HAIM, rhymes with time, from Los Angeles, California is made up of the three Haim sisters - Este, Danielle, and Alana - along with Dash Hutton on Drums. They fill their songs up with catchy hooks, and choruses that blend their and mixing their voices over driving, rolling guitars.
"The Wire" and its video are about one of the tougher things in life: breakups. And yet, this video manages to make light of the topic and turn it into a kind of funny topic. The lyrics of the song clearly show the emotional turmoil that comes with cutting the cord on the relationship, with lines like, "You know I'm bad at communication/that's the most important part of relationships/and I'd give it all away just to know you'll be okay" or the chorus "I fumbled/and when it came down to the wire/it felt right". There's some vulnerability and conflict here, its not an easy situation, just like in any relationship. The video though, which shows each band member breaking up with her respective boyfriend shows no such turmoil, in fact there is comedy there. Not because of some strange idea that girls are not strong enough to be the dumpers, but rather a rare depiction of each boyfriend completely falling apart emotionally. That doesn't sound funny, right? And yet, it is.
The idea that men can be the ones to break down in very open and public ways, crying over old pictures and just for the most part not hold it together is for some reason pretty funny.
HAIM
The Wire
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