Statement tegen photoshop

Gisteren zag ik deze nieuwe videoclip van Colbie Caillat, genaamd ‘Try’, overal voorbijkomen. Met name op Facebook. Met dit nieuwe nummer maakt ze een statement tegen photoshop en retoucheringen. En ik snap haar heel goed. 

Er zijn vrouwen die erg veel moeite doen voor hun uiterlijk, omdat ze het gevoel hebben dat anderen dat van hun verwachten of omdat ze dan het gevoel krijgen meer geaccepteerd te worden, of er meer bij te horen. Zelf ben ik ook wel gevoelig voor zulke dingen. Die eerste twee coupletten verwoorden het precies voor mij:

”Put your make up on
Get your nails done
Curl your hair
Run the extra mile
Keep it slim so they like you, do they like you?

Get your sexy on
Don’t be shy, girl
Take it off
This is what you want, to belong, so they like you
Do you like you?”

Bekijk hier eens de clip! Ik ben er zelf wel enthousiast over, ook over het nummer zelf. Soms word ik een beetje moe van alles wat met uiterlijk te maken heeft, maar ik kan er zelf ook niet omheen. Ik doe net zo goed mee aan het dragen van make-up en ik wil altijd heel graag in de smaak vallen bij anderen. Daar probeer ik althans wel mijn best voor te doen, qua uiterlijke verschijning dan.

Songtekst ‘Try’

Oooh
Oooh

Put your make up on
Get your nails done
Curl your hair
Run the extra mile
Keep it slim so they like you, do they like you?

Get your sexy on
Don’t be shy, girl
Take it off
This is what you want, to belong, so they like you
Do you like you?

You don’t have to try so hard
You don’t have to give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don’t have to change a single thing

You don’t have to try, try, try, try
You don’t have to try, try, try, try
You don’t have to try, try, try, try
You don’t have to try
Yooou don’t have to try

Oooh
Oooh

Get your shopping on, at the mall, max your credit cards
You don’t have to choose, buy it all, so they like you
Do they like you?

Wait a second,
Why should you care, what they think of you
When you’re all alone, by yourself, do you like you?
Do you like you?

You don’t have to try so hard
You don’t have to give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don’t have to change a single thing

You don’t have to try so hard
You don’t have to bend until you break
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don’t have to change a single thing

You don’t have to try, try, try, try
You don’t have to try, try, try, try
You don’t have to try, try, try, try
You don’t have to try

You don’t have to try, try, try, try
You don’t have to try, try, try, try
You don’t have to try, try, try, try
You don’t have to try
Yooou don’t have to try

Noooo
Oooh

You don’t have to try so hard
You don’t have to give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don’t have to change a single thing

You don’t have to try, try, try, try
You don’t have to try, try, try, try
You don’t have to try
You don’t have to try

Take your make up off
Let your hair down
Take a breath
Look into the mirror, at yourself
Don’t you like you?
Cause I like you