#yes I'm a mess ajr

[purple-parker]

Songtober Day 15: "Happy"

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[Challenge]

[dragonairice]

Just spent like a whole half hour trying to connect verses of 'The Maybe Man' to all the songs in the album. Y'know. As you do.

[thewhizzyhead]

okay but AJR'S new song "Yes I'm A Mess" is one of their coolest concepts to date cause like, AJR has been hyping up the chorus for a long while now and from the frequently tiktoked verses "I could hate my guts when the sun comes up but I like myself like this" and the overall tune of the chorus, the most common impression on the song is that it's a song about the brothers "blowing up their lives" through partying and all that because they "like themselves like this". Basically it's your "wooo let's fucking party song" but in the perspective of them using it as a means of escape in a way. This impression is confirmed with the release of the full song whose lyrics include them wanting to quit their jobs and start over ("I'm in it now, I'm in it now, could I start again somehow?)

And of course, the theme of wanting to escae start over and becoming what you like yourself to be even if you make yourself into a mess is something quite relatable especially for young adults right? So that concept is good in it of itself but what makes this song so much fucking different IS HOW AJR FLIPS IT BY THE BRIDGE. By the time Jack sings "I could hate my guts when the sun comes up but I guess that's what this is. I like myself like this", there is a layer of acknowledged resignation that them blowing up their lives and escaping in the interest of starting over and "liking themselves" is something that's not that all good AND THAT POINT IS ESTABLISHED WITH HOW THE SONG ENDS - WITH THE OUTRO BEING ALL SLOWED DOWN AND REVERBED AS IF THE PARTY IS STOPPING AND YOU'RE COMING DOWN FROM YOUR EUPHORIC PARTY HIGHS.

This part especially took a lot of people off guard because they simply weren't expecting this shift of tempo to happen in a song marketed as a partying fun song and holy shit that's the whole point! The constant escape for a new and clean slate through indulging yourself into becoming someone you like to the point of self sabotage won't ever end up well - cause sooner or later, the tempo will turn slow, verses will be slurred, and the fun beat and whistles will stop. And for a band who prides upon having their songs be fun to dance to while being relatable in its woes of having to grow up and wanting to escape that, holy fuck is that an amazing point to make.

[spikes-got-anger-issues]

"The Dumb Song" by AJR is Adam's theme

[poprocklyrics]

Why should I fix the shit I've done When I could just pack my shit and run?

Yes I’m A Mess, AJR

[randomfusilier]

- AJR :: Yes I'm A Mess

[phosphorus-noodles]

💜

it's the Geen pfp i think. same hat (color) !!!

(ask game!)

[stardustsea]

This is gonna be a very fun song to chant-sing in a whole crowd of people eventually <3

[sir-jay-bell]

LET'S GOOOO NEW AJR SONG!!!!!!!

[rainbowjay20]

I heard and liked this song. I am ages past watching MTV, so music videos are not really my wheelhouse. I had occasion to watch this video on YouTube.

I am still laughing...

[oceanamethyst]

one of the best music videos i have ever seen

[simplysebby]

mmm yeah normal about music

[kozzax]

new ajr album finally dropped... the songs have been dropping but i've only listened to the fully released ones until now and i am TWO SONGS IN and we are ALREADY GETTING MY ENTIRE ASS. i don't talk about music on here often but i love ajr so much and i already knew i was going to get-- OH HOLY SHIT. FUCK. MAN. THIS SONG. --i knew i was going to get got by this album because i already have been. one of these songs is on a playlist i have called "microdosing on processing my emotions". but. like. aururughghrughrghghghghghghhhhh /pos