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The video matches perfectly honestly. Its about a man that doesnt know how to be loved, a man who is trapped in his own mind, a man who cares but doesn't know how to do better, a man who lives off the only thing he knows, chaos.
I actually have a hard time now listening to this song without the video noises because of how much if fits with the song now in my mind.. it just feels like a living breathing part of the song. and It totally makes sense to me because I have been that man trapped in chaos..
A music video can modify a song's meaning--it doesn't have to be exactly the song's original meaning, which you're trying to force Watch the MV for Brendan MacLean's Stupid for another example
It's actually about being in love with ur ex whilst being in a relationship. "Out of sight, in my mind". The video represents all of the chaos he has gotten into in result of the breakup with his ex.
The way I interpret it is its ment to show how young men do alot of wild and destructive shit to try and forgot about they're pain and losing loved ones. This is why the text he sent his girl said "why am I doing this to myself" and "I miss you". They hurt themselves because its better then having to deal with the pain they're experiencing.
Exactly they do these things thinking it’s making them feel better and they are asking why are they doing it to themselves it’s just there coping mechanism to not feel the pain !
@@POVwithCOOK as well as the self destructive tendencies guys tend too full into as if its second nature when mentally unstable and it can be hard to brake the habit especially when those self destructive behaviours can be enjoyable or comforting in the moment
The song is actually a song of heartbreak, the video shows the destructive lifestyle a guy goes through when he loses someone he loves wholeheartedly. It’s like he’s reflecting his past as he remembers the girl he loved. In my opinion the video was a true reflection of what he was going through after his break up and when he wrote the song.
@@carsondavis4169 Its about loss, may that be an individual or missing something you crave (love, safety, comfort) and the struggle in continuing on. For many, that is about losing "the one" or someone who has never found love, someone who craves stability.
i LOVE this video because its so psychologically in depth. nothing about it offends me honestly, its so real and raw. its amazing. its acting out because of a deep dark pain not everyone can understand. its crazy the chaos is so real
the music video is just how us guys hide the pain in a very self destructive way. i can say coming from that, the video makes me cry every single time. seeing how i went from doing drugs and trying to get myself killed because i didn't care to getting a stable relationship and a great job, it makes me cry because i wanna apologize to my younger self.
The singer himself is an OG UA-camr. Who was wild and pushed the boundaries of what's ok. FilthyFrank was a character Joji played online. He is wild. Retired and started doing music.
watch his video of “ slow dancing in the dark ‘ this artist is very complex and if you research his story, you would definitely be amazed (filthy frank)
You would never think that the sane guy that sang this beautiful song was also the UA-cam star Filthy Frank and he created the whole Harlem Shake craze a decade ago. This guy is a genius.
I see it at the juxtaposition of fragility that men feel on the inside (in the song) vs the facade of "toughness" that men use to cope with trauma (in the video) together they build a picture of how men use wild behaviour to mask and cope with their fragility and vulnerability. You can see towards the end they just sit in silence because when it's all said and done, they remember how empty and lonely they feel. The wild nature is a distraction from the loneliness.
The video definitely sends a message. The fact that it’s all chaotic seems to speak about how he thinks and does regarding his situation. Self-destruction within the self. Watching the video with the song can make such a difference than to listen to the music alone. There’s a message that he’s sending out. He’s in pain. He’s hurt. He’s depressed. It’s very chaotic. So now he’s acting out and not sure why. I know many will have a different interpretations.
The video is interpreting how the guys are finding solace in chaos. Coping with chaos to ease their pain and sorrow. But in the end they still end up back at the start hurting.
I know a lot of people have said it but I belive the video is about the self destructive nature a lot of people take when trying to forget a breakup the music actually goes perfectly with the video everytime the chorus hits it becomes more and more chaotic along with the intensity of the piano playing in the last chorus this is probably my favorite music video of all time it's a juxtaposition but a perfect one that isn't purely done for shock value
This song can convey so many emotions and everyone views it a bit differently. This song and the video mixed together brought me to my knees when I first experienced it. It reminded me of college, wasn’t too long ago as I graduated like 8 months ago. But from feb27th of 2019, 12 of my friends I met in college have died. We would go around doing dumb shit, going to car meets, cliff diving, clubbing, camping, and also ingested more substances than I could recall. This song just brings me back a couple years. For me the “glimpse of us” is my old friend group. I moved and am now with a new friend group that’s formed, whenever I’m hanging out with them it’s sort of bitter sweet. Not a day goes by where I don’t contemplate how I made it but not them, we were trade school students cause we were all broke not because we were dumb. Electrical engineering students, computer science students, welders, a wind turbine tech student, and another studying to be a mechanic. I know we did dumb stuff, we fucked around and found out. I’d rather I had gone down with the group in one of the accidents than having to now attempt to lead a good life in their stead. Anyways though, the song is great.
