Love, Me Normally [Official Video]
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
- (𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗽𝘀𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗶𝘇𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗽𝘀𝘆.)
The Normal Album now available to stream everywhere and on vinyl, cassette, & CD at Say-10.com.
Directed by Will Wood, produced by Ian Fursa
Director of Photography - Ian Fursa
“Love Me Normally”
Produced by Matt Squire
Mixed by Matt Squire
Engineered by Matt Squire
Recorded at SOMD Studios, Beltsville, MD
Starring Will Wood & The Tapeworms
The Tapeworms:
Matthew Berger
Vater Boris
Mike Bottiglieri
Mario Conte
Robert Schaefer
Tom Coulter
Doriane Feinstein
Mairead Healy
Chris McRae
Roy Romano III
Pip Smith as Norm Brenner
Adhem Zaghloul
(Bally, Bowie, Marcel, Morticia)
Lighting and Practical Effects by Sleepless Mind Entertainment
(Steve Magnussen-Quiles, Ryan Galway)
Makeup by Mairead Healy
Costumes by Will Wood
Set Design by Will Wood, Ian Fursa, Bryan Carrol
Animal Control by Chris McRae
Editing, Graphics, & Animation by Will Wood
Will Wood: Vocals, Keyboards
Vater Boris: Bass Guitar
Mike Bottiglieri: Guitar
Matthew Berger: Alto Saxophone
Mario Conte: Drums
Robert Schaefer: Trumpet
Special Thanks To: Beryl Schragger, Adam Gecking, Big Picture Media, Drew Roberts, Whitney Newman, Kadin Napoli, Valeria Maza Arizmendi, Nathan Barney, Anna-Maria Goossens, Patti Parisi Drake, Alexandra Yablonsky, Vladimir Hryckewycz, Daniel Kostolecki, Wendy Rook, Kiera E. Birch, Matthew Baker, Gracie Pryor, Joshua Miller, Kevin Antreassian, Gabe Francis, Jonathon Maisto, Tarra Frawley, Samantha Bourke, A West, Adam Mills, Brian Fiegley, Andrew Roberts, Karl Rehm, Jack Clark, James A Hutton, Jason Crain, Jessica Holowicki, Marcus Kinney, Adam Mills, Aidan Marcinkowski,
I love the idea of Will pulling various rats out of his pockets and gently placing them onto the table of an interviewer
Yes
yes, also omor
Omor
Also
Stairs
after seeing interviews with will wood, i can say that this is exactly how he acts during an actual talk show
Correct! I once saw a video and sitting next to will wood was someone who was just.... Holding a old telephone.
Yep lmao
@@austinrimel1150 Same! When I first saw this mv I thought, "is this a reference to that interview?"
Genuinely he does
RATS IN HIS POCKETS
THE LEGS KICKING UP ONTO THE TABLE
THE RATS
THE WHOLE GENERAL THEME
AGAHSJFL I LOVE THIS
A true king
RATS
and his color socks
causally sets a rat on your table. for you.
@@JediPlays0309 its an anti-depression-rat :)
I love the doowop ghosts. Why are there doowop ghosts? Can we have more doowop ghosts? I love the doowop ghosts.
yes
I believe you mean, "boowop" XD
@@siouxsie.sioux. whoosh
Doow.a.p.
@@siouxsie.sioux. Woosh? I believe you mean, "boosh"
*gently places a rat on your desk*
*gently places a rat on your desk*
*gently places a rat on your desk*
I didn't say to stop please I want to see more rats
Thanks for the snacks
@@alt7460 W A I T N O
In a UA-cam comment he said those were his girlfriend's rats
I would love if someone did that to me
Random detail: at 0:20 Norm goes to shake his hand, but Will confidently puts forth his left hand instead of his right.
Noticed that lol
Yeah, that looks like something I would do
Me overthinking everything and then forgetting what I’m suppose to do.
Fun fact: That can be a sign of creating an enemy (as far as I can remember!)
Noticed too lmaoo
"i was nothing before so i couldn't have asked to be born. i'll be nothing again, so what am i between now and them?" IT HITS HARD BRO
FRRRR
Time stamp?
@@IzzillenI 4:01
That's my senior quote.
There's a masterful secret, if you look carefully during the sequence of screaming and psychedellia, the sign that nomally says "The Night Mic With Norm Brenner" says in the same font, "Jesus Fucking Christ Can Someone Help Me? I'm Scared." A clue that this is all a fever dream or hallucination of the main character, one Will Wood. Really cool moment of cinematography that I just noticed and l love it.
