#smth smth tiktok is a digestive system it consumes it eats it craves more it demands more

[vergilberg]

not to sound old and tired and entitled or whatever the fuck and like im not just Letting ppl enjoy things, but i think the reason why Mary On A Cross became so popular and why ppl r putting down Ghost’s other music is bc its the single song that can be easily aestheticized, and its fucking bullshit how ppl r saying it’s Ghost’s only good song bc i honestly think theyre only saying that bc the rest of their music doesnt sound like MOAC. like these ppl dont actually want Ghost or their music they want something that can apply widely and be part of their aesthetic - they don’t care about any of their stuff w a deeper meaning or understanding or a different sound. im inclined to say tht they literally don’t care about Tobias + the band’s work and what it means and just want his and the band’s music to be smth tht they can turn into a tiktok audio rather than be what it actually is, which is art with an actual message.

i say this as someone whose fave song is MOAC too. MOAC is my fave song because its about Nihil and Imperator and the tragedy of their love story and Nihil’s desire to be with her and run off with her in spite of their responsibilities and the vast canyon between them post-Kiss The Go-Goat. but is anyone on tiktok going to acknowledge that? NO. and i’m fully ready to admit tht it doesn’t have as deep a message as their other songs, like Rats or Cirice or Twenties even.

like .... theyre never going to actually acknowledge the political messaging or the questions posed in their songs. its like what they did to Kate Bush and Fiona Apple and Mitski and many, many others all over again, and theyre going to keep doing that to more and more ppl bc they want surface level, easily digestible, easily aestheticized music, even if it means stripping the music of its meaning and significance.

#ghost #the band ghost #stfu v #smth smth tiktok is a digestive system it consumes it eats it craves more it demands more #it breaks things down in acid it destroys it absorbs things into itself having derived only what it wants #whats unnecessary to it is basically just shat out of itself . idk where im going w this metaphor but yknow what i mean. #like. at risk of sounding high and mighty #tiktok has had a fucking rotting and acidic and disgusting effect on the nature of music and art #its a machine its a morgue its a digestive system its all spectacle and performance idk idk idk #i hate it here. anyways