So many reactors have issue relating the songs lyrics to the video. If you have been through it you know. It’s about heartbroken people trying to find happiness after losing their significant other and it turns into unhinged living.
The video is the psychological aspect of the song... the self destructive pain that he is going through because he wants to love his partner as much as she loved him, but he's still hung up on his ex and he hates himself for it. The chaos of all of that is his head fighting his heart.
The music video illustrates the chaos in losing a significant other, and the feelings of being forgotten by the other person. It is disturbing, tragic, and chaotic. It is a useless yearning of love, still clinging onto hope.
I agree that it’s hard to pay attention to the song while the video is playing, especially on a first listen, but they are both amazing! The contrast between the soothing voice and melody’s combined with the pure chaos on screen is oddly compelling.
The connection between the song and the video is Basically (Heart)broken men acting out recklessly to just maybe, Feel Something, because either that or the love of their Ex (according the song) is the only way they can feel anything at all. You can also interpret their degenerate actions as a way of distracting themselves from their heartbreak
Understandable that you're not able to watch and listen to the song/video at the same time. Not everyone is able to. But the video goes hand in hand with the song. Because the reasoning for the video is how for us guys when we go through breakups like the ones that really really hurt or are just hurting inside we do stupid shit, we're self destructive at times and we wanna go out with friends to distract us from the pain and the hurt that we're feeling.
One thing I find completly perfect about the video and the music is the contrast of the internal completly raw and destructive feeling (video) And the sad realizations and more poetic cries of a heartbrake (song) It's the mix of the cruel reality in witch one exist , the gruesome devastated feeling that rips is apart and the cries of a heartbroken soul
I think it’s funny when people watch Joji for the first time and have no ideas what’s happening and I understand it perfectly cuz I’ve been a fan for years.
Joji is really interesting and I highly recommend digging into his back catalog the steps that he took from originating as filthy Frank UA-cam content creator into pink guy attempting to spit and now seems to have finally come home to this style of music which probably was what he wanted to do all along It's nice to see that some artists still grow
As a person who, to be delicately vague....kina lived the life in this video in my mid 20s....this shit hits me like a freight train. People keep talking about how disconnected the lyrics are from the video, i' here to tell you there is NO disconnect. This song PERFECTLY captures that mournful, out of control, spiraling, self destructive self loathing and depression you are overwhelmed with when you are DEEP in addiction, drug abuse, living in some nasty trap house with a bunch of fellow wasters and users, watching your life and who you are as a person implode in slow motion, tormented by the memory of the real, normal, loving relationships, and normal life you use to have. I am 2 years clean and sober right now, and, when I watched this shit, I ugly cried like a baby for like 20 min. This is the realest fucking thing i have ever seen an artist create. Sometimes, as an ex-addict, you need to be reminded what those times felt like....Nothing kills the temptation to use again like feeling that feeling again, even in memory.
Someone said this is like the couple min flash back ur brain does of your life before you pass. That was so beautiful bc in the end he was sad and lonely even though he lived a crazy dangerous life… he still regret the love he lost
More Joji reactions are for sure needed! Pretty much any song from his album "Nectar". Some specific songs are Ew, Tick Tock, Sanctuary, and Mr. Hollywood.
I don’t think its supposed to make sense, just like it doesn’t make sense to look for a past relationship in a new one. Its chaotic, just like his emotions are, at that moment. You say the message is troubling. Yes. As is the video. So, yes, I think it evoked in you what it was supposed to evoke.
The video is him trying to drown out the pain he has from a breakup with anything he can which is why the stuff in the video is sometimes drowning out the song itself
YOU heard it from me here: it's a portrait of a train wreck life of love and denial. IT'S all wrapped up in a cosy blanket of nostalgia, all the things we idealize "love" to be, but never ever will be. THE juxtaposition of video and audio strikes a balance between body, and mind. The mind is a fantasy maker, while the body is the poop maker. Music is supposed to drive deep into our hearts and minds. Our bodies are tools to carve through life and find meaning. The mind analyzing, the body is feeling, it's all confusion and that's most of his music. His perplexed wandering through love and real life. He is gritty and so beautiful. IT'S very Japanaese esthetic too. You're welcome. ^_^
Joji was caught between two worlds years ago between his UA-cam personality and his music. I feel this is a tie to that as well as his past elationships.
