#hip hop song analysis

[cubile-animussy]

Serica should have been ride or die...

tbh i wish they had been more consistent about the "erica always pulls through for me" element of serica's dynamic. like Erica is a morally grey character but I wish she was less so when it came to Sarah. Erica is a good friend when she chooses to be but I think the idea of an unconditional kind of dedication to her best friend when she's otherwise double crossing and biting/killing people would make her character even better. i think her questionable actions in the movie are very important for her character transformation as they display her hunger for popularity/revenge but one thing that always really bothered me was that she never formally apologizes to Sarah for what she did (hooking up with Jesse and nearly letting Gord kill Sarah). like rewatching the film, she was such a prick 😭😭 and then for her to be excited to see Jesse when he came back was...eh to me. Although, Erica may not fully understand the ways in which Jesse ruined Sarah's life.

this plays into her pressuring Sarah to drink human blood throughout season 1. of course Erica would think that's the easiest solution bc it IS and Sarah absolutely does need to accept her vampirism if she's gonna 1) survive and 2) be happy. I think the disconnect Sarah has from Rory, Erica, and the rest of the vampire community, as well as their inability to really understand the emotional turmoil that being turned caused her and her moral objection to biting people are very important elements of the show. Like in that sense Rory and Erica don't even MEAN to alienate Sarah with their apathy but they do and it's still shitty!! What I do wish was that Erica's genuine concern for Sarah's well being was more evident. like I don't think it's that she didn't care about Sarah and what she was going through (which was what it felt like sometimes) it's just that she couldn't understand why her friend was doing this to herself. Like she knows she's DYING and she is seriously worried and wants Sarah to get better but she's unable to sympathize with the fact that she doesn't want to drink human blood.

Erica falling short as a friend bc of the real differences between her and Sarah in terms of their values is way more interesting than her just being a shallow self-centered mean girl. Sarah being the exception to Erica's egocentrism adds so much more depth Erica's character bc it solidifies the motives underneath her persona. she'll either kill you or she'll kill for you. she'd bury a body for you but she's not the best person to help you through a fragile emotional state.

[perennialiris]

10 Dollar

One of my favourite musicians is M.I.A., a British-born woman from a Tamil family (if you don’t know what ‘Tamil’ is, it’s the ethnic group from Sri Lanka, which is that little island off the southern part of India). It kills me to think about how she had a breakdown and went crazy after making all the music I enjoy (referring to her albums from 2005, 2007, and 2010), basically becoming an insane conspiracy theorist who I wish would fuck off and live the rest of her life quietly now that she has money—but today, let’s ignore all that and think about the cool person she used to be.

Often known as Maya, M.I.A. was born Mathangi Arulpragasam, a Tamil named based on the Hindu goddess Matangi. Though born in London in 1975, her family moved back to Sri Lanka before her first birthday and their experience was affected by the Sri Lankan civil war (1983). Her father, Arular, became a political dissident, her family went into hiding, and she and her siblings moved back to England with her mother Kala in 1986, returning as refugees. Maya’s first two albums were titled Arular and Kala, after her parents.

Her musical style is a wonderfully unique and independent alternative hip-hop, with lyrical content that’s often all about embracing and celebrating her own experiences of overcoming. Her vibe was fighting for what you want in the world. She reflects on the intersection of different cultures of Western expansion into countries like Sri Lanka (in tracks like Sunshowers), the refugee experience (Fire Fire) to settling down and managing to find security and identity in a new diverse place (tracks like Warriors or World Town).

I’d specifically like to highlight the track 10 dollar, from her first album. If you overhear it casually, it may sound cheery, but it has some interesting lyrics you might pick up on that are way more interesting than a song like this had any business being.

Lolita was a man eater Clocked him like a taxi meter … China Girl grew up to be a big girl Had her sights set on a bigger world Dial-a-bride from Sri Lanka Found herself a Yorkshire banker Need a visa? Got with a geezer Need some money? Paid him with her knees up Year later, started to ease up Got her own way, shouted out, “See ya”

In the first place, Maya describes a young girl in Asia who’s resorted to prostitution with Western tourists. It’s a scenario that you feel conflicted about of course, because it’s an arrangement of mutual benefit that both parties agree to, but it’s also a scenario she wouldn’t participate in if she wasn’t impoverished and desperate, so there’s arguments on both sides about the ethics of the wealthier party participating in this.

What if instead of prostitution, it was a relationship? If a rich person in America dates a poor person in America, could that be unethical in the same way if the poorer person only agrees to date you because you’re rich? I don’t know, and that’s not the point of this post.

The reason I found it so interesting is because Maya puts a positive, empowering spin on something that’s usually nothing more than a victim narrative. She tells the story of an enterprising young girl who sees opportunity and goes for it, and she not only has sex with a man but marries him and gets him to take her back to England. Then, after building up enough resources and connections that she could manage on her own, she leaves him. There’s a thematic reversal, where the person who was being used as a resource (sex object) comes to use the other party as a resource (source of money and property).

The chorus of the song is the girl’s memory of spotting him for the first time, realizing she’s low on money, and deciding in desperation to try and seduce him after seeing he’s interested. The name of the song, 10 dollars, was her price.

She skipped away to the shop She found she didn’t have enough She clocked him looking right at her And sucked on a lollipop … Yeah, what can I get for 10 dollar? Anything you want Yeah, what can I get for 10 dollar? Everything you want

[thisiscblog]

Are you a doer or a tryer? 🤔

My latest blog post, "Thoughts on Vacant Care: Heavy," dives into this very question. It's about the fundamental difference between those who make things happen and those who… well, don't.

"The doers have a natural disdain toward the tryers. One group is determined to advance, while the other is set to squander their time in favor of playing around."

That line hit me hard. It's a raw, unfiltered look at the work ethic divide. It's about the frustration of seeing potential wasted, the drive to push forward, and the weight of carrying that determination.

This post isn't just about my thoughts on the Vacant Care album; it's about the mindset behind it. It's about the choices we make and the paths we take.

If you've ever felt the pull of ambition, the sting of wasted time, or the drive to be more than just a "tryer," you might find something in this post that resonates.

Check it out and let me know: where do you fall on the spectrum?

