Analysis Of Ben J. Pierce's 'Little Game'

“Little Game” by Benny or better known as Ben J. Pierce uses elements to represent society’s perception of gender roles such as boys wearing the color blue and girls wearing the color pink. Furthermore, in the music video ladies are supposed to apply make-up and monitor their weight; while men are supposed to reach for toy trucks and sports equipment. However, one of the boys reaches out to get the pink Barbie doll on the ground and is instantly attacked by the other males in the group; while one of the ladies decides to open a book and start reading instead of using the book to work on her posture, the lady is then attacked by the other females in the group. Pierce’s song has around 6,946,909 views total on YouTube and was released on October

For one, Pierce’s song is a completely different genre then Manic Street Preachers’ song. “Little Game” is a pop and electronic type of genre, while “Born a Girl” is a rock and Britpop type of genre. Britpop is “pop music by a loose affiliation of British groups of the mid 1990s, typically influenced by the Beatles and other British groups of the 1960s and perceived as a reaction against American grunge music.” (Google). Moreover, the research and information found on the worldwide web for Pierce’s song is astonishing. However, Manic Street Preachers’ song has hardly any information available including a music video. Since there is no music video available online, no examples of imagery can be used to go into more detail about the song. In the song “Little Game”, separate cups of water containing pink and blue paint represents how women and men are to remain with their biological birth sex. At the end of the music video, the tension has raised when the male and female shake hands mixing the pink and blue chalk on their hands. Manic Street Preachers includes three band members all consisting of adult males when the song originally was released back in the year of 1998. Unlike Manic Street Preachers’ song, “Little Game” was sung, produced, and written by the fifteen-year-old Pierce himself. The artist’s songs were both released on completely different dates and years as well as the ages of each artist varied abundantly. On the other hand, Pierce’s song is drastically more popular and successful than Manic Street Preachers’ song. Pierce’s song was written after a remark was made to the artist’s face. Pierce told the Daily Dot, “At the beginning of this year, I had an encounter with someone who said if I were to fit into the masculine archetype, I would have it a lot easier in life,” (The Daily Dot, 2014). The remark made had become the inspiration be hide the song “Little