I take the video as how young men are self destructive when heartbroken, and sometimes do dumb, dangerous things to try and get over a failed relationship, hence why the video shows the one guy sitting out upset sometimes, as he is regretting what he has done and the heartbreak.
The video and song go together, he is like this because he lost her. Men turning into animals because the woman they have themselves to rejected them for someone else. And now they are in pain, acting out, rejecting society. It is what’s happening to many men now, in this day and age.
For me the video is the visualisation of the past relationship referenced in the lyrics. The song is wrongly looking back to the relationship as good but we can see how bad it was. Beautiful song in any light.
I think the interpretation is that the gang and drugs during his younger life was his first love and now looking in his new woman’s eyes looking back for a glimpse of his past life.
Hes saying hes trapped in a good relationship with a lovely person who has done nothing wrong, yet he still pines for his previous relationship. He loved the woman from the previous relationship so much that no matter what he does, he still loves her. Thats why hes saying when he looks into his girlfriends eyes, all he sees is his ex. Or hes trying to get close with his new partner, but it just reminds him of what he lost. Hes said "i moved on" a million times to people, but he knows that he really hasnt. He still loves this woman and he cant help it. Thats why he feels like his current partner is just a placeholder to pass the time, because his heart is with his ex and he cant help it.
The video is showing a way of coping with lose and longing. A chaotic, self-destructive lifestyle to not think about the pain you experience inside your head. Drinking, fighting, driving recklessly. all things you can do with your body, not giving a shit. Just so you can forget about the terrible thoughts.
To me is about a man who's slowly increasing the speed in the way he's destroying himself around the idea that everything should be fine cause he has the perfect girl in a perfect relation but he can't forget the real love of his life
Joji knew he took a big risk making this music video. The video made it less palatable to many audience because they felt that the video and the music felt so jarring. And yet, there's a handful of people who fully understand what the meaning of this music video. People who went thru similar personal hell and coming out scarred. Joji dedicated this music video for them.
The way I read it, the lyrics are singing about being in a relationship and thinking of someone else the entire time, and eating yourself up about it. Thats self harm, as are the activities in the video. Running into things that bring u joy, for hollow, dangerous reasons.
A lot of people are already saying this but the video is a very literal representation of what its like to feel unloved. As man you're not allowed to show sadness so what we tend to do when we feel this is way to do things that feel impowering and freeing like breaking laws and rules lighting cars on fire so on. When i was kid i didn't have parents and while my grandmas did what they could to take care of me i was broken. So i did a lot of similar things to this like stealing, robbing homes and cars. Fighting people just because i can and get into all sorts of trouble before i was even 13. Its because i lived a life where i didn't feel loved and how i as a guy deal with that is basically the video. Its just sucks more that if this happens to you it happens to you as an adult. I got lucky as a kid i got a lot 2nd chances because i was young and so i didn't ruin my life over my choices, but if later in life i felt like this for the first time i would be exactly the people in this video. Then the repercussions of my actions would matter a lot more and likely me a permanent scar on my life. If i had to give advice to anyone who feels unloved on lovable understand that people are like magnets in some ways because they are attract to things, but unlike magnets they attracts to the sames on opposites. So learn to love yourself and before you know it people who love you will surround you. To many people try to fill voids in themselves using other people and it just doesn't work. The only one who can patch holes in your life is you. Its also why i believe therapist don't usually tell you exactly whats wrong and what to do and so on. They just guide you into finding your answer because at the end of the day only you know truly and its self empowering when you learn you can solve all your own issues always. You're never hopeless.
My interpretation is that he’s in a new relationship and this new person is perfect for him but he still thinks about his previous relationship. I wants to be with his ex so bad that it’s becoming toxic for his current relationship. He also hopes his ex feels the same way or falls out with their new partner. The video I’m relation to the song I feel is that after this person broke up, their new “her” is this chaotic lifestyle trying to find a semblance of feeling. They just kinda don’t give a shit anymore. But deep down no matter what he does for a rush he ends up in the same hole of wondering what he could have done or what he did wrong and why she left. Joji is goated man, this video was also amazing by 88Rising.
I think it very much comes to the life you've lived. I lived in an area where it wasn't the best, lots of gangs and violence. I've seen people from all kinds of walks of life and was lucky enough to be a part of all that. In that chaos, depression, and wild lifestyle that's depicted in the video, the juxtaposition almost fits perfectly how someone in that kind of lifestyle, someone in that kind of emotional turmoil can want something else entirely; a life full of small glimpses of happiness you really can't hold or grasp onto anymore and it sends you into a terrible spiral. In the video, you can see one particular character constantly with his hands on his head, like he's emotionally regretting a lot of what he did and the short snippit of the 'HELP' under the bridge really pushes that. This song AND video hits me really hard. Listening to just the song, it's going to be interpreted as someone who's heart is broken and can't find that same love again in his new partner, and it's just him 'passing time in her arms' to get that feeling from his ex again. When you listen to the song AND the video, you realize that it doesn't have to be on such a small scale. You can tell that the person in the video is in a crazy world of emotions and violence, and they're looking for that moment, that one moment that brings them happiness, but in the end, they simply fall into their old habits thinking things might change. I think not watching the video hurts the interpretation a bit as it's meant to feel conflicting. On one end, you want to feel this beautiful, harmonious song, yet the video makes you understand the emotional turbulence you'd normally experience in those situations. That their lives were held together by having that 'glimpse of us'.
I think that the point is to have the song and video match thematically, both of them being about a young man that is lost, and is not happy with his circumstances, but also does not know how to be better, while having them clash tonally. I'm not the biggest fan of it, but I get what he was going for
Joji used to make edgy, unhinged, comedy videos on youtube. He went by the name TVFilthyFrank. The characters that he would play took a toll on his mental and physical health. He quit in 2017 and started his music career.
I’m just looking for a video that he’s singing at live. I cannot find one where he’s singing it live and you can put all kinds of music together and it can sound like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey but I’m looking for a video where he’s actually singing this song I would like to know what he sounds like in reality world. So if anybody knows of a place where he sang the song in reality world not a doctor up. I would love to hear him sing it actually live I cannot find it on any site
Dude in yellow means that he's missing his girl cause they broke up, but he can't get over her and now living this self destructive lifestyle to try to avoid those really really hurting feelings he can't control and get him destroyed from his inners
i believe the music video is, in a way, a distraction. As soon as we hear the intro we know its going to be a very nice and beautiful song (the current girlfriend) but this glimpse he refers to with his ex just lingers and distracts him (the music video)...its hard to do both but thats just my take im probably wrong.
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The video matches perfectly honestly. Its about a man that doesnt know how to be loved, a man who is trapped in his own mind, a man who cares but doesn't know how to do better, a man who lives off the only thing he knows, chaos.
I actually have a hard time now listening to this song without the video noises because of how much if fits with the song now in my mind.. it just feels like a living breathing part of the song. and It totally makes sense to me because I have been that man trapped in chaos..
A music video can modify a song's meaning--it doesn't have to be exactly the song's original meaning, which you're trying to force
Watch the MV for Brendan MacLean's Stupid for another example
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@@Eliath1984 especially it matches the beat when they fire crackers
It's actually about being in love with ur ex whilst being in a relationship. "Out of sight, in my mind". The video represents all of the chaos he has gotten into in result of the breakup with his ex.
The way I interpret it is its ment to show how young men do alot of wild and destructive shit to try and forgot about they're pain and losing loved ones. This is why the text he sent his girl said "why am I doing this to myself" and "I miss you". They hurt themselves because its better then having to deal with the pain they're experiencing.
It's the opposite of slow dancing in the dark and I love it
Exactly they do these things thinking it’s making them feel better and they are asking why are they doing it to themselves it’s just there coping mechanism to not feel the pain !
@@POVwithCOOK as well as the self destructive tendencies guys tend too full into as if its second nature when mentally unstable and it can be hard to brake the habit especially when those self destructive behaviours can be enjoyable or comforting in the moment
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The song is actually a song of heartbreak, the video shows the destructive lifestyle a guy goes through when he loses someone he loves wholeheartedly. It’s like he’s reflecting his past as he remembers the girl he loved. In my opinion the video was a true reflection of what he was going through after his break up and when he wrote the song.
