(Brian Molko, NME, January 11th 2022)
So if you dig deeper into the lyrics “Try better next time” is not only a warning about what could happen if we don't change our ways, but more a song about a major event and the following extinction of human beings. “It's basically saying 'Good riddance, humanity, try better next time'”, Brian stated in an interview, but is presented in an “extremely jolly, upbeat happy, catchy way which is something that we do quite well, present something quite depressing in an upbeat fashion” (Maniacs, March 25th 2022).
He wanted to express himself honestly about the world we are living in today and capture all the confusion that surrounds it. “Try better next time” is based on the theory of evolution. In the point of view of the narrator in the song this means that nature will eventually take over. What is implicit is that the world we destroy day after day will return to its wild state when we disappear. Brian: “Which at this rate may happen sooner than expected. How can I not get the Monday blues when I think about this?” (My Rock, March 2022).
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So the lyrics suggest that it is not going to be the end of the world, but the end of the human species. According to Brian “'Try better next time' is kind of saying ‘Just give it up, give it back to the animals. They were here first'. He thinks that it’s “the profit motive itself that’s going to spell the end of our species. As we continue to deify money and the creation of wealth over altruism, we’re getting more and more lost” (DIY, February 18th 2022).
“Try better next time” was recorded at RAK Studios in London and produced by Adam Noble and Placebo. Pietro Garrone of the Italian band Husky Loops played drums on it. Bill Lloyd was involved in the engineering and programming. The song was mastered by Robin Schmidt at 24-96 Mastering in Karlsruhe, Germany. It's an interesting fact that Brian's son Cody is singing the backing vocals on this track.
The song is part of the current “Never let me go” tour. It was first performed live in Paris on March 23rd 2022 at one of the intimate album release shows before the official start of the tour. The shared video of “Try better next time”was recorded at the concert in Mantova, Italy, on June 29th.
๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ก ๐ข๐ก “๐ง๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ง๐๐ ๐" ๐
๐๐ฏ '๐๐ณ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ' ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ “๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ”, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค, ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ?
๐ข “Yes, absolutely. As I said before, it seems that virtual communities have become more important that the ones that exist in our real world. And I think that this aspect has worsened during the pandemic. It is not unusual for people to scroll while watching what is now called ambient TV, for example. When we do that, we're not actually doing anything. We are living in a new place and in a new condition of anesthesia, we are avoiding our thoughts and emotions. In this context, social network become a drug, to the point that people walking along the streets keep looking at their phones, endangering themselves and others. I recently saw what happened to a person who was crossing the street while looking at their phone. She did not survive. It seems that we are on a constant state of escaping. I am not surprised, considering what we have experienced over the last two years, but this anesthesia can only lead us towards disaster and accelerate the extinction of our species. Constantly running away is not good for our mental health, as it is constantly silencing our emotions. Social media addictions are very common today. Even I, with all my cynicism, found myself addicted to Instagram about five years ago. I now limit my time on that platform only during my morning's bowel movement, and it seems appropriate.”
(Rumore, March 2022)
๐ข “It’s not going to be the end of the world. It’s just going to be the end of the human species. We call it the end of the world in our incessant hubris and narcissism. 'Try better next time' is kind of a rallying cry saying: ‘Just give it up, give it back to the animals.’ They were here first.”
(The Guardian, November 12th 2021)
๐ข “Fuck me. The thing is, these guys, they’re trying to turn themselves into proto conquistadors of outer space. If we get to another planet, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk will have us paying for our air and poor people won’t be able to breathe. This is the brilliant future that they’re offering us. I mean, it’s already ridiculous that we have to pay for water. Water isn’t a luxury, you know, you can’t live without it. Is there nothing left we haven’t monetised? I’m bored of how everything has to be about making a deal.”
(DIY, February 18th 2022)
๐ข “When I talk about the environment, I really don't think that people should listen to me because I have climate depression… I look around and it's difficult for me to get optimistic. I think it's important for people to have hope, and I don't want to come across as some kind of harbinger of doom, but I do wonder if we're already past the point of no return, unfortunately.”
(Vice Magazine, January 17th 2022)
๐ข “It’s basically saying, ‘Good riddance humanity, try better next time you come back and get a chance to live on this beautiful planet. It’s a very disillusioned song about the climate disaster presented in a sort of three-minute Weezer-ish kind of pop-punk thing. If you dig deeper, it’s one of the more disturbing songs because it’s talking about an extinction event, you know, the extinction of human beings.”
(Kerrang, March 23th 2022)
๐ข ”'Try better next time' for me is very much my song about the environment. You know, it's a disillusioned, disappointed song. It's very disappointed in humanity. It's basically saying, 'Good riddance, humanity, try better next time', you know, next time you come back and get a chance to live on this beautiful planet, you know, try better. It's a story about people who live underground, about growing fins and going back to the water. It's a very disillusioned song about the climate disaster presented in a sort of three minute Weezer-ish kind of pop punk thing. If you dig deeper, it's one of the more disturbing songs because it's talking about an extinction event next, you know, the extinction of human beings, but is presented in in in an extremely jolly, upbeat happy, catchy way which is something that we do quite well, present something quite depressing in an upbeat fashion.”
(Maniacs, March 25th 2022)
๐ข “Like the other tracks, I wanted to express myself more honestly about what I think of the world today. I wanted to capture all the confusion that surrounds it. This song is based on the theory of evolution. An animal or an insect adapts to its environment, while a human being adapts it according to his moods. What is implicit in this, even beyond what my lyrics or the cover of this record suggest, is that nature will always eventually take over. The world we destroy day after day will return to its wild state when we disappear, which at this rate may happen sooner than expected. How can I not get the Monday blues when I think about this?”
(My Rock, March 2022)
๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฆ
At the core of the earth
It's too hot to breathe
There's nothing much to eat
And everybody leaves
There's a place in the forest
Where the animals dance
Carefree and joyous
Like nobody's watching
And nobod#neverletmego
So they laugh and they dance around mahogany trees
Completely unawares they're gonna end up as meat
And nobody's watching
Wake up, wake up
Try better next time
Wake up, wake up
Cry better next time
Wake up, wake up
Try better next time
Wake up, wake up
So, you know me
Understand me
Is that what you think?
You haven't met the monster who wakes up when I drink
I was born out of time
I'm not meant to be here
With the weight of the world
And the weight of a tear
Are exactly the same
Wake up, wake up
Try better next time
Wake up, wake up
Cry better next time
Wake up, wake up
Try better next time
Wake up, wake up
There's a spot in the ocean
And that's where we'll meet
Somewhere far away
Where fish can nibble at our feet
And we can grow fins
Go back in the water
Grow fins, go back in the water
Grow fins, go back in the water
Grow fins, go back in the water
Wake up, wake up
Try better next time
Wake up, wake up
Cry better next time
Wake up, wake up
Try better next time
Wake up, wake up
It's a gas, it's a party
On this planet of flakes
Somebody take a picture
Before it's too late
Post by Silke
“Try better next time” was recorded at RAK Studios in London and produced by Adam Noble and Placebo. Pietro Garrone of the Italian band Husky Loops played drums on it. Bill Lloyd was involved in the engineering and programming. The song was mastered by Robin Schmidt at 24-96 Mastering in Karlsruhe, Germany. It's an interesting fact that Brian's son Cody is singing the backing vocals on this track.
The song is part of the current “Never let me go” tour. It was first performed live in Paris on March 23rd 2022 at one of the intimate album release shows before the official start of the tour. The shared video of “Try better next time”was recorded at the concert in Mantova, Italy, on June 29th.
๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ก ๐ข๐ก “๐ง๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ง๐๐ ๐" ๐
๐๐ฏ '๐๐ณ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ' ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ “๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ”, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค, ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ?
๐ข “Yes, absolutely. As I said before, it seems that virtual communities have become more important that the ones that exist in our real world. And I think that this aspect has worsened during the pandemic. It is not unusual for people to scroll while watching what is now called ambient TV, for example. When we do that, we're not actually doing anything. We are living in a new place and in a new condition of anesthesia, we are avoiding our thoughts and emotions. In this context, social network become a drug, to the point that people walking along the streets keep looking at their phones, endangering themselves and others. I recently saw what happened to a person who was crossing the street while looking at their phone. She did not survive. It seems that we are on a constant state of escaping. I am not surprised, considering what we have experienced over the last two years, but this anesthesia can only lead us towards disaster and accelerate the extinction of our species. Constantly running away is not good for our mental health, as it is constantly silencing our emotions. Social media addictions are very common today. Even I, with all my cynicism, found myself addicted to Instagram about five years ago. I now limit my time on that platform only during my morning's bowel movement, and it seems appropriate.”
(Rumore, March 2022)
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| Photo credit: Anieck |
(The Guardian, November 12th 2021)
๐ข “Fuck me. The thing is, these guys, they’re trying to turn themselves into proto conquistadors of outer space. If we get to another planet, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk will have us paying for our air and poor people won’t be able to breathe. This is the brilliant future that they’re offering us. I mean, it’s already ridiculous that we have to pay for water. Water isn’t a luxury, you know, you can’t live without it. Is there nothing left we haven’t monetised? I’m bored of how everything has to be about making a deal.”
(DIY, February 18th 2022)
๐ข “When I talk about the environment, I really don't think that people should listen to me because I have climate depression… I look around and it's difficult for me to get optimistic. I think it's important for people to have hope, and I don't want to come across as some kind of harbinger of doom, but I do wonder if we're already past the point of no return, unfortunately.”
(Vice Magazine, January 17th 2022)
๐ข “It’s basically saying, ‘Good riddance humanity, try better next time you come back and get a chance to live on this beautiful planet. It’s a very disillusioned song about the climate disaster presented in a sort of three-minute Weezer-ish kind of pop-punk thing. If you dig deeper, it’s one of the more disturbing songs because it’s talking about an extinction event, you know, the extinction of human beings.”
(Kerrang, March 23th 2022)
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| Photo credit: Mary Alz |
(Maniacs, March 25th 2022)
๐ข “Like the other tracