If anyone expected Sia's desire for anonymity to dissipate with the release of her first music video in four years, their hopes have been dashed by "Chandelier." The award-winning songwriter, whose pen has been the force behind mega-hit songs for Rihanna, Katy Perry and Beyoncé, to name a few among many, is finally stepping out with another solo record of her own, "1000 Forms of Fear." But the notoriously press-shy pop chanteuse is not going to be face-forward about it. Instead, the "Chandelier" clip features a dazzling dance performance from Maddie Ziegler, the 11-year-old star of Lifetime's "Dance Moms."
"Chandelier," a 'party girl anthem with a twist' song stemmed from an impromptu jam session between Sia and Pop producer Jesse Shatkin, and this swooping serenade about a party girl's life was the first solo single by 38-year-old Australian singer-songwriter in four years, following the release of her 2010 studio album "We Are Born." "I usually think, 'Oh this would work for Rihanna, or this would be a good one for B or Katy,'" Sia said to Ryan Seacrest. "But this time I was like, 'Uh oh I think I just wrote a full-blown pop song for myself by accident!'" Ever push emotions down so deep you feel like you're going to burst? Eventually you must let it go.
Now, escape with Sia's own epic pop masterpiece, which is one of Sia's most full-bodied productions to date, equipped with a striding beat and something that sounds less like a traditional pop chorus than an explosive, off-the-walls exercise in vocal acrobatics that only Sia could ever pull off. If you're looking for the crash-and-burn party girl described in the lyrics to her heart-wrenching "Chandelier," you won't find her in the song's video. Nor does Sia herself appear. In fact, much like the visual for "Titanium," her mainstream breakthrough pair-up with David Guetta, "Chandelier" is absent of the singer and it focuses on a youngster in this case, pre-teen dancer Ziegler as a young Sia.
Ziegler is initially seen perched in a door frame in a dingy, empty room, and over the next three and a half minutes, the pint-sized dancer rocks her blonde Sia-esque wig and a nude bodysuit in many more deserted rooms while spinning, kicking, leaping, crawling, falling, twirling and hiding herself behind window drapes. It's a departure from the party-hearty, "1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, DRINK!" lyrics of the song, but Ziegler's contemporary dance routine more than makes up for the disconnect, is at once beautiful and heartbreaking, as she interprets heavy lines like "help me, I'm holding on for dear life" and "here comes the shame" through nimble steps.
"Chandelier," a 'party girl anthem with a twist' song stemmed from an impromptu jam session between Sia and Pop producer Jesse Shatkin, and this swooping serenade about a party girl's life was the first solo single by 38-year-old Australian singer-songwriter in four years, following the release of her 2010 studio album "We Are Born." "I usually think, 'Oh this would work for Rihanna, or this would be a good one for B or Katy,'" Sia said to Ryan Seacrest. "But this time I was like, 'Uh oh I think I just wrote a full-blown pop song for myself by accident!'" Ever push emotions down so deep you feel like you're going to burst? Eventually you must let it go.
Now, escape with Sia's own epic pop masterpiece, which is one of Sia's most full-bodied productions to date, equipped with a striding beat and something that sounds less like a traditional pop chorus than an explosive, off-the-walls exercise in vocal acrobatics that only Sia could ever pull off. If you're looking for the crash-and-burn party girl described in the lyrics to her heart-wrenching "Chandelier," you won't find her in the song's video. Nor does Sia herself appear. In fact, much like the visual for "Titanium," her mainstream breakthrough pair-up with David Guetta, "Chandelier" is absent of the singer and it focuses on a youngster in this case, pre-teen dancer Ziegler as a young Sia.
Ziegler is initially seen perched in a door frame in a dingy, empty room, and over the next three and a half minutes, the pint-sized dancer rocks her blonde Sia-esque wig and a nude bodysuit in many more deserted rooms while spinning, kicking, leaping, crawling, falling, twirling and hiding herself behind window drapes. It's a departure from the party-hearty, "1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, DRINK!" lyrics of the song, but Ziegler's contemporary dance routine more than makes up for the disconnect, is at once beautiful and heartbreaking, as she interprets heavy lines like "help me, I'm holding on for dear life" and "here comes the shame" through nimble steps.
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