SUFJAN STEVENS - CARRIE & LOWELL ALBUM REACTION
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Fourth Of July is about the night his mother died. This song is basically their last conversation before she passes away.
For me, this is the saddest song ever. It literally crawls under your skin and completely destroys you with the sense of irreplaceable loss.
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If you want to watch a sad movie that relates to this song watch maquia on UA-cam I promise you it’s worth it and so sad
I was not expecting Sufjan but Oh God im not complaining.
hehe yay!! 💖
I CANNOT BELIEVE MY EYES!! No one ever does this album, which is such a shame because it’s a masterpiece. The person who recommended this has amazing taste!!
So so sooo excited for this video, thanks for covering this babes
Yesss, so glad I got to it!
Love your reaction! Carrie was his mother, and Lowell his stepdad. Carrie was an absent mother who struggled with mental health issues and drug abuse. This album is about her death a few years prior, basically Sufjan coming to terms on how to grieve a mother he never really knew.
About as perfect a Track 6 as possible. Fourth of July really is the stunning centerpiece of this album imo!
Yep! Def in my top ten track 6’s of the year!
He's such a varied artist. I don't love everything he's done, but everything he's done is full of ambition, which I love
What a beautiful album💜always touches my heart
So stunning omg
Oh no not my favorite album of the last 10 years 😩😭😍
I can see why 😭
I listen to this album at least once a day. It's about the death of his mother, Carrie, who died in 2012 from lung cancer, which is why there's references to smoking, ash tray, etc. She had mental health issues and wasn't around much of his life, but he visited her during the summers in Oregon, which is what the song Eugune is speaking on. He never fully dealt with it until he made this album, and realizing the ways that her death has affected all his relationships. HIs step-father, Lowell has a major influence on him and even went on to be his manager, for the early part if not all of this musical career.
nothing comes close to how this album feels, it goes beyond deep and personal, its almost voyeuristic
This made me tear up- well said
this album is DEVASTATING
Truly!!!
Carrie and Lowell are his parents. That’s why he speaks about family death so much on the album.
Makes so much sense! 💙
I think Carrie was his mom and Lowell Brams is his (former) stepdad. Him and Sufjan have a record label together so it seems like they're still close!
you have to check out the live album version!! the arrangements are even crazier
“Fuck me im falling apartttt” I always love that line lol
😭😭😭
I've only seen the thumbnail and already I'm sorry for the emotional experience you must've had
It was needed! 💔😭
Sufjan’s work is sort of all over the place, but I LOVE it! He’s always full of surprises like the 5-disc box set of Christmas songs he put out one year 🤣
AH SUFJAN REACTION!? I’m surprised they didn’t ask to use All of Me… for CMBYN-it’s one of my favorites from him
His mother saying “why do you cry” kills me every time 😭
😭😭😭
fourth of July never fails to give me major chills.
STUNNING!
Such an incredibly beautiful album!! If you want something as devastating and harrowing as 4th of July but the whole album is like that then Hospice by The Antlers is a must listen!!!
Love your reactions so much 💕
thank you!!!
whaaaaaaaaaat?!?! 😍
so excited!!!
Yay! 🥰🥰🥰
Illinoise is a favorite of mine! So many of his greatest songs are on it and is such a great overall record.
love this! thank you so much for posting.
ps: come to brazil!!!
Hehe thank you!!! ❤️🔥❤️🔥
there's a amazin sayin in the sufjan fanbase that summarize his music "Is this Sufjan Stevens song gay or just about God?" hahahaha
omg hahahah the accuracy!
omg one of my fav albumssss
truly so special 🇺🇸
A 10 out of 10 album 🥲
the whole album is about Sufjan's conflicted thoughts and grieving with his mother's passing.
she abandoned him and his brother and basically left them with very little contact until her passing, which soon before she contacted Sufjan to regain contact.
The Fourth of July was a representation of his mother's last conversation with him.
it tears you apart from the inside out and i love it. a perfect 10/10 album imo.
if you liked the production elements, Sufjan also has a whole lot of electronic experimental music! A lot of people were joking he was doin Charli xcx/hyperpop-ish production on his latest album (The Ascension) but he was doing that sort of heavy electronic experimental sound back in 2010 (Age of Adz) and even on his early albums back in 2004 (Enjoy Your Rabbit, A Sun Came)!! (the rest of his more acoustic or orchestrated albums are great too ofc)
Ooo thank you!! 💙💙💙
@@bennshouts if you ever listen to the age of adz, keep this one name saved, "Vesuvius". ;)
I’ve literally been waiting for this my whole life! 😭 thank you.
