the choking and screaming undertones, the loud piano chord that almost sounds like it's censoring "fuck" to hide the truth, every second of this is so raw and visceral
I love the way this song FEELS like a horror movie. The whispery tone, the breathing and choking sounds, emulate the terror of a protagonist hiding from the monster, while the loud piano and the ever increasing tension of the melody never lets you stay at ease. Hell, “The doll people are alive” is a genuine jumpscare! The pace of the sound suddenly picks up, and the several voices give the line a supernatural aspect to it, mixed with the instruments we might hear when we see zombies crawl out of their grave in a movie. The imagery of the song itself is based on elements associated with horror : uncanny dolls and statues, rot with the maggots, even the sexual violence is a signature feature of horror. On top of giving the song a strong emotional identity, these parallels with horror help get across the point of the text through the form. It emulates the horror of being a woman in a world that is inherently against you: just like a horror film protagonist, you are a prey facing a seemingly unavoidable threat, you have to hide and be as quiet as possible if you want to survive. I feel like the trope of the final girl would be relevant here too, but I won’t expand on it. Interestingly, it also reflects the way our world (aka the men as a societal collective) see women: we become the horror movie threat. The uncanny nature of dolls, who look like humans but aren’t alive, becomes the cognitive dissonance of not seeing women as people yet being unable to ignore their humanity when it inevitably shows through. Just like the dolls, men become afraid of us- which leads to hostility, alienation, and further dehumanization to restore a coherent worldview. Of course there’s a lot more in the text, this is just a long ramble about how I love the vibe of the song and how it’s very good at getting its point across
Thank you so much for this comment it's an amazing analysis of this masterpiece. I'm doing a college presentation analyzing this song and I will be referencing your comment
Came back to write a personal comment that nobody asked for. This song really tied itself to my soul. I am trans FtM, and I transitioned in part because of the way that I saw the women in my life were treated. I was afraid to live a life as someone seen as lesser-than. It takes so much effort to exist as living art, and it is the most thankless job. From what I witnessed growing up, it looked like nothing women did was ever good enough to be seen as human. Like nothing women ever said sounded as good to men as it does coming from another man's mouth. And I never knew why. Young me thought that if I was a man, I would finally be safe. That I could treat women with respect by intimately understanding the struggle, while simultaneously being a voice that men would listen to. I strive for that every day. Because nobody should be silenced/reduced/dismissed/ignored/disrespected the way that women are all over the world every day
oh my gosh the "wife, wh0re, mistress, maid, mother" sounds like "Wife wh0re mistress MADE mother" like they were made into a mother because of whats being done to them MY GOD THIS SONG IS EVERYTHING
God this just exemplifies the feeling so well. You can be staring into a man's eyes, speaking his language, expressing your thoughts, engaging with his, and he will still think you are an inanimate object that thinks its alive. Its the most insane cognitive dissonance. They are speaking to a human but they just see a doll.
My opinion is that it's a problem that can't be fixed it's a constant storm of intrusive thoughts that manifest partially idependent of culter or childhood amplified by corn that no philosophical contemplating can fix most examples you see in media are the side effect not the cause best course of action from that framework is to make a guys wait until they see and love you and be patient freewill implies there's got to be someone. Ps sorry if I'm being condescending or captain obviousl
I can't stop thinking of that one novelist guy who was so proud to declare that after TEN YEARS OF MARRIAGE he finally realized his wife had her own perspective and opinions. Literally said "for the first ten years I thought she had no capacity for reason". Married for A DECADE to a man who thinks your brain is a vestigial organ.
@fenec71__ when people say ''men'' or ''a man'' they dont mean ALL MEN!! no one ever said it was all men, it's just such a large amount that saying ''some men'' downplays the issue!
One of my favorite parts of this song is "the doll people are quiet/what is there to say" this perfectly captures just a feeling as a woman. You want us to be dolls. Shut up and not talk much. We have to speak gently or softly or childlike. But then the raised voice after with "what is there to say" we can scream, cry, shout. We can speak sofly gently, or write it out. But we arent heard so literally what is there to say. Man instant fan
It's even darker than you (and most people) imagine. The Doll People aren't just female, but a child. Listen to the final verse. I thought it was misogyny at first too.
"our heads can detach" represent the dehumanization BEAUTIFULLY. their heads, the thing that makes them the most human, can be detached and reattached as you please.
I literally just saw your song on instagram and had to look if there's a full version. This is such a profound piece of art that mirrors our current society, I'm stunned
“A woman who doesn't want it is much hotter than one that does” is a chilling reflection of grape culture and the fetishization of female resistance. It suggests that a woman's lack of consent is eroticized, revealing a violent power dynamic where the woman's autonomy is stripped away for the sake of male desire. This song just SPEAKS 😢
We are paintings with legs / We are art you can fk,, the way 'Art' is typically admired, but it’s also often static, voiceless, and subject to interpretation by the viewer rather than having its own voice. The way I would analyse this song forever ❤
@fenec71__it's not about men. How do you go on a song talking about women's sa and say "but not all men" "but men also" and you know damn well if it does happen to men OTHER MEN have a problem with it not usually women.
