Aaliyah's 'Try Again' is a soundtrack for the film she stars in with Jet Li, 'Romeo Must Die'. The intertextual references are Jet Li appearing in the music video starring with Aaliyah and the hall of mirrors taken from a Bruce Lee film.
The song is a combination of hip-hop, dance and urban. The video mostly contains Aaliyah dancing with background dancers. Also many close ups with the mirrors. The mirrors give a sense of notion of looking. It is as if they have been put there to give the message of something may be lurking behind. The split screens of the mirrors also and the extreme close ups Aaliyah and Timbaland are shown in give the feel that are hiding from something.
The only relationship between lyrics and visuals is when Aaliyah says 'turn away' she turns her head away. Overall, the video is the skills Jet Li shows and highlights Aaliyah's amazing dance moves.
The dance moves are choreographed in time to the beat of the song. At the end when she bangs the walking stick on the ground it is to the sound of the beat. Also, in the third verse when the lyrics speed up the cuts are faster amongst the fight scene that is happening.
The lyrics do not really match the music video but does to the film it is created for. The music video is there to advertise the film and show Aaliyah's great work.
The song is a combination of hip-hop, dance and urban. The video mostly contains Aaliyah dancing with background dancers. Also many close ups with the mirrors. The mirrors give a sense of notion of looking. It is as if they have been put there to give the message of something may be lurking behind. The split screens of the mirrors also and the extreme close ups Aaliyah and Timbaland are shown in give the feel that are hiding from something.
The only relationship between lyrics and visuals is when Aaliyah says 'turn away' she turns her head away. Overall, the video is the skills Jet Li shows and highlights Aaliyah's amazing dance moves.
The dance moves are choreographed in time to the beat of the song. At the end when she bangs the walking stick on the ground it is to the sound of the beat. Also, in the third verse when the lyrics speed up the cuts are faster amongst the fight scene that is happening.
The lyrics do not really match the music video but does to the film it is created for. The music video is there to advertise the film and show Aaliyah's great work.
This song links into 'No Scrubs' quite well because of the beat. Also, Aaliyah is presented as an independent woman but incredibly stunning at the same time. Scarlett Divas can be represented as this also especially being a part of a major label they have to look great.
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