I dont think its a hallucination, but a dramatization, like in a musical.
Oh my god... you’re right...
3:53
The exact quote is “the Jesus Fucking Christ with somebody help me I’m so scared”
I think the host is the one “saying” that. He’s practically being killed throughout the whole thing
Edit: just watched the end of the video, kind of a nevermind
This song speaks so much to me, the idea of loving "normally" not understanding the normal way, pretending to understand to fit in, overall an apathy for being put on earth without having a say in it, it's just so much truth and I love it. This song is really beautiful
I agree friend!
... dude same
🤓
@@kenzi.abrous shut up dude
That sounds like being asexual, to me at least
"...the beautiful eyes of the beautiful boy, girl, neither, both, or in-between that you brought with you tonight."
I'm not crying, you're crying.
I’m nonbinary and yes same I am totally not crying over this one line
as a "neither" it do feel real good to be included :')
as an in between, thank you will 🥺
That part made me so happy lol
as a boy and a neither I’m sobbing thank u Mr. Wood
4:16 this is the suit will wood was wearing in my dream. Where he was on the tv, breakdancing in a room full of cans.
well thats basically the vibe of the whole music video
at first I thought the mic stand flying offscreen at 1:05 was one of the rats and got very upset for a split second
Omg same lmao
wait its not a rat? thank god lol
ME TOO AKDHSKDJ
Yeet the rat, William
@@madphantom7161 Yes. Yeet the rat, William.
THE ARTIST RETURNS TO HIS ART, AS A PERFORMER SHOWS IT OFF.
As a member of my patreon discord put it, "my dude he never left it join patreon!"
@ not really, i mean you didn't know till you had it accessible
@well yea i guess so, but you have it now, and his patreon stuff isnt going anywhere i dont think
@@WillWoodmusic It's true
@@WillWoodmusic I certainly plan on joining as soon as I get my next paycheque!
Will Wood: 100x words a minute
Subtitles: "APPLAUSE"
XD
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i absolutely adore the way the drummer kept tossing his drum sticks up during the performance
mario >>
Ye
I adore Will’s bridges because they’re fast enough for my ADHD brain to stay interested even though it’s such a long song. I think that’s the reason I also love BlackBoxWarrior so much
GOD SAME it pleases the little hamster running on a wheel in my brain
Same! =]
you just made me realize this is 6 mins long....
it's that long???????????????????????????????😥
This! This whole album feels like it flies by
yeah same!
"my child is fine" your child's favourite song is love, me normally by will wood and they can't tell whether it's for the nonbinary acknowledgment or the song itself
As a child who's favorite song is Love, Me Normally by Will Wood and I can't tell if I like it because of the nonbinary acknowledgement or the song itself, I can confirm I am not fine
It's both.
@@5soda same
NOT THE CALL OUT-💀😭
Bro stop calling me out
Our 18y son introduced us to Will Wood and now we are obsessed. He moved out of state for college and we miss him so much, so we send pictures of Will Wood playing on our car Playlist to him, haha
Aw, that’s sweet
i’ve been here for 30 minutes trying to think of a good comment but nothing can describe this perfection
I'm not surprised that the top comment on this is a lemon demon fan tbh
Rats rats and rats
the answer is *yes*
@@ginger2621 people who like will wood and lemon demon are hot as hell
Same
Rofl. Legit my favorite part is the very end before credits where he tells him "see you here in two weeks?" long dramatic pause with look of disdain on Will's face, then "Arriiiiight!" lmao omg.
Fun fact, Mr. Wood never came back. -Dr. Norman Brenner
@@srosenfeld828
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@Pikachu :3 I can guarantee that he is at least three degrees of not.
@@WillWoodmusic Alriiiiiiight!
@@WillWoodmusic :00
i love the ending at 6:18 why is no one talking about that, the death stare will gives the therapist to the way the therapist says "alrightt"
as someone's who aroace, this song doesn't have anything to do with being aroace but I feel like I relate to feeling like I have to love someone to be normal even though It's something I'm capable of. I've forced myself to get crushes when I was younger in order to fit in. the line "rather you love them exactly the way that everybody else is." feels too close to home 😭
Real
SAME
Please stop giving me middle school flashbacks LOL
YES
I’m glad that I wasn’t the only aroace who felt this way too
There are so many particular lines in Will Wood songs that make me want to cry by themselves, and this whole song had me in tears the first time I heard it, even more with the visuals.
