Courtney’s Corner: See you later, Sia

There is one artist who created quite the controversial stir last month.

That would be Sia Kate Isobelle Furler of Adelaide, Australia. If you’re unfamiliar with her name, she is the voice behind the massive pop hits of 2014, “Chandelier” and “Elastic Heart.” Both music videos combined have almost a billion views and counting.

When the official “Elastic Heart” video was released last month, it immediately got Sia in trouble.

In the video, co-directed by Sia herself, Maddie Ziegler, 12-year-old reality TV show star of “Dance Moms,” dances in a dirty, flesh-colored outfit intertwined with none other than troubled actor Shia LaBeouf.

This is not the only time Ziegler has performed in a Sia video. Ziegler is also the star of “Chandelier,” wearing the same dirty leotard.

But in the “Elastic Heart” video, Ziegler and LaBeouf roll around and quarrel several times in dirty, flesh-colored suits as lovers would.

The video immediately sparked outrage with children’s advocates because of the implied molestation overtones.

Sia apologized for the video via Twitter, saying, “I anticipated some ‘pedophilia!!!’ cries for this video.

“All I can say is Maddie and Shia are two of the only actors I felt could play these two warring ‘Sia’ self states.”

She released a “Making of ‘Elastic Heart’” video to try and explain her thinking, but that’s just it — she had to explain her thinking. She said the video is actually about Ziegler being a werewolf or something.

Entertainment Tonight deemed the explanation “surprising.” Sia performed the song again on Saturday Night Live last week for its 40th anniversary.

The music video overall is disturbing and diminishes Sia’s actual talent. She has a good voice, but she should not have cheapened the song the way she did.

Since 2000, Sia has struggled immensely to gain momentum in her career. She bounced around record labels in Australia before gaining some popularity.

Overall, she has a good voice, and “Chandelier” was a Top 10 song. But the videos should make you question what kind of artist you’re listening to. And if you have kids, forget it — the dark overtones in her lyrics are something to stay away from. See you later Sia, you’re probably not going to be around the United States’ music scene forever.