Sia came bursting into the international music scene with her hit single Chandelier last year. She has been around the industry for decades but her biggest success was Chandelier which has a music video that was well-received by critics.
The Chandelier music video featured young girl Maddie Ziegler who was personally asked to play the lead star. The young girl "dances in a deserted apartment draped with a blond wig just like Sia's. The MV was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Music Video and became the seventh most-watched on Youtube in 2014.
The reception is a bit different though for the MV of her latest single Elastic Heart which also features Maddie Ziegler along with temperamental actor Shia Labeouf. Some fans described the clip as 'disgusting' or 'creepy' because it features two people, one is a child, dressed like they are naked. It was an interpretative dance performance but some people don't find Sia Elastic Heart Music Video amusing.
For the first time, the star of the Sia Elastic Heart music video finally speaks. For Ziegler, who first get into fame in the Lifetime show "Dance Moms," the negative reactions are 'funny.'
"I think it's funny when people, they try to imitate the "Chandelier" video. I think it's hilarious. But the "Elastic Heart" video, it was a whole step ahead. It was completely different," the 12-year old dancer told the Entertainment Weekly.
"That's what I like. Because people have already seen that. Obviously I'm going to stay in the same wig and leotard, but it's a different story."
Before Ziegler's statement, Sia herlself issued response to people who claims of pedophilia regarding her Elastic Heart Music Video.
On Twitter, she said:
"I anticipated some 'pedophelia!!!' Cries for this video. All I can say is Maddie and Shia are two of the only actors I felt could play"
I anticipated some 'pedophelia!!!' Cries for this video. All I can say is Maddie and Shia are two of the only actors I felt could play
— sia (@Sia) January 8, 2015
“These two warring 'sia' self states.”
These two warring 'sia' self states. — sia (@Sia) January 8, 2015
“I apologize to those who feel triggered by #ElasticHeart My intention was to create some emotional content, not to upset anybody.”
I apologize to those who feel triggered by #ElasticHeart My intention was to create some emotional content, not to upset anybody.
