"Pink" by Charlie White

[nykfist]

haha. the corporation adidas must have paid Mr.White a lot of money to attach their name to this video.

[Testyclair]

first comment in 9 months!

[dorobonekokun]

Damn that bear is a horny mofo

[AnneMarieDiamond]

I love this piece. The teddy bear could represent the remainder of childhood, holding on but abandoned for new experiences. I see the jewels representing new experiences (the desire to look attractive), glamourous at first but ultimately trapping the girl until she becomes a motionless object. Her sexual awakening (shell) comes as a teenagr but eventually the habits she acquires (wearing makeup, dieting) come to destroy her sexuality by loading it with commercialized expectations.

[LasFrambuesas]

that bear scares me.

[johmmings]

Charlie's anima comes out of its shell to merge with his persona.

[chill32042]

I love this video, it has such a strange vibe to it. It always makes me feel good to know there are many people out there as strange as me :)

[ICN37]

well shit i just tripp'd balls

[noobsmasher123]

lol whoever made this is FUCKED. ALSO THE GAME.

[oualala75]

this is art

[laprietta54]

wow well i like the song lol

[UniQueLyEviL]

This is brilliant.

[FooPerson]

The bear and stuffed animals represent the girl's childhood innocence and when her skin turns into the diamonds it signifies the state in which our society wants girls to be. The stuffed animals are disturbing but still perfect and innocent, and that's the way they want her to stay. Flawless, inhuman, perfect and completely devoid of sexuality. The shell is also an obvious vaginal reference and I think it represents sexual desire because of how the ooze retraced once she became all bedazzled.

[Mangina9000]

@FooPerson I disagree. I believe that this is about the fetishization and sexualization of pure girls. That this purity is utterly false, that women voluntarily become property to participate in it and that "they made us this way" is saying that we are simply on autopilot through all of this.

[DontexStephensx]

google charlie white , that mf is wierd lookn

[dasbakon]

@DontexStephensx I certainly hope you don't think his Joshua puppet is White himself, do you?

[TheFightingTwits]

Can someone explain to me what this is, please?

[shemfleenor]

I can explain... you're an idiot...

[hserf]

GOT IT! Hommie the bear got pissed off cause the girl didn't use enough Downy Soft when she was drying the fabric. What!

[indigothecat]

I initially thought that the bear was there for a sexual reference. But reanalyzing it, the bear is actually there to symbolize the remnants of the girl's childhood. Basically, the bear is saying goodbye as more adult desires and needs start to take over her.

[Spyscience]

scary

[BulletK1ss]

amazing! it got somthing that me want to keep looking at here (in the pink diamonds) its so weird like a dream that becomes reality... (?)

REAL nice art :)

[BeBeAyumi]

Pink, oh my everywhere pink O.o

[PenguinLaLa14]

o.O

?

[st04dema]

the tittle of song is "Made" of Greg Weeks

[RoyalSilence]

wtf...  thats all i have to say.

[SkizabChailleach]

RIDICULUS ¬¬

[alpaul]

whats the name of the song

[JaneCochran]

I felt sad for the teddy bear. :-(

And maybe the bear represents who she really is beneath all the social expectations she gets lost in while trying to live up to until even she doesn't know who & what she is anymore?

[pbchrist]

don't kid yourself-- that bear had it coming.

[CupcakeLime]

Haha, Cute teddy bear < 3

[livelovemusic420]

dude that was fucked up

[SynysterSam95]

duude, that was awesome

[leajackson20]

Favorite out of the adicolor series.

[ona1r]

Charlie White is a genius

[gredennia]

loved it, totally amazing

[freddjuh]

wow, that ís short

[premadonna17]

what does this video mean? i dont get the point of it? can sumone explain plz? and does charlie white have other vids that doesnt have to do with girls? im curious.