I know right
this song is on my "Having A Moment" spotify playlist, which is only three songs long
@@toothfairy10133damn, i felt that
@@toothfairy10133 what are the other two?
i'm surprised this song DOESN'T make me cry lmao. the first time hearing it was emotional as hell though, these lyrics hit me like a truck
I love how everything progressively gets more and more insane as things go by, by the way. It starts with a talk show and ends with absolute and utter *CHAOS.* Perfect. Mwah. Love it all.
Then ya snap back to reality, your in a psychiatrists office
i just wanna say i love your callie pfp
OMG SPLATOON PFP
@@xris671 callie is literally my favorite squid sister :]
I love the detail of when will wood first enters, he extends his *left* hand towards the news man for a handshake instead of his right hand and for a second the news man is confused
This is kinda showing how will wood is not "normal" which is why he *wants* to be normal, as the song says
a man in a suit playing with rats. i didn't know that i needed this.
This just feels like the average Will Wood interview. Like, the feet on the table, the yelling, the amazing outfits. Surprised the interviewer didn't expect it.
god at first i was so happy for this song to be so calm........then will wood does what he normally does and i fell in love with the song even more
Yes
@@Snek-Jay-Jay I like ur name
THE THING HE NORMALLLY DOES NO PUN INTENDED
The singular comma in the title perfects the song
Fun fact: Suburbia Overture's (the first song in this album) full title includes the phrase (Love Me, Normally). Notice the 'correct' grammar there compared to here!
All I see is just another Will Wood appearance on a talk show.
will wood is a witch?! - more on jimmy kimmel at 8
I'm not telling you how to live your life, but if you wrote a book i'd buy a million of them.
will wood lore
Save some for the rest of us
He writes/illustrates a zine that is basically an episodic book if you join his Patreon.
@@karabear111 every comment about his patreon makes me want to join it
Idk if it was intentional but the fact that he yoinks the microphone/chokes the talk show host with a "poison ivy noose" is really interesting to me
. . . huh
@@perfect.morning.007 in BlackBoxWarrior it says "he wrapped a poison ivy noose around his lotus jugular when they came" or something like that
little rattos are such good actors!!!
I've been listening to this guy's music for a few weeks now and this is the first time I'm seeing his face (aside from the normal album's cover) and I'm obsessed w his style. The way he holds himself, the way he dresses, the Elton John suit when he's playing the piano near the end, his earrings. The socks. Can't wait to make my friends sit through the entirety of the normal album
HE IS A CUTIE
It’s not an easy feat to make your friend listen to will wood. I’ve tried and I’m only just succeeding
We need an update, are you still a fan of his music?
@@no-im3cf Hi, I found your comment bc I came back to watch this video again. Yes I am
I've gotten a BPD diagnosis since making this comment and the ending hits different now
I genuinely can't believe it's only been a year since this version of the song has been out and I definitely have to say that it still hits too close to home as much as it had when it first premiered
I've been told practically all my life to 'act normal' and anything a kin to that so I don't embarrass my parents in public situations and have been called weird by a good amount of people in my childhood to the point I eventually made my entire identity revolve around being 'The Weird Kid' of both every friend group and every class I was ever in. In turn, I've eventually ended up bottling up so many different emotions because I was the 'funny weird kid who was happy all the time' and that I would 'just be acting out' if I were to shed even a single tear or get mad at something, which then slowly lead me to genuinely start wishing I was as normal as some kid you'd see walking down the street.
I'm currently trying my best to get better at not bottling up my emotions as much and this song has definitely helped with reminding me that these emotions and feelings are, indeed, normal.
I highly doubt Will himself will ever actually see this, which is honestly completely fine, but if he does: Thank you for reminding me it's okay to not be normal by the definition the world holds
And to those who ended up reading this, I hope you have a good day, afternoon, evening, or whenever you're reading this and stay safe!
I have a different interpretation of the song, though I do see your point/perspective. Have a good week pal 👍
@@drunkendye4892 You too, man!
Oh my God you’re just like me
@@purrecioustabby630 oh my god you're both just like me.
