*sigh*
A romance language.
I bet this song has so much love and passion to it.
Umm...
Yes and no?
What do you mean?
You don't feel transported to South America?
Spanish is one of the three languages I studied to impress randos.
These are the lyrics.
This is not what I imagined.
Is anything?
Fair.
*sigh*
It was only a matter of time.
Any second now the-
Oh, yep. There she is.
You know what?
Fair.
This is a banger.
Come on! Join in!
Oh, no thank you.
You know you want to.
I haven't practised.
Practice?
Who needs practice?
All of the songs in this video were taken from Restless Mosaic's brand new album, "Made By Thawing Ice".
(See what he did there?)
This album is made entirely by an INTP and features two vocalists from the MBTI YouTube community.
The album's themes include MBTI and mental health concepts,
and reviews have called it, "a boon for your neuroplasticity", "a real amalgam of styles and sounds" and "like eating popping candy".
The album is available everywhere as of May 13th - Spotify and Apple Music included - but if you buy it on Bandcamp,
it comes with a bonus remix of Lili's song, an album commentary and an activity book.
Links to the album and related interviews are in the description of this video.
Thank you for supporting fellow artists in the community.
"Sandbags on the Flood of My Insecurities"...
Is that anything like the tide washing over a sandcastle?
Because I happen to know a great song about that.
Wait. They let insecure people write songs?
Isn't that culturally dangerous?
Well I mean, all artists are either insecure, jaded, or a little bit crazy.
That's what makes good art, you see.
Well, that and deadlines.
Artists would never finish projects if they didn't have deadlines.
Did someone say...
insecurities?
Do you just wait around corners for people to say psychological buzzwords?
I have an insecurity radar, and the readings are pretty heavy in this room.
Oh I'm not insecure.
It's not me!
Hey guys!
Oh, okay.
Wow, this song has frogs in it.
Oh I can't wait till it starts raining again.
It's been a while since I collected frogs.
Do you like catching frogs?
Oh yeah.
One time I brought 10 to a family reunion and slipped them into people's drinks.
Yeah, that's exactly what my auntie's face looked like!
Now you just gotta say, "get out, get out; we're disowning you from the family", and it'll be like I'm seeing double!
I'm kidding.
I take back nothing. Your face was worth it.
Ooo...
spooky didgeridoo!
This will be my theme song if I ever live in a dark forest.
How about an Australian dark forest?
A forest on an island...
so that it takes two types of treacherous navigation to get me...
I'm in.
Can I come?
What part of "dark forest on an island" makes you think I want company?
Ooo! We could travel around to the cute little beach towns!
Do they have cute little beach towns, or did I make that up?
I've heard that they have a really funny way of speaking as well.
G'day mate!
Not relevant, as I will be speaking to no one.
Ooo! We could befriend the kangaroos!
Listen.
My plans to escape humanity and live in a dark forest may be in their preliminary stages,
but they are very serious.
Modern society is headed for grave danger and I am not going to be around when the economy collapses.
Oh yeah, I'm totally with you.
The government has their fingers in literally every single pie and we are absolutely headed for disaster
when the banks and the internet inevitably collapse and we're all forced to lean on figures of authority
because no one bothered to learn how to live self-sufficiently!
Wow.
You've clearly done some deep thought about this.
I have to say, I'm surprised-
I should have known it was too good to be true that someone was on my wavelength.
Oh, finally!
A major key song that respects the basic rules of composition.
Agreed.
This album hasn't made sense.
What do you mean?
Well, there were only two songs with lyrics, and both were sung in different languages.
How am I meant to understand a song if I can't understand the song?
Because there's so much more to understand than just the lyrics.
Well, I think a song should be simple.
I should be able to listen to it without thinking too much.
Art is never simple.
Good art is.
Okay.
What's an example of a good piece of art to you that's simple?
Toy Story.
Woah.
Toy Story
is not simple,
okay?
Yes it is.
Toys get played with,
toys help each other,
toys play some more.
Simple.
What about the underlying themes of abandonment,
the consequences of neglectful parenting,
the tragedy of outgrowing childhood,
not to mention the heavily Shakespearean themes
when Woody is corrupted by power and betrays Buzz.
Oh, now you're just reading way too much into it.
Reading...
too much into it?
Okay, I have to say that I don't care that much about this topic,
and I have work to do, so...
Okay that's it. Get your coat. We're going to the art museum.
Ugh. Why are you like this?
These lyrics really speak to me.
I thought it was just me who got overwhelmed by sensory stimuli.
Forget the lyrics.
That singer is really something.
I really connect with this poor, tortured soul.
I mean,
she's just trying to catch a break, but people keep labelling her as "crazy".
Maybe she's not crazy.
Maybe she just accidentally mixed up her apple juice and the dishwashing liquid one day
and so she accidentally drank the soap, and nothing's really ever been the same since.
Y'know...
just as a hypothetical.
That singer, though...
She's pretty cool,
wouldn't you say?
Ooo, the next song is called "Alone for 10 Minutes".
- Ugh. 10 minutes is way too long. - 10 minutes isn't long enough.
Want to see me do a live performance?
This song gives me the sudden urge to...
host a fundraiser for public television.
Is that weird?
No.
The synthesizers are all from the 1980s, when pledge drivers were common,
and many public television stations used this kind of music.
A Korg M1 starts the song, followed by a Synclavier bass,
those are simmons drums, and what you're really feeling is that muted *BRASS from a Prophet synthesizer.
... What?
Oh, I'm Coldplay's keyboard tech.
What?
You've never mentioned that!
When would it have come up?
*scoffs*
Anytime you flingin' flangin' felt like!
It did come up every time I flingin' flangin' felt like.
Never?
In 10 years of knowing you?
Correct.
Well I am definitely gonna text all my friends and tell them that I know the keyboard tech for Coldplay.
Shadwan is a barren rocky island about 30 miles southwest of the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Sinai Peninsula.
Hmm...
Is Restless Mosaic saying that he feels like he's on an island
and his life is barren and his relationships are rocky?
Oh no.
The song has 34 beats per phrase and Shadwan is on the 34th meridian.
*scoffs*
Please.
That can't be the reason.
Creative choices are always
deeply psychological.
Plus, who knows longitude off the top of their head?
Oh, I read the album commentary and
it says that that's why this song is called that.
Aww.
Tommy.
So naive.
It's all subconscious, sweetie.
He doesn't realise that he's projecting his psychological issues onto his songwriting,
but it's pretty textbook.
Are you feeling barren and rocky?
That's my stereotype.
Don't wear it out.
Excuse
me.
I've been on set so long.
Nineteen hours straight.
Is there somewhere to lie down
and recuperate?
Wait.
What?
My next scene's in five?
And it's super intense?
Whatever, that's fine.
But after that, could my
needs take precedence?
If I say all my lines,
will you make a fourth wall?
So I can heal without
being watched by you all?
Your stare-daggers hit me.
Your side-eyes don't fix me.
I need to process.
But I can't in this excess.
Now you say-