Sia is back with a new single from her latest album 1000 Forms of Fear, so her frequent visual collaborator Maddie Zeigler of Dance Moms fame is back, too. Today (April 2), Sia released the music video for her chilling pop track "Big Girls Cry," and once again, we see Zeigler don the blonde bob wig, nude leotard and crazy eyes that she's embodied over the last year.
The new visual for "Big Girls Cry" keeps things far more simple than Ziegler's past collaborations with Sia, "Chandelier" and the Shia LaBeouf featuring (and mildly controversial) "Elastic Heart." Wearing the same bewildered look fans have come to know and love from Zeigler and her Sia clothing, the 12-year-old dancer sits against a stark black background. She's shot largely from the chest up, allowing her facial emotions to take the lead.
Playing to the song's central theme that it's OK to cry when your heart is breaking, Zeigler zooms through hundreds of expressions. She's wide-eyed, upset, silly, angry, crazy, vulnerable, confused and so much more.
At one point, a second pair of arms comes into the video, manipulating Zeigler's emotions for her, eventually lifting her into the air. It's poignant and just the kind of video we expect from Sia at this point.
Watch the new music video for "Big Girls Cry" below:
"Big Girls Cry" is the third music video and fourth single from Sia's July 2014 album 1000 Forms of Fear. It follows the release of "Chandelier," "Elastic Heart" and "Eye of the Needle" (which did not get a video).