I was always an “acquired taste” and I’ve had a love/hate relationship with that phrase for years
As an individual struggling with bipolar, this song really speaks to me. Why should I have to conform to your idea of normal and take meds that make me feel numb just so that I can fit a better picture of what you want me to be? You have as much of an idea of why I’m here or why I am the way that I am as I do. Why is it that when I try to do what I feel is normal its any less valid then what you think is normal?
Ok this is a very underrated comment
Normal is certainly subjective. That being said, from one neurodivergent to another, take ya meds and talk to your doctor if they aren't working for you. Medication isn't supposed to be a cure, it's treatment that helps assist with everyday function. Combine it with therapy for the best results.
@@MegaRekless I like how that last line sounds like directions in the most unhinged cook book ever
yep. this exactly.
@@butcholsen3237 Considering how messed up commercial cooking is, this seems rather tame.
the band members eating pizza while will talks is an exact portrayal of what it feels like to be in the rhythm section of your high school band when the band director is working with every other section but your own
Imagine if this was the only song Will Wood ever made? Like he just drops this banger and dips off the face of the earth.
I think I discovered Will Wood on yt like 3 weeks ago and since then I've been in awe of every creation of theirs
Same here!!
same here except i discovered him over a year ago and i’m still in awe of every creation
do they use they/them
@@wwandmitski will uses he/him
@@wwandmitski OP might be talking about the band, Will Wood And The Tapeworms
I hope this new album is what gets him noticed
In my case it was, I listened to the first three seconds of The Normal Album and said "ok I absolutely love this"
@@perrotortugaestacogido same! Literally I was like how has he not been fucking noticed yet-
Update for you: it was! He got popular mostly for I/me/myself and 2econd 2ight 2eer
@@plumpkinpie2268 hdhfrb wow I forgot I even said this umm yeah no longer appart of the fandom but glad to see it definitely grow for better and worse as for most fandom but hopefully the next few albums go well for y'all.
Guys... I cannot even begin to express how much I love the ghosts with trumpets at 4:28
the line about leaving quarantine while contagious really hits different under the current circumstances
I don’t care if this isn’t the meaning behind this song, it really helped me with my autism and the isolation it gave me
same
Yeah, that tends to happen in the normal album. I don't know why, but Outliars and Hypocrates and Against the Kitchen Floor have the same effect.
@@VanKeuren my closest friend is also autistic, and what’s so funny is that those two songs you listed are the ones she relates to the most
@@phantomcrusader6550 God, I wish them luck
It is about mental health issues so you're spot on for the target demographic, as are most people honestly.
I like how the little jumpscare at the end was what they used it "The Real Will Wood"
Edit: I just found out that "The Normal Album" is coming out on my b-day, woo hoo!
Oooh, what date is it coming out?
@@AJ-kk9xi July 10th
the best birthday gift
@@Lazarus628 Damn true
happy birthday 🎈🎉🎉🎈🎉 much love from the internet !!! ❣️💝♥️💖♥️💕💞🎊🎊
In lipstick on the mirror
Are the lyrics to my obituary
In iambic pentameter, followed parameter
Crossing my eyes, dot my T's
I was delivered holding scissors
I live deliberately, I'm a quitter
And a winner anyway
Cause I never agreed to participate in this game
Won't follow my dreams
No, they've all got me waking up screaming
I can let them go from me
After all there is no "I" in team
And I'd rather be normal. Yes, so normal
I suggest that we keep this informal
Cause a normal human being wouldn't need
To pretend to be normal to be normal
Well I guess that's the least that I owe ya
To be normal in a way I couldn't be
C'mon, c'mon, and love me normally
If I could live in third person
Well I don't think life would be much worse than it is
In the current tense, presently
This sentence ending with question marks or dot dot dot
Is it courageous or escapist
To leave the quarantine when you're contagious
It may just be a cold
And besides I don't wanna get old
I drank myself to death to be the afterlife of the party
When the afterparty came, I was rolling in my grave
And I'd rather be normal. Yes, so normal
I suggest that we keep this informal
Cause a normal human being wouldn't need
To pretend to be normal to be normal
Well I guess that's the least that I owe ya
To be normal in a way I couldn't be
C'mon, c'mon, and love me normally
Now this is the part of the song where I like to talk to my audience
