Analyzing Alessia Cara's Song 'Scars To Your Beautiful'

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Alessia Cara sings very strongly about three main subjects in her song “Scars to your Beautiful.” One of the subjects she points out in the song is body image. The main line in the song “you should know your beautiful just the way you are…” brings out a very strong message. The message is, you don’t have to change your appearance to be beautiful. Another line in the song that has a very strong message is “She don’t see her perfect, she don’t understand she’s worth it…” The message behind this line is your appearance is beautiful, even if you only see your flaws. The last line that has a strong message is “Or that beauty goes deeper than the surface…” The message is, beauty is not on the outside, it’s on the inside. To conclude, this point was made to make people feel that they’re beautiful the way they are. …show more content…

In her music video, she includes all races as volunteers to tell their story. She does this because it does not matter the color of your skin, every race is equal. Next, the main line in the song “you should know your beautiful just the way you are…” has a very large, important message . The message is, your skin color, appearance, or other factors do not define you as a person, you are who you are without these factors. Lastly, a strong point she makes at the very end of her music video is “Scars to your Beautiful is a reminder that beauty isn’t only one look shape, size, or colour.” These factors she has listed do not define you. This point is very important due to the fact that skin color does not determine your

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