Myth of Beauty

In Akon’s song “Beautiful” featuring Colby O’Donis and Kardinal Offishall gives off a certain image that reflects the image of the beauty myth. This particular myth of beauty displayed in this song and video is the beauty myth of seduction. This myth is explored in this video and song by the artist singing and rapping about certain women that are being displayed as being seductive. The first lyrics of the entire song are “When I see you, I run out of words to say”. This shows that the girl that Akon is talking about is beautiful and seductive that every time that he sees her he cannot think of any words to say. If a girl can have this much of an effect on a person she must be really special and she must be beautiful. Another section of lyrics in the song that depicts the myth of beauty being displayed in this video is when Akon says, “I wouldn't leave you because you’re that type of girl”. This just further proves that the women who is he is talking about is displaying the myth of beauty. Also the fact that he is putting so much attention to this one particular woman further proves that she is beautiful and that she is in fact seductive. Usually the woman that is always on our mind we consider to be the most beautiful woman in the world, and this is the case for Akon and this woman. In the video the woman that is shown can be viewed as a beautiful women based on her looks alone, but also the way she makes Akon feel further proves her to be conveying the myth of beauty. In the music video the woman that Akon is singing about is posing as a model so she has a job, so she can support herself as an independent trait which is considered beautiful for some man. Also since she was posing like a model she was wearing revealing clothing which shows that she has a sexual side of her. This proves that the social facets of class, gender and sexual orientation are shown in this video. The fact that the woman in the video is seen as model proves that she has a job. Also the particular job that she has is considered part of the upper class. Since she is in the upper class it shows that she is wealthy, which is considered to be a beautiful trait to some people. The fact that she is a model is proof that she is very feminine. The social facet of gender is proven when she is seen as a model with a lot of feminine characteristics and traits. The clothing that she was wearing further proves that she is characterized as being feminine. Femininity is seen as being a beautiful characteristic according to Akon and most men. The sexual orientation of the myth of beauty is seen as being heterosexual. According to this video the sexual orientation of the woman is proven as heterosexual because Akon is rapping to this specific woman and she is making physical contact with him, which shows that she is attractive to him. The fact that he has dedicated an entire song to this one woman proves that he feels some sort of connection with this one particular woman shows that she is the myth of beauty according to him. Also in the video the woman does not say a lot so according to Akon he believes that a woman is beautiful if she looks good and doesn't talk or do much. This can and probably different than most peoples but that doesn't mean that either his myth of beauty is wrong because the myth of beauty is not universal, it depends on the person.