Music Video Analysis : Joey Bada$$ - Waves

Waves is a single by Joey Bada$$ released in 2012. Although a video full of pure cinematography, the cinematography does show a story of a 17 year old teenager, how by day is a normal teenager, who goes through everyday activities of a teenager such as school and hanging out with friends. The video clearly shows that Joey is experiencing the same emotions as normal teenagers such as boredom in school and happiness when hanging around with friends. But as night Joey is a famous rapper who is performing at a concert infront of fans. This music plays a true story as this is what Joey's life is like at this moment with balancing school with his rap career. Some of the scenes match in time the lyrics of the song, presenting this video and song as a story. The cinematography in this video is all shot in new york boroughs such as Brooklyn and Queens which is show in the music video when Joey and his friends are on the subway. I believe the style and flow of the video matches the style and flow of the song as being a very chilled song. In many parts of the video the shots have been shot in slow motion, and others and shot in real time, might may represent slower and faster parts of Joey's life.