On September 28th, 2016, "DC Superhero Girls" partnered with American girl group Fifth Harmony and posted a special music video for the group's latest single, "That's My Girl."
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This attempt by both DC and Fifth Harmony to direct their latest female-empowerment anthem at the young girls of our society by combining music with things every little kid loves, cartoons and supergirls, is a great way for the group to get their message out. After watching both this video and the actual video for the single, I would even dare to say that the superhero version accomplished this better than the original.
The original video for "That's My Girl" features the members of Fifth Harmony doing literally the exact same thing they do in every single one of their videos. Dressed in provocative outfits, they dance their way through a scene themed to match said outfits. It's the same formula Harmonizers have seen with "All In My Head (Flex)" and "Work From Home," the other two singles from their sophomore album "7/27."
While the video is visually appealing, I was startlingly disappointed to discover that the actual video had little to do with its song's feminist themes that I was excited to see conveyed as soon as I heard the announcement that a video was in the works. The video sees the girls move through a dystopian-apocalyptic world where, in between dancing and singing, they rescue the poverty-stricken people surrounding them.
It's great to see five strong women in the position of the hero saving those less fortunate, but that's not what "That's My Girl" is about. The song encourages women to find their own inner strength to get up and keep going while building up the women around them so they can do the same.
Creating music videos that reflect the group's feminist beliefs in their music is not uncharted territory for 5H. The "BO$$" and "Worth It" videos grabbed feminism by the throat and shoved it right in your face, and were praised highly by critics in doing so.
Where the actual video for "That's My Girl" fails to showcase strong females finding their own strength and will to succeed and help the women around them find that same strength, the "DC Super Hero Girls version" does exactly that. With that being said, don't even bother watching the original if you haven't already, because it's much more entertaining to watch Wonder Woman and Harley Quinn jump around the screen and pummel bad guys to the beat of the song than to watch Fifth Harmony do the same thing for, like, the fifth time now.
