell; which normally they are all skinny and presumed to be fit. Make-up is used as a symbol because it make’s people more beautiful because society believes that people are not beautiful with-out. The girl wishing to sing but does not because of comments on social media; “show what you got and just own it”, is what the older girl is means when she gives the girl the microphone. All the symbols in this video prove that society is making people follow rules, instead of them taking their own path. The symbols show how it affects people, and what it does to the state of mind of someone. The objects/symbols that the girls push aside/go against show how people should not follow anyone or any