This research analyzes the representation of women‘s body image in Foster the People‘s ―Best Friend‖ music video in 2017. This research aims to explain representation of women‘s body image is depicted in Foster the People‘s music video ―Best Friend.‖ This research uses qualitative method and descriptive analysis technique to analyze the music video. This research uses two theories which are theory of poetry by Laurence Perrine and theory of representation by Stuart Hall. Based on the research, women‘s body image in the music video is a developed idea from addiction which is implied in the lyric The representation of women‘s body image is seen from the motion pictures that narrate the main character who is addicted to the beauty and ideal body. She instantly absorbs other women‘s beauty by eating them. A number of killing actions lead the main character to the perfect body she wants but at the end of the day she is back to her imperfect body. This music video represents the women‘s body image in today‘s society that women tend to feel dissatisfied of their body so that they change their body into ideal ones. However, this music video wants to bear on the viewer‘s mind that having a perfect body does not defines someone as beautiful.

Keywords: Body image, women, music video, film, representation, poetry, lyric, addiction, transformation.

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