I think it was a neat juxtaposition to have the cage birds in contrast with the wide, empty spaces of her apartment. Lambert tries to fill up the room with her craft (hence the shots of her strumming the guitar) and her belongings, but still feels unfulfilled at the end of the clip. That the birds are somewhat limited in their cage, and that she herself is limited despite the wide expanses of her living space, shows that she hasn’t found a balance yet between her independence and a healthy relationship. (Even in the chorus of the song, she seems to be compromising and conflicted.)

I prefer not seeing concrete images of the other characters involved. Although most of us know better, some of the general country music public still doesn’t see Lambert as anything other than a volatile vixen. This is one of the first glimpses of her as a vulnerable human being, and it’s a rare glance into the fact that all those explosive feelings she often portrays always have another, more introspective, thoughtful side. In other words, these feelings have consequences and internal repercussions. Anger’s a secondary emotion, and this clip shows it. It’s clear that, at least on rare occasions, the narrative view/character that Lambert has crafted is wrong or flawed as an individual in some way.

I’d give it an A-. It’s more well-crafted than most country videos, and kudos to Sony for releasing a video for a 4th single (and a ballad!) and pushing it close to the Top 40 in just 6 weeks.

I like this video … a lot.

I liked the video, it was very different than her other videos. Except it’s actually to her video for “Bring Me Down”:

But I like “More Like Her” better as a video and song.