[lunaarorbiter]

💿 MEGAN ― M.T.S

album analysis + rating

b/n : been excited for this one and wanted to get this out asap. this is my interpretation of these songs and what i got from them. might not be yours and that's okay ! + last edit 10/24

HISS ((10/10))

― masterpiece from start to finish. she left EVERYTHING in this song. anything that anybody had to say she basically predicted because the response back is the song again.

in this, megan calls out multiple rappers, especially male. she calls out about how many male rappers are fein's for her body and fame. they're constantly chasing after her, and can't decide whether they wanna be her or be WITH her.

the verses she spits just keep coming in this song. it's a long ass receipt that she's been waiting to print and sign with class.

one thing i disliked was that it was heavily overshadowed by you know who.. not enough people payed attention to where the shots were directed and thrown at. drake for example.. her bbl line was a direct shot to him who can't handle rejection and who has constantly been taking low blows at meg and her body when he's been under the knife for "his".

not to mention the artistry in the music videos and the photos she'd been posting leading up to the release of this song. she aligned everything perfectly and made a snug spot for this in her discography. her references, bars, visuals, flow, foreshadowing and everything else was a masterpiece that will not be forgotten decades from now ..

RATTLE ((8/10))

― the instrumental in this has me imagining her walking on thin ice, confidently and not worried about breaking it because she can also walk on water. all eyes on her because they're waiting on her for ideas and what to talk about next.

this song is about people always trying to rip meg off and turn her into something she's not. she's standing up for her character and to the people who continue to try to take advantage of her ..

FIGUEROA ((9/10))

― catchy, rich, and classy. the meow got me. having to call out the lies and everyone who says shit about her. also we need to acknowledge the way megan responds to people coming for her, she doesn’t just drop a song, this whole album is a response to everyone that has shown her love, hate, support, & those who have tried to tear her down. i definitely think this was her throwing shade at you know who and to everyone else that has done her wrong and is trying to turn around and show faux friendship ..

WHERE THEM GIRLS AT ((8/10))

― this feels like it could be a club classic. the beat of it reminds me of songs from the early 2000's. simple and makes me wanna dance .. should’ve been bigger idcidc, give WTGA her flowers !!!

BROKE HIS HEART ((8.9/10))

― she's dominating in this song. it feels like she's calling for her hottie army. + this song being just in time before pride month ends. need people to stop denying her sexuality now ..

B.A.S + KYLE RICHH ((10/10))

― right as the song starts, she jumps right in. she's not letting anyone play with her, her time, her pleasure, and body. any wrong way you treat her, she's gonna throw it right back at you .. the juxtaposition with the aggressive beat but soft feel of this sample blending together adds onto it.

she's winning the idgaf wars with this one as well. she doesn't care about how she's treating you because she deserves better anyways. this song is a shrug and her turning her back on you because you're not worthy enough

+ this SAMPLE. when it starts playing it's like the perfect after taste to an already delicious desert. i love the way the lyrics from the sample contradict with the song. sending completely different messages but still mix seamlessly. she makes the best uses of all the samples she uses. this time "out on a limb" by teena marie. an addictive listen especially when it gets to the end. a want to hear the end but not for it to finish ..

OTAKU HOT GIRL ((10/10))

― a fan favorite already, especially for megan's anime fans. can we acknowledge adam mcarthur, yuji's (jjk), english voice actor getting on this track to talk about how he likes grammy winners like megan?? with fat asses?? oh i know that's fucking right !

+ the jjk sample used in the song?? i love the eery sound and feel of the sample and how she incorporated it into the song. but WHO REALLY DOES IT LIKE MEGAN?? she searched and sought out for the puzzle pieces to perfectly connect to each other in this song. everything being smooth and blending together so effortlessly.

not to mention the japanese she was speaking, who's not bilingual? "can't touch me, like gojo" and the domain expansion line? yeah. this pulled the anime nerd out of me. her brain. also noting that megan had to keep changing the song days before her album released to appease the anime studio. give her, her flowers..

to listen to the part she sampled click here ..

FIND OUT ((9/10))

― once again in love with the instrumentals she uses. the tingly feel the noise effects give make it yummier. not much to say about this one, need to let it marinate a bit ..

BOA ((10/10))

― artistry on ten. references on ten. looks on ten. dancing on ten. i love the use of the sample from gwen stefani's "what you waiting for". definitely meg’s last laugh

it definitely is an experience to watch the music video. the anime, movie, video game, and tv show references she was putting out, was being picked up.

a bunch of iconic looks that have been referenced already and will continue to be. you can tell a lot of work and creativity went into this one. not to mention the creative and comedic deaths. she showed her hot girl nerd for this track !

MAMUSHI + YUKI CHIBA ((8/10))

― again w the japanese, bilingual queen. a chill song that added some more flavor to the album. they're both speaking of their luxury being celebrities and glamor of it all. yuki and megan are bonding and relating to each other over those aspects ..

WORTHY ((7/10))

― a feel good self assuring song. she speaks of how she's worthy of the love she craves and deserves nothing less than that. everyone should have this type of confidence and this should be everyone's default thought process ..

MOODY GIRL ((10/10))

― she in her feelings with this one. relatable and a song that i connect with. feeling lonely with a room full of people and like she's the only one that feels that way and the only one that sees she's not okay. she's not feeling herself, looking in the mirror and thinking things she would never usually think. also being told and feeling forced to feel some other way as if she isn't trying to feel better.

feeling like everyone is against her and no one else is trying to understand how she feels.

i love the way she talks about her mental health in her music and captures negative feelings so perfectly. these types of songs are always overlooked by her songs about her sexuality. also the people who say she only talks about being sexual and having money when these songs are sitting here, get on !

the mellow background vocals add onto the sad girl theme of the song. we FEEL the sorrow she's feeling. wanting to party away the emptiness and despair she feels, wanting to move past the feeling but just stuck on it. one of my favorites and i fear it's gonna be underrated <//3 ..

ACCENT + GLO RILLA ((10/10))

― an addictive duo that i will always come back to. the passing of the baton in this song is my favorite. catchy, flowy, and throwing shots. need a music video where they're fighting something together ..

PAPER TOGETHER +UGK ((10/10))

— need people to stop complaining about the lack of tina snow on this album when this track exists. probably my number one on this album, she was NOT holding back. super underrated track and wish it got as much attention as mamushi. i love how she’s always repping for the south. her flow so unique, STOP COMPARING MY GIRL

also the fact that megan got access to this verse tells us enough about where she lies in the rap game. a rap legend, don’t play w my girl

“you ain’t a bad bitch if he cheating and you staying with him” TELL THEM AGAIN MEG !