Uh def not about a breakup💀
@@carsondavis4169 Its about loss, may that be an individual or missing something you crave (love, safety, comfort) and the struggle in continuing on. For many, that is about losing "the one" or someone who has never found love, someone who craves stability.
Video is about gangsta and thug life
i LOVE this video because its so psychologically in depth. nothing about it offends me honestly, its so real and raw. its amazing. its acting out because of a deep dark pain not everyone can understand. its crazy the chaos is so real
the music video is just how us guys hide the pain in a very self destructive way. i can say coming from that, the video makes me cry every single time. seeing how i went from doing drugs and trying to get myself killed because i didn't care to getting a stable relationship and a great job, it makes me cry because i wanna apologize to my younger self.
Live a fulfilling life, no apology will be required 😉
The singer himself is an OG UA-camr. Who was wild and pushed the boundaries of what's ok. FilthyFrank was a character Joji played online. He is wild. Retired and started doing music.
And dont forget Pink guy he was awesome
watch his video of “ slow dancing in the dark ‘ this artist is very complex and if you research his story, you would definitely be amazed (filthy frank)
Frankzu of the filth
Father frank
Papa Franku forever
Super absurd joji 😂
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You would never think that the sane guy that sang this beautiful song was also the UA-cam star Filthy Frank and he created the whole Harlem Shake craze a decade ago. This guy is a genius.
I see it at the juxtaposition of fragility that men feel on the inside (in the song) vs the facade of "toughness" that men use to cope with trauma (in the video) together they build a picture of how men use wild behaviour to mask and cope with their fragility and vulnerability.
You can see towards the end they just sit in silence because when it's all said and done, they remember how empty and lonely they feel. The wild nature is a distraction from the loneliness.
The video definitely sends a message. The fact that it’s all chaotic seems to speak about how he thinks and does regarding his situation. Self-destruction within the self. Watching the video with the song can make such a difference than to listen to the music alone. There’s a message that he’s sending out. He’s in pain. He’s hurt. He’s depressed. It’s very chaotic. So now he’s acting out and not sure why. I know many will have a different interpretations.
I I’ve seen about 10 reaction videos now and nobody has understood it’s juxtaposition yet man. I got so happy when you said that man
The video is interpreting how the guys are finding solace in chaos. Coping with chaos to ease their pain and sorrow. But in the end they still end up back at the start hurting.
I know a lot of people have said it but I belive the video is about the self destructive nature a lot of people take when trying to forget a breakup the music actually goes perfectly with the video everytime the chorus hits it becomes more and more chaotic along with the intensity of the piano playing in the last chorus this is probably my favorite music video of all time it's a juxtaposition but a perfect one that isn't purely done for shock value
This song can convey so many emotions and everyone views it a bit differently. This song and the video mixed together brought me to my knees when I first experienced it. It reminded me of college, wasn’t too long ago as I graduated like 8 months ago. But from feb27th of 2019, 12 of my friends I met in college have died. We would go around doing dumb shit, going to car meets, cliff diving, clubbing, camping, and also ingested more substances than I could recall. This song just brings me back a couple years.
For me the “glimpse of us” is my old friend group. I moved and am now with a new friend group that’s formed, whenever I’m hanging out with them it’s sort of bitter sweet. Not a day goes by where I don’t contemplate how I made it but not them, we were trade school students cause we were all broke not because we were dumb. Electrical engineering students, computer science students, welders, a wind turbine tech student, and another studying to be a mechanic. I know we did dumb stuff, we fucked around and found out. I’d rather I had gone down with the group in one of the accidents than having to now attempt to lead a good life in their stead. Anyways though, the song is great.
So many reactors have issue relating the songs lyrics to the video. If you have been through it you know. It’s about heartbroken people trying to find happiness after losing their significant other and it turns into unhinged living.
The video is the psychological aspect of the song... the self destructive pain that he is going through because he wants to love his partner as much as she loved him, but he's still hung up on his ex and he hates himself for it. The chaos of all of that is his head fighting his heart.
The music video illustrates the chaos in losing a significant other, and the feelings of being forgotten by the other person. It is disturbing, tragic, and chaotic. It is a useless yearning of love, still clinging onto hope.
I agree that it’s hard to pay attention to the song while the video is playing, especially on a first listen, but they are both amazing!
The contrast between the soothing voice and melody’s combined with the pure chaos on screen is oddly compelling.
