Music Video
The music video was directed by Floria Sigismondi. Before the video's release, Sigismondi said to expect her signature dark theatrics. Sigismondi explained:
"The song is sort of about transformation, so I took that in a nature kind of way, the way nature deals with transformation," "It's basically about coming from a very poisoned place to an empowerment, a place of strength." "I've always had this fear of moths, and I subconsciously wrote this thing with these moths in it, so I guess I have to deal with it". "They're furry and they carry dust. I found out in old mythology they are supposed to represent the soul. I think that's very appropriate."
In it, she is wearing a black velvet kimono, with a pale complexion, and long black hair. Three pins are lodged in her back, making her hunch. Initially, she is trapped in a glass box, and her kimono is billowing like a balloon. Three gothic ballerinas eat fruit and then collapse. Aguilera then breaks free from the box by pounding on it until it breaks. Aguilera tosses aside her kimono after furiously removing the pins on her back and throwing them away. A tattered, white, moth-covered dress is revealed, symbolising her metaphoric evolution from a larva to a pupa. In addition, her hair becomes white, and moths fly on to her. Near the end, Aguilera wears an Elvira-type spider dress, again proclaiming that she is a fighter. At the very end of the video, in a scene that appears to reference Australian director and choreographer Richard James Allen's film No Surrender, she kicks the TV camera. This video shows the metamorphosis of Aguilera's slow, yet steady progression of her inner-strength, from being heartbroken, to becoming unbreakable. "Fighter" was also a success on TRL, debuting at number 6 on April 9, 2003 and hitting number one sixteen times while retiring at number 6, spending fifty days on the countdown. Also, the video debuts Aguilera's look with black hair instead of the blonde hair with black stripes in it shown in the "Dirrty" and "Beautiful".
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