Inspirations|July 14, 2014 04:06 EDT
Colbie Caillat's 'Try' Video Empowers Women Towards Natural Beauty; Some Upset by 'Make-up is Evil' Message (VIDEO)
Singer Colbie Caillat's new video for her song "Try" caused an online debate amongst viewers on YouTube about whether or not women should wear make up.
Although the song's message is arguably one that is trying to inspire and empower women to be comfortable with their natural beauty, online commenters believe there is another agenda in Caillat's video.
Before releasing the actual music video, Caillat released a lyric video for her song "Try" which featured hundreds of selfies (photos) with women who did not have make up on, "This lyric video is filled with photos of friends, fellow musicians, entertainers and my amazing fans. I asked everyone to shoot themselves wearing little to no makeup - whatever they were most comfortable with. Myself included," Caillat wrote on an introductory message before the video started.
Caillat partnered with Rawbeautytalks.com for the lyric video and continued her natural beauty message with the official music video release for the song. The lyrics of the song speak about the various pressures women face so that others approve of them.
"You don't have to try so hard, You don't have to give it all away, You just have to get up...You don't have to change a single thing," is the ringing hook of the song.
With over six million views, Caillat's video is being met with praise and criticism from those who agree with the song's message and others who think it is pretentious.
"Nope. I refuse to leave my house without makeup on. It's never happening, sorry,?" one noted on YouTube, "They're fostering a false idea that looking fancy is somehow wrong," another criticized.
"It's not like the main propose of the song is to claim that makeup is negative, it's just 'do as you desire,'" some one else defended.
Others continued to fight that the video was anti-makeup, "I just hate this kind of pandering... it's not like Colbie Caillat is gonna stop wearing make up now," some one else adding, "It's okay to wear make-up, and it's also okay NOT to wear make-up. Let's not turn this into a 'make-up is evil' thing.?"
Caillat is not the first one to release a video this month that contains a positive message for women and is being met with criticism. Soul singer John Legend's "You & I (Nobody In The World)" Music Video has some Upset by Transgender actress Laverne Cox's appearance in the video. View the article here.
View Caillat's "Try" below: