#sorry hssprimefan... claire's character is so inspired by some albums/films. when i get the opportunity to talk about them i Have to

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“Cause all my life I’ve tried to fight what history has given me”

i love this song!! it's on her playlist (not the official one, the one just for myself). electra heart in general is such a claire album. i'm going to hijack the ask because i've always wanted to talk a bit about this. i'm restricting myself to a screenshot for each song omg

bubblegum bitch // primadonna // homewrecker

bubblegum bitch is basically claire's character: this is just a person being idealised and idealising herself so she can be loved. "welcome to the life of electra heart"? sure, psychosexual complex princess. the chorus to primadonna doesn't need any commentary from me, i think. homewrecker is a particular poignant song for her too. "the good are never easy, the easy never good"? "but deep down all you want is love, the pure kind [...] but we cannot escape the past, so you and i will never last" and claire will never get into a healthy relationship until she fixes her heart.

starring role // the state of dreaming // power and control

i love how the entire album is framed around archetypes, and playing roles, and losing yourself along the way. when she says "all i really want is to be wonderful" and "people in this town they, they can be so cruel" in the state of dreaming. or "a human vulnerability [love] doesn't mean that i am weak" and "'cause all my life i've been controlled [...] you can't get peace without a war" in power and control. lady who's had a director her entire life. lady whose choices have never been entirely hers.

teen idle // valley of the dolls // how to be a heartbreaker

"i wanna be a bottle blonde, i don't know why but i feel conned" relating to an aesthetic (marilyn-esque figure) but also about being 'bottled' in expectations. valley of the dolls + the additional context of the film it was inspired by, with sharon tate fits claire's theme of always feeling unfulilled with her career. hypocrates fits here too (i love the first verse; "you're the lonely, one and only" is so great. destroy that man, claire). how to be a heartbreaker and seeing love as a game... yeah.

lonely hearts club // E.V.O.L.

skipping sex yeah since you've pointed it out already. i'm so glad she put E.V.O.L. on streaming platforms lol i've had it downloaded on my phone since 2012... "oh, baby, darling, how i long to become your suicide blonde; to lie besides my romeo, oh, what a wicked way to go" and "well, you're the best i've ever seen, and i'm your dying beauty queen"... i don't even know where to start with these. love as a tragedy, and love as death, and death as love, and tragedy as devotion is very claire.