SPIN + VICTORIA MONET ((9/10))

― a duo i wasn't expecting but goes so well together. again megan spitting fire ass verses. she’s collecting all the rnb girls. "messy, men wanna kick it like neymar let a man know i'm the goal, i don't chase y'all".. in this track they speak on people being hypnotized by them and their every move .. i love the wlw in this song, don’t play :33

DOWNSTAIRS DJ ((10/10))

― will forever love how open megan is with her sexuality. the start of this song with watery sparkly noises matches the vibe of the song. in this song she's talking about self pleasure and taking care of herself. she's not ashamed like how society wants women to feel. truly normalizing women being open. she's real as fuck, will tell you a joke but never a lie !

MIAMI BLUE + BIG K.R.I.T. BUDDAH BLESS ((8.5/10))

― buddah did his one on this track. very different sound imo. enjoyed the feature and song in general. definitely underrated as well. hope she continues to work with buddah and expand on her male rap features (though i wouldn’t be mad if she didn’t) ..

COBRA ((10/10))

― one of my favorites in the album. cobra delves into the hardships megan faced and the reality of her mental health throughout these years. the many difficulties she had to face alone with an audience watching her every move wasn't an easy feat but she did it with grace, something that many admire about her. she continues to keep it real with her fans and show her scars.

i also love how she mentions her struggle with alcoholism in this, how she used it as a way to cope with everything she was battling. “How can somebody so blessed wanna slit they wrist? Shit I’d probably bleed out some pinot” meg continues to inspire and help me push myself to keep moving

the symbolism and visuals tying in together with shedding her skin and becoming a different person and moving on from that part of her life is genius. the rebirth of megan. thinking outside the box feels like the usual with megan.

+ her versatility with the beat of the music. just by how the song starts it gets you excited, not knowing what to expect until the beat drops surprising you. this song shows you a different side of megan and feels like a complete 180 compared to her other work ..

OVERALL RATING :: ((9.3/10))

final thoughts :;

megan thee stallion's first independent album. her artistry, on a completely different level, her flow and delivery 10/10. she has such a creative mind that extends from just rap and music. it SHOWS in her visuals in her music videos. it is such a beautiful art that she continues to make and she is consistent with it. her music goes past the bounds of any rapper right now. her versatile blend of rap, instrumentals, and her niche interests.

this album also having her constantly switch up her flow and each song being their own. nobody can say anything about that ever. people who say she doesn't change her flow only listen to her surface music and don't bother to acknowledge her artistry and songs aside from her features.

also her work when it comes to sampling other songs. she completely transforms the samples she uses and makes it her own, using it as a seed for her music. doing it megan's way.

i wished she would have explored more with other alternative genres as well like she did in cobra rock version, and hope she does so in the future.

i will never get tired of her referencing animes. always being discreet and behind fire and smooth bars making everything fit together. she said people hate her because she's a hot nerd and right ! will forever be obsessed w thee stallion and enamored with her work and grind. my favorite album from her now !

@lunaarorbiter

[patricia-taxxon]

I seem to remember you saying you wanted to get into Hip-hop by doing lyrical analysis of a classic record, like Low-End Theory or something. If you're still planning on doing that I'd suggest doing so with Illmatic (Tribe weren't all that lyrically), it really is as good as people say it is and the writing is astonishing on some songs. It's also probably more influential than Low-End (which I love!) and has a great variety of different producing styles. (If you're interested in the history of it, this guy on Youtube Digging the Greats has these great videos breaking down the samples and the history.) It's a pretty much perfect and a good place to start before you get into more alternative stuff.

Thanks for the recs, I was gonna do operation doomsday.

[voltaridylla]

High school Jimmy Valmer headcanons (Matt and Trey give him more scenes I’m begging.)

-Italian-American. Before you ask, yes, it is on his mom’s side. He also has some relatives he’s never met before living over in Italy.

-Smoked medicinal weed for a period in high school to help with his aches because of his cerebral palsy but when asked about it he played it up to be cool. He’s in his head at times so he tries to seem cooler but it works most of the time.

-This guy has like NO enemies. Literally no one has qualms about him, he even gets on with Nathan at some point - not like pals but they talk. They like to roast the hell out of eachother so it’s like frenemies but they have each other’s backs now.

-Considering in canon, I believe he’s one of the first to uh… do it. (💀) So I think in the highschool setting or we tweak canon EVER SO SLIGHTLY, his friends go to him for advice about it and depending on who it is he will either a) make it out to be terrifying and scary just to get a funny reaction or b) actually have a serious sit down chat about it.

-When he is serious, he can give very good advice. We see this in canon anyway but I think it should be mentioned.

-A giant rap fan. Specifically, g-funk and west coast - so like 2Pac, 50 Cent etcetc if you catch my drift. He had THOSE embarrassing phases where he literally mourned the loss of those names as if he was around when the news dropped and acted like he personally knew them (bro wasn’t even born then.) (I did this too with pink floyd actually and it’s really embarrassing… good lord.)

-Plays ukelele. I know this is canon but I like to imagine him playing the spongebob soundtrack songs for fun and like he does it really well.

-Has a letterboxd account and has a long consecutive ranking of the best comedies in his opinion. His reviews are essay style analysis on where the movie shines in slap-stick, line delivery etc. It’s kind of pretentious but he even made a column in the school paper talking about what movies to watch that recently dropped in theatres and it was a success.

-I’ve talked about this before but he is an anime fan. Nothing can convince me otherwise. His favourites are shit like Berserk and One Piece though and he’s super pretentious about it at times. Iykyk he probably quoted the ‘can we get much higher?’ meme too many times. He and Stan rip on each other’s favourite shows.

-Obsessed with Skeptic’s hcs for him too so I’ll snag this one - he likes to put those wired lights around his crutches depending on occassion. It’s Christmas?? Christmas lights on crutches. Prom or graduation? those pure bright lights.

-24/7 on instagram reels and sends the most diabolical ones to the groupchat. He’s knee deep in meme culture and hops on the trends so yeah, he’s seen the minecraft movie and dressed in a suit to see minions: rise of gru.

-I think in the show we see him get attached easily so I think he can be insistent on the gang meeting up often and he’s definitely felt down in the dumps before because some people couldn’t make it to whatever gathering he had planned. In saying that, he would probably be one of the best at throwing parties and highschool reunions because he cares about having a great audience.

-Out of his friends, I think he’s closest to Tolkien, Clyde and Stan. He and Tolkien like to joke together and chat shit (they probably trust eachother the most in their friend group.) Clyde is just funny because Jimmy likes to screw with him since he takes everything he says at face value. He and Stan are both nerds except Jimmy is chill about it and Stan is just a loser - they like to talk about anime and video games.

