Directed by Paul Cenzoprano

JP Cenzo band music story video, the birth, life and death of a relationship.

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Review by Victoria Angelique:

The metaphor for relationships is perfectly summed up in JP CENZO’S WHAT YOU WANT (IT’S NOT ME) OFFICIAL STORY VIDEO. The music video is short, but hits the point hard as it showcases a relationship from its start to finish all through the viewpoint of a car. 

The musician and director of this music video make it clear how this new relationship will end from the second the couple meet. On the surface, they seem happy as they get to know each other, yet the car drives by a cemetery. This shows the audience that this will be yet another doomed relationship for this young man and young woman. 

The most brilliant metaphor would be the literal use of masks. We’ve always been told that people wear masks in relationships and when those masks slip, it’s when the true test begins to see if the couple can make it. The scene slips between the couple wearing masks and cuts to reality, where they happily talk without showing the real them. 

Once the masks come off, friends and family are forced to become the third wheels as the couple refuses to admit their relationship is over. This music video showcases this by using a monkey in the middle character, the awkward character that would rather not be there as the relationship deteriorates. He will be forced to eventually take a side, which will end a friendship with one of the two people in the relationship. 

The best form of symbolism is the use of a casket when the relationship is officially dead. This couple must mourn and get out every emotion they hid from their time together. Then they can begin again, relieved to be single as the young woman gets in the car alone. 

JP CENZO’S WHAT YOU WANT (IT’S NOT ME) OFFICIAL STORY VIDEO is a perfect and humorous metaphor for the dating world. From the beginning to the end of a relationship.