Literal music videos are still fun and a valid creative direction, e.g., Vance Joy's "Riptide": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ_1HMAGb4k
That’s neat. It especially works because the words are a little bit nonsensical, so interpreting them literally becomes unexpected.
Coincidence that both songs reference Michelle Pfeiffer or was that free connotation at work?
That’s not really the same thing.
The thing about art is that literally everything is a "valid creative direction." But that doesnt make everything immune from derision.