I like to tell 'em there's something I want from you hep cats tonight
I want you to look to your left, look to your right
Your 12 o'clock, three o'clock, six o'clock, nine o'clock, rock around the clock tonight
And I want you to find those points of no return, those singularities
Those burning rings of fire in the beautiful pupils of the beautiful eyes of the beautiful
Boy, girl, neither, both, or in-between that you brought with you tonight
And I want you to tell 'em how you really feel
I want you to tell 'em that you love the way they so seamlessly, like a dreamfully
So beautifully, oh so dutifully
Jam that square peg in the round hole in their heart
I want you to tell 'em that you love the way
That they don't stick out like sore middle fingers
That they crawl their way up the side of the bell curve
Stick their flag in the peak, and slide their way back down
I want you to tell them that you love the way that they're not maladaptive
Not malcontent, not malignant or maleficent, but rather that you love them
Exactly the way that everybody else is
I was nothing before so I couldn't have asked to be born
I'll be nothing again, so what am I between now and then
Is there nothing to fear? Cause shit's getting weird
So to God who made this man, you better have one hell of a plan
I'd rather be normal. Yes, so normal
I suggest that we keep this informal
Cause a normal human being wouldn't need. No
To pretend to be normal to be normal
Well I guess that's the least that I owe ya
To be normal in a way I could never be
C'mon, c'mon, yeah, I said c'mon, yeah
C'mon, c'mon, yeah, I said c'mon, yeah
C'mon, c'mon, and love me normally
thank you for the lyrics here!, Spotify sucks
how many times does his hat fall off in this video
three, he should really get a tighter hat
robbie you counted
@@dead_acc_t i did
I want to like this but as of me replying to this, there are 69 likes.
now how do we get this to 420 likes
florida man brings jimmy kimmel gift of rat - more at 8
You forgot that he brought ghosts, vines, flowers, music and a whole band
the rat is all that matters
well, you are right
also *d e a t h*
No
Only rat
Idk if anyone's posted the lyrics to this yet, but here's me doing it. Someone can correct me if I get anything wrong, especially on the spoken part, thank u
In lipstick on the mirror
Are the lyrics to my obituary
In iambic pentameter, follow parameters
Crossing my eyes, dot my t's
I was delivered holding scissors
I live deliberately, I’m a quitter
And a winner anyway
'Cause I never agreed to participate in this game
Won't follow my dreams, no they've all got me waking up screaming
I can’t let them go for me
After all there's no I in team
And I'd rather be normal
Yes, so normal
I suggest that we keep this informal
'Cause a normal human being wouldn't need
To pretend to be normal
To be normal
Well I guess that's the least that I owe ya
To be normal in a way I couldn’t be
C’mon, c’mon and love me normally
If I could live in third person, well I don’t think life would be much worse than it is
In the current tense, presently, this sentence ending in question marks or dot dot dot
Is it courageous or escapist to leave the quarantine when you’re contagious?
It may just be a cold
And besides I don’t wanna get old, yeah
I drank myself to death to be the afterlife of the party
When the after-party came, I was rolling in my grave
And I'd rather be normal
Yes, so normal
I suggest that we keep this informal
'Cause a normal human being wouldn't need
To pretend to be normal
To be normal
Well I guess that's the least that I owe ya
To be normal in a way I couldn’t be
C’mon, c’mon and love me normally
Now this is the part of the song where I talk to my audience. I like to tell 'em there's something I want from you hep cats tonight. I want you to look to your left, look to your right, your twelve o'clock, three o'clock, six o'clock, nine o'clock, rock around the clock tonight. And I want you to find those points of no return, those singularities, those burning rings of fire in the beautiful pupils and the beautiful eyes of the beautiful boy, girl, neither, both, or in-between that you brought with you tonight. And I want you to tell 'em how you really feel
.
I want you to love the way they seamlessly, like a dream, so beautifully, oh so dutifully, jam that square peg in the round hole in their heart! I want you to tell them that you love the way they don't stick out like sore middle fingers. That they crawl their way up the side of the bell curve, stick their flag in the peak, and slide their way back down. I want you to love the way that they're not maladaptive, not malcontent, not malignant or maleficent, but rather that you love them exactly the way that everybody else is!
I was nothing before,
So couldn’t have asked to be born
I'll be nothing again, so what am I between now and then?
