 The video begins with Aguilera wearing a black velvet kimono , with a pale complexion and long black hair , refers to a larva . 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 . She tosses aside her kimono after furiously removing the pins on her back and throwing them away . A tattered , white , moth @-@ covered dress is revealed , symbolizing her metaphoric evolution from the larva to a pupa . In addition , her hair becomes white , and moths fly around her . Near the end , Aguilera wears an Elvira @-@ type spider dress , again proclaiming that she is a " fighter " . 
