Genre characteristics The genre of this song is known as electro house. Martin Garrix is a 17 year old deutch DJ. It is a fast paced song and video with a variety of beats and shots throughout. The characteristics of the genre are shown within the middle of the clip, this is where the so called ‘animals’ enter what seems to be presented as a club which involves a group of males and females dancing, specifically showing the attractive females. This can be seen as a characteristic to the genre because electro house is music, which would most likely be heard when out in clubs etc. dis-including this there is obvious conventional links to house music styles. Relationship between lyrics and visuals? The lyrics within the song are extremely minimal, with the only lyrics being ‘we’re the fucking animals’ therefore it would be expected hard to distinguish a link between that, however a link is unique and strong. This is because the main people included in the video are dressed up in animal masks, messing around, dancing and being antisocial. This can give of an impression of a human who could be described as an animal, what I mean by this is people in reality who are anti-social and quite extraordinary when it comes to certain activities, what society could class as an animal, this can include violent behaviour (smashing up a car and setting it on fire). Relationship between music and visuals? The visuals can coincide and connect well with the music because it is fast and creative visuals built up of a variety of different length shots, ranging from close ups to long shots, and also different editing techniques to match the tempo of the song and beat at the current time, for example continuity editing and fading is used on the clock one of the animals is holding in the air at around 0:45 seconds when the tempo and beat is reduced significantly to add to the next beat and the build up to the main drop. I like the use of the effect because it keeps the audience engaged with the song. Furthermore because of the anti social and party elements involved