Regardless you commenting shit like that under post like this is plain disrespectful. And yes most men dont support other men that have been violated. For example the cardi b thing where most men said he should've thanked her for drugging and raping him. Which is the norm for most male victims. And we never said it's an issue with men alone but most men contribute heavily to it.
@fenec71__but you couldn’t have voiced your opinion somewhere else? It just HAD to be while we’re talking about women and their experiences? Whether you’re a victim or not, your tone and time is still invalidating because this song and environment isn’t about men
I think this is the rawest and most brutal way to describe SA or even just being a woman in general in a world where men look at us like we’re nothing and just a pretty face and body to use, that’s what I personally feel like this song is about and she hit the nail on the head. And my god… Sofia’s lyricism is hauntingly brilliant. I predict in 2-3 years, she’s gonna be big. And the most ironic part is that men STILL don’t get the meaning behind this song, even when it’s clear as day what she’s talking about. Edit: This comment section just proves my point.
This is a masterpiece. Not only the way the overlay of the gasping and checking, the piano censoring "fuck", but also the lyrics. "To be admired takes precedence over admiring" "you can never trust art these days". Showing how it will always be blamed back on the women or "art" since we are still viewed as objects to most. Amazing job
@@S-K-log-W i think it works really well in this song. Gives an intimate ambiance that has excellent synergy with the piano and the gasps, and sets up the counterpoints with the elevated tone in the bridge. It's really well thought from a music production perspective.
I feel so accepted, yet so nauseous. No matter how many layers I wear, or cover myself in blankets, I keep shivering at the chorus. When I'm in the corner, I feel vulnerable, but.. safe. Even if it should feel trapped. Like I can always see what's coming.
Came from men hating this song on insta and am obsessed with this song!! The eerie beginning makes you so viscerally uncomfortable and then it just drops into such an intense and epic melody. Love seeing all the incredible feminist music being released. Feels like a golden age since 'Brutus' and 'Labour' got made. Can't wait to hear more!!
Makes me think of the story of Pygmalion written by Ovidius. Pygmalion makes a statue of a girl and falls in love with it. He then prayes to Venus to make her real. When she becomes real the first thing she sees is him kissing and touching her. She is litterally a statue with a pulse, made in his image. Besides this, the song is GORGEOUS, the feeling it gives off is so well fitting.
The thing about Pygmalion is he didn't actually think about what the woman wanted. He thought, that just because he made her, she should want him as well.
Im a man, and I know that i will never be able to understand how disgusting it feels, no one should go through this feeling yet its way more common than i wish it was, honestly, i want to talk more but i just, i cant, i have no words, im just truly sorry for all the people that feel or have felt like this
This brings me comfort in a really odd way. It’s a part of healing I guess. The world is progressing, us dolls are all running off together and the guys either catch up or get lost ❤
I wish artists like this got more recognition. Too many people don't want to pay attention to music like this because it makes them think. Every single one of her songs is so well written and produced, like damn. 😭
"Our skin is clay and painted blue" gets me. Clay to be crafted into whatever they want. Painted blue with bruising from that process. "Our head can detatch" following it is just chilling. The constant reminder of the threat of violence and death. "Art does not interpret itself" suggesting the case that men define women. Women can not decide for themselves what they are or what they mean.. This song hits haaaard
"they dont know what happened, they looked under our skirts one morning and all they saw were maggots" my heart shattered all over again. i feel so bad for victims of this type of abuse.
The prescence and artistic identity you have at such a young age is really impressive. These songs really touch on feelings so many women deal with. So glad your music popped up on my Instagram feed!
The tragedy of being a woman is that what you feel is enough is... ...to be beautiful enough to be one of the doll people ...be cool enough to be the one who does not want it And you aren't. What a smashing piece of art this song is. Sofia, I wish you all the success there is!
I love the dance between the lyrics and the music! The text is dark, and the first part of the song, with the hard crescendo to “censor” the word is brilliant! The simple chord progression with the dominating note leads you along towards the darkness. Then the build from quiet to loud, and then back again is amazing! And her voice is so amazingly great in this. ❤❤❤
I just realized that the reason she's not more popular is because its too hard to hear for some (especially the ones who see us as "paintings with legs")
"Art does not inteprete itself" Best line I've heard in a song.Its short yet full of endless feelings and desires waiting to be known.So many ways to interpret this line trough different perspectives.This masterpiece inspired me to write more.I cannot appreciate it enough.
I'm a man and I felt STRONGLY about this song (as in i support the women here, and really feel songs like this are just...so visceral). i just...i look around at all the men that surround me, and im disgusted by what they are supporting when they support the right. I mean, I knew men were bad before 2016, but 2024 pretty much solidified that i don't really want to be around other men, at least until i know they supported Harris and the left.
It sickens me that some people are commenting on how we are stereotyping all men, and yet are completely dismissing the fact that this still happens all the time. This just proves why most women would choose the bear. I speek as a white woman. Absolutely disgusting.
Every detail is so deliberate, every breath, every variation in dynamics, every word in the lyrics. Must have heard it 10 times in a row and it didn't fail to give me goosebumps once. And such a powerful message, too! I am so glad I found your work, my favorite find of the year.
Every once in a few years I find something that makes me NEED to make something. Like I need to go sculpt a grotesque piece of art. Thank you, you are encapsulating
I’ve probably listened to this song at least 20 times today. It’s mesmerizing. The small sounds, the power behind the voice, the instruments in the background… ethereal and haunting and full of energy.
This is so real. As somebody that has been treated inappropriately,been touched threatened and told i was rape bait atleast once by every guy in my life i identify with this song. I dont care if its not all men because everyone can take advantage depending on the situation.
I’m so confused why this is not more popular because this is a beautiful piece and oml I feel what she is saying and I can feel the music this is just awsome
''They don't know what happened, they looked under our skirts one morning but all they saw were maggots...'' that line sticks out to my the most because of how it resonates with my own experience of that type of assault. It really paints a disgusting picture, invokes a feeling of impurity and pity. This song really did justice in conveying and picturing the dehumanization and objectification of women
There's so many great things about this song, but one of things that stands out to me is how it not only applies to living people, but also celebrities and multiple historical figures such as Marilyn Monroe, who are seen as lust symbols even after passing away. The lines "Our skin...is blue/our heads can detach" , can be referring to their bodies being still treated as "art to be interpreted" long after their deaths. It's haunting.
"a woman that dosent want it is much hotter than one that does" oh my god thats beautiful- edit: DUDE WTF OVER 100 LIKES? TYSM GUYS! edit 2: there has been some disagreeing in the replies and i want to clarify: i do NOT mean that the meaning behind the message is beautiful, it is disgusting and the way sofia speaks up about it like this is great, HOWEVER, the way she worded it was absolutely stunning, the poetry is where i call it beautiful, not the meaning.
Beautiful is… one way to put it. As someone who’s never had a good sexual experience and has realized I simply don’t like sex at all… I just find it a disturbing fact of life.
@@anicaputo6289 nonoo i mean the way she explained it is beautiful, i think the exact same as you do, and im just trying to say that the way she potrayed it by saying it that way and wording it in that way is just poetry, so thats what i meant :)
What an incredible song. It's a shame this isn't everywhere. In addition to a vital message through beautifully haunting and real lyrics, it's production quality is off the charts.
The musical composition of these songs amazes me, stuns me, moves me. The poetry of the lyrics already makes my soul squirm and swim and cry. Unhinges my knees. But to use a classical background to make songs like this… I’m bewildered someone could be such a great poet and composer, that the lyrics and music feel like they birthed themselves from your soul as one.
Like the utter hate and at the same time this tired acceptance it is heartbreaking and infuriating and a hundred other words i can't think of but feel viscerally. Literal goosebumps
As a trans man who was forced to live the life of a woman for a large portion of his life- I can tell you- maybe not all men are like this but a lot of them are- even during the first parts of my transition it felt as though almost every cis gendered male I ever came across looked right through my person and straight to my body. The body I was cursed with, the body I've been hurt with, the body that I didn't ask for but was given. I look so down upon my own physiology because of what other men have done to me. A body that doesn't belong to me but is burrowed to make me a better man than I would have been. A cis man will never understand the pain it is to be a woman or to be trapped as one. This song comes off as so beautifully painful- it's healing to just feel your amazing voice. Thank you for sharing your amazing work
@@rankrightseo appreciate you being a good man, brother, but the statistics are awfully negative, sadly. hopefully things will start getting better though, and women (and honestly everyone) do appreciate people like you.
I like to think that the "our head can detatch" part is about how if a man is doing something bad to a person and they know it, they like to think they arent a person, that they dont have a life. So they dont want to see that the person is real and they are legitimately a living and breathing human, like how they see them as objects. So they opt for something that has the option of taking off their head, the body part that shows life.
I am not going to listen to this song often, it is too intense and sad, but the algorythem needs to know how brilliant this piece of lyrical and musical art is, and what an impact it makes.
Thank you for making this. I've met too many women who get dehumanized by the men they interact with, often within relationships and family. It makes my chest hurt hearing the ways they've been treated. It hits even harder hearing it from the women that i love like my girlfriend or my sisters
The Amanda Palmer/Dresden Dolls undercurrent is strong. I can't put into words what this song does to me. How amazing and powerful Sof's work is. Keep going! 💪🏽
Thank you for this art. Even though this isn't directed at me as a man I have a had experiences that coincide with being seen as and used like an object by both genders. This one hits me in the heart.
Everything about the song is incredible. This is a unique song to experience and provokes so many thoughts and feelings, more so than a lot of music out there.
I'm actually crying so hard right now... I want to cover this... All jokes aside, as an SA survivor this song is my EVERYTHING now, I'm so glad I discovered it!! 🥲
Oh my god… this song is perfect. The way it emphasizes the silent moments just as much as the loud ones, and the way the lyrics draw out like quiet screams is just… I didn’t even realize I’d been holding my breath until the song is over. You are so talented, please keep making art, you’re definitely helping people with your song ❤️❤️❤️
the choking and screaming undertones, the loud piano chord that almost sounds like it's censoring "fuck" to hide the truth, every second of this is so raw and visceral
@@S-K-log-Wlet's see what masterpiece you can come up with
@@S-K-log-W What a joke
@@S-K-log-Weh this is hardly generic gen z singing tho. I can kinda hear what you mean? But there isn't enough of it to ruin it
And when she frees them at the end the music makes it feel like it’s only a dream
@@S-K-log-W I don’t hear what you mean at. Her tone particularly in this song feels very unique
Wife, wh0re, maid, mother being interpreted as wife, wh0re, made mother is one of the most emotional parts
Oh my God there's something new to be interpreted whenever I listen to this song. That's so clever
An Iconic Anthem
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Woah, I didn't even consider that but it fits so well
"Art does not interpret itself" damn. That vocal line scratches the music itch in my brain
I love it when songs aren't just catchy bops but literal poems and art
Then you should 100% check out Ren. I’d start with hi ren, but trust me, you will thank me if you don’t already know who ren is
@@monkey9186 Both Ren and Sophia really do make true art.
The message, the message is in question. In opposition to reality.
Stay in school.
I love the way this song FEELS like a horror movie. The whispery tone, the breathing and choking sounds, emulate the terror of a protagonist hiding from the monster, while the loud piano and the ever increasing tension of the melody never lets you stay at ease. Hell, “The doll people are alive” is a genuine jumpscare! The pace of the sound suddenly picks up, and the several voices give the line a supernatural aspect to it, mixed with the instruments we might hear when we see zombies crawl out of their grave in a movie.
The imagery of the song itself is based on elements associated with horror : uncanny dolls and statues, rot with the maggots, even the sexual violence is a signature feature of horror.
On top of giving the song a strong emotional identity, these parallels with horror help get across the point of the text through the form. It emulates the horror of being a woman in a world that is inherently against you: just like a horror film protagonist, you are a prey facing a seemingly unavoidable threat, you have to hide and be as quiet as possible if you want to survive. I feel like the trope of the final girl would be relevant here too, but I won’t expand on it.
Interestingly, it also reflects the way our world (aka the men as a societal collective) see women: we become the horror movie threat. The uncanny nature of dolls, who look like humans but aren’t alive, becomes the cognitive dissonance of not seeing women as people yet being unable to ignore their humanity when it inevitably shows through. Just like the dolls, men become afraid of us- which leads to hostility, alienation, and further dehumanization to restore a coherent worldview.
Of course there’s a lot more in the text, this is just a long ramble about how I love the vibe of the song and how it’s very good at getting its point across
I loved your take! ❤️
Dude I love how you fully analyzed it cuz that’s what I do😭😭
Thank you so much for this comment it's an amazing analysis of this masterpiece. I'm doing a college presentation analyzing this song and I will be referencing your comment
YESSS.
Well put ! Marvelous
Saw this song in a short and had to find the full version
Made me cry. Profound.
Came back to write a personal comment that nobody asked for. This song really tied itself to my soul.
I am trans FtM, and I transitioned in part because of the way that I saw the women in my life were treated. I was afraid to live a life as someone seen as lesser-than. It takes so much effort to exist as living art, and it is the most thankless job.
From what I witnessed growing up, it looked like nothing women did was ever good enough to be seen as human. Like nothing women ever said sounded as good to men as it does coming from another man's mouth. And I never knew why.
Young me thought that if I was a man, I would finally be safe. That I could treat women with respect by intimately understanding the struggle, while simultaneously being a voice that men would listen to. I strive for that every day. Because nobody should be silenced/reduced/dismissed/ignored/disrespected the way that women are all over the world every day
She threw me from the first 15 seconds, too. Like nothing else out there. I originally thought maybe Eilish, but even more original than that.
@@Wyatt_Is_A_Clown feel free to fully ignore me if you think I am misunderstanding, it is not my journey to speak on
Profound
Username relevant
oh my gosh the "wife, wh0re, mistress, maid, mother"
sounds like
"Wife wh0re mistress MADE mother" like they were made into a mother because of whats being done to them MY GOD THIS SONG IS EVERYTHING
I thought the Same!!!! Like the double entendre is immaculate. What an affecting song I mean wow. Art.
