Just considering the artwork here...she is hanging from a bar with an air of confidence, but hasn't managed to pull herself up above it. How much longer can she cling to her self-delusion before the weight of her loneliness breaks her grip and forces her to face her reality?
I hear this song all the time on the radio, maybe a little less so now that it's release date is months behind us. But it gave me a similar impression to yours when I first heard it. The idea that empowerment is downstream from isolation is as as backwards as wearing swim goggles on your feet, but the fact that there is widespread acceptance and perpetuation of this message is even more absurd.
There's a reason solitary confinement is a form of torture. There's nothing fun, cool, or empowering about being lonely or having your limited grip on the lie that your spirit can thrive on material individualism alone tested with each passing second.
On the bright side, whenever I've had the good fortune to travel to other countries, one thing that always made me feel instant connection with people from vastly different backgrounds was vibing to a globally popular song we both recognized. There you are all the way out in Philadelphia, and I'm here in the Heartland. And under the same big sky, we had a similar reaction to this song. I bet we're not just not alone, but that thousands of people have had this feeling, though you did the good work of articulating it very well for us.
"How much longer can she cling to her self-delusion before the weight of her loneliness breaks her grip and forces her to face her reality?"
Really interesting interpretation of the cover, hadn't thought of that... maybe a freudian slip on her part? Lmao
"On the bright side, whenever I've had the good fortune to travel to other countries, one thing that always made me feel instant connection with people from vastly different backgrounds was vibing to a globally popular song we both recognized. There you are all the way out in Philadelphia, and I'm here in the Heartland. And under the same big sky, we had a similar reaction to this song. I bet we're not just not alone, but that thousands of people have had this feeling, though you did the good work of articulating it very well for us."
I listened to a podcast, Miley Cyrus talking with Rogan or Fridman I think. I didn't finish even half of it. I found her at first to be not particularly intelligent or thoughtful, speaking almost entirely in cliche's, but the longer I listened, the more self-absorbed she seemed, narcissistic even. I wouldn't expect much more from a pop star, but she is portrayed as someone who is wise when she isn't.
I agree, most of the healthiest people I know are deeply involved in family, friendships and community. Most of the people I know who live alone are not super healthy, mentally.
Yeah she was on Rogan a little while back, I haven't seen the episode but I wouldn't be surprised to hear that's how she came across.
Something I didn't end up working into the piece is the fact that the song I wrote about dropped on her ex-husband's birthday-- the song already comes across as self-absorbed, this just adds a layer of petty immaturity to the whole thing
Ironically she had the perfect life waiting for her with one of the Hemsworth brothers, she could've been the mother of 3 elite genetic champions, and instead she cheated on him, dumped him, cut her hair, went insane, melted down, ruined her life, and now she wishes she had him back.
Yeah well she wants to have her cake and eat it too, to cheat on the closest thing she's ever going to find to The Perfect Guy, then marry him and be forgiven.
Woman moment.
He's lucky he dodged that bullet and she forced him to dump her.
Just considering the artwork here...she is hanging from a bar with an air of confidence, but hasn't managed to pull herself up above it. How much longer can she cling to her self-delusion before the weight of her loneliness breaks her grip and forces her to face her reality?
I hear this song all the time on the radio, maybe a little less so now that it's release date is months behind us. But it gave me a similar impression to yours when I first heard it. The idea that empowerment is downstream from isolation is as as backwards as wearing swim goggles on your feet, but the fact that there is widespread acceptance and perpetuation of this message is even more absurd.
There's a reason solitary confinement is a form of torture. There's nothing fun, cool, or empowering about being lonely or having your limited grip on the lie that your spirit can thrive on material individualism alone tested with each passing second.
On the bright side, whenever I've had the good fortune to travel to other countries, one thing that always made me feel instant connection with people from vastly different backgrounds was vibing to a globally popular song we both recognized. There you are all the way out in Philadelphia, and I'm here in the Heartland. And under the same big sky, we had a similar reaction to this song. I bet we're not just not alone, but that thousands of people have had this feeling, though you did the good work of articulating it very well for us.
"How much longer can she cling to her self-delusion before the weight of her loneliness breaks her grip and forces her to face her reality?"
Really interesting interpretation of the cover, hadn't thought of that... maybe a freudian slip on her part? Lmao
"On the bright side, whenever I've had the good fortune to travel to other countries, one thing that always made me feel instant connection with people from vastly different backgrounds was vibing to a globally popular song we both recognized. There you are all the way out in Philadelphia, and I'm here in the Heartland. And under the same big sky, we had a similar reaction to this song. I bet we're not just not alone, but that thousands of people have had this feeling, though you did the good work of articulating it very well for us."
Spot on, and thank you for the kind words!
I listened to a podcast, Miley Cyrus talking with Rogan or Fridman I think. I didn't finish even half of it. I found her at first to be not particularly intelligent or thoughtful, speaking almost entirely in cliche's, but the longer I listened, the more self-absorbed she seemed, narcissistic even. I wouldn't expect much more from a pop star, but she is portrayed as someone who is wise when she isn't.
I agree, most of the healthiest people I know are deeply involved in family, friendships and community. Most of the people I know who live alone are not super healthy, mentally.
Yeah she was on Rogan a little while back, I haven't seen the episode but I wouldn't be surprised to hear that's how she came across.
Something I didn't end up working into the piece is the fact that the song I wrote about dropped on her ex-husband's birthday-- the song already comes across as self-absorbed, this just adds a layer of petty immaturity to the whole thing
Best of luck with the new digs, BTW
Thanks, I think it'll be a good change (:
Ironically she had the perfect life waiting for her with one of the Hemsworth brothers, she could've been the mother of 3 elite genetic champions, and instead she cheated on him, dumped him, cut her hair, went insane, melted down, ruined her life, and now she wishes she had him back.
When she's singing about loneliness I would assume she is thinking about her ex-fiance Hemsworth
Apparently she dropped the song as a single on his birthday... as I’ve said elsewhere, really just makes the whole song ring petty and immature
Lmao!!!
Yeah well she wants to have her cake and eat it too, to cheat on the closest thing she's ever going to find to The Perfect Guy, then marry him and be forgiven.
Woman moment.
He's lucky he dodged that bullet and she forced him to dump her.
She just can't accept they're over, and that she ruined her relationship with him because she got bored.
No man is an island -
And no one, man or woman, can live without God.