Singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat has released a new song and video taking on the ridiculous beauty standards imposed throughout popular culture. In the video for “Try,” she and others take off their makeup and hair extensions to reveal the real people.
The lyrics ask about the commercial culture that inspires us to go to stores and go into debt just to meet someone else’s standards of beauty. Ultimately, Caillat asks: “Why, should you care, what they think of you?/ When you’re all alone, by yourself, do you like you?” Check out her video for “Try.”
On Twitter, Caillat explains, “‘Try’ is the 1st video I’ve never prepared for. Didn’t go tanning or diet or heavily workout… & it felt wonderful!” “Try” appears on Caillat’s EP Gypsy Heart Side A
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