Ayumi Hamasaki – Sayonara Interpretation

This music video is a direct cross cultural reference to American society from a modern Japanese point of view.

– In this music video she sleeps with eight different men as a diamond ring flashes in the background.

– It is a cross reference to her personal life whereby she has gone through a divorce with an American, as some of the sentimental lyrics are the words she wants to say to her former lover.

– This is probably the most intimate music video that features her on a bed 80% of the time with different men, which is a statement by itself to the casual nature that people treat relationships. Gone are the days that diamonds are forever.

– The diamond mask and paper fortress are actually symbolic of the superficial levels of American society, that diamonds are actually worthless in value but inflated by advertising. The paper fortress represents paper currency, which in essence is “fake” as intrinsically, America is in debt.

– A wild galloping stallion in the background is the symbol of female empowerment, and it represents Ayumi Hamasaki as herself in the image of a wild stallion. That she is pretty much free to transverse different landscapes and sleep with whoever she wants.

– This music video is in essence about the freedom of the female sexuality, portrayed by a Japanese woman with contemporary American symbols.

– It may be a statement that the freedom of the female sexuality should be limitless across all cultures.

 

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayumi_H...

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