Music Video Analysis - Pop Genre - Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)

This music video is narrative based with also some performance in it, because of this alone we may be able to tell that this is from the pop genre as these are very common in the pop genre. The title of the song could also give us a clue that it is from the pop genre as Friday nights are known as being for partying and celebrating the week being over so this tells us that it is going to be fun and party like.

Again with most, if not all, pop genre music videos the colours play an important part which can be seen in this music video. The setting, props and clothing in this music video are very bright, vibrant and colourful making the video seem fun and linking in with the theme of the party. The partying theme makes the video seem fun because it makes you feel as if you're almost at the party, again this fits in with the 'feel good'/partying factor of this genre. The different shots and camera movement that are used also help the music video fit in with the genre because it is filmed in a way that makes you feel as if you're at the party.

The lyrics of the song also help this song to fit in with the pop genre because lyrics such as "Last Friday night, yeah we danced on table tops, and we took too many shots" again add to the party feel of the song and the genre its from because it states that they are dancing and drinking alcohol. The instruments used are also very important in allowing this song to fit into the genre again as they are what mainly give the song the party feel as it makes you want to dance.