-Still close friends with Timmy!!! They go to the gym together and complain about the lack of amenities together.

-Smooth with the ladies. Uses the right jokes and by the end of the night he’ll have a girl at the hip. Also if we’re gonna get into my AU that doesn’t exist except in my head hcs, then I like to believe he and Leslie met in their early 20s but at a journalism function and they hit it off. She was more stoic while Jimmy was more expressive so they complimented each other really well. But she lived in California so they stayed long distance and met up here and there for a couple of years but eventually broke up because neither of them were happy and it was costly trying to see eachother often.

-I believe he does go into journalism in the future but actually kickstarts his comedian career because he had many funny comic strips and columns that were a giant hit and people demanded more.

Okay that’s all for now. *yawns*

[glasshcvse]

ficswap for @pickmedolls !

(D)OLLIES  is  the  first  mini-album  by  a  fictional  girl  group,  PICK  ME!,  known  for  blending  bold  rebellion  with  a  playful  charm.  the  album  was  considered  a  collaboration  with  GLASSHOUSE  INC.,  home  of  the  renowned  producer  GLOOMY,  who  took  the  lead  in  producing  it.  

the  album  reflects  its  core  themes  of  individuality  and  breaking  free  from  societal  expectations.  the  six  songs  feature  a  dynamic  mix  of  pop,  hip-hop,  and  dance,  capturing  a  spirit  of  confidence  and  empowerment.  the  group  released  their  debut  single,  ANGEL  OF  MY  DREAMS,  on  april  20th,  2022,  which  was  also  included  in  the  mini.  key  tracks  include  BADITTUDE,  a  powerful  pre-released  anthem  celebrating  self-assurance  and  defiance,  and  TALK  THAT  SHHH,  which  highlights  staying  true  to  oneself  and  embracing  authenticity.  

(D)OLLIES  received  mixed  reactions.  knetizens  thought  this  album  was  a  dig  at  them  for  judging  the  members  for  the  previous  rumours  and  callouts  they  made  about  the  girls.  at  the  same  time,  international  fans  praised  the  group  for  their  fresh  sound  and  empowering  message,  establishing  PICK  ME!  as  a  standout  figure  in  the  music  scene.

album inclusions. ( they might have )

photo booklet + folded poster ( 1ea ) + sticker sheet ( 1ea ) + lyric booklet with illustrations + miniature dollhouse set + postcard ( random member ver. ) + photocards ( random two out of five ).

track list. ( analysis cr. to /plasticflwrs )

ANGEL OF MY DREAMS ... described  as  a  'shape-shifting  banger',  the  song  explores  the  group's  love/hate  relationship  with  the  pop  industry  they've  been  at  the  heart  of  since  their  survival  show.  *there  has  been  lots  of  speculation  that  this  song  is  about  their  former  companies,  especially  with  the  line  "sold  my  soul  to  a  psycho"  could  be  directly  linked  to  that  rumour.

BADITTUDE ... is  all  about  owning  your  confidence  and  standing  up  for  yourself.  lines  like  "girls  with  that  bad  attitude"  highlight  the  power  of  embracing  your  true  self  and  rejecting  anyone  who  tries  to  bring  you  down.  it's  an  anthem  for  anyone  who's  ever  felt  misunderstood  or  pushed  aside,  encouraging  them  to  embrace  their  unique  edge  with  pride.

TALK THAT SHHH ... is  a  declaration  of  self-confidence  and  authenticity.  the  lyrics  focus  on  staying  true  to  who  you  are  despite  the  noise  and  expectations  from  the  outside  world.  the  chorus  evokes  a  sense  of  intimacy  and  self-assurance.  it’s  about  confidently  owning  your  individuality  and  living  life  on  your  own  terms,  celebrating  the  freedom  to  express  yourself  fully  and  unapologetically.

DIE FOR ME ... portrays  a  bold  and  confident  female  character  who  enjoys  having  control  over  her  partner  and  demands  their  submission  and  admiration.  the  song's  lyrics  suggest  a  sensual  and  intense  dynamic  between  two  individuals  but  with  a  hint  of  danger  and  risk.

SO WHAT ... is  all  about  shaking  off  the  weight  of  overthinking  and  self-criticism.  it’s  a  reminder  to  not  get  stuck  down  by  worries  and  to  take  life  a  little  easier.  the  chorus,  with  its  “so  what?”  attitude,  is  a  push  to  let  go  of  perfectionism  and  just  be  okay  with  things.  it’s  about  allowing  yourself  to  slow  down,  make  mistakes,  and  not  sweat  the  small  stuff.

FINDER ... is  the  desire  to  break  free  from  routine  and  monotony  and  to  explore  new  possibilities.  the  lyrics  reflect  that  despite  the  fear  of  the  unknown  or  the  dangers  of  pursuing  their  dreams,  the  group  strives  to  overcome  their  fears  and  take  action  to  obtain  a  better  life.  they  urge  others  to  take  their  hand  and  join  them  on  this  adventure.

poster.

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

god ride the cyclone is the fucking musical ever. a rat named Virgil that's going to kill the narrator (a paranormal fortune telling machine) in like an hour plays the bass. you're then immediately introduced to five children that are brutally killed in a roller coaster accident and have their hopes and dreams and everything they loved taken away from them. an unidentified headless body depicted as having her doll's head appears and sings a very woeful introduction to her character and then asks if her purgatory-mate would like to brush her dolly's hair and then recites a fact about how when a lioness has children she stops making love to the lion. the lion gets jealous. sometimes so jealous he eats the children. you would think this would upset the lioness. far from it. they make love again like the children never existed. she finds that idea terrifying. the paranormal fortune telling machine is able to move the children's bodies against their will for choreography and "catchphrases" and this is shown to be something they're discomforted by initially but continues nonetheless through the rest of the musical. ocean tears down all of her friends in her song to come back to life until she's told they decide who comes back through unanimous vote. you laugh for half a second before you remember that even if she's initially stuck up and conceited her song was an attempt from the soul of an innocent dead teenager who died for no reason to try to plead to come back to life. noel has fantasies of being a sex worker in post-war france and dying of typhoid flu driven by his love of french new wave cinema (mischa calling him tragic later is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to him). mischa recites a very precise and accurate analysis of the meaning of Saw VI but calls it Saw V. you listen to a very silly hip-hop rap before you listen to one of the most heartbreakingly loving songs you've ever heard and you hear "I lay my masculinity at the altar of your maidenhood" and you wonder how this is the same musical where the rat played the bass. you go from a song about a teenage boy saving an alien race of cat girls by breeding with them all to a mournful and breathtaking song about a jane doe's complete lack of identity besides the fact that she is dead and without an identity and the fact that she spends the whole song not begging to come back to life but begging to know who she is. her purgatory-mates get her a party hat and an old hello kitty cupcake and a cape and you sob when this choir made up of dead children make up a new birthday song that doesn't require a name so this jane doe can have a good new birthday because they finally don't see her as a freaky and eerie character but as a dead child just like them who can't remember who she is and they treat her like one of their own even though none of them recognize her from their choir. the last thing constance did before riding the cyclone was lose her virginity to a thirty year old and you try very hard not to think about how horrible that is. the girl that had been selfish the entire musical is given the final vote and is given a chance to vote for herself and she honors the original rules so she can give a new life to jane doe and everyone agrees. these children watch jane's new life play out and you think about how much they all deserved new lives too. it's both the most fun and most sad fucking musical you've ever listened to. fuck.