Is there nothing to fear
Cause shit's getting weird
So to God who made this man
You better have one hell of a plan
And I'd rather be normal
Yes, so normal
I suggest that we keep this informal
'Cause a normal human being wouldn't need
, no
To pretend to be normal
To be normal
Well I guess that's the least that I owe ya
To be normal in a way I couldn’t be
C’mon, c’mon yeah, I said c'mon, yeah
C’mon, c’mon yeah, I said c'mon, yeah
C'mon, c'mon and love me normally
C'mon, c'mon and love me... normally
6eyed thank you so much! :)
Thank you for this!!
Thanks
Very wrong
Thank you SO MUCH
This video feels like the sort of musical number a chaos god would do on national television before opening a nightmare portal to the Sixth Dimension* through Jimmy Fallon's eye sockets.
*Which I hear living in is rough!
Absolutely amazing rent prices though.
“The beautiful eyes of the beautiful boy, girl, neither, both, or in-between that you brought with you tonight”
I’m crying
I feel
Appreciated.
Thank you Will Wood ;w;
YESSS!!!!! i’m nonbinary and it made me very happy
maybe develop a real personality and stop making your sexuality your identity hmmm
The guys playing the instruments looked so dead in the inside at the beginning xd
I love it.
the tapeworms have to be emotionless to balance out Will's absolute insanity
Ngl the drummer is kinda hot
@@animationtest2176 lol
This song threw me into a depressive episode after reading the lyrics and feeling them too hard. Thanks, I love it.
u ok?
@@hhhertaaa well, I am *now*. One would hope so, after a year XD
@@cagedcricket never hurts to check.
As a reccently out nb, it means so fucking much to me that my current favourite artist specifically mentions us. Like us, acceptence, this is good.
This song has always been one of my favorites but THIS. This is what has put it at the top of the podium for me. I think about this song's message every day, no shit, and now it's all grown up. Ya really have outdone yourself, Mr. Wood.
Whta is the message?
So in the credits it says Bally, Bowie, Marcel, and Wednesday. Are those the rats? If so, they did an excellent job and really contributed to the video as a whole.
"is there nothing to fear? cause shit's getting weird; so to god who made this man, you better have one hell of a plan" holy fuck???
i love how the sign switches to "The Jesus Fucking Christ with Help me in so scared"
I just discovered this song on spotify by accident. It's INCREDIBLE, it's art. I don't hear this in today's music. It's Jazz, rock n roll with Elvis influences. Will Wood is a breath of fresh air for todays music and I know I'm going to be a fan for years to come. I have no idea if Will or the tapeworms will ever see this comment but please, DO NOT conform to being normal. You are artists, you give me hope.
I’m putting all my thoughts on this song down.
This is musically and lyrically the best song to me. It sings to my soul. Every time I listen to this, I want to sing and burst out, no matter where I’m at. I just want to cry this song out passionately. This video is absolutely beautiful and all of the symbolism makes it one of my favorite videos as well. The social commentary if “normality” and conforming is extremely well executed. You can see the faces on the musicians faces as they play music that they don’t care about. It’s almost like corporate music. They break out with emotion and passion later on, playing along and expressing themselves, being “abnormal.” One of my favorite characters is actually the interviewer and psychologist. He’s the perfect example of someone who tries to be “normal” and judges other people. I don’t see it so much as he’s dying as much as I see his “normal” self being “infected” and he’s trying to fight back against it. Or it could also be symbolic of the psychologist listening to Will Wood/his character and their problems. He’s a fantastic example of society and also a wonderful characacher of the interviewers Will has had to deal with. They are stuck in this shell of the character they’ve made who is a bi-product of societal dogma. The talk about mortality speaks to me and my beliefs on life and death. We’ve been “not alive” before. The verse “I was nothing before, so I couldn’t ask to be born. I’ll be nothing again, so I’ll live life between now and then.” Are absolutely gorgeous. Talk about not wanting to get old. Now I’ll talk about musically. This song is so beautiful an the sound makes my soul cry. The different styles that all come together into this beautiful piece. There’s “corporate” news-ish music to symbolize society an that sense of “normality.” The section after the bridge where he talks about loving people exactly the way everyone else is (very true. There’s got to be an exact replica of your personality somewhere in the world) there’s synth or electric organ and it’s such a beautiful sound to me. It all has meaning and emotion behind it. I love music and am trying to get better everyday. Things like this that express ideas I already sympathize make me eager to express my own emotions. I’m typing this on my phone by the way, if that explains why it’s just a regurgitated mess of my feelings on the screen. There’s also the fact that my mind is going through multiple thoughts and feelings and trying to put them all down at once. Then there’s the actual love aspect of the song. I’ve felt love, heartbreak, and had to break someone’s heart. This song perfectly embodies the feeling of loving somebody being so utterly obsessed with the emotion. There’s so much to say about this song and so much I haven’t even touched on. Some of my emotions about this song can’t be said with the limitations of verbal language. Just listen to the music, that’s the best way to describe those emotions. Making music is how I put the unspeakable emotions into “words.” I love this song, I love Will Wood as a beautiful human being, and I love all if you as beautiful human beings, all experiencing this unexplainable, strange thing called life together. This is just a chaotic cluster of emotion, so I’ll just leave it off with one last line of thought. In life, which is so strange in and of itself, there are no such things as normal. As long as you don’t hurt anybody (without consent), do whatever you have to to make this life bearable. You are all beautiful humans and it doesn’t matter what you look like, what your gender is, what your sex is, your race, I love you all and will treat you with human decency. If this was hard to follow, I understand. It’s just an explosion of emotion.
