Explore Tumblr blogs with no restrictions, modern design and the best experience.
Fun Fact
Kazakhstan’s Minister of Communications and Informatics has blocked the Tumblr site because it contained 60 sites of terrorism, extremism, and pornography in 2015.
Thom Browne for the 2023 Met Gala: Jenna Ortega, Alexander Skarsgård, Teyana Taylor, Pusha T, Janelle Monáe, Daniel Ricciardo, Olivia Rodrigo, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Sora Choi photographed by Jason Schmidt
Left to right: Jenna Ortega, Alexander Skarsgard, Teyana Taylor, Pusha T, Janelle Monáe, Daniel Ricciardo, Olivia Rodrigo, Shai Gilgeous Alexander, Sora Choi
listening to 'humanz' again and it's kind of crazy how many fans in the youtube comments had a lot of its themes fly right over their head. fans who have a better grasp on the lore can help me here.
but for example, songs like 'halfway to the halfway house' - i can't be the only who thinks the songs sounds...ghostly? spectral? like it's haunted? the way peven's vocal seem to float and the instrumentation is all...bouncy and wavy? it makes me think of this gif from fantasia:
there has always have been themes of ghosts, demons and possession in gorillaz because of murdoc. 'rise of the ogre' and all that. but on humanz there was (at least to me) that aside the political statements and space themes on the album, the project also seemed to be revolving around those ideas again. 'saturn barz' video has them walking into a haunted house and experiencing an entity (who manifests as popcaan) and then you get songs like 'charger' where 'something' (grace jones) takes a hold of them. 'let me out' calling throughout the police brutality message with mavis staples and pusha t. and 'out of body' with kilo kish and zebra katz. 'i'm alive, i'm alive'.
am i the only one who sees this thread? it also explains why certain songs sound the way they do. so when i see people say it sounds messy, or didn't make sense, i'm just like - i think it does.
i might not be explaining myself very well. but if you know what i'm talking about, feel free to add and comment!