May 26What melts another man just polishes me
What other man enjoys just punishes me
May 26·edited·7 replies
fakerickhoodiewhats the theme of the album
ok so i spent like an hour or two figuring this out while listening this morning by reading the tales and rly listening to the lyrics and taking in mind what hes said in the interviews
Basically, its based on his time blowing up and a 3 month time in LA right, and the narrative is inspired by dante's inferno structure of moving through hell into the pit of purgatory to meet the devil and find heaven. In this instance LA is hell and his father's home in essex is heaven. The tales are an accompanying like emotional re interpretation of the events and the idea and they serve as cryptic lynchian-like story that can give context. He's muslim, and hes tocuhed on this a bit before on music and me and such.
He explicitly in the tales says he views fame as a descent rather than a rise, and dante enters hell in dante's inferno by taking a staircase down.
All eyes on me is him basically arriving in hell and the industry at the same time its all a double entendre. Playlist is him entrenched in the sin of treachery, the "bae innocent angel a w**** now" is about him. thats why he talks about virginity so much, its this diea of him being corrupted.
Creep and like a virgin are him straying further into this distortion of his morals and character until jungle affair.51 ttashpel pony ave is clearly LUST similar to how kendrick talked ab it, Hard candy is gluttony and pure manic spending, Rewind and essex girls are the flipside of that. thats why it keeps switching between lighter and darker songs and the lyrics get more and more full of biblical references and depravity
night blooming jasmine is him in love with it and wrong relief is liek the absolute pits in complete paranoia and self destruction. Fire & Ice is that long because its the turning point of the story of breaking out of purgatory as in the loop of mania and depression caused by his indulgence in the spoils of his work. Kiss of death - angel is him connecting back with his roots, coming home, as the sound gets lighter way more melodic and thats why the last track angel is a breakup song right its not a literal breakup with a girl. Etna is him in haven. The short film and some o the tales are like a end credits/prologue thing much like a mulholland drive esque thing and everything pre ch5 in the tales is like the opening credits. theres also a lot of lyrical callbacks that hold significance esp for the specific biblical references
- May 26·2 repliesAndre Jaquet· edited
ok so i spent like an hour or two figuring this out while listening this morning by reading the tales and rly listening to the lyrics and taking in mind what hes said in the interviews
Basically, its based on his time blowing up and a 3 month time in LA right, and the narrative is inspired by dante's inferno structure of moving through hell into the pit of purgatory to meet the devil and find heaven. In this instance LA is hell and his father's home in essex is heaven. The tales are an accompanying like emotional re interpretation of the events and the idea and they serve as cryptic lynchian-like story that can give context. He's muslim, and hes tocuhed on this a bit before on music and me and such.
He explicitly in the tales says he views fame as a descent rather than a rise, and dante enters hell in dante's inferno by taking a staircase down.
All eyes on me is him basically arriving in hell and the industry at the same time its all a double entendre. Playlist is him entrenched in the sin of treachery, the "bae innocent angel a w**** now" is about him. thats why he talks about virginity so much, its this diea of him being corrupted.
Creep and like a virgin are him straying further into this distortion of his morals and character until jungle affair.51 ttashpel pony ave is clearly LUST similar to how kendrick talked ab it, Hard candy is gluttony and pure manic spending, Rewind and essex girls are the flipside of that. thats why it keeps switching between lighter and darker songs and the lyrics get more and more full of biblical references and depravity
night blooming jasmine is him in love with it and wrong relief is liek the absolute pits in complete paranoia and self destruction. Fire & Ice is that long because its the turning point of the story of breaking out of purgatory as in the loop of mania and depression caused by his indulgence in the spoils of his work. Kiss of death - angel is him connecting back with his roots, coming home, as the sound gets lighter way more melodic and thats why the last track angel is a breakup song right its not a literal breakup with a girl. Etna is him in haven. The short film and some o the tales are like a end credits/prologue thing much like a mulholland drive esque thing and everything pre ch5 in the tales is like the opening credits. theres also a lot of lyrical callbacks that hold significance esp for the specific biblical references
Craziest thing is how the themes aren’t detached from the sonics like how most artists of his generation do… this stuff is literally embedded into the lyrics, the beats, and everything in between.
Wonderfully executed album that really breaks the lame cycle of overly-ambitious album concepts only talked about in interviews that have nothing to do with the music
- May 26·editedMaximus
Craziest thing is how the themes aren’t detached from the sonics like how most artists of his generation do… this stuff is literally embedded into the lyrics, the beats, and everything in between.
Wonderfully executed album that really breaks the lame cycle of overly-ambitious album concepts only talked about in interviews that have nothing to do with the music
exactly. as he's said on the zane lowe interview the mixing and frequencies r very intentional.
Terrified - like a virgin are so actual bass heavy like the frequency wise as it is hell, purgatory you get 808s but they are way more treble heavy 808s and his voice on something like hard candy is mixed that way because hes in that manic part o the purgatory.
Hence why it keeps switching between these light melodies with dark elements and absolute despair filled beats. Also why fire & ice the woman is hard to understand and its long and the backing track is scary as hell. Cuz
A. its a horror movie album and hes in the transition out of purgatory into the fire state if u look up fire and ice significance in dante's inferno
B. Its clearly an angel talking to him
Listen to me
This had to happen
This was never going to unfold gently
Do not be afraid
Fate is not a fragile ornament someone can snatch from your hands
It is branded on you, beneath your satin skin like inheritance"They have come to escort you now
Across the black water, toward the farther shore
Through fire, through ice
Through every exquisite trial designed to separate the living from the truly awake
Lift your head and walk
Because what waits for you beyond this passage is not comfort
It is transfiguration"and why the last quarter sounds a lot more like his old sound. Because hes getting closer to home. Hence the amount of high frequency sounds and more calm mixing and harmonies.
angel is back to being bassy because its his last goodbye. The title means delayed angel when translate btw, its like a breakup song with the hedonism of fame. Etna has no 808s nothing just the angel again and synths and guitar he played in his home.
So here we are, a little older, a little wiser
And slightly embarrassed about the theatrics
But alive, which, all things considered is not a bad outcome, right?
Anyways, goodbye and goodnight
We were in that room for too longit really does remind me of some lynchian s*** in musical form lol its very show dont tell
May 26·1 replyMaximusCraziest thing is how the themes aren’t detached from the sonics like how most artists of his generation do… this stuff is literally embedded into the lyrics, the beats, and everything in between.
Wonderfully executed album that really breaks the lame cycle of overly-ambitious album concepts only talked about in interviews that have nothing to do with the music
yeah this best attempt at a rage concept album so far. dudes like nettspend, osamason, and opium especially never really go past the aesthetic. the music is always some bullshit which is why im happy mink decided to take a chance and do something familiar yet different
- May 26·editedAgain
yeah this best attempt at a rage concept album so far. dudes like nettspend, osamason, and opium especially never really go past the aesthetic. the music is always some bullshit which is why im happy mink decided to take a chance and do something familiar yet different
the way summertime 06 was a post punk influenced take on west coast blog era gangsta rap (hence why vince used joy division as the inspo for the cover), terrified vs something like psykotic feels very much like comparing the cure or joy division to black flag or minor threat. or like, Cryptopsy to Electric wizard maybe more apt comparison. If rage draws parallels to punk or slam this is like post punk or stoner metal. taking the anger, self expression, abrasiveness, loudness, etc and instead making something more abstract conceptual slow and spacey out of it.
Like osamason plays B movie slashers and s*** in the studio while hes making psykotic, while mink instead is inspired by mulholland drive. very different kinds of horror movies that go for different things
very interested to see what this influences cuz of that
hayabusa 🌐May 26Againmulholland drive
- hayabusa 🌐May 26·2 replies
granted i never seen that movie but everyone saying how deep and good the themes on this album is and then never elaborating is fryin me so bad
thats the third nigga i seen compare it to that movie
- May 26·editedhayabusa
granted i never seen that movie but everyone saying how deep and good the themes on this album is and then never elaborating is fryin me so bad
thats the third nigga i seen compare it to that movie
we been doing that on dis page
the reason why mans r citing mulholland drive is cuz the trailer is homage to it and uses all the like iconic lynch shots like the lamp and environments etc and he said he took inspo from it and dante's inferno for the narrative. And mink said the album as a whole is meant to be like a horror film.
also watch that movie its amazing !!
May 26·1 replyAndre Jaquet· editedok so i spent like an hour or two figuring this out while listening this morning by reading the tales and rly listening to the lyrics and taking in mind what hes said in the interviews
Basically, its based on his time blowing up and a 3 month time in LA right, and the narrative is inspired by dante's inferno structure of moving through hell into the pit of purgatory to meet the devil and find heaven. In this instance LA is hell and his father's home in essex is heaven. The tales are an accompanying like emotional re interpretation of the events and the idea and they serve as cryptic lynchian-like story that can give context. He's muslim, and hes tocuhed on this a bit before on music and me and such.
He explicitly in the tales says he views fame as a descent rather than a rise, and dante enters hell in dante's inferno by taking a staircase down.
All eyes on me is him basically arriving in hell and the industry at the same time its all a double entendre. Playlist is him entrenched in the sin of treachery, the "bae innocent angel a w**** now" is about him. thats why he talks about virginity so much, its this diea of him being corrupted.
Creep and like a virgin are him straying further into this distortion of his morals and character until jungle affair.51 ttashpel pony ave is clearly LUST similar to how kendrick talked ab it, Hard candy is gluttony and pure manic spending, Rewind and essex girls are the flipside of that. thats why it keeps switching between lighter and darker songs and the lyrics get more and more full of biblical references and depravity
night blooming jasmine is him in love with it and wrong relief is liek the absolute pits in complete paranoia and self destruction. Fire & Ice is that long because its the turning point of the story of breaking out of purgatory as in the loop of mania and depression caused by his indulgence in the spoils of his work. Kiss of death - angel is him connecting back with his roots, coming home, as the sound gets lighter way more melodic and thats why the last track angel is a breakup song right its not a literal breakup with a girl. Etna is him in haven. The short film and some o the tales are like a end credits/prologue thing much like a mulholland drive esque thing and everything pre ch5 in the tales is like the opening credits. theres also a lot of lyrical callbacks that hold significance esp for the specific biblical references
worst part is you typed up this excellent writeup and that guy was just being a d*** and won't acknowledge it cus he can't dunk on you
really great work though
May 26Andre Jaquet· editedok so i spent like an hour or two figuring this out while listening this morning by reading the tales and rly listening to the lyrics and taking in mind what hes said in the interviews
Basically, its based on his time blowing up and a 3 month time in LA right, and the narrative is inspired by dante's inferno structure of moving through hell into the pit of purgatory to meet the devil and find heaven. In this instance LA is hell and his father's home in essex is heaven. The tales are an accompanying like emotional re interpretation of the events and the idea and they serve as cryptic lynchian-like story that can give context. He's muslim, and hes tocuhed on this a bit before on music and me and such.
He explicitly in the tales says he views fame as a descent rather than a rise, and dante enters hell in dante's inferno by taking a staircase down.
All eyes on me is him basically arriving in hell and the industry at the same time its all a double entendre. Playlist is him entrenched in the sin of treachery, the "bae innocent angel a w**** now" is about him. thats why he talks about virginity so much, its this diea of him being corrupted.
Creep and like a virgin are him straying further into this distortion of his morals and character until jungle affair.51 ttashpel pony ave is clearly LUST similar to how kendrick talked ab it, Hard candy is gluttony and pure manic spending, Rewind and essex girls are the flipside of that. thats why it keeps switching between lighter and darker songs and the lyrics get more and more full of biblical references and depravity
night blooming jasmine is him in love with it and wrong relief is liek the absolute pits in complete paranoia and self destruction. Fire & Ice is that long because its the turning point of the story of breaking out of purgatory as in the loop of mania and depression caused by his indulgence in the spoils of his work. Kiss of death - angel is him connecting back with his roots, coming home, as the sound gets lighter way more melodic and thats why the last track angel is a breakup song right its not a literal breakup with a girl. Etna is him in haven. The short film and some o the tales are like a end credits/prologue thing much like a mulholland drive esque thing and everything pre ch5 in the tales is like the opening credits. theres also a lot of lyrical callbacks that hold significance esp for the specific biblical references
thank you for this.
May 26·1 replySo we fan all agree this is aoty rihht?
