Demi Lovato is a singer/songwriter who spent years being bullied. It led to depression which eventually led to suicidal thoughts. She struggled with self harm, eating disorders and other personal struggles. Now, Lovato spends her time performing and inspiring those who feel as she felt years ago: insecure and helpless. She wrote her hit “Warrior” as a means to let go and accept what she went through growing up (so she told Billboard magazine).
The video is consistently monochromatic throughout the entirety of the song. It’s black and white scenes indicate the seriousness of the topic and the song in the artist’s eyes. It makes a statement. She also continually repeats the same sections of the video over and over again. The repetition showcases her earlier life of how she was trapped in a routine of hurting and pain. At different points in the video it shows her on stage and how she overcame all of the struggles she went through. But, at certain points of the video she also shows her in the same clothes and look she had onstage in a populous place and no one recognized her. No one even looked up at her. She may have overcome all of the things she faced but it still hurt her inside and out and she showed that in her song and video.
At the end of the video, it ended on the repeated scene where she threw off her clothes she wore on stage. Ending on this scene, she shows her vulnerability and lets her audience see she is allowing herself to be vulnerable with this song and was able to let go of her pain like she was able to let go of the clothes she was wearing. She also shows in this scene that though she has moved forward and achieved her dream, she hasn’t forgotten who she is and she knows the fame doesn’t make her who she is.
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