Maddie Ziegler Gets Into Sia's Psyche in "Big Girls Cry" Video
After Sia recruited tween dancer Maddie Ziegler for two mind-boggling interpretative dances in her "Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart" videos, the singer-songwriter has tapped the Dance Moms star for one last visual. This time it's more about psychological exploration than cool choreography.
Rather than showing off a new galloping routine, "Big Girls Cry" focuses on closeups of Ziegler's facial expressions as the 12-year-old gives looks of insanity, paranoia, hysteria, sadness and every emotion in between. Maddie's hands do the talking as she slaps herself, pulls her ears and tousles her Sia wig. The most disturbing part of the video comes when a pair of hands trap her face, going on to hoist Ziegler into the air as her little legs flail to break free.
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