dodie - 6/10 

chills the whole entire time. how do you do this to me so consistently?

i thought dodie was about to break out in a contemporary dance whenever she touched her shoulder

Dodie: "Can you see the panic inside?" Me: *sobbing uncontrollably*

I believe the arm movements are a visual manifestation of her isolation and "otherness." Nobody else around her is making these movements. She sees this, and that contrast allows you to feel just how "different" she is, until you see that others experience that same feeling of alienation, all around her, despite their "poised" and assured appearance.

Ok i fucking love this, everyone's nervous and insecure even when you think they're some kind of perfect creation

i'm not crying yOU'RE CRYING

The arm: I first noticed the hitch of her shoulder is upward. While walking up the stairs, she even manages to reach up and forward fully before she can bring herself 'back under control'. That this looks like dancing is no mistake: what she's holding back is something more beautiful and fundamental than ordinary motion. The half-completed movements are about self-imposed limitations. The woman in the red dress even reaches with her left hand to PUSH her own right arm back down. Dodie's 'character' leaves the audition without even trying. When we hem ourselves in, when we hide our ambitions or refuse them because we don't believe we can ever be enough, we are the ones holding ourselves TIGHTLY in place. I would say that the message is "let yourself reach forward" but it's almost more like "there are some people who can't *help* but doubt themselves, and this prevents them from fully living." That makes Dodie's refrain even more plaintive. Is there pity for someone who prevents themselves from moving forward because of insecurity alone? Dodie obviously isn't "the plain girl" and neither are the objectively beautiful women in the waiting room. They THINK they are plain -- or have some other, central flaw that prevents them from achieving their dreams -- but they are all literally holding themselves back with their own bodies, their own hands. Yes, that's pitiable. But changeable. Just some thoughts on this.

Can we just all agree that’s she’s like a 400/10?

I like the part with my stairs

There's a lot of comments about not understanding the shoulder movement. The way I interpreted it was that it was the weight of anxiety, the physical manifestation of the ache that the pressure puts into you. It reminded me of the idea of 'the weight of the world being placed on your shoulders'. I don't believe that 6/10 is a reference to looks, I think it's that hollow feeling of inadequacy that accompanies the panic. It is showing that the room of people that made Dodie's character feel inferior, also felt that same pressure and panic but in different situations, so even if you feel like that, every one is fighting the force of their own battle. I think this was a hauntingly beautiful portrayal of an internal struggle, and was incredibly well done. Both the music and the video are incredible, I think everyone involved should be really proud xx

I like the 'I know that you don't want me here' Because I don't see it as dodie telling herself that, but every girl there telling themselves that

Imagine if this was some sort of ad for a pain relieving balm.

One of the things I love about Dodie is that she looks 'normal' when you first see her but then you fall in love with her words and appearance so now she is the most beautiful human in the entire world

It broke my heart when I saw her crying at the end

No you feel like a 3/5. Gotta reduce, Dodie.

I had a severe anxiety disorder that I've mostly matured out of but this is so freaking amazing to me how she conveyed anxiety extremely well just with movements cuz there's NO way to tell someone how anxiety is and it make sense to them like there's just no way to explain it

I'm seeing a lot of comments about how 6/10 is good and above average. But Dodie was trying to get something else across by using 6/10 instead of 1/10. I think she was trying to say that she feels just above average. Too plain to stand out and be unique. However, she stands out just enough so others can see her so she feels like a burden to those surrounding her. I can also see comments talking about her 'self pity' . You may get that impression at the start but at the end it shows that everyone who looks so mentally stable is in the same boat and feels like a 6/10 but hides it away just like she Does

This comment section is so wholesome. This video is so beautiful. And whoever is reading this, know that you are loved. You may feel like a 6/10 or even a 0/10. But you are a 10/10.

To all the people wondering about the arm movements in the video, I think I might have the answer(?). The pushing down movement might be a kind of deep breathing and relaxing anxiety coping mechanism. I have used some that are very similar, the only difference was the way I moved my arms. The rubbing of the shoulders, I think, was supposed to represent actual physical pain. When you have anxiety, your body is constantly tense, which leads most commonly to aching shoulders, backs, and jaws.

This song: The best Me: Sobbing Hotel: Trivago

this is definitely a 10/10

I love the lyrics “is there pity for the plain girl” Because I feel like people care and pity the really hurt and hated girls and no one wants to help the average girl.

wow. never before has a song hit me this hard. i relate to every word of this so much. i'm not remotely good at anything, even though i like to think i am. i'm a little above average in school. i am not athletic. i am not ugly, yet i am so far from pretty. my social skills are mediocre at best. i was never bad enough to be nothing, yet i was never good enough to be something. i've never had a best friend, i have plenty of friends but they seem to forget i'm there for a majority of the time. i've never had a boyfriend. i have learned to be forgotten. i have learned to settle for second best. and seeing all the comments makes me sad, because i never took the time to think about just how many people feel the same way that i do.