[talenlee]

Decemberween 2024 — Youtube Academia

Hey, I’m in academia, here are some people I look to for ‘how to communicate and make a point in academia and what you can use it to do.’

First up, hand over heart, this is going to have a real sampling bias. I’m going to point to three diferent academics who make stuff in spaces I can participate in and all three of them are dudes, and white enough that my dad would mostly consider them white. He’d probably be on the fence about Daniel Immerwahr. This is a problem in academia in general and it’s a problem with me in the specific: The stuff that I’ve gotten attention to, even the stuff that is explicitly about broadening my access to and understanding of nonwhite cultures and the nonwhite parts of the world is coming to me through white guys from academia. I’m not wild about it but it’s better in my mind to acknowledge it and present the sources then pretend this isn’t where I’m coming from.

Anyway, hey, here’s an essay titled Why Hip-Hop is the Most Important Artistic Movement In Human History.

Why Hip-Hop is the Most Important Artistic Movement in Human History: A Professor Skye Video Essay

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I think this is a good starting point for Professor Skye’s work.

Professor Skye presents three kinds of work. One is album reviews, where he breaks down and analyses components in how albums work and what they present in their messages, in a way that explicitly is not seeking to centre his interpretation but rather academically recognise a useful generalised language bridge for people like me who use the term ‘generalised language bridge.’

Second to that there are kind of larger, high-concept comparisons, where he provides a meaningful explanation to people outside of hiphop interest as to what’s going on. This led to him going extremely viral thanks to explaining the Kendrick/Drake beef this year which, god that was a thing, wasn’t it. The third thing that Professor Skye does is historical and academic contextualisation of music media. That can be things like ‘here’s iconic stuff from the 1980s,’ and it can be ‘behold as I use Proust to discuss this album.’

In each case I think there’s a sort of meaningful value to ‘doing the readings.’ Listening to the albums he talks about or the songs he talks about as and when he starts to talk about them means that each video is a sort of expository piece to accompany the text. I watch media analysis all the time of stuff I have not and never will watch, like Victorious, but in that case, the analysis is explicitly trying to present the text so you don’t need it. That’s not what Professor Skye is doing. This is not a channel trying to convince you to enjoy a thing or to enjoy the thing without the thing. It is a textual engagement with the album, and that is a really cool thing to do. You might not even have the mental muscles practiced for that at this point.

I'm What the Culture Feeling

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By the way, if you listen to Skye and go ‘oh hey, this is interesting and I’d like to know more,’ here’s a video essay from FD Signifier which is long, yes, but also extraordinarily good, about the same kind of topic and coming from inside the culture. If Skye makes you think ‘hey, I could be interested in this,’ then you should probably then check out FD Signifier.

Your Grammar Is Basic Compared to Black English

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But hey while I’m talking about language bridges (I was, honest), what about a language expert to talk about distinct grammatical differences between English (as I am used to calling it) and Black English. Language Jones is an interesting guy with a specific skillset, which is expertise in linguistics at an academic level, specifically the way your brain picks up and relates to linguistics. When you do that, you stop having to focus on formal and proper structures and instead get a lot more inclined to seeing the way language slops into the grooves in human brains and social spaces. Sometimes that means explaining to you and me what a wug is, and that’s interesting, but I find it much more interesting when he does dives like this one.

In this video, what Jones is doing is picking apart Black English into the toolkit I have in my head for understanding proper English, with terms like subjunctive and participle, and then demonstrate that the way Black English works is entirely a coherent grammatical structure, it’s not vibes or habits or attenuating with a specific person, it’s a whole other form of English and it’s really fucking nuanced. There’s a degree of fineness in Black English that is simple absent from Proper, Formal English. Formal English that I was taught is structured such that there are a host of unintuitive, hard to maintain stiff forms for completely correct conveyance of intent (“can I” vs “may I”), while Black English instead has a coherent grammatical structure that gives more fine control for intention, tense and position and the listener is there to interpret it rather than to enforce it.

This is not totally surprising, and if you talk to uh, any Black people, you probably already know this. What this gave me is a useful toolkit for reconstructing the grammar form. Really interesting stuff!

Daniel Immerwahr How to Hide an Empire

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Look, I’m sure I’ve talked about Daniel Immerwahr’s work in the past. I share this video from him every time I want to get people to think about American colonialism in the ways that make them uncomfortable. It’s a good talk, it uses its time well, and it also highlights a topic and the relationship of ourselves to the way things communicate their identity through their names and symbols of themselves.

Oh and if you don’t like that, check out Daniel Immerwarh’s podcast talking about the real world histories of Dune. Talks during the pandemic were restricted, but dang some of them were on wonderfully untypical topics.

There’s more. There’s always more. Dr Kipp Davis shows up when I look for academics I follow, but his interest is in Biblical studies. He’s part of the Diablocritics, which means Dr Jennifer Bird is on there, and it’s a way I can check out her work in a way that I find very accessible and interesting, and the other members of the Diablocritics are there, too.

Still, sometimes something academic is just something interesting. I don’t think Josh Worth is a doctor or professor or something. I think technically, he’s just a designer, as in a User Experience designer, that kind of specific discipline of having a clear, meaningful purpose for a visual expression. I share to you this graph Josh Worth made of the solar system if the moon, our moon, was a single pixel.

Check it out on PRESS.exe to see it with images and links!