Couldn't have said it better :)
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HIS RATS!!!!!!!
@@GarfieldPhone i love you and your username, youtube user Garfield Phone, I hope you have a great day/night/whatever it is wherever you are
I was so excited when he brought out the rats!!!!!!
they and the tarantula were provided by Chris McRae, the dancing skeleton from the Hand Me My Shovel video. RIP babies.
The Skelton saga continues
spooky scary grooving skeletons
Really love the ending of this video. I was on a prescription of lamictal & wellbutrin in high school myself. Didn't take to it well, to be honest. I went into rages for the first (and last) time in my life on that cocktail. I didn't even tantrum as a baby, but there I was doing it at 14! I had a corner in my room during this period which I would throw things into so they'd break, and I'd just leave the mess there. I've been on many other drugs since then and the treatments have gotten more effective, thank fuck...
The process of medicating in itself creates distance in a person. You completely lose touch with what it is to feel "normal" versus what are symptoms of your illness, and you spend all this time analyzing your emotions from a detached position. I felt like the petri dish and the scientist at once. As a kid, my mom would go with me to all my appointments, and around that time (14) I remember saying to her, 'I don't know where I stop and the pills begin.' She had no answer for me, of course, all she ever wanted was for me to be happy and, well, *normal*
So when I hear the line 'love me normally,' I think about how I wanted to be loved as I was, all the while believing that I could only be loved if I performed normality successfully. Most of that was my own projection due to guilt I felt for being neurodivergent - I've been pretty lucky in that my family aren't assholes about mental illness. But you wonder: if my symptoms were worse, would that still be the case?
Just one of many times I've heard my own experience played back at me while listening to Will Wood.
People is talking about the rats... But can we please talk about the tarantula??? It's so fucking cute
exactly i love it
YEAH BUT... HIS RATS... SO FUCKING CUTE...
I would LOVE to talk about the tarantula. Please, I love listening to people talk about Ts.
I'm a tarantula and rat owner who HAPPENS to love Will Wood's work, it just speaks to the feral creatures of the world.
Gotta love a good old classic Brachypelma hamorii... I'm sad that it got so little screen time but that makes sense, stressing out those fellas is no fun for them.
@@calculatormenace you're.... Literally so cool I have nothing but respect for you
@@saielf Your reply is about to make me cry from joy at midnight,,, someone thinks I'm cool???? Me and my 21 spiders and 1 rat all appreciate you very much
“Now this is the part of the song where I like to talk to my audience…”
Ghosts: “alright boys! It’s our time to shine!”
0:10 i’m rollin
The saxophone and guitar at 1:38 is so amazing
Here before 1,000 Views & way before total world domination by mr will wood.
Oh don't worry, that'll come later.
@ Hopefully. I can see it happening.
I love how the intro and outro to the video are both the melody of Self- and -ish
0:00 - 6:55 is the best part!
0:55 the way it slowly fades to a red lighting is so fucking scary for no reason
Evil will wood is calling 😈
ive been a fan for just over a year and literally everything you drop is fucking amazing. thank you.
I'm dying over how similar some of these shots are to actual interviews he's done
i literally cannot simp for u more, will. its impossible
Idk why but this gives me asexual vibes. Feeling pressured to be "normal" and provide what is supposedly "owed" in your relationships but understanding that it's not really an option for you. I feel that.