To the plain girls. None of you are plain. And you must never think that. You are all beautiful and unique and anyone who says otherwise just can't see that yet. But they will. Because you are lovable. And you are brave and you will go out there and you will do something incredible. Everyone has something locked inside of them waiting to come out. And no matter how long that takes.... *you will shine the most.*

Something I want everyone to know. If you feel like you made a mistake, if someone calls you a 6/10 because of something small you did, they lack the understanding you have. You are capable of acceptance. You will have opportunities to meet great people that share your interests because you don't quickly judge them. Everyone else will be constantly begging and searching while you can choose who you want to bring in. These kind of people are capable of living the happiest lives, but when other people put them down it makes them feel worthless. Just know that anyone who thinks you are worthless is probably worth less than you.

I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU

I know this comment is late, buut can we appreciate the small echo in the music design and desaturation of the video to build a layer of dissociation and cloudiness caused by anxiety. Just, 10/10

you ever just lay on your bedroom floor and sob listening to the most beautiful song ever created?

That last frame hits me hard. Crying but not actually expressing emotion. Just, empty leaking. And in the back of a car too,, such a melancholy place to be. Idk I just really related to this whole video, especially that last frame, and now I'm crying too akdbakfbsjdns

Oh I wasn't crying until she cried

I've never seen anyone visually convey social anxiety so well as this....omg it's awful and beautifully well-done all at the same time, ya know?

I don't know why but I feel like in that place where everyone's wearing blue, blue and black, or just black I feel like it represents something like, the blue represents anxiety and black represents depression, some of them just have anxiety, some have depression and anxiety, and some just have depression. I hope that makes sense

LIKE iF DODIE IS A 100/10 Edit - I love that so many of you agree ♡♡

I love it so much. You are so much more than a 6/10.

I would love to have the power to hug every lonely and misunderstood person in this world, to make them feel even a little bit better .

I did a project recently called Soundtrack of my Life and I had to pick a song that represented me and I picked this one (sorry if that's depressing). I love this song so much, it makes me feel understood every single time I listen to it and if I were to have a movie made about me, this would be the climactic moment song. It's a beautiful representation of what some people actually go through everyday. Thank you so much, Dodie.

my brain can’t process how beautiful this is so i just started crying, yet i was smiling. i can’t think of a better representation of the lyrics than these visuals.

How can someone be so beautiful

she probably carry all the hearts she steals in that backpack

This is so beautiful. One of the most acurate songs about how it is to be in your 20s. You come out of school, convinced that you are special and talented and that you will achieve something great. Then you grow up and BAMM, reality hits you. Between managing your shifts at work and grocery shopping there is little room for those dreams (symbolized by the waiting room which looks like an audition for something, and her looking tired and leaving early). The weird movements stand not only for backpain and the like, but also for emotions that want to rise up. There are often movements like pushing down, symbolizing the self control that prevails the anger, frustration and panic to come out. So on the outside, she functions like a robot- and on the inside, there is a special girl coming to terms with that reality sees her as just someone- a plain girl, someone who is just there. Which is why she leaves the audition room early- the glamorous reality and the hope for a better life seem to clash with her tiredness and her exhausted face. She sees all of the other girls, which seem to look - from her perspective!- much more perfect than she does and decides she has no chance. Also, all the other girls in the room that seemingly look perfect- its just a mask. In the end, they are just as uncertain and exhausted as she is. They just think they are alone in this because everyone pretends like they are doing well.

Your music makes me happy but makes me wanna cry at the same time ?? gAHHh

This is just my theory, but each compulsive dance movement in the video, it's like every time dodie or any of the other girls has a thought or feels, they react to it physically. Like the movements are the physical representation of shoving down their feelings, suppressing, and holding everything back. Like the almost constant reaching out and drawing back into herself. Or at 1:04 when she moves up then falls backwards like she's just had a hopeful thought and then it got beaten down. The consistent hugging her arms and shoulders shows she is trying to hold herself together, The interpretive dancing was such a genius way to illustrate the raw emotions dodie put behind this song.

Okay this goes out to all the girls, boys and enbys who feel like a 6/10, a 2/10 or even a 0/10; you're not. You are a 10/10. And now don't come at me with that "i look like a potato and i have no talents" cause we both know that's not true alright? You are beautiful and amazing, you might just not know it. Its just like with flowers, There's roses and there's sunflowers, both are beautiful but in a completely different way. Stop comparing yourself to other people, they might look different, act different or talk different but that doesn't mean that they are any better than you, just different. You're beautiful never forget that.