[MeakisMean]

Charlie white is interested in the artifical construction, by society, of the teenage girl (as something that exist between pre-pubsecent girl, and woman-hood). this video is about the teenage's girl second skin, all teenage girls go through developing it , decorating it and than owning their secondary skin.

[eight9three]

If you like that, check out Charlie's alien porn!

[markusvsmit]

wow could they get a few more people involved?

[blackandwhite240]

i cant stop watching this its unusually awesome

[BulletK1ss]

yeah exactly!

[AmbaJanie]

well my mouth was wide open during the whole thing...

it was scary but also really freaking cool

[armadillosrockyo]

ok im sorry but that was sooo disturbing. I moved the video ahead fast 'cuz it was scray. now im gonna have nightmares that my teddy is gonna get up and turn me into gems. :l

[OkayDoood]

omg, how bizzare? they're, like, bff's forevaarrr!

[Ksaulan]

One of my favorite videos on YouTube!

[72jimbo]

average

[mcenn]

If you think this is average, can you post a couple of links to videos that are well above average?

[badarts]

jesus christ, man! I love your work!

[OKParanoidAndroid]

wow. sounds like "i will." but omfg amazing

[OhNoItsGojira]

What an excellent piece of work, especially for a concept artist. I've only recently been exposed to his work, and I find it very revealing.

[slipperysteven]

I cant stop watching this masterpiece

[luchoclown]

that was amazing

[jvirblis]

cool

[dragithard]

This is unreal. Kudos.

[themarkhinos]

CHARLIE WHITE ROCKS!

[KoroOutbreak]

That being said this video has a pretty deep message of anti-materialism and anti-superficiality, so it's a little weird that Adidas gave this guy money to make it.

[thigmotatic]

I don't know, it's well done and interesting but really disturbing.

[KoroOutbreak]

It's supposed to be really disturbing, because it touches on issues of sexuality that are lurking in our subconscious. We can't really say why it is disturbing, but it is talking to things that exist. Charlie White is one of the only good "concept artists" out there, I think because his stuff comes from the real nightmares of our culture.

[thigmotatic]

Agreed, but I watched this first thing in the morning. I would not recommend that.

[Janiceofcourse]

Fantastic!

[9Akamaru9]

it's wonderful!!!

[jpd129]

She has become what she so desperately surrounds herself with the empty shell of plastic pink materials goods that cannot comfort her.

[holymolydude]

Thats an awesome explanation for the vid. Did you read that or deduce that from the video?

[theratking]

cool vid, but the credits are longer than the actual video!

[islandcrimes]

i went to school with this sad clown ---HE TOOK THE 90'S A BIT TOO SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!!!

[bchrisn]

She had her period.

[blackouttsi]

bingo, notice the shell looking like a vagina

[dyedbluesoul]

This video made me want to cry... but its just cuz I'm on my period. I guess. =\

[SuperCaliBboyPimpin]

too much info wtf

[premadonna17]

dyedbluesoul: what?

[UniQueLyEviL]

@dyedbluesoul LOL I know far too well how that is.

[poopshoopdoop]

what's the song by chance? get back

[bdudek]

look at the end of the credits maybe?

made (remix) by greg weeks

[NSB0953]

This gives me an amazing ammount of confidence. The idea really. I've had an idea in my pocket like this for a couple years now, so it would make sense that I can make it.

[UniQueLyEviL]

@NSB0953 Have you worked on it yet?

[NSB0953]

@UniQueLyEviL

To answer your question, yes and no. Been two years since I seen this last but since then I've exhibited two gallery & shows and made a run for myself. I find it relative because the color Pink is present in everything i'm doing now. Too bad I haven't worked with film yet. Thanks for asking!

[fireworksoflife]

soooo amazing!!!

[ProfessorHuggins]

the oozing conch shell vagina is yeah

[Kantankeris]

Wha...

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...What?

[j3ph42]

Puberty causes seashells that look like vaginas to leak sentient pepto bismol that eats your skin?

[temptest]

Everything suddenly makes sense.

