Listen to this when
Video
You were never meant to look like the screen. You were meant to look like you. 🌻
Who it's for
The song is a breezy, confident affirmation, and hearing someone calmly reject the media's beauty ideal can give listeners permission to do the same.
Insecure→Empowered
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Video" is India.Arie's debut single, released in February 2001 from her first album, Acoustic Soul, and written by Arie with Shannon Sanders and Carlos Broady. The song celebrates self-love and empowerment, with Arie rejecting mainstream beauty standards and the idea that she must look like a model to value herself.
Where to find it
Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music (widely available); official music video on the artist's channel.
Before you start
Age: All ages
The stars are not afraid to appear like fireflies.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 48
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