[bromcommie]

max i neeeed to know what trashy songs you think nat would listen to

hiiii oh MAN this is the kind of asks I live for!! Thanks Syn <3 Okay, so first of all, let me preface all of this by saying that this is just a funny little HC and none of this is that serious, until I decide that it is. And unfortunately, today is one of those days. I know you didn't ask for a rambling analysis so I'm gonna do my best to limit myself, but I woke up from my nap feeling very verbose about her and I could legit write an essay on this (and I nearly did before I decided this post was already long enough, lol). Bear with me:

This particular music headcanon is primarily influenced by how much time I spend thinking about how Natasha never got to have an angry teenager with shitty loud music taste phase, or at least until after she left the KGB at which point it's probably a little belated (whenever you wanna place that—I think it works for both older-than-she-seems comics-influenced Nat and for MCU Nat who actually might've still been a teenager, seeing as how she was born in the 80s and presumably left the Red Room in the 90s/early 2000s—which is a great era for trashy music, btw) and is also a little uh, bloodier than your average turbulent adolescence warrants. So I like to imagine that in that post-Red Room, pre-SHIELD period she ends up being somewhat of a wild cannon, and I think there's a strain of that near-feral 14-yearold willing to do whatever just to prove herself in her that sticks around even after she's brought in and has reformed that carefully poised Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff/Natalie Rushman/etc persona around herself. And that comes out in weird ways.

So: I don't think the stuff she listens to is always actually all that trashy individually, BUT in my head it's just a great contrast and very fun to imagine that her taste in the present sometimes sucks and is just a little eclectic and a little confusing and loud and seemingly stuck in a perpetual teenage crisis moment and severely at odds with her overall presentation. (And then there's also the other side of things where she listens to old Soviet ballads when she gets particularly nostalgic and/or maudlin, but that's a story for a different time.) All of that to say: I just have fun thinking about her blasting some atrocious combination of black metal and 2000s pop anthems and industrial techno and eurotrash and 80s hair rock and Russian/Eastern Bloc hip hop at random times, and I need you to imagine her doing this while simultaneously slamming down her nth caffeinated drink while speeding 30 over the limit and absolutely wrecking the soundsystem of whatever little shitcan she's driving. Like the first time she comes to pick Sam and Steve up from some motel or little quaint B&B or whatever during their post-CATWS European Hunt for BuckyTM she pulls up in like an old Lada or Trabant or Yugo with this mixtape blasting and the two of them are just like. Hi ??????????

Anyway, okay. This is in NO way definitive, just some random picks off the top of my head and from my existing playlists (lol):

Okay, this is already long enough, but now I'm getting ideas so I might need to make this into an actual coherent playlist after all instead of whatever this is... *facepalming hard*

[fayewoodss]

gautism demons

he has previously mentioned listening to music while riding a bike is something he did a lot.

(last year i think is when he did it a lot [iirc he implied it] and if you want more demons it helped him quiet his thoughts and feelings around what happened in march and his worries about “what’s next?” and “do i quit content creation?”)

anyway back to the original point: he uses music and audio books to stim a lot, and dream has noticed this and he keeps a special playlist for when george is in the car (headcannon on real people sue me!), especially on long drives to help make george more comfortable because he (canon) doesn’t like long drives.

sorry for the essay, you don’t have to post this

You never have to apologize for gautism essays!!! I love love love hearing everybody's thoughts.

I actually talked a bit about George and the sensory experience of biking and listening to music here, so I love that we can elaborate more on it.

I love seeing how it was likely therapeutic and stimulatory for him, so I can agree with the theory that it helped him through March and moving forward. He's not the best at expressing and sharing his emotions, so it makes sense he would turn to introspective forms of processing, paired with some sort of stimulation to keep focused and regulated.

Going back to auditory stimming, his main music taste is rap, trap, hip hop, and hyper pop, which are all very high energy and upbeat in sound. This can be overstimulating to some, but also the complexity of high stimulation music can have the opposite effect as it can engage other senses beyond out hearing. For a lot of autistic people who auditory stim, music becomes more of a full body feeling and experience than just a sound or a song. (I am one of those as I stim a lot to music, especially theatre music.) We have so many examples of George dancing and emoting, but when he is caught on video at a party or anywhere with loud music, he's usually one of the only people to be reacting to the music with more intensity and sensation. I think about the Instagram story from Komanche where literally everyone at that house party was standing around barely moving and George was jumping and twirling and all over the place while shouting. We fan also see this in Argentina in the bus ride where George is very hyped up over the music playing, exaggeratedly so compared to Gia, Sapnap, etc.

(I don't have the Instagram video, but I found these gifs in my camera roll. Also please note the way he looks at everyone in the kitchen, almost hoping they're getting into the music/event with him. Ough, let me explode,,,)

Interestingly enough, this year his top songs were mostly from Brakence and the majority of them dealt with themes that were depressing and/or emotionally intense. There were some great analyses on his music taste and what it could say about him, but the few accounts that had made big analytical posts have been deactivated. (Call that a golocide.) I think @/asoftliquidtongue did an analysis of his music, but I would have to find it. Though he's obviously not married to many genres or artists because he's stated several times he will play a song he likes and just let youtube music recommend and play things at random. He fascinates ms...

And yes, the audiobooks! Whereas music seems to be more for excited and happy stimming, I could see him using audiobooks and podcasts for more calm regulatory stimming. Listening to Harry Potter on long bus rides to and from school, every year of secondary school, is so interesting. He's always been more introverted, but riding the same route at the same times five days a week to school, you think he'd have the opportunity to try to socialize and get to know people, or find a friend to sit with. But as far as we know he plugged himself into his book and stayed within his head. Also with he way George sometimes drops knowing new random little facts, or alluding to something he watched or read, he could be spending a lot of time with audiobooks, podcasts, articles, video essays, etc.

I like the idea of Dream knowing what music George likes and what books he likes to listen, too. Not only for long drives, but even just in general since George has talked about car sickness and often seems tired and uncomfortable as a passenger. Dream already adjusted his Tesla the instant George came to Florida since the breaks were making him sick, so him keeping a playlist that he enjoys and stims to, and even one they could enjoy together, is so so perfect.

[haru-kuneko]

Growing Up With Gorillaz (STORYTIME + ANALYSIS)

If you grew up with Gorillaz, you'd be able to feel a sense of sadness and euphoria at the same time. They are one of those avant-garde bands that can pump out a variety of songs ranging from hip-hop, rock to jazz. There is something timeless about the Gorillaz and that is because they never try hard to fit into current trends. This is why when I hear a certain type of song, I go "Wait, this sounds like Gorillaz!". They have this distinct flavour to it.

