MUSICVID #6: Fifth Harmony - Work From Home

POSSIBLE INFLUENCES:

• The use of Male and Female Gaze

Ty Dolla Sign not present

ACT: Fifth Harmony 
           feat. Ty Dolla Sign
TRACK: Work From Home
ALBUM: 7/27
YEAR: 2016
GENRE: Pop, R&B
DIRECTOR: Director X
LABEL:  Epic, Syco, (owned by SME)
SINGLE?: Yes, the lead single, see cover below

BACKGROUND

• Fifth Harmony are one of the few mainstream internationally successful girl groups.
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LYRICS

SONGWRITERS: Daniel Beding field

Joshua Coleman 

Jude Demorest

Tyrone Griffith, 

                                            Jr.

Alexander Izquierdo

BrianLee

I ain't worried 'bout nothin'I ain't wearin' na nadaI'm sittin' pretty, impatient, but I know you gottaPut in them hours, I'mma make it harderI'm sending pic after picture, I'mma get you fired
I know you're always on the night shiftBut I can't stand these nights aloneAnd I don't need no explanation'Cause baby, you're the boss at home
You don't gotta go to work, work, work, work, work, work, workBut you gotta put in work, work, work, work, work, work, workYou don't gotta go to work, work, work, work, work, work, workLet my body do the work, work, work, work, work, work, work, workWe can work from home, oh, oh, oh-ohWe can work from home, oh, oh, oh-oh
Let's put it into motionI'mma give you a promotionI'll make it feel like a vacay, turn the bed into an oceanWe don't need nobody, I just need your bodyNothin' but sheets in between us, ain't no getting off early
I know you're always on the night shiftBut I can't stand these nights aloneAnd I don't need no explanation'Cause baby, you're the boss at home
You don't gotta go to work, work, work, work, work, work, workBut you gotta put in work, work, work, work, work, work, workYou don't gotta go to work, work, work, work, work, work, workLet my body do the work, work, work, work, work, work, work, workWe can work from home, oh, oh, oh-ohWe can work from home, oh, oh, oh-oh
[Ty Dolla $ign:]Girl, go to work for meCan you make it clap, no hands for me?Take it to the ground, pick it up for meLook back at it all over mePut in work like my timesheetShe ride it like a '63I'mma buy her no CelineLet her ride in a foreign with meOh, she the bae, I'm her booAnd she down to break the rulesRide or die, she gon' goI won't judge, she finesseI pipe up, she take thatPutting overtime on your body
You don't gotta go to work, work, work, work, work, work, workBut you gotta put in work, work, work, work, work, work, workYou don't gotta go to work, work, work, work, work, work, workLet my body do the work, work, work, work, work, work, work, workWe can work from home, oh, oh, oh-ohWe can work from home, oh, oh, oh-oh
Yeah, we can work from homeYeah, we can work from homeYeah

TEXTUAL ANALYSIS

Slide open sideways from black, followed by diegetic intro of three seconds.

Mainly performance video.

REPRESENTATION

Are Fifth Harmony objectifying themselves? 

This opinion piece believes they are part of a wider trend in pop music that sexually objectifies both men and women. Objectification in itself might be dehumanising, but it isn't sexist.