Only Irrelevant

John Paul Gajudo BSM41 ACTG411a

Only Irrelevant: A reaction to Nicky Minaj’s Only Music Video

First of all, I would like to point out that I am not a Nicky Minaj hater, I do not hate her and her music but I do not like them either. I am simply aware of her music and the only times I am able to listen to them is when I hear it over the radio. I was also able to watch some of her music videos when it was aired over the television. I am also aware of the extreme unethical behavior showed in her videos. Mostly, I think that she performs this kind of songs not because she wants to express herself but because she wants popularity. She’s in it for the attention and the money. Watching her videos is like watching a legitimate adults-only film. But I didn’t care because I never listen to her anyway.

Then comes her latest music video “Only” featuring Lil’ Wayne, Drake and Chris Brown. The first time I watched it, I noticed two things: the lyrics and the animation included. The lyrics is highly inappropriate and highly unethical. It’s full of foul words that is not suitable for children and therefore should not be aired on radios and televisions. The lyrics could hardly even be considered a song. It’s just like they’re bragging how strong their friendship is and how anybody could not stand in their way. There are also a couple of phrases that emphasizes how they would have had like to have an affair with Nicky Minaj and how good will it be. The lyrics alone makes the song unethical. But there is also an issue on the animation. The animation is simple and quite repetitive but it shows a hint of Nazism, or Nazi ideology, which is considered inappropriate because of the terrors from the World War 2. The video also showed one of the singers (Drake) as the Pope in the middle of a church or cathedral. The video also shows a symbol YM, composed of the letter Y on top of the letter M. After a bit of a research, I found out that YM stands for Young Mula, a company...