Music
Hayley Williams in the “Cinnamon” Music Video
Paramore lead singer Hayley Williams’ aesthetic has evolved considerably since her band’s early 2000s punk-rock heyday. Life events have prompted both an inspiring, thought-provoking solo album and steps away from her iconic orange hair color. The colorful music video for “Cinnamon” concludes a story sequence which, using fantastical and slightly disturbing imagery, conveys Hayley Williams’ recovery process following traumatic life experiences and depression.
Note: In these videos, Hayley Williams wears the front of her hair bleached blond, while the back side is dark brown. In “Cinnamon,” it is heavily teased and tied back with a scrunchie. You can achieve this style by clipping dark brown hair extensions into the back of a blond wig.
Strive from “Starlight Brigade” by TWRP
Strive is the protagonist of the music video for TWRP’s song, “Starlight Brigade,” featuring singer Dan Avidan (better known for his more provocative stage name). The young elfin humanoid, a citizen of the planet Moebius, finds himself pulled into an intergalactic journey with the band’s cartoon Starlight Brigade personas.
Using blue and white face-paint as a base, you can follow GhostlyCosplay’s makeup tutorial for Strive’s makeup to complete this look.
SpongeBob SquarePants from The Broadway Musical
In SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical, the inhabitants of Bikini Bottom find themselves in peril as a volcano called Mount Humongous threatens to erupt and destroy the town. SpongeBob endeavors to save his beloved home and his friends. For the Broadway Musical, SpongeBob’s costume has been revamped with a yellow checkered shirt and plaid pants, compared to SpongeBob’s costume in the original run at the Oriental Theater in Chicago, and his design in the Nickelodeon series.
Phantom of the Opera
Erik, better known as The Phantom of the Opera, is a main character of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s famous musical. His real name is Erik. He lives underground beneath the Paris Opera House, and becomes infatuated with a soprano singer named Christine Daae. As a musical genius, he recognizes her talent and selects her to sing his music. He eventually falls in love with her, but she doesn’t reciprocate, which leaves him heartbroken. He wears a mask to hide half his face which had been disfigured from birth. The musical is currently running on Broadway, where Ben Crawford plays this title role.
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Rin from Shelter
In the music video for the Porter Robinson single Shelter, Rin is a teenage girl who finds herself alone in the world. It’s revealed that a planetary object was on a collision course with planet Earth, and her scientist father labored for years to build a spacecraft for her to survive, forever plugged into the spacecraft’s simulation to experience life.
Freddie Mercury from Live Aid
In 1985, Queen performed at Live Aid, an event organised by Sir Bob Geldof to raise funds for the Ethiopian famine disaster. In front of 72,000 people in Wembley Stadium, London, frontman Freddie Mercury put on a legendary performance for all time.
Heathers: The Musical
Heathers: The Musical is a rock musical based on the 1988 film Heathers. In it, Veronica Sawyer is a teenage girl who struggles with high school life until the popular Heathers: Heather McNamara, Heather Duke, and Heather Chandler, invite her into their inner circle. The musical had runs off-Broadway and West End of London.
Valerie Sassyfras
Valerie Sassyfras is a New Orleans musician who hit mainstream attention when her performance of “Girls Night Out” was featured on the Ellen DeGeneres Show. She sings lines like “I’m horny and I’m lazy” while bending over and clutching her behind. It’s only when the YouTube video pans the crowd that we realize she’s performing in a backyard for a children’s party.
