12 Shocking Music Videos You Won't Believe Actually Exist

9. Sia - Elastic Heart

Sia is a fascinating artist and songwriter, even if the songs she has written for herself aren't always as effective as the hits she's generated for others, but there's no doubt that she is more than willing to court controversy with her visual style. The video for Elastic Heart is the prime example of this. It is the second in a trilogy of Sia videos starring child dancer Maddie Ziegler, but this is undoubtedly the most provocative of the three. Ziegler dances sensually in a cage wearing a "nude" leotard while actor-turned-art-exhibit Shia Lebeouf effectively tries to wrestle her in a similarly "nude" pair of shorts. The two actors are coated in dirt and look longingly and lovingly at one another throughout their entrancing choreography. It's typically artsy from a figure like Sia, whose control of her own public image is famed, and it isn't just controversial for the sake of it like many entries on this list. That didn't prevent inevitable accusations of paedophilia though. It does what the best challenging art does, though: it leaves you to decide whether those accusations miss the point or not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWZGAExj-es