Troye Sivan Addressed Criticism That The "Rush" Music Video Lacked Body Diversity
pic.twitter.com/E9Krdp2pYbJust watched rush video pic.twitter.com/S9z6cv5ks2the music video director for rush pic.twitter.com/IXUCzGuGixThe door to the Rush music video set pic.twitter.com/ytPuuhQ67Pi feel like we live in a world where audiences feel like expression or art isn’t worth their time unless it appeases every single unspoken requirement.
IT IS SO BORING. if something breaks common aesthetics it’s “weird” or “try hard” if something conforms it’s “offensive” and…actually Sam Smith has made a load of great music videos/performances that play with the topics of eroticism and sex and sexiness with very diverse casting and they have been heavily criticized for doing so.
so basically what I'm saying is - no one can ever successfully make art… https://t.co/QsMc9oLTROThe full quote is, "I do again want to say for the record that I am rooting for Troye.
But the video has all the subtlety of a 1990s Calvin Klein campaign. It’s a return to body fascism and emaciation — two gay tastes that actually never went out of style.