THATS LITERALLY WHAT I THOUGHT OMG IVE FOUND MY PEOPLE and i thought it was that for a week until i read the lyrics
This ^
I thought "wife or mistress made mother?"
mother as in what's happening here on earth
I'll be 97 next month and I can say very proudly that I stan Sofia.
Happy early birthday! Congrats 👏 👏
Really? And you’re using slang properly? You’re the shit grandma! Happy birthday !!!
Happy birthday in advance, grandma. You're cool 😅
i LIKE this so much but I cannot otherwise I wil ruin 97 likes ....
@@Nerwen122you can now! 😊
God this just exemplifies the feeling so well. You can be staring into a man's eyes, speaking his language, expressing your thoughts, engaging with his, and he will still think you are an inanimate object that thinks its alive. Its the most insane cognitive dissonance. They are speaking to a human but they just see a doll.
My opinion is that it's a problem that can't be fixed it's a constant storm of intrusive thoughts that manifest partially idependent of culter or childhood amplified by corn that no philosophical contemplating can fix most examples you see in media are the side effect not the cause best course of action from that framework is to make a guys wait until they see and love you and be patient freewill implies there's got to be someone.
Ps sorry if I'm being condescending or captain obviousl
I can't stop thinking of that one novelist guy who was so proud to declare that after TEN YEARS OF MARRIAGE he finally realized his wife had her own perspective and opinions. Literally said "for the first ten years I thought she had no capacity for reason". Married for A DECADE to a man who thinks your brain is a vestigial organ.
Where is the on/off switch for this model? It won't stop making noises. Maybe remove the batteries?
@fenec71__ when people say ''men'' or ''a man'' they dont mean ALL MEN!! no one ever said it was all men, it's just such a large amount that saying ''some men'' downplays the issue!
@@NyahKattwell countered!
One of my favorite parts of this song is "the doll people are quiet/what is there to say" this perfectly captures just a feeling as a woman. You want us to be dolls. Shut up and not talk much. We have to speak gently or softly or childlike. But then the raised voice after with "what is there to say" we can scream, cry, shout. We can speak sofly gently, or write it out. But we arent heard so literally what is there to say. Man instant fan
Insane lyrics n music n vocals right...only just found this music tday and im blown away. Yep. Instant fan also.
Fuck Only Fans..
I love that part so much as a girl who has often been told my anger is worse than men's mistreatment of me
It's even darker than you (and most people) imagine.
The Doll People aren't just female, but a child.
Listen to the final verse.
I thought it was misogyny at first too.
"our heads can detach" represent the dehumanization BEAUTIFULLY. their heads, the thing that makes them the most human, can be detached and reattached as you please.
Like a Barbie doll...
I literally just saw your song on instagram and had to look if there's a full version. This is such a profound piece of art that mirrors our current society, I'm stunned
Omg same, this song is incredible, I'm so glad I looked it up
Literally, same. I'm blown away by this terribly important artist!
Me toooooo❤
@@S-K-log-Wyou mean the breathy singing? Just looked up rest of her songs, and she got range. Raw talent and very positively unpredictable
Same ❤
“A woman who doesn't want it is much hotter than one that does” is a chilling reflection of grape culture and the fetishization of female resistance. It suggests that a woman's lack of consent is eroticized, revealing a violent power dynamic where the woman's autonomy is stripped away for the sake of male desire. This song just SPEAKS 😢
We are paintings with legs / We are art you can fk,, the way 'Art' is typically admired, but it’s also often static, voiceless, and subject to interpretation by the viewer rather than having its own voice. The way I would analyse this song forever ❤
@fenec71__it's not about men. How do you go on a song talking about women's sa and say "but not all men" "but men also" and you know damn well if it does happen to men OTHER MEN have a problem with it not usually women.
Regardless you commenting shit like that under post like this is plain disrespectful. And yes most men dont support other men that have been violated. For example the cardi b thing where most men said he should've thanked her for drugging and raping him. Which is the norm for most male victims. And we never said it's an issue with men alone but most men contribute heavily to it.
"grape"? ffs... (otherwise i agree)
@fenec71__but you couldn’t have voiced your opinion somewhere else? It just HAD to be while we’re talking about women and their experiences? Whether you’re a victim or not, your tone and time is still invalidating because this song and environment isn’t about men
“A woman who doesn't want it is much hotter than one that does”
That's such an accurate yet disturbing line i ever heard.
I think this is the rawest and most brutal way to describe SA or even just being a woman in general in a world where men look at us like we’re nothing and just a pretty face and body to use, that’s what I personally feel like this song is about and she hit the nail on the head. And my god… Sofia’s lyricism is hauntingly brilliant. I predict in 2-3 years, she’s gonna be big. And the most ironic part is that men STILL don’t get the meaning behind this song, even when it’s clear as day what she’s talking about.