- May 26·1 replyAndre Jaquet· edited
ok so i spent like an hour or two figuring this out while listening this morning by reading the tales and rly listening to the lyrics and taking in mind what hes said in the interviews
Basically, its based on his time blowing up and a 3 month time in LA right, and the narrative is inspired by dante's inferno structure of moving through hell into the pit of purgatory to meet the devil and find heaven. In this instance LA is hell and his father's home in essex is heaven. The tales are an accompanying like emotional re interpretation of the events and the idea and they serve as cryptic lynchian-like story that can give context. He's muslim, and hes tocuhed on this a bit before on music and me and such.
He explicitly in the tales says he views fame as a descent rather than a rise, and dante enters hell in dante's inferno by taking a staircase down.
All eyes on me is him basically arriving in hell and the industry at the same time its all a double entendre. Playlist is him entrenched in the sin of treachery, the "bae innocent angel a w**** now" is about him. thats why he talks about virginity so much, its this diea of him being corrupted.
Creep and like a virgin are him straying further into this distortion of his morals and character until jungle affair.51 ttashpel pony ave is clearly LUST similar to how kendrick talked ab it, Hard candy is gluttony and pure manic spending, Rewind and essex girls are the flipside of that. thats why it keeps switching between lighter and darker songs and the lyrics get more and more full of biblical references and depravity
night blooming jasmine is him in love with it and wrong relief is liek the absolute pits in complete paranoia and self destruction. Fire & Ice is that long because its the turning point of the story of breaking out of purgatory as in the loop of mania and depression caused by his indulgence in the spoils of his work. Kiss of death - angel is him connecting back with his roots, coming home, as the sound gets lighter way more melodic and thats why the last track angel is a breakup song right its not a literal breakup with a girl. Etna is him in haven. The short film and some o the tales are like a end credits/prologue thing much like a mulholland drive esque thing and everything pre ch5 in the tales is like the opening credits. theres also a lot of lyrical callbacks that hold significance esp for the specific biblical references
Very poeerful post and this was an awesome read thanks
May 26CutiePieHoleSo we fan all agree this is aoty rihht?
- May 26hayabusa
granted i never seen that movie but everyone saying how deep and good the themes on this album is and then never elaborating is fryin me so bad
thats the third nigga i seen compare it to that movie
There’s like 3 posts elaborating in the exact same page bro
- May 26
Creed .
- May 26·1 reply
“What melts another man just polishes me” is one of the hardest quotables in history
May 26·edited·1 replyAndre Jaquet· editedok so i spent like an hour or two figuring this out while listening this morning by reading the tales and rly listening to the lyrics and taking in mind what hes said in the interviews
Basically, its based on his time blowing up and a 3 month time in LA right, and the narrative is inspired by dante's inferno structure of moving through hell into the pit of purgatory to meet the devil and find heaven. In this instance LA is hell and his father's home in essex is heaven. The tales are an accompanying like emotional re interpretation of the events and the idea and they serve as cryptic lynchian-like story that can give context. He's muslim, and hes tocuhed on this a bit before on music and me and such.
He explicitly in the tales says he views fame as a descent rather than a rise, and dante enters hell in dante's inferno by taking a staircase down.
All eyes on me is him basically arriving in hell and the industry at the same time its all a double entendre. Playlist is him entrenched in the sin of treachery, the "bae innocent angel a w**** now" is about him. thats why he talks about virginity so much, its this diea of him being corrupted.
Creep and like a virgin are him straying further into this distortion of his morals and character until jungle affair.51 ttashpel pony ave is clearly LUST similar to how kendrick talked ab it, Hard candy is gluttony and pure manic spending, Rewind and essex girls are the flipside of that. thats why it keeps switching between lighter and darker songs and the lyrics get more and more full of biblical references and depravity
night blooming jasmine is him in love with it and wrong relief is liek the absolute pits in complete paranoia and self destruction. Fire & Ice is that long because its the turning point of the story of breaking out of purgatory as in the loop of mania and depression caused by his indulgence in the spoils of his work. Kiss of death - angel is him connecting back with his roots, coming home, as the sound gets lighter way more melodic and thats why the last track angel is a breakup song right its not a literal breakup with a girl. Etna is him in haven. The short film and some o the tales are like a end credits/prologue thing much like a mulholland drive esque thing and everything pre ch5 in the tales is like the opening credits. theres also a lot of lyrical callbacks that hold significance esp for the specific biblical references
In Inerno, Dante encounters those who are being punished for their actions on Earth. Justly. His personal trials and tribulations are besides the point. He doesn't reach heaven because he "went through" hell. People go to heaven who lived virtuously on Earth. He is just on a guided tour.
