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 highlight 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 clothes 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 gives 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.

In 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 with her standing leg at almost a sixty-degree angle. This move also shows the trust and confidence she has in her abilities. Because of the way her leg in the air 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 because it is flying around her and going everywhere and at the same time it is completely surrounding her. 

In 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 ballerina’s strength because every muscle in her arms and legs are shown as she spins. This scene also shows the ballerina’s determination through the emotions on her face, that of complete focus and concentration.

Then, 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 gives the ballerina an angel-like appearance. When the chalk flies out of her hands, it arcs into a thick cloud and simultaneously thins out at the bottom, giving an appearance of angel's wings. By bringing her leg up, the ballerina implies that like an angel she is getting ready to take off and fly.

In the fifth scene, the ballerina is welcoming a new dancer, a young girl and is reflective of the innocence that the ballerina once had and still wants to capture (2:41). 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. This color combination is often associated with the innocence of young girls. The older ballerina shows kindness and caring when she kisses the little girl’s forehead toward the end of the scene and also 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 younger girl mimics the spins the older girl does in the second scene, and she copies the older girl’s arabesque, raising one leg behind the other, in the last scene, showing the influence that the older girl has had on the younger girl. 

The lyrics support the theory that God made girls to provide a balance to life with their unique qualities. 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 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. 

The ballerina is shown nine times throughout the music video, and each time 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 give positive influence to the younger generation. The song and video content are good, collaborative examples of how RaeLynn worked to make her point that God made girls to provide balance to life.