Is is so rare to see someone Dodie’s age create music so honest and relatable and then her videos are on another level. Her energy performing live was so contagious and pure! She’s an amazing artist!

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!

This is beauty, this is grace, why are tears streaming down my face?

I went to go hang out with some old friends yesterday. I've never felt so out of place. They had all these inside jokes and I felt like an outsider looking in. I would never have what they have. I've been growing apart from my best friend. We have nothing in common anymore. Ive pushed all my friends away and now I have nobody. I know a lot of people but nobody knows me. I just feel so alone. Some people might look at me and wish for my skills or what I have, but I would give it all away for a group of people who really know me. I guess you want what you cant have.

i already got teared up just at 0:43 her reaction is too much for me, too relatable

SHES SO BRILLIANT

This video reminds me almost painfully about the depression I used to have. The slow, dragging movement, the jerky ones... I know people joke about shoulder pain here, but I literally used to do these. I have been laying on the ground, arm reaching up, pulling my arm down, hugging myself, tried to keep my hands from hurting myself with bringing it up and down repeatedly, as if i tried to hold a silent political debate with nothing. I still rub or scratch my neck or collarbone constantly if I'm insecure or am talking to people that make me feel small. So while all of this maybe has a deep explanation, and I love some of the ideas i read here, for me it's just the reality of not really being in your mind.

I feel like a six out of ten I've gotta get up early tomorrow again What goes on behind the words? Is there pity for the plain girl? Can you see the panic inside? I'm making you uneasy, aren't I? What goes on behind the words? Is there pity for the plain girl? I'll close my mouth, I won't say a word A nod of pity for the plain girl I know that you don't want me here I know that you don't want me here I know that you don't want me here I know that you don't want me here I know that you don't want me here Oh I'll just call a taxi, I gotta get up early tomorrow again Oh I'll just call a taxi, I gotta get up early tomorrow again What goes on behind the words? Is there pity for the plain girl? I'll close my mouth, I won't say a word A nod of pity for the plain girl

As of today September 29th. 2018. This beautiful song has officially been out for a year. Congrats dodie we all love you so much

I just discovered her and as I was listening to this I was like “even the girl you think looks 10/10 probably thinks she a 6/10 too.” And I then saw the end of clips with the different girls. A get little teary. Because it’s true how many girls have you met and you admire them from afar or are envious in some ways, and maybe one day you get drinks or at a party they are there and they say “ah man you know I wish I could be like you being able to seem so relaxed or crack a joke you also have a great smile!” And then you go “WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!?!? Have you looked at yourself in a mirror???”

I cried. I've heard this song many times.... And I get emotional every time I listen to it.

I screamed and cried a little when I heard this on "Free Rein: The 12 Neighs of Christmas". She's grown so much, it's amazing.

I know this song is supposed to have really sad vibes but it would be so cool at the end if the taxi driver made her laugh, and she laughed with tears in her eyes to show that not everyone judges us like we think they do, we think that everyone is horrible and mean but the human race still has compassion for things like anxiety and other related issues, and the more you think about what other people are thinking about you the worse these issues get, this song is so beautifully written and so many can relate to it, you inspire me to sing my own music so thank you :)

I've always loved this song but this video really put the lyrics into place even more than I realized before. The whole perspective of everyone behind their exterior all going through the same thing, loved that - ahhh this is just so beautiful!!

When we see everyone looking in the mirror, I honestly got chills. This is such a raw visualisation of what it's like to feel "average" Beautiful video and an even more beautiful voice.

This is a beautiful song. I'm glad you put this out. So many people feel like a 6/10. No one is alone, and you make both you and us in a special place. The struggle is a big thing, and I hate to say it but its one of the key things in my life. People make anxiety and depression a joke, but they don't see how it makes us feel. Thank you, Dodie. We love you. ♡

ITS BEEN THREE YEARS AND I STILL GET CHILLS

Wow this is so emotional. Beautiful art

MAMMY I FINALLY GOT TO BE IN A MUSIC VIDEO (Sammy, Dodie, this is unreal

I literally, no jokes cried when I listened to this. I never feel enough. I grew up expecting more out of myself, insecurity not only about my body, but very circles around that clouded me for so long and it still does. I hate myself honestly, I never feel like enough. I look at the people around me and wonder how they’re so perfect, so much better than me. How I’ll never be like them, never good enough, and I come home every night to a sleepless night full of tears everyday. I have often panic attacks too, and this song just means so much to me. I love you so much dodie.

Dodie, always remember... You're a 10/10.

seeing dodie cry is one of the saddest things i've ever seen

This was amazing and those dances ( the hand movements) really helped bring the whole music video together!! I cried through out cause I can relate...

bro i’m literally cured and i still come back to this masterpiece of a song and it doesn’t trigger me anymore beautiful capturing the nuance of social pain

I wish she could see the 10/10 she truly is.