The video 📹 reflects chaos, derived from intense emotions, caused by severe feelings of pain. WOW
The people who don't get this baffles me. I've been there. It's about trying to destroy yourself and your life because a breakup hurts too much.
The connection between the song and the video is Basically (Heart)broken men acting out recklessly to just maybe, Feel Something, because either that or the love of their Ex (according the song) is the only way they can feel anything at all. You can also interpret their degenerate actions as a way of distracting themselves from their heartbreak
Understandable that you're not able to watch and listen to the song/video at the same time. Not everyone is able to. But the video goes hand in hand with the song. Because the reasoning for the video is how for us guys when we go through breakups like the ones that really really hurt or are just hurting inside we do stupid shit, we're self destructive at times and we wanna go out with friends to distract us from the pain and the hurt that we're feeling.
One thing I find completly perfect about the video and the music is the contrast of the internal completly raw and destructive feeling (video)
And the sad realizations and more poetic cries of a heartbrake (song)
It's the mix of the cruel reality in witch one exist , the gruesome devastated feeling that rips is apart and the cries of a heartbroken soul
It's calm in destruction. Like when you lose someone you can't replace, you can only find something close to fill a missing space
I think it’s funny when people watch Joji for the first time and have no ideas what’s happening and I understand it perfectly cuz I’ve been a fan for years.
Dude it’s art, everything doesn’t have to make sense. Just appreciate it.
Agree... But in this case, it does make sense...
Joji is really interesting and I highly recommend digging into his back catalog the steps that he took from originating as filthy Frank UA-cam content creator into pink guy attempting to spit and now seems to have finally come home to this style of music which probably was what he wanted to do all along
It's nice to see that some artists still grow
As a person who, to be delicately vague....kina lived the life in this video in my mid 20s....this shit hits me like a freight train. People keep talking about how disconnected the lyrics are from the video, i' here to tell you there is NO disconnect. This song PERFECTLY captures that mournful, out of control, spiraling, self destructive self loathing and depression you are overwhelmed with when you are DEEP in addiction, drug abuse, living in some nasty trap house with a bunch of fellow wasters and users, watching your life and who you are as a person implode in slow motion, tormented by the memory of the real, normal, loving relationships, and normal life you use to have. I am 2 years clean and sober right now, and, when I watched this shit, I ugly cried like a baby for like 20 min. This is the realest fucking thing i have ever seen an artist create. Sometimes, as an ex-addict, you need to be reminded what those times felt like....Nothing kills the temptation to use again like feeling that feeling again, even in memory.
Someone said this is like the couple min flash back ur brain does of your life before you pass. That was so beautiful bc in the end he was sad and lonely even though he lived a crazy dangerous life… he still regret the love he lost
To some this chaos is home and knowing love loss like this is apart of living life as a shell of yourself traped eternity
Love your take on this. I felt the same way. Wild video. Outrageously beautiful song
More Joji reactions are for sure needed!
Pretty much any song from his album "Nectar". Some specific songs are Ew, Tick Tock, Sanctuary, and Mr. Hollywood.
I don’t think its supposed to make sense, just like it doesn’t make sense to look for a past relationship in a new one. Its chaotic, just like his emotions are, at that moment. You say the message is troubling. Yes. As is the video. So, yes, I think it evoked in you what it was supposed to evoke.
What I interpret from the video is sometimes people when hurt tend to act out in ways to try to numb the pain.
The video is him trying to drown out the pain he has from a breakup with anything he can which is why the stuff in the video is sometimes drowning out the song itself
YOU heard it from me here: it's a portrait of a train wreck life of love and denial. IT'S all wrapped up in a cosy blanket of nostalgia, all the things we idealize "love" to be, but never ever will be. THE juxtaposition of video and audio strikes a balance between body, and mind. The mind is a fantasy maker, while the body is the poop maker. Music is supposed to drive deep into our hearts and minds. Our bodies are tools to carve through life and find meaning. The mind analyzing, the body is feeling, it's all confusion and that's most of his music. His perplexed wandering through love and real life. He is gritty and so beautiful. IT'S very Japanaese esthetic too.
You're welcome. ^_^
Joji was caught between two worlds years ago between his UA-cam personality and his music. I feel this is a tie to that as well as his past elationships.
This is who I'd become if I ever lost the one I love
It’s the down fall of a man when he has his first heart break something that we know really well
I take the video as how young men are self destructive when heartbroken, and sometimes do dumb, dangerous things to try and get over a failed relationship, hence why the video shows the one guy sitting out upset sometimes, as he is regretting what he has done and the heartbreak.
