From Beautiful Garbage, 2001’s “Breaking Up the Girl” by the alternative-rock band, Garbage is a reflection on the difficulties and distractions “in a modern culture.” It’s as if the lead vocalist, Shirley Manson is “the girl,” reminding herself to stay strong, “walk away” from the “million ways to kill you.” The video features visual cues that signify the need to fit in: fancy cars; high-end style; front and center in front of a monstrous camera. At the start of the video, a rose, encased as if to be protected like a work of art, dissolves/breaks up, and by video’s end the flashiness that Manson portrays dissolves, at which point the rose begins to reassemble itself. It serves as commentary that still resonates almost 20 years later, a profound precursor to our current “modern culture,” of which social media, and all its blessings and complexities, plays a major part.