- hayabusa 🌐May 26·2 repliessfsorrow
worst part is you typed up this excellent writeup and that guy was just being a d*** and won't acknowledge it cus he can't dunk on you
really great work thoughive had more than enough interactions with that user in the past to know im not wasting my time engaging in that s*** at all lmfao
and no not in a “wow you cant even read a few paragraphs, media literacy is in the dumps” way hes literally the equivalent of condoms eyes but for ug music
the dude i initially quoted gave the most vague explanation about the album and when asked what the themes were he compared it to a movie
what kind of f***ing breakdown is that
- May 26Benny Boy· edited
In Inerno, Dante encounters those who are being punished for their actions on Earth. Justly. His personal trials and tribulations are besides the point. He doesn't reach heaven because he "went through" hell. People go to heaven who lived virtuously on Earth. He is just on a guided tour.
for sure good clarification, what i mean is the structure of the divine comedy is inspired in the structure of the album the
Inerno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
idea and some of the themes, not necessarily that dante personal trials and tribulations are why hes there or they have to do with why he travels between all 3 realms. Cuz at the end of the day its inspired by dante's inferno in ways for his own story
- May 26hayabusa
ive had more than enough interactions with that user in the past to know im not wasting my time engaging in that s*** at all lmfao
and no not in a “wow you cant even read a few paragraphs, media literacy is in the dumps” way hes literally the equivalent of condoms eyes but for ug music
the dude i initially quoted gave the most vague explanation about the album and when asked what the themes were he compared it to a movie
what kind of f***ing breakdown is that
uh ok i guess
- May 26CutiePieHole
Very poeerful post and this was an awesome read thanks
tyy glad yall are getting something out of it! ill prolly make a thread later on with every specific thing i can find like the lyrical callbacks and such
- May 26
What these other man enjoy just punishes me.
- May 26Maximus
“What melts another man just polishes me” is one of the hardest quotables in history
craaaazy bar
May 26Andre Jaquetok so i spent like an hour or two figuring this out while listening this morning by reading the tales and rly listening to the lyrics and taking in mind what hes said in the interviews
Basically, its based on his time blowing up and a 3 month time in LA right, and the narrative is inspired by dante's inferno structure of moving through hell into the pit of purgatory to meet the devil and find heaven. In this instance LA is hell and his father's home in essex is heaven. The tales are an accompanying like emotional re interpretation of the events and the idea and they serve as cryptic lynchian-like story that can give context. He's muslim, and hes tocuhed on this a bit before on music and me and such.
He explicitly in the tales says he views fame as a descent rather than a rise, and dante enters hell in dante's inferno by taking a staircase down.
All eyes on me is him basically arriving in hell and the industry at the same time its all a double entendre. Playlist is him entrenched in the sin of treachery, the "bae innocent angel a w**** now" is about him. thats why he talks about virginity so much, its this diea of him being corrupted.
Creep and like a virgin are him straying further into this distortion of his morals and character until jungle affair.51 ttashpel pony ave is clearly LUST similar to how kendrick talked ab it, Hard candy is gluttony and pure manic spending, Rewind and essex girls are the flipside of that. thats why it keeps switching between lighter and darker songs and the lyrics get more and more full of biblical references and depravity
night blooming jasmine is him in love with it and wrong relief is liek the absolute pits in complete paranoia and self destruction. Fire & Ice is that long because its the turning point of the story of breaking out of purgatory as in the loop of mania and depression caused by his indulgence in the spoils of his work. Kiss of death - angel is him connecting back with his roots, coming home, as the sound gets lighter way more melodic and thats why the last track angel is a breakup song right its not a literal breakup with a girl. Etna is him in haven. The short film and some o the tales are like a end credits/prologue thing much like a mulholland drive esque thing and everything pre ch5 in the tales is like the opening credits. theres also a lot of lyrical callbacks that hold significance esp for the specific biblical references
we need more of these posts instead of the same ol’ gossip/beef posts. thank you man