The video and song go together, he is like this because he lost her. Men turning into animals because the woman they have themselves to rejected them for someone else. And now they are in pain, acting out, rejecting society. It is what’s happening to many men now, in this day and age.
For me the video is the visualisation of the past relationship referenced in the lyrics. The song is wrongly looking back to the relationship as good but we can see how bad it was. Beautiful song in any light.
Video is bizarre but song is beautiful
Tvfilthyfrank has come so far as a person. It's beautiful.
Oh mr boyd, you beautiful, beautiful man. Welcome to joji/pinkguy
I think the interpretation is that the gang and drugs during his younger life was his first love and now looking in his new woman’s eyes looking back for a glimpse of his past life.
Two words, "Growing Pains".
More Joji reactions would be awesome!
Hes saying hes trapped in a good relationship with a lovely person who has done nothing wrong, yet he still pines for his previous relationship. He loved the woman from the previous relationship so much that no matter what he does, he still loves her. Thats why hes saying when he looks into his girlfriends eyes, all he sees is his ex. Or hes trying to get close with his new partner, but it just reminds him of what he lost. Hes said "i moved on" a million times to people, but he knows that he really hasnt. He still loves this woman and he cant help it. Thats why he feels like his current partner is just a placeholder to pass the time, because his heart is with his ex and he cant help it.
Papa Frank always makes such incredible music.
He figures it out at 7:32
The video is showing a way of coping with lose and longing. A chaotic, self-destructive lifestyle to not think about the pain you experience inside your head. Drinking, fighting, driving recklessly. all things you can do with your body, not giving a shit. Just so you can forget about the terrible thoughts.
The purpose of the video is to ignore it and close your eyes to focus on the pain. Took me a while to get it.
I think he's saying that a lot of pain from heartache ends up expressed as aggression...
To me is about a man who's slowly increasing the speed in the way he's destroying himself around the idea that everything should be fine cause he has the perfect girl in a perfect relation but he can't forget the real love of his life
“Immediately” 💀
This song is so beautiful that the images are so hectic that it goes from how they were to how they fall apart imo
I'm with you on the video.
Watching these reaction videos is just a excuse for me to listen to the song again
Joji knew he took a big risk making this music video.
The video made it less palatable to many audience because they felt that the video and the music felt so jarring.
And yet, there's a handful of people who fully understand what the meaning of this music video.
People who went thru similar personal hell and coming out scarred.
Joji dedicated this music video for them.
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"Turn that thing off " ahahahha 5.27'
The way I read it, the lyrics are singing about being in a relationship and thinking of someone else the entire time, and eating yourself up about it. Thats self harm, as are the activities in the video. Running into things that bring u joy, for hollow, dangerous reasons.
A lot of people are already saying this but the video is a very literal representation of what its like to feel unloved. As man you're not allowed to show sadness so what we tend to do when we feel this is way to do things that feel impowering and freeing like breaking laws and rules lighting cars on fire so on. When i was kid i didn't have parents and while my grandmas did what they could to take care of me i was broken. So i did a lot of similar things to this like stealing, robbing homes and cars. Fighting people just because i can and get into all sorts of trouble before i was even 13. Its because i lived a life where i didn't feel loved and how i as a guy deal with that is basically the video. Its just sucks more that if this happens to you it happens to you as an adult. I got lucky as a kid i got a lot 2nd chances because i was young and so i didn't ruin my life over my choices, but if later in life i felt like this for the first time i would be exactly the people in this video. Then the repercussions of my actions would matter a lot more and likely me a permanent scar on my life. If i had to give advice to anyone who feels unloved on lovable understand that people are like magnets in some ways because they are attract to things, but unlike magnets they attracts to the sames on opposites. So learn to love yourself and before you know it people who love you will surround you. To many people try to fill voids in themselves using other people and it just doesn't work. The only one who can patch holes in your life is you. Its also why i believe therapist don't usually tell you exactly whats wrong and what to do and so on. They just guide you into finding your answer because at the end of the day only you know truly and its self empowering when you learn you can solve all your own issues always. You're never hopeless.
Take a shot everytime he says "Guys"
My interpretation is that he’s in a new relationship and this new person is perfect for him but he still thinks about his previous relationship. I wants to be with his ex so bad that it’s becoming toxic for his current relationship. He also hopes his ex feels the same way or falls out with their new partner.