This song speaks both to my Autism and Asexuality
This song really speaks to anything that isnt normal.
Example #1: me
@@huhhuh9598 for me it speaks to my autism and aromanticism
I found out Will Wood through this album, and I love this album. I see his individualistic, deep and beautiful persona through his videos and songs. Somehow, I can relate to him. His eyes are kind, but they have felt a lot.
That being said, I will be following Will's music. It might take some time for me to understand the meanings behind the songs, but do I need to? The emotions tell what is needed c:
Thank you for being here, and giving us the greatness that is you!
I love how the intro before the “interview” is a sped up version of -ish
i love the theatre kid vibes this song has and the "beautiful boy, girl, neither, both or any in between" god I want to scream this song at the top of my lungs
Omfg I love your pfp
I love how the interviewer starts like “okay so” to “WTF” to “okay so..” to “IMA CRAZY OF HES CRAZY” to “WELL NOW EVERYONE IS CRAZY”
THE ENDING WITH IT JUST BEING THE STUPID MED DOCTOR MADE ME SCREAM I HATE IT IN A GOOD WAY.
like hh
I know they're supposed to help you but they don't fully grasp what you tell them. Then they just keep giving you higher and higher doses until you've become an empty shell filled with medicine and a need to leave the world
oh i already know i’m gonna break this replay button
mr will wood u have done it again u funky little dude
I love how this video feels like a sort of reference to a lot of Will's early appearances on college talk shows and such. Like specifically the legs on the table felt like a very deliberate Late Night with James Nuzzo reference :)
Honestly, this is the single greatest piece of music ever written. The single most gut wrenching song I can think of. Genuinely masterful work.
4:00 I was almost expecting a Rickroll with that beat
Oh god, imagine he just rickroll all his viewers.
Oh my god, yeah that sounds like the beat of Never gonna give you up
im never going to unhear that
im gonna make a video of this
3:58 sounds like a very particular celestial form of Rick Ashley coming down the the heavens, falling down the stairs, and preforming Never Gonna Give You Up
SHIT I THIUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO HEARD SIMILARITY
I love how he just keeps on pulling out rats in the beginning and putting them on the desk while the host is just slightly amused and confused lol
Thank Will Wood for Will Wood.
Also every time he handled a rat I was like,,,, careful with babies please :((((( like,, he probably was being careful but my former rat owner instincts went crazy haha
This went from 0 to 100 rEAL quick.
Couldn't be more happy about it.
Then to reality again
@@numberanother5630 I completely forgot I commented this, but you're right
is NO ONE going to talk about the best part of this video? i cried at the end. i can't express how seen and felt i feel. i just want to be loved normally not be seen as a flawed individual because of my mental attributes.
to get put on meds to have my thoughts run slower so people will like me. to have to sacrifice my emotional energy for EVERYONE ELSE who isn't like me. i don't want to have to pretend to be normal. please love me normally as is. love me for me.
This song gives me an excessive amount of serotonin and I can’t even describe it
This entire music video is like an episode of the podcast, it just descends further and further from anything touched by light and I love it
Thank you Will Wood for your music! I’m so glad I found your music ;( I feel like I’ll never fit in, never be understood, never be normal like the rest... but that’s okay. Everything will be fine. Thank you so much
Top ten most beautiful songs ever created by slightly-less than human musicians
"My child is fine" your child is attached to a silly rat man who makes music that either makes them cry or dance like a maniac no in between!! (I love this song and I blast it when I'm home alone)
I just noticed that at 3:33 there’s pills on Norm’s desk! Those details, I swear
WHY IS NOBODY TALKING ABOUT THE CREDITS-
I was scared half to death-
SAME JUMPSCARE
What even is it just green eyed object
OMG SAME IT WAS ON FULL VOLUME
IKR-
I think the funniest Will Wood related thing I’ve ever done is there was this edited picture of Crowley from good omens looking into a mirror with the word wh-re written on it and I commented “In lipstick on the mirror, are the lyrics to my obituary”
i like to think the music videos for all of will wood's music are just will wood and the tapeworms just having fun with a music video rather than the music video conveying the meaning of the music itself.
finally.. serotonin
""Now That You Got That Big Hit With Love Me, Normal-""
I’m so happy bc I can’t believe ppl actually relate to how I feel
my friend keeps telling me i’m mentally ill and autistic for listening to will wood how do i stop this help
you dont stop. You convert your friend to will wood