The song “God Made Girls” by RaeLynn was written with the mindset that God made girls to provide a sense of balance to the world. In the music video, the ballerina is used as a representation of women in general to showcase the many qualities that allow women to provide this sense of balance. These qualities include grace, balance, strength, innocence, joy, and kindness. The ballerina demonstrates these qualities through her movements, facial expressions, the cloths she wears, and how she welcomes and interacts with the younger dancer. These aspects are also shown through the lyrics of the song. 

The first time the ballerina is shown, she is just stepping forward in the room (0:59). This is done to show the grace at which a ballerina moves. Grace is shown by the way the ballerina steps with her toes pointed and her leg completely straight. It is also shown by the fluidity with which she moves. Every step the ballerina takes is precise and measured. She knows exactly where and how to take each step. Her arms are straight, yet her hands are hanging like they are relaxed and affected by gravity. This give the ballerina the sense that she is grounded, and that she is full of grace and not overcome with pride. It also shows that she is grounded in her ability to move with such grace and precision. 

The second scene she is doing a pirouette, turning in a full circle on one foot, while letting chalk fly out of her hands (1:07). This demonstrates the balance of the ballerina. It does this by the way the ballerina spins and how she spins with her bottom, or standing, leg at almost a sixty-degree angle. This shows her balance because most people cannot balance while spinning like that. This move also shows the ballerina’s trust and confidence she has in her abilities and herself. It does this because of the way her leg in the air is bent, with the way it is bent she would not be able to catch herself if she fell. The chalk flying out of her hands also gives her a sense of freedom yet security. It gives the ballerina a sense of freedom because it is flying around her and going everywhere. It gives the sense of security because it surrounds her completely. 

The third scene she is doing a pirouette, again, yet this time one arm is above her and the other is out in front of her body (2:08). This scene reveals the strength within the ballerina. It does this because every muscle in the ballerina’s arms and legs is shown as she spins. This scene also shows the determination of the ballerina. It does this by showing the emotions on her face. On her face is a look of complete focus and concentration. 

The fourth scene the ballerina brings her right leg up to where her toes are pointing at her knee on her other leg, while simultaneously throwing her arms up with chalk in the air (2:17). The way the chalk flies implies that there is an angel like appearance to the ballerina. It does this because when the chalk flies it arcs out of her hands in a thick cloud, and it thins out at the bottom. This gives it the appearance of angel wings. By bringing her leg up, the ballerina implies that like an angel she is getting ready to take off and fly. 

The fifth scene the ballerina is welcoming a new dancer, yet this one is a young girl (2:41). This is done to show the innocence that the ballerina started with and still retains. Innocence is shown by the way the two girls welcomed one another. The way that the innocence is shown to be remaining with the older girl is that by this time in the video her hair has become white from the chalk, whereas in the beginning it was blond and vibrant. It is also displayed by the clothing that they wear. The older girl is wearing a traditional baby pink leotard, a white skirt with flowers around the waist band, and white tights. The younger girl is wearing a white tank top, pink ruffled skirt, and white tights. The combination of white and pink add to the sense of innocence because people usually associate whites and pinks with young, innocent girls. Kindness and caring is also shown by the older ballerina in this scene. It is shown when the older ballerina kisses the little girl’s forehead towards the end of the scene. It is also shown by the way the ballerina welcomes the younger dancer without any hesitation. 

The next three scenes work together to showcase the joy the ballerina gets from playing with and teaching the young dancer, and the influence that an older generation has on the younger generation (3:07, 3:16, 3:20).  The joy is written all over their faces. They are smiling and laughing the entire time in all three of these scenes. They are laughing when they are just spinning in circles for fun, when they are throwing chalk in the air, and when the older girl is teaching the younger girl how to dance. The influence is shown by the way in which the younger girl mimics the spins the older girl does in the second scene.  It is also shown when the younger girl copies the older girl’s arabesque, raising one leg behind the other, in the last scene. 

The lyrics support this theory that god made girls to provide a balance by being written like a list of qualities women have and things women do to provide the balance. The lyrics “Somebody’s gotta wear a pretty skirt, somebody’s gotta be the one to flirt, somebody’s gotta wanna hold his hand,” is repeated three times throughout the song. These actions listed show some of the qualities displayed by the ballerina. The first lyric shows the innocence of women. The second shows the strength, pride, and confidence in women. Caring and kindness are shown by the last lyric. Many other qualities are implied by the lyrics of this song as well. 

The ballerina is shown nine times throughout the music video, and all nine times it is to showcase a different aspect of women that make them the perfect balance to the world we live in. The ballerina shows how someone can have grace and pride, and how someone can be kind and influence the younger generations for the better. The ballerina and the lyrics of the song give just enough examples of how women are a balance in the world. They work together to allow RaeLynn to get her message that God made girls as a balance across.