Edit: This comment section just proves my point.
Listen to "unattractive" by Sofia Isella. Similar concept but more individual introspective.
@@rankrightseo bro what are you yapping about
All men aren't what you think.
@@mart71not all snakes are venomous do you hug every snake u see?
@@rankrightseo go play victim some place else
This is a masterpiece. Not only the way the overlay of the gasping and checking, the piano censoring "fuck", but also the lyrics. "To be admired takes precedence over admiring" "you can never trust art these days". Showing how it will always be blamed back on the women or "art" since we are still viewed as objects to most. Amazing job
I praise a true born artist, far from what industry requires to make money. A poet and musician discovering truly authentic work. Thank you.
@@S-K-log-W i think it works really well in this song. Gives an intimate ambiance that has excellent synergy with the piano and the gasps, and sets up the counterpoints with the elevated tone in the bridge. It's really well thought from a music production perspective.
I feel so accepted, yet so nauseous.
No matter how many layers I wear, or cover myself in blankets, I keep shivering at the chorus.
When I'm in the corner, I feel vulnerable, but.. safe. Even if it should feel trapped. Like I can always see what's coming.
She gives all my internal organs goosebumps
We have been waiting for an artist like this for so long. She’s incomparable.
Been thinking about this song constantly… it almost scares me, but not in a bad way. It’s like… it’s so beautiful and raw that it startles me.
This song represents all the SA victims out there, may this song on the award because it really conveys a deep message
It giving me goosebumps.
Well more like SA victims of male perpetrators. I’m not trying to invalidate, just can’t really find a better way to word it.
Came from men hating this song on insta and am obsessed with this song!! The eerie beginning makes you so viscerally uncomfortable and then it just drops into such an intense and epic melody. Love seeing all the incredible feminist music being released. Feels like a golden age since 'Brutus' and 'Labour' got made. Can't wait to hear more!!
Of course they hate it, men don't like being called out
YESSS I'm so glad you mentioned Brutus and Labor, you're so right!
Lmao ofc they do 😭 they hate anything that challenges them because they can't take what they dish out. Weak.
Check out Lost Girls by CocoRosie. And Child Bride by them too.
Makes me think of the story of Pygmalion written by Ovidius.
Pygmalion makes a statue of a girl and falls in love with it. He then prayes to Venus to make her real. When she becomes real the first thing she sees is him kissing and touching her. She is litterally a statue with a pulse, made in his image.
Besides this, the song is GORGEOUS, the feeling it gives off is so well fitting.
The thing about Pygmalion is he didn't actually think about what the woman wanted. He thought, that just because he made her, she should want him as well.
"they looked under our skirts one morning but all they saw were maggots." And the line after that, I really felt that.
It's giving " the handmaid's tale" vibe to my opinion
Omg that movie is so messed up and sad but it’s so good 😭
Definitely
@@_Cryingrn_was a series
@@sunshinedaydream70was a book!
Your comment reminded me of Blessed Be by Spiritbox, same themes
Im a man, and I know that i will never be able to understand how disgusting it feels, no one should go through this feeling yet its way more common than i wish it was, honestly, i want to talk more but i just, i cant, i have no words, im just truly sorry for all the people that feel or have felt like this
Found this song yesterday and have been listening to it on repeat since. Never had a song disturb me and comfort me so seamlessly before
This brings me comfort in a really odd way. It’s a part of healing I guess. The world is progressing, us dolls are all running off together and the guys either catch up or get lost ❤
I wish artists like this got more recognition. Too many people don't want to pay attention to music like this because it makes them think. Every single one of her songs is so well written and produced, like damn. 😭
The breath-work is absolutely genius.
Her big intakes of breath, as if she's about to scream, but doesn't, just goes on whispering... amazing song
0:58 oh my god literal chills.
Yes, absolutely.
"Our skin is clay and painted blue" gets me. Clay to be crafted into whatever they want. Painted blue with bruising from that process.
"Our head can detatch" following it is just chilling. The constant reminder of the threat of violence and death.
"Art does not interpret itself" suggesting the case that men define women. Women can not decide for themselves what they are or what they mean..
This song hits haaaard
"they dont know what happened, they looked under our skirts one morning and all they saw were maggots"
my heart shattered all over again. i feel so bad for victims of this type of abuse.
Mind blowing. Incredible.
We need to get Sofia to 1m subs! She deserves more recognition. She's the voice of women so let's lift her up! ❤
It's been a while since a song captivated me as much as this one does. This is absolutely amazing.
2:06 i loved the emotion in her voice
That’s exactly how you construct and deliver a song, dark, deep, beautiful
the lyrics in general but especially combined with the video is pain thats too fucking real
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The prescence and artistic identity you have at such a young age is really impressive. These songs really touch on feelings so many women deal with. So glad your music popped up on my Instagram feed!