The video I’m relation to the song I feel is that after this person broke up, their new “her” is this chaotic lifestyle trying to find a semblance of feeling. They just kinda don’t give a shit anymore. But deep down no matter what he does for a rush he ends up in the same hole of wondering what he could have done or what he did wrong and why she left.
Joji is goated man, this video was also amazing by 88Rising.
My boy Pink Guy made it out the hood
I think it very much comes to the life you've lived. I lived in an area where it wasn't the best, lots of gangs and violence. I've seen people from all kinds of walks of life and was lucky enough to be a part of all that. In that chaos, depression, and wild lifestyle that's depicted in the video, the juxtaposition almost fits perfectly how someone in that kind of lifestyle, someone in that kind of emotional turmoil can want something else entirely; a life full of small glimpses of happiness you really can't hold or grasp onto anymore and it sends you into a terrible spiral. In the video, you can see one particular character constantly with his hands on his head, like he's emotionally regretting a lot of what he did and the short snippit of the 'HELP' under the bridge really pushes that.
This song AND video hits me really hard. Listening to just the song, it's going to be interpreted as someone who's heart is broken and can't find that same love again in his new partner, and it's just him 'passing time in her arms' to get that feeling from his ex again.
When you listen to the song AND the video, you realize that it doesn't have to be on such a small scale. You can tell that the person in the video is in a crazy world of emotions and violence, and they're looking for that moment, that one moment that brings them happiness, but in the end, they simply fall into their old habits thinking things might change.
I think not watching the video hurts the interpretation a bit as it's meant to feel conflicting. On one end, you want to feel this beautiful, harmonious song, yet the video makes you understand the emotional turbulence you'd normally experience in those situations. That their lives were held together by having that 'glimpse of us'.
If we out here reacting to Joji Ill be back every day
Esta musica tem uma harmonia de referência da ave maria de caccini. A progressão é um pouco parecida.
You're only touching the tip of the iceberg man, it's good stuff
This song is me, gah damnit it’s difficult to deal with.
I think that the point is to have the song and video match thematically, both of them being about a young man that is lost, and is not happy with his circumstances, but also does not know how to be better, while having them clash tonally. I'm not the biggest fan of it, but I get what he was going for
I specifically would like to see more of this specific type of content.
Lit glasses, I need a pair! Help!
that falsetto though
Oh God - this was like pulling teeth almost like my grandma was watching it lol 😂
FRAAAAAAANNNNKK!!!
El video hace aún más interesante la canción.
this was filmed on different sets on an older camera to give it the vibe it does
Joji used to make edgy, unhinged, comedy videos on youtube. He went by the name TVFilthyFrank. The characters that he would play took a toll on his mental and physical health. He quit in 2017 and started his music career.
His headphones being off centred, is driving me crazy
Gaaattta check out more Joji, every song hits
To us who knew him through Filthy Frank it's insane. This is the man that put on a voice and bodysuit and puked up several items then ate them again.
Great reaction
Cool Tshirt 🔥
I’m just looking for a video that he’s singing at live. I cannot find one where he’s singing it live and you can put all kinds of music together and it can sound like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey but I’m looking for a video where he’s actually singing this song I would like to know what he sounds like in reality world. So if anybody knows of a place where he sang the song in reality world not a doctor up. I would love to hear him sing it actually live I cannot find it on any site
I HEARD ONE LINE I AM ALREADY BAWLING I SHOULDN'T BE LISTENING TO THIS 😭😭😭
yup
he is i said it already he have a sizeure
This fucking song.
chaos was his cope method
Lover that the drug can be.
PLEASE react to more Joji. His music is great.
Dude in yellow means that he's missing his girl cause they broke up, but he can't get over her and now living this self destructive lifestyle to try to avoid those really really hurting feelings he can't control and get him destroyed from his inners
I like the shirt.
i believe the music video is, in a way, a distraction. As soon as we hear the intro we know its going to be a very nice and beautiful song (the current girlfriend) but this glimpse he refers to with his ex just lingers and distracts him (the music video)...its hard to do both but thats just my take im probably wrong.
If you know filthy frank the video just hits harder
The song looks like it's someone spiraling into depression. Maybe listen to the music and then watch the video? I'm with you, it's all over the place.
Anybody know which artist he meant when he said he reacted to a similar video with an artist from Canada?