[uhhh54321]

thats deep man

[RedPanda79]

Great work

This needs to be addressed by more people

[BaronVonMunkey]

Teen sexual activity can backfire in horrible ways.

[crocutacrocuta]

i dont know what you guys are talking about this makes perfect sense

[WolksVagon449]

What...

What the fuck...?

[VFXNinja]

I don't know what the fuck.

[theytookmahboy]

That makes several more of us.

[AvariPuppet]

Well that was...interesting.

[Maytag818]

Vagina.

[zoologist02]

Dripping seashell?

Can someone say, "Vagina reference?"

[darghe]

this is sexually arousing

[MadBones1337]

No.. thats me :P the teddy that is, (Pedobear?)

profit for him anyways

[lecmore]

so Beautiful....

[gothicmissi]

this video is so freakin creepy

[iamlikesokewl]

Thats me in the video btw so be nice

[Chris2fur]

No...its me in the video!

[c11anderson]

dumbest thing i ever seen in my life .. wtf is it even about

[stracinsrt4]

wtf mate

[ensile]

yeah I got the feeling she wanted to be an object of desire, she became something she wasn't mean't to become, she attracted the wrong type she then lives with it

[drshakes]

I understand Charlie, i've seen it before. And i'm so sad my friend :(.

[carny666]

Okay.. I'm scared!

[BruceJohnstone]

tehe

[zomgimonfire]

woah, i dont get it o_0

[Ultrasecond]

Strange and surreal. I sorta took it as a commentary on teenage girl's sexual naivete being overwhelmed by feelings of wanting to glamorize herself. In the end she becomes this feminine creature in a fetal position, trying to find some kind of comfort in her strange new form.

[Ultrasecond]

What I think is interesting about this though is the idea of seeing those teenage "popularity girl" girls as really being very strange alien creatures.

[RoseSOAS]

I didn't see it that way. It's an interesting way of viewing it as being consumed by her own values and way of life.

[movinglights7]

Yes I agree with the last one as well. I dont think there is much more that needs to be read into the meaning of the video beyond that, which is fine. It's a simple but brilliantly exercuted short.

[gwapox]

CREEPY

[steadybeau]

Very good! I especially liked the shell - it represents something feminine and it brought some sensuality to the video. The melting of things into pink was wonderful! Do you do commercials?

[pkmndata]

What the fuck was that!?!?

[Hyperfrec]

Wowie. That is amazing... Loved the shell too. Kinda kinky.

[CornOnTheCabre]

The song's done by Greg Weeks, who is (or was?) the lead singer of the Espers. Amazing stuff, couldn't think of a better new artist to collaborate with Charlie White.

[minkco]

i see a theatrical/commercial value, but damn if thats not creepy

[chacha523]

im addicted to this video. the music is great. who is singing it?

[Turtleproof]

Greg Weeks, as it says in the credits, a remix of "Made."

[mikebielaczyc]

this video is so well done, i just have to keep watching it over and over.

[MarianaXavier]

unbeliveable. charlie white definitely rules.

[purdypls]

So beautiful..

I love it to death.

Charlie White is brilliant.

[laurinha6ies]

just love the music. and the video as well. :)

[borowczyk76]

I absolutely adore this video... I've watched it literally fifty times at least (it IS short). And yes, Freud could indeed write a thesis about it... I love Charlie White's work, very original. Go and buy the book. Can't wait to see more from him. He should have been in charge of ALL the color commercials for Adidas if you ask me. A small 30 second masterpiece.

[jesusali]

Charlie White RULES!

The lighting in this is just incredible and the teddy bear is SO creepy, but all in all the story feels rushed. Filmically it could have lasted much longer, I mean, the credits were HALF the video. Take your time Charlie!

[grndl]

You have to consider that this was made as a commercial reel for Adidas, so it's probably edited down. But I agree with you. Would love to see a more paced version of this.

[Qreg]

Wow. Freud would just love this vid.