That was intense. Shes got pure talent & determination
The tragedy of being a woman is that what you feel is enough is...
...to be beautiful enough to be one of the doll people
...be cool enough to be the one who does not want it
And you aren't.
What a smashing piece of art this song is. Sofia, I wish you all the success there is!
horridly underrated. im eating this up like cheerios on a sunday morning
I’ve never seen art so alive before. This text touched me like a few ever did.
This was a UA-cam recommendation I randomly clicked. I was not ready for this level of awesome.
I love the dance between the lyrics and the music!
The text is dark, and the first part of the song, with the hard crescendo to “censor” the word is brilliant!
The simple chord progression with the dominating note leads you along towards the darkness.
Then the build from quiet to loud, and then back again is amazing!
And her voice is so amazingly great in this.
❤❤❤
the lyricism doesnt taste like its painted with honey and stevia I LOVE IT
If it had a taste, for some reason I feel like it would taste like blood and tar.
I just realized that the reason she's not more popular is because its too hard to hear for some (especially the ones who see us as "paintings with legs")
How is this not millions of views deep??? God I felt all the things this is so powerful
It has millions of views on other platforms!!! :)
"Art does not inteprete itself"
Best line I've heard in a song.Its short yet full of endless feelings and desires waiting to be known.So many ways to interpret this line trough different perspectives.This masterpiece inspired me to write more.I cannot appreciate it enough.
I keep finding this artist and I think I really like what she's doing. She's so honest.
Now after the election I feel so sorry for all American women.. Stay strong, sisters from across the globe ❤️
I'm a man and I felt STRONGLY about this song (as in i support the women here, and really feel songs like this are just...so visceral).
i just...i look around at all the men that surround me, and im disgusted by what they are supporting when they support the right. I mean, I knew men were bad before 2016, but 2024 pretty much solidified that i don't really want to be around other men, at least until i know they supported Harris and the left.
It sickens me that some people are commenting on how we are stereotyping all men, and yet are completely dismissing the fact that this still happens all the time. This just proves why most women would choose the bear. I speek as a white woman. Absolutely disgusting.
I predict that your career is just beginning and will Flourish. With talent like this, how can it not?
This is a perfect example of “art disturbs the comforted and comforts the disturbed”
Every detail is so deliberate, every breath, every variation in dynamics, every word in the lyrics. Must have heard it 10 times in a row and it didn't fail to give me goosebumps once. And such a powerful message, too! I am so glad I found your work, my favorite find of the year.
Every once in a few years I find something that makes me NEED to make something. Like I need to go sculpt a grotesque piece of art. Thank you, you are encapsulating
I’ve probably listened to this song at least 20 times today. It’s mesmerizing. The small sounds, the power behind the voice, the instruments in the background… ethereal and haunting and full of energy.
This is so real. As somebody that has been treated inappropriately,been touched threatened and told i was rape bait atleast once by every guy in my life i identify with this song. I dont care if its not all men because everyone can take advantage depending on the situation.
I’m so confused why this is not more popular because this is a beautiful piece and oml I feel what she is saying and I can feel the music this is just awsome
''They don't know what happened, they looked under our skirts one morning but all they saw were maggots...'' that line sticks out to my the most because of how it resonates with my own experience of that type of assault. It really paints a disgusting picture, invokes a feeling of impurity and pity. This song really did justice in conveying and picturing the dehumanization and objectification of women
jesus this is INCREDIBLE why does it not have a billion views
There's so many great things about this song, but one of things that stands out to me is how it not only applies to living people, but also celebrities and multiple historical figures such as Marilyn Monroe, who are seen as lust symbols even after passing away. The lines "Our skin...is blue/our heads can detach" , can be referring to their bodies being still treated as "art to be interpreted" long after their deaths. It's haunting.
My heart goes out to all the women out there.
Oh please. The world is yours if you want it to be. Especially now. Go make it over in your image if you so choose.
@@rankrightseo ? I am killing it in life? I am so confused?
"a woman that dosent want it is much hotter than one that does" oh my god thats beautiful-
edit: DUDE WTF OVER 100 LIKES? TYSM GUYS!
edit 2: there has been some disagreeing in the replies and i want to clarify: i do NOT mean that the meaning behind the message is beautiful, it is disgusting and the way sofia speaks up about it like this is great, HOWEVER, the way she worded it was absolutely stunning, the poetry is where i call it beautiful, not the meaning.
I hate how I ran to this vid to comment this and u beat me to it 😭
Beautiful is… one way to put it. As someone who’s never had a good sexual experience and has realized I simply don’t like sex at all… I just find it a disturbing fact of life.
