Focus group - Devlin - Marching through the fog

Marching through the fog is a song by urban music artist Devlin from his latest album Bud, sweat, tears. The video uses a very gritty theme which uses violence and shows many typical scenes that you'd expect from the genre. The main narrative of the music video is basically what Deviln's life has been like. It shows him showing no fear when facing certain or near death and how he overcomes and fights back.


Genre characteristics -

The video uses many different enviorments and it works well as it portrays the song very well. It uses urban enviorments from London that look very gritty and dark and works well. The dress code is very typical also. Devlin himself is wearing a tracksuit and trainers and the other people is wearing similar i.e hoodies, jeans, trainers.

What is there a relationship between lyrics and visuals? - During the chorus of the song it says "Has Devlin gone soft, does Devlin think he’s bad, nah he thinks he’s at the top," and during this chorus Devlin is one person swearing and shouting at a group of thugs who are looking to do him some damage.  What is the relationship between music and visuals? -When he emerges from the fog the beat of the song builds up to imply that something is about to emerge.  Are there any close-ups of the artist and star image motifs? - Yes, the music video close-ups of Devlin mostly show him lip syncing to the song in the way that he does with is arm moving etc. This could show his passion for music and what he does for a living and that he's trying to portray that to the audience.