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So we start with the concept of an unseeing brown teddy bear, and in the world of both psychology and art, brown represents the color of stability and the comforts of home. Meaning that the singer has effectively stepped out of the canopy of childhood innocence and safety the moment her appearance begins, only to straddle it like some kind of weirdo on her way out ...

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... and immediately step into crazy slut bear world. Specifically -- hot-pink bears. While pink is the color of romance, hot pink is usually sexuality, here combined with the symbols of childhood innocence. It's as if she is slipping from one to the other while still holding on to certain elements of both, as someone would during, say, puberty.

And boy is pink everywhere -- on her boobs, on the bears, and even the lights are flashing pink. The only place the pink isn't is on the other dancers -- who wear red, which just so happens to represent everything from danger, excitement, and shame to rejection, anger, and spirituality. All of the confusing emotions of those tumultuous years.