@@anicaputo6289 nonoo i mean the way she explained it is beautiful, i think the exact same as you do, and im just trying to say that the way she potrayed it by saying it that way and wording it in that way is just poetry, so thats what i meant :)
It hitted so hard 😢
i think it meant two things
The lyricism and instrumental is just so...wow. ♡
What an incredible song. It's a shame this isn't everywhere. In addition to a vital message through beautifully haunting and real lyrics, it's production quality is off the charts.
The unsettling tone of this is so fitting because uncanny valley is all you're ever going to get from us when we finally behave the way men want.
The musical composition of these songs amazes me, stuns me, moves me. The poetry of the lyrics already makes my soul squirm and swim and cry. Unhinges my knees. But to use a classical background to make songs like this… I’m bewildered someone could be such a great poet and composer, that the lyrics and music feel like they birthed themselves from your soul as one.
The transition to Major gives me goosebumps
on the word "does?" Yeah best part.
Like the utter hate and at the same time this tired acceptance it is heartbreaking and infuriating and a hundred other words i can't think of but feel viscerally. Literal goosebumps
Beautiful.
Nothing else could be said about this.
A very talented artist.
As a trans man who was forced to live the life of a woman for a large portion of his life- I can tell you- maybe not all men are like this but a lot of them are- even during the first parts of my transition it felt as though almost every cis gendered male I ever came across looked right through my person and straight to my body. The body I was cursed with, the body I've been hurt with, the body that I didn't ask for but was given. I look so down upon my own physiology because of what other men have done to me. A body that doesn't belong to me but is burrowed to make me a better man than I would have been. A cis man will never understand the pain it is to be a woman or to be trapped as one. This song comes off as so beautifully painful- it's healing to just feel your amazing voice. Thank you for sharing your amazing work
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I feel I can safely speak for almost all men when I say,,, na bro, we weren't ever trying to look at that.
@@rankrightseo appreciate you being a good man, brother, but the statistics are awfully negative, sadly. hopefully things will start getting better though, and women (and honestly everyone) do appreciate people like you.
Gave me serious 19th century Ballerina vibes. So spectacular. Currently listening to this on repeat while I paint!
My soul feels understood when I listen to you. I feel soothed by the raw verities you sing.
this deserves praise, lyricism at its finest
This song needs to go VIRAL immediately. It deserves millions of likes.
I like to think that the "our head can detatch" part is about how if a man is doing something bad to a person and they know it, they like to think they arent a person, that they dont have a life. So they dont want to see that the person is real and they are legitimately a living and breathing human, like how they see them as objects. So they opt for something that has the option of taking off their head, the body part that shows life.
Her songs are always so good
you are absolutely INCREDIBLE sofia, i adore you, your art will never fail to give me chills and amaze me
I'm glad I found a talented performer. +1 to the fan base.
I have chills over my body. This is breathtaking…
The chorus scratches a musical itch in my brain. It’s just gorgeous
I am not going to listen to this song often, it is too intense and sad, but the algorythem needs to know how brilliant this piece of lyrical and musical art is, and what an impact it makes.
Thank you for making this. I've met too many women who get dehumanized by the men they interact with, often within relationships and family. It makes my chest hurt hearing the ways they've been treated. It hits even harder hearing it from the women that i love like my girlfriend or my sisters
The Amanda Palmer/Dresden Dolls undercurrent is strong. I can't put into words what this song does to me. How amazing and powerful Sof's work is. Keep going! 💪🏽
Palmer defeats the purpose by showing EVERYTHING
This is more than music, this is art. Genuinely.
this feels like an abstract painting
Genuinely astounded and thankful that i wandered onto this song. The artistry is out of this world
This came out on my birthday!!! Wish I saw this then. She is AMAZING!!!!!
I came from the short of the live performance and I was instantly likey WHO IS THIS DIVA. I THINK I'M INLOVE WITH YOU!!!
Are men not allowed to like this? This is incredible. Such a sad song though. Raw, with so much power!
Of course, everyone is allowed to like this and most art
Thank you for this art. Even though this isn't directed at me as a man I have a had experiences that coincide with being seen as and used like an object by both genders. This one hits me in the heart.
I love how brave she is. There are not a lot of Artists that have the courage to challenge topics the way she does 💜🧸
Everything about the song is incredible. This is a unique song to experience and provokes so many thoughts and feelings, more so than a lot of music out there.
So brilliant and poignant... thank you for your music and your perspective! ❤
I'm actually crying so hard right now... I want to cover this... All jokes aside, as an SA survivor this song is my EVERYTHING now, I'm so glad I discovered it!! 🥲
Sylvia Plath would've been so proud of you
Oh my god… this song is perfect. The way it emphasizes the silent moments just as much as the loud ones, and the way the lyrics draw out like quiet screams is just… I didn’t even realize I’d been holding my breath until the song is over. You are so talented, please keep making art, you’re definitely helping people with your song ❤️❤️❤️