The video tells the story of a young man who loses his father and has a difficult relationship with his mother. He finds a mentor who teaches him to face his fears and problems through music. Learning to play the drums gives him confidence and respect from his peers. Although he initially runs away from problems, he realizes he must solve them himself to be happy. The message is that facing challenges, accepting yourself, and not blaming yourself are the keys to overcoming loneliness.

1. Analysis of Video Clip - Jess Glynne: Don't be so hard on
yourself
The particular song of Jess is been created to demonstrate how loneliness can
destroy your life and spirit, but at the same time what do you have to do, in order to
prevent it from happening. In the music video we can see Jess performing the song
in some scenes, but after a while we realise that the narrative has nothing to do
with her , which is very unusual nowadays.
The narrative is about a young man who I guess
has lost his father and lives with his mother. Their
relationship is not exactly perfect, as we can see in
most scenes, and this is another reason that he is
looking for a father figure to guide him. That's how
he finds a mentor, a teacher. The old, black man is
teaching him how to face his fears and problems,
by using music to his advantage. That method is helping through his life as we can
see that at the beginning his peers are beating him up and bullying him, because of
the simple reason that he is not equal to them.

2. Analysis of Video Clip - Jess Glynne: Don't be so hard on
yourself
However after he learns how to play the drams, his music and determination,
become a tool to his success and a way to get respect from the same people who
disrespected him so much. Also after a fight that the boy had with some other guys,
we see him going home and facing his mother,
who was concerned about his son, but he just
walked away. This suggests that he preferred to
run away from his problems instead of facing
them, but in the end he realises that wherever
you run the problems will keep following you
and that's why you got to learn to solve them by
yourself and that's when his relationship with his
mother got better that before. The point that
Jess is trying to give away, is that despite the fact that loneliness can hurt you
deeply, you have to stay true and don't blame yourself, for the only way to be happy
is to face your problems/demons. Furthermore that the fact that when Jess is
performing we see a lot of people following her, illustrates the point that when you
accept yourself, then everybody else will too, and in that way you'll never stay
alone.