This document provides an analysis of the music video for Troye Sivan's song "Happy Little Pill". It summarizes the plotlines featured in the different sections of the video. The video follows conventions of electronic pop music genres with muted colors and close-ups of the artist. It depicts Troye singing and also shows a lonely footballer on the pitch as well as Troye alone in a hotel room. The video ties together to match the lyrics of the song. The muted color scheme may be due to this being Troye Sivan's first music video released under his record label.

1. Troye Sivan – Happy Little Pill
“The track is an ambient piece of slow-burning, electronic pop.”
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=QEWHF3E9YJQ

2. This music video follows the general
convention of electronic pop, with
usually dark colours and the story in
two halves.
Roughly 1/3 of the video consists of
Troye infront of the camera singing the
lyrics with little to no performance
aspect to it…

3. …1/3 of the video is of a young
footballer lonely on the pitch, many
of the lyrics coincide with the
camera work and what is happening
in shot…

4. … and 1/3 of the video is the story if
Troye alone in a hotel room. This ties
the video together as it matches the
lyrics of the song.

5. The general conventions
of electro pop tend to be
a very dull colour scheme,
however due to this being
his first music video with
the label I believe it
followed the colour
scheme of the EP.

6. Happy Little Pill
and Royals
Goodwin’s
theory: Genre
Characteristics
- Muted
colours
- -Close up on
artist

7. Goodwin’s theory
Notion of Looking
Opposite to the male gaze theory and the
men often portrayed in a negative way,
instead the male footballer in the video is
shown to be vulnerable and lonely.
The Demands of the Record Label
Despite him being signed to a major label
(Capitol Records) he is still given the
creative freedom he wants due to already
having a fanbase which will buy the records,
so they don’t control his music too much.