Even in college 'til adulthood, I still listen to Gorillaz (maybe it's because they were able to release new songs). It is like that one friend who still gets to hang out with you after so many years. From "Clint Eastwood" to "Feel Good," it reminded me of how much fun and colourful the world was in the past compared to now. Maybe because I was still little when they came out.

When I first heard their song "El Mañana," it reminded me of death and impermanence. Nothing lasts forever. The title translates to "tomorrow" in Spanish. What is even sadder is the music video where one of the members, Noodle, finds herself stuck on a floating island as helicopters start firing at her.

No, actually, it was part of an elaborate scheme to kill some guy name Jimmy Manson who tried to murder her after being rejected by the band. I just decided to put it out there for context (and also it's important to know there's a lot of lore in Gorillaz).

I think their best song yet was called "Humility" which featured Black Jack. It was a feel-good hit. This somehow stuck with me given the time it came out so let's just say I was about to finish my last semester in college and able to find tons of opportunities back then. Life seems to be looking up for me. Nah, the music video was kind of funny because 2-D was just rollerskating and vibin' until Russell trips him over.

Was this guy possessed all this time? His eyes went from blank white to black again.

Oh, let's not forget Ace from the Powerpuff Girls was in it as a guest replacement while their band leader Murdoc's stuck in jail.

Their latest song called "Silent Running" totally struck a chord. Also, hooray! Murdoc's back and this time the band's involved in some cult!

It helped me reflect on those years of my life which there were times I wished I was able to find the time to do the things I never got the chance to. Some of them were a case of "What if?". It's been a year since the pandemic has ended. It was rather comforting especially when I was going through a rough patch during that time.

It encouraged me to make most out of my life. Wherever life takes you, everything is going to be ok. You may not be able to get what you want but just know there's something even better waiting for you! I decided to write this after relistening to Gorillaz last night. It has been so long since I've listened to their songs.

Now, before anyone comes at me and says, "Oh no! You're oversharing and getting weepy over a cartoon band," you have to understand how much of an impact Gorillaz has on people like me and shouldn't be angry if someone expresses their passion towards something. If not for the Gorillaz, I wouldn't be here! They're not just a cartoon band but a global treasure in the industry.

[storkmuffin]

reading some f your kpop analysis makes me think about how you feel knowing how much this is a manufactured experience as opposed to, i guess, art derived from a singular mind? if that makes any sense.

i was never into boy bands, so i have no frame for enjoying this at all, and i wonder how you enjoy them? which you clearly do?

i guess what i mean, if everything is perfectly catered to make as much money as possible for the longest possible time, do you not feel like you are simply part of a machine instead of enjoying a bit of pop music?

I have tried to give this due consideration, and I have to say I find both things you say a bit confusing.

I like Ateez because the music feels and sounds fun to me, and many songs reverberate in my mind's ear making me want to hear it repeatedly, and the dances and the performances are delightful to my eye. We live in a world of money, so being catered to, to be provided with a thing that delights me, in exchange for money, strikes me as very fair. Artists have a right to make a profit, and companies that invest in making performing art possible also deserve to make a profit, in the same way I think my hairstylist and dentist also deserve to make profits for the valuable service they give me.

Major chunk of writing below, which you are not obligated to read at all. TLDR: All pop culture from every country is manufactured with the purpose of making as much money as possible for the longest possible time, so if someone can't like kpop for that reason they shouldn't be able to stand any other popular art form either, for the principle to hold.

About the manufactured music part/ art derived from a singular mind: No music is organic (as opposed to manufactured). All music, to sound musical, requires unnatural action or polishing of the natural. I'm also not sure how purist you're going with this singular mind definition. A folk singer performing solo with her guitar, singing songs she wrote, by herself about her own life that can be backed up with documentary evidence, live - is this the most authentic form of music? Maybe?? But is authentic in this way of being authentic necessarily the best? I would say absolutely not. This kind of singer would be trying to express her point of view. And if one isn't interested in or aliented from her particular point of view, she's irrelevant in the extreme. I also would hate to live in a world where I have to listen to only people singing alone while accompanying themselves on one instrument. What a thin soundscape that would be.

The goal of kpop on the other hand is to create music that literally everyone on the planet can get into, jump around about, and sing /shout portions of, in one way or the other. Mass appeal is the goal of this music. In order to create mass cross-national appeal, you need inputs from lots of people. It requires collaboration. There's a formula for the genre, sure, but there's a formula for rock, punk, soul, EDM, and solo pop acts, too. My point is - all of recorded music is manufactured. Kpop does not seem more manufactured to me than the Rolling Stones, and the Beatles don't seem any more authentic to me than any kpop group.

The marketing approach is what's different - western bands sell the lie of musical authenticity. Kpop doesn't market that particular lie. What kpop markets is intimacy. But in the end, same-same.

I'd go even further, and say that in some ways, the more ambitious an art form is, the more manufactured it's going to be. Kpop contains within it contemporary R&B, hip hop, Western pop music traditions and so on, but it's also musical theater, it's also vaudeville, and it has gradually built itself, over time, into full blown 'complete' entertainment. You can just listen to the music. I did this for a long time without knowing wtf any of the bands were, or if I knew the bands, I didn't care who the members were. Still don't, for most part. You can also just like it for the music videos and visual aesthetic, using the music as backdrop. OR you can go fully into the fandom experience, of understanding the 'characters' the Idols are trying to be, and now, with technology, communicating with them directly, as well as with the rest of fandom to feel like you're on the same 'team.' It can become a way to engage with the world, and allow you to meet and socialize with people you would otherwise never meet. Kpop can make itself part of your lifestyle if you want it to be.

As for money, isn't every art form is always trying to maximize its earnings in order to keep creating itself?? The performing arts require money in order to have an audience. You need a venue, to do performing arts. Money sustains performing arts. The huge funding and donation drives done by opera and ballet companies, as well as orchestras, choirs, quartets, etc, non-stop, all year round, in every possible way, is evidence of this. Catering to the paying audience in order to sustain fandom loyalty is something all pop stars the world over do, as well. Name me any popular pop artist, and I am confident I wouldn't have to do that much digging to find evidence for how hard they're working in order to make as much money as possible for as long as possible, not necessarily for greed, but so they can keep doing the thing they're doing. I think what kpop has done is just be better at marketing and mass appeal than everyone else, for this particular time in globalized culture.