Yaaaay! 💙 So glad you now have it!
This album is insane - very dangerous, its like utter sadness and an excruciating pain had grabbed a pen and written this album
Fourth of July is so calm and beautiful but so sad at the same time
Fourth of July was actually referenced to his mother who passed away
it's STUNNING
Song makes me cry ever time I hear it
OH GOD!! I almost can't believe that you actually did react to this masterpiece of an album!! This album is really on my top #3 favorite album of all time. So painfully haunting yet so beautiful. It's just a really beautiful album about loss. this album really is my medicine and my dearest friend when i gone through my darkest moment of losing both parents. I am really glad that you listen to this one, Ben.
SO glad I got to it
preachers daughter reaction brought me here and i’m so glad, this album will always be in my top ten. Sufjan is so talented, and this album is a beautiful take on grief and such
Till now the only song that has ever made me ugly cry or even drop a tear is Fourth of July. It hit me like a truck.
beyond anything!
Great reaction. Fourth of July is an all-time great song, as is this album. All the feels.
OMG YESSSS
🥰🥰🥰
One of my favorite albums ever. Easily my most listened. Depending on my mood every song has the potential to devastate me. Definitely get chills multiple times throughout regardless of my mood though
okay now you should listen to his album Illinoise and also Michigan, they're all so beautiful......
MY FAV ALBUM OF ALL TIME🥺🥺
this album made a new person outta me
Welcome to the other side after experiencing this heart wrenching work 🥺
loved ur reaction sm omg
aww thank you!!
damn guess i gotta get ready to cry again
Hahaha yes
if you like the song Fourth of July you should watch maquia it’s a movie where this girl is immortal and she raises a baby as her own son and in the end he dies and she’s stayed the same age it’s on UA-cam btw
“I wanna save you from ur sorrow” 🥺💛
BEST ALBUM EVER UGH
There's a lot of really good songs from his album "Illinois" that you should check out !!
Literally one of the most beautiful albums I’ve ever heard!!
Oooooo I would like to suggest Alpha Zulu - Phoenix
Loved watching your reaction!! I discovered Sufjan's music last year and have since worked my way through most of his catalogue. I absolutely love it!
I'm pretty sure 'No shade in the shadow of the cross' is about his drug addiction. He said in an interview once that he fell into addiction after his mother died. Since she struggled with addiction herself, it made him feel closer to her but also scared of turning into her. I'm summarising from memory so I hope I didn't get it too wrong...
He sings 'I'm chasing the dragon too far'. Chasing the dragon is slang for looking for your next high. It usually refers to smoking heroin.
And I think 'Drawn to the blood' is about being in an abusive relationship. 'The strength of his arm, my lover caught me off guard. What did I do to deserve this? For my prayer has always been love. With blood on my sleeve, Delilah, avenge my grief'
I definitely read his music as very queer. But who knows... I might be projecting.
P.S.: I'd love to watch a reaction of a Car Seat Headrest or Big Thief album if you haven't listened to either of them already! :)
YES YES YES
THIS IS MY FAVORITE ALBUM OF ALL TIME, HOW DID I NOT WATCH THIS EARLIER, SHAME ON ME
hahah SHAME!!!
@@bennshouts 😭😭😭
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS thank u so much for this one ♥️
and ohh is the reaction for lolo zouai's album "high highs to low lows" coming anytime soon?
Oh when I tell you this album WRECKED me ,.,..,
Sufjan Stevens is truly an evil presence i love him
All of my wants all of you is actually about his ex boyfriend and they didn't get well very along, sufjan was probably depressed from the breakup
:((((
and yes sufjan is for the gays hehe
carrie and lowell are his mother and stepfather, that's what the title track is about.
How I interpret the lyric “there’s no shade in the shadow of the cross” is that there is no relaxation or relief as a result from the sufferings or the struggles of another (in this instance I guess how Jesus Christ was crucified)
He typically does multiple meanings so people can interpret how they please so I think it’s both
I can't imagine him listen to Illinois
Great album! But on my device the sound from the songs your playing is kinda messed up. The song skips. Can’t tell if it’s your video or my device! Ha!
Please react to javelin!
coming tonight!
React to gold satin dreamer new nicole single ♡
I’m late but it’s pronounced suf-yan
thank you!
React to little mix LM5 album pls
This was one of my favorite albums as a teen so glad u got to it!!