Beautiful song, beautiful video, beautiful dodie :)

dodie working in the coffee shop, looking at herself in the mirror, and leaving somewhere (possibly an audition) looking alike to everyone feels close to lalaland. beautiful use of beautiful music to tell a story

This song basically describes every day of my life, especially when I'm around people. I like how she made a really great sounding song talking about this type of thing, since mental health doesn't seem to be taken seriously enough.

omg this was in free rein and my little dodie heart started flipping out

she is a gift, just a lil slice of hope in this dark world

WOW WOW WOW WOW That's all I can say. This was so great, Dodie.

"is there pity for the plain girl?" "I know that you don't want me here" I'm so dehydrated for sobbing so much, it really hurts noticing that you don't really have friends, and the people you thought liked you don't even want you around

Still one of my all time favorite songs. It gives me goose bumps and I can feel it in my soul. It always makes me teary eyed.

I've got goosebumps this is amazing

Dodie and Sammy always make the most intriguing videos together. Their friendship is so beautiful.

I couldn't stop myself from crying at the part where she says ' I know that you don't want me here' because it is just soooo relatable and it's just what I feel all the time

I think "6/10" represents more than appearances. It's also a rating of how she is feeling emotionally and physically. Like when you rate your stress/anxiety/depression/physical pain out of 10 to communicate with a doctor/therapist/friend. 6/10 is average in attractiveness, but it can also mean that you consistently feel stressed, your anxiety is acting up pretty significantly (a 0, 1, or 2 would be more like a normal person's anxiety level without a disorder), or you are feeling low and not great in a depressive way.

THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND I LEGIT STARTED CRYING WITH ALL THE HARMONIES MY VOICE IS SOMEWHERE IN THERE I'M

Full. Body. Chills. Wow. Dodie this is incredible. The whole team on this did an amazing job. 😭🙌🏻

Being a insecure person, always feel like I'm never enough,never got enough love from my own family,i actually do the "shoulder-touching" a lot,it is like a invisible pain,or when u feel like "damn,i messed up again" and it come with a long sigh,it just become a habit out of nowhere. U look at this girl and think she is so pretty,u look at that girl and think she must have a lot of friends due to her cheerful mood,but honestly,maybe someone else is looking at u and thinking the same things too,u will never know what kind of battle they are struggling/fighting in their life. So treat people with kindness, don't put any more stress on them

I feel like I can understand the arm motion that gets repeated throughout the video. I become nervous in public or start to get anxiety and so my hand and arm act in that same exact motion. I understand this. People say I look different than what I regularly think and it just makes my mind wander to far. I don’t want to talk to anyone or be in front of anyone. I build of anxiety and want to vanish into a room by my self. Dodie this song means a lot and I am glad you made it. It gets me emotional. You are a lovely being although I can’t stop those doubts that might come across your mind. I hope you have a day

Wow. Just wow.

Seeing dodie crying makes me cry as well :'(

Dodie's really good at acting as well as singing. I remember I was so invested in the story line first time around, I barely took in the lyrics, and had to watch it again immediately after

This made me cry 😭

Dodie, I have no words. In my eyes, the image of anxiety and depression weighing you down and taking hits at you was so, so, tragically true. If mental health was seen physically, this is how it would look. We’re all taking our own blows, and it makes it harder for us to do what we want to do in life. Especially in the beginning, when dodie got hit the first time, she almost looked shocked. Mental health issues, in and of themselves, are unpredictable. When you think you’re ok, they come back around for another punch. Dodie I don’t know how you and your team came up with this, you all are brilliant. You did this so, so beautifully. 💛💛💛

I'm in love 😍

Me like. My poem has same title

When she started saying “I know that you don’t want me here...” I got major chills lol

the secret society of people with shoulder problems

This is why love Dodie. Im sobbing while watching this video because of how beautiful it is. I can literally hear the pain and emotions in your voice and ugh it is just so beautiful. This video and song gives me chills. Each frame, each chord is just so beautiful. Thank you Dodie for this I really needed it.

Everyone is beautiful in there own way. And everyone has something amazing inside to unlock someday

Thank you for existing

also i feel like the shoulder thing represents chronic pain/illness... whether it's depression/anxiety/EDs/disability/trauma etc... we've all got something we have to live with... i was hoping there would be a positive end but this is so heartbreaking :(

I love that anxiety has been displayed as something physical in this, and that sometimes those people who you think don’t want you there, might feel that way too.

This is one of the most beautiful songs and videos I have ever heard and seen. Dodie is an amazing singer. She can express so much through her music. I just love her so much!

I usually listen to this song when I’m feeling bad about myself but I had never seen the actual video. It was so beautiful and seeing not only Dodie, but even the other girls, struggling with the same feelings really changed my outlook. Loved every second of it.