The more I get to know kpop, the more thrilled I get about how by making their creation process - from selecting who will be the featured players to how they put the sounds and visuals together using various songwriters and producers- very transparent, they're puncturing the lie of 'singular' creator. To me, what western pop presents as being authentic is just as deliberately, carefully manufactured for the purposes of maximizing profit and longevity as what kpop does, but it gives itself airs that it has no right to.

[thisiscblog]

Thoughts on the intro for my Vacant Care album.

Digging deep into "Action," the opening track of Vacant Care. 💥

My latest blog post breaks down the raw emotion and meaning behind some of the most powerful lines on the album. It's about drawing lines, facing limitations, and the inevitable disappointment that comes with it.

Can't control people, but I can damn sure draw a line in the sand just so there's no confusion on just how disappointed I am at their limits. 😤

The whole track is about setting boundaries and refusing to tolerate bullshit. It's about acknowledging the things you can't change, but making it crystal clear where you stand.

If you've ever felt the frustration of dealing with other people's limitations, this post is for you. I'm unpacking the inspiration behind "Action" and exploring the themes of control, disappointment, and the power of setting boundaries.

Dive into the meaning behind the music.

[4th-d-slipped]

Some Sort Of Music Analysis - Warmthaholic (微熱魔) by ZUTOMAYO

shoutout to my friend vio (@angelfevr) who suggested i do music analysis of some sort <3 i am not a pro at this but i will try!

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Warmthaholic - [AMV Vers.]

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Warmthaholic is genuinely not like any other ZUTOMAYO song I've heard. The opening instantly captured me the first time I heard it two days ago: five seconds of a chaotic, noisy crescendo with every instrument utilized in the song blaring at once, then the instant cutoff into soft, completely isolated echoey vocals from ACAね for another five seconds, and then the layering of both into the sound of the rest of the song.

The instrument choice is incredible to me, as well. Of course, the instruments iconic to the band are present (bass by Ryosuke Nikamoto, piano by Yuki Kishida, drums by Fumihiro Ibuki) carry the song as wonderfully as they typically do. The instruments that really struck me in this song, however, were at at first the harp and violin (both presumably Yu Manabe Strings). The return of the harp from KOKE was unexpected but absolutely wonderful, and combined with the violin it really lends this sort of dissociative dreamlike feeling to the rest of the frantic instrumentation.

Right after the first verse is a 'dirtier' part not heard anywhere else in the song that absolutely intrigues me. The fast pace gives way to a much slower hip-hop/street music segment heavy on bass, with the addition of brief, shrill flourishes of discordant piano, trumpet, and violin, layered with small binaural vocal effects such as hissing, the slurping of a drink, humming, and close whispers. Not unusual for ZUTOMAYO, but completely out of place in this song in a way I am fully obsessed with.

The first chorus is as abrupt a transition as the rest, and is a return to form of the first verse. A new instrument makes its appearance: a goddamn marimba (uncredited)!!! Let me tell you how I gasped when I heard the marimba. It does absolute wonders to fill in the lack of harp in this chorus, and melds with the rest of the song in a way where you have no idea how you didn't consider its addition before. It's my favorite instrument in the whole song.

A small vocal/marimba transition from the end of the chorus to another blaring every-instrument-at-once section, then to a brief drums/harp flourish before the second verse kicks in. A combination you'd never expect to work back to back but ZUTOMAYO, masters of their craft, pull it off incredibly naturally that it's only just now that I realized how unusual the segments back to back are. It almost seems to foreshadow the tail end of the second verse to me, where vocal/piano/whispers lead into a drum/bass only section with the piano/violin slowly coming back in as backing. The final lyric of the verse is repeated twice and seals the next transition into the second chorus.

The second chorus is even more of a burst of sound than the first, but retains the energy of the first, just louder. But then the marimba takes a segment in the spotlight in a way that sounds simultaneously childish yet mature in combination with the bass/violin backing. The instruments begin to share the spotlight as the section leads into the bridge, the harp getting incorporated in a glorious comeback before a completely addicting frantic, plucky guitar comes in on the right ear only and oh my god is it my favorite little portion of the song, even over the 'dirty' section. It's also a one time thing and it's very brief, but it sounds absolutely incredible and gives me the energy of running through a field of tall, overgrown grass as fast as you possibly can on a humid spring day.

The song seems to swell up as ACAね sings a long, drawn out 'kara ma'. It actually, for the first time in a while, calms down instead. It's not perfectly calm, but the instrumentation is cut down to just guitar with backing marimba/bass. This doesn't last long, as the piano returning signals the real swell. Everything is at its most bombastic, but it surprisingly ends as quickly as the small calmer part. It returns to the sound of the first chorus, though with the violin leading the melody. ACAね chirps out one last word in the midst of it all, quickly enough that I mistook it as a cat's meow at first, before the official captions identified it as "っ魔", translated as "demon".

A final loud crescendo ends the song, and as the violin shrieks to a stop, the sound of shattering glass is heard.

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I want to briefly talk about the lyrics now. I've created a transcription of the official AMV's English subtitles translation here, and I am crossreferencing them with this translation by peachy15.

My personal read is a one-sided childhood romance where both parties are slowly drifting apart as they get older. Not a super deep interpretation, I know, but it's just overwhelmingly what it strikes me as. Both the Japanese and English titles are interesting in this regard. "微熱魔" translates to "a slight fever", containing the kanji for "魔", the aforementioned "demon", which makes me favor peachy15's translation of "わたしから魔▁▂▃▅▆▇█▓▒" and "っ魔" as "holic". Something that embodies the feeling of chasing lovesickness that the English title translates well. "Warmthaholic" is such an evocative term!

I can't go without mentioning ACAね's usual fantastic utilization of similes/metaphors/general flowery language as well. It's something I always enjoy in the songs, even if it makes them harder to translate clearly. My favorite lines from the song are "廊下は冷たいのがいい" and "都市伝説的に いずれ解る". I too enjoy cold hallway floors, and the urban legend simile is so playful!

As an aside, I want to look into the symbolism of the lupine flower mentioned in the song. In 花言葉 (Japanese flower language), lupine is said to mean "imagination", "always happiness", "you are my peace", and, interestingly, "greedy". These all fit into my interpretation pretty well, so I really wonder if ACAね (as the lyricist of the song) chose it intentionally for that reason.

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alright i think that's all from me for now. i really hope the formatting here turns out fine >_< i had a lot of fun writing this out!! i'll have to do more of it in the future. thank you for reading!!!