Naughty Boy: La La La - Video Meaning

The La La La video, shot in Bolivia has a mythical link to a Bolivian legend, the video uses contextuality as it relates to the story of ‘The Wizard of Oz’, this is an attempt to defer those unfamiliar of the real meaning behind the video to something they are more likely to know.

The real meaning behind the story is based solely around a 19^th century legend which involves a young deaf boy who has fled from his home because he is being abused and as he left, he found a stray dog that kept him company since then. After living on the streets for a large amount of time he finds out that he has the ability to find out people’s troubles, he can then heal them by screaming, this screaming was rumoured to be as loud as an earthquake or even a tornado. The boy finds a man who is being stoned by other villagers whilst being shouted at, the boy uses his ability to find out what is wrong with him and repairs the old man’s heart (this is the part in the video where he boys the man a heart). The boy and the old man then meet a disfigured man who was abused and seen as a dodger of society. Using his powers the boy releases that the man is a prophet who was cursed by El Tio because he simply didn’t worship him and left the area that the demon lived. El Tio was considered as a lord of the underworld, mortals offered him gifts for his protection and to lessen his anger. The prophet told the boy that anyone who could hear El Tio would immediately fall under his full control, he also tells him that El Tio could be found in the desert, where there used to be a small town that worshipped El Tio but he cursed them to kill themselves. As a group they all cross the desert and enter the mine in which holds the demon, however they didn’t want to be cursed so only the little boy entered and as he was deaf, he was unable to be controlled by El Tio and he used this special ability to over voice him and stop him from cursing others.

For those who don’t know the Bolivian legend, the video can be portrayed in a very different way linking with the story of The Wizard of Oz, it starts with the little boy representing Dorothy, as he leaves on his own he finds the dog, this could be a link to Toto, the dog that Dorothy owns, or as the name of the dog in the La La La video is Chow Chow, which translates as ‘little lion dog’ this could mean that the dog is also linked with Zeke, the cowardly lion from the movie, he could be with her as he needs courage, you then also meet the old man for whom which the boy buys the heart for, this links to Hickory the tin man who needs a heart, the last and final character you meet in the music video is the man who is signalling traffic, as is set up in costume to look like a scarecrow, he must be Hunk, he needs a brain and wants to aspire with more in his life. They then all make the journey over the desert, which in the story of The Wizard of Oz would be the yellow brick road up to The Wizrad, the 3 characters then get what they desire from him and leave Dorothy (the little boy) with the wizard to be sent back home.