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"Better Than I Know Myself" Cover This song is kinda sad, which is probably why I love it so much. The entire song plays on the idea of not knowing yourself, and someone knows you more than you do. Looking back over the lyrics I think this is probably about a long-term relationship and how they know each other very well and how to calm each other down, but when I first listened to this, and when I still do, I don't take it like that at all. I take more of like this couple, w

<Dall> Album Art When I first heard this song, it took over my head for awhile. I usually don't listen to much K-Pop but I heard this song and it instantly grabbed my attention. The melody and way the lyrics are sung are so pop-perfection, and then the aesthetic of the video and song also grabbed me. I feel like it plays on the idea of parasocial relationships because of the video. It has the main idols of ARTMS, and has them be these angelic like features that a group of sch

"Caterpillar" Cover Art Florence Road is a fresh band based in Ireland and they only have one EP out and are steadily releasing new music. They rose to fame primarily on TikTok by singing covers of songs. The vocals of the lead singer are what really grabbed my attention. This song in particular resonates pretty well with me. A lot of the lyrics reference having these kind of feelings inside, but not knowing exactly where they are coming from. These feelings seem to be more a

Elphaba from Wicked Diva down. (I cannot think of anything to write, sorry.)

The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered Art This is a bit of a shift from what I usually talk about, but both The Last of Us games hold an extremely special spot in my heart. What I find fascinating is how Part 2 explores mental illness and survivors guilt with the main character, Ellie Williams. (Spoilers) For a brief summary, The Last of Us is set in an apocalyptic future where the world has been overrun with a mutation of the Cordyceps fungus that can affect human life. The fir

"I'm A Ruin" Single Cover The album Froot by MARINA (formerly known as Marina And The Diamonds), was and still is one of my favorite albums of hers, and is in my top 10 albums. This song in particular is one of my favorite songs, I think of all time. It fits one of my favorite type of song genres, where the melody is more happy and cheery, while the lyrics are more melancholy, think "Dancing on My Own" by Robyn. The lyrics play with a fear of commitment, but also a self-awar

"Cat" Album Cover The second trial of Kazui, titled "Cat". The music is actually a pretty harsh change from the first trial. It went from more opera type singing to almost a jazz song. I really like it. This is also the trial where we get a lot more information on Kazui and his wife. The video shows a young Kazui meeting his wife (unnamed), and how they meet through work before eventually getting married and living together. It shifts near the end of the song where we see his

"Famous Last Words (An Ode to Eaters) Cover "Famous Last Words (An Ode to Eaters) by Ethel Cain and ALYX 9SM was released in July 2023, and is one of my favorite songs by Ethel Cain that is not about the character of Ethel Cain. The lyrics are darker, and allude to imagery of cannibalism. I've seen some people talk about this song in relation to the movie Bones and All , a movie where the two main characters are in love, but also are cannibals. It's very strange inspiration m

"Waco, Texas" Visualizer This is one of the saddest songs I have ever heard. This song is the final track on Willoughby Tucker I'll Always Love You by Ethel Cain, and my personal favorite. It's 15 minutes long. The lyrics are amazing as well. I'm very normal about Ethel Cain and her music so this take is not biased in any way whatsoever. :) The song is about the character Ethel, longing for Willoughby after a tornado hits their hometown and she leaves him instead of staying

"Half" Album Cover Kazui is the 7th prisoner in MILGRAM, as well as the one who makes extremely sad when I think about him too hard. Kazui is a 39 year old man. He is the oldest, tallest, and strongest prisoner. Before his time at MILGRAM he was a detective, or in some kind of law enforcement. This video, " Half " makes me so sad when watching it, that even when hearing the first few notes and him singing makes me soar with sadness. A big theme in this song is about "the masq

"Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land" Album Cover This song, that shares the same name with the album, "Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land" is very somewhat a political song. The whole album is very political, but this song is more about generational issues and how some people feel that their lineage is more important than the now. The very first line is "Our ancestors had to fight to survive" so already from the start it's about family ties and heritage. Even the title is reminisc

Turn Off the Light Album Cover Happy Halloween! This song, "In the Next Life" was part of Kim Petras' Halloween mixtape titled Turn Off the Light Volume 1 , which was released originally in 2018, with a re-release in 2019 with another album attached to it. I like this song because it sounds good, as well as having verses in German. When I heard this for the first time I was in my junior year of high school, and I was in German 4, so having music from an artist I was already

"Deep Cover" Album Cover Batman is back. After Kotoko was voted innocent in the first trial, she also took on a role of a deputy warden, after the audience agreed for her to have this authority. Kotoko very much sees herself as a authority figure, even before she was "promoted" this position by the audience. Between the first and second trial, as I mentioned in my last post, she severely beat a few of the other prisoners, and that kind of energy was kept in her second trial.

"Harrow" Album Cover Yuzuriha Kotoko is a 20-year-old woman who has been imprisoned for murder. I like to call her The Punisher of MILGRAM. She could also be considered like a Batman figure, but without the strict morals that Batman adheres too. (Punisher is a vigilante from Marvel Comics who hunts down bad people and kills them without mercy.) She is the 10th prisoner, and has a sense of superiority, or authority because her whole thing is that she finds people who have done

"Pain" Album Cover Muu's third trial has finally been released, and it's made her story even more interesting than before. It also gives the complete report of Muu's crime and her life, so not much is left to speculation, other than if she's guilty or innocent. The main things I want to comment on how much more story we get from this video about Muu and how she's grown as a character through MILGRAM. In this video we see more about the girl she murdered, and why she murder

"Rhinestone Heart" Photoshoot This song is another one of my favorites from Slayyyter's Starf*cker album. It is the 6th song on the album, and is another one of the more vulnerable songs. The chorus starts the song: " I wanted to believe in love, it's hard / Glitter that I cry like fallin' stars/ Take what's in my chest and leave your mark / You just wanna wear my rhinestone heart" What I think is interesting is that she's upset that this person only wants her for the status

Slayyyter's "My Body" Photoshoot Slayyyter is a 29 year old pop artist from St. Louis Missouri. She has three albums out, and is currently releasing singles for her fourth studio album. This song, "My Body" is from her third studio album Starf*cker. I adore every song from this album and the three deluxe tracks that came out later. (Parataxis in italics). This song is very special to me. Not only do I absolutely love the production on it, its a very dance-pop heavy track, bu

Pressure Album Cover by Julia Wolf "Sunshine State" is the 10th song on the album Pressure by Julia Wolf. This song quickly rose to my favorite from this album. Julia Wolf is most well-known for her song "In My Room" because of it's popularity on TikTok and being constantly associated with the Twilight movies (which she loves). The main lyrics that stick out to me are: " So you pack up your car, leave your brothers in the rearview / Say you'll be back, but they know it's ju

"MeMe" Album Cover Mikoto Kayano is a 23 year-old male who has been imprisoned for murder. He also has Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). It's shown to the viewer that this other persona, John Doe, is the one who is responsible for the murder. This will be less of an analysis on his songs; instead I want to focus on the information we've been given about him and his childhood to what I know about DID. There was a time where I researched DID heavily for my own enjoyment, a

Still from Youtube Video "Concrete" is an unreleased song by Ethel Cain. There are no official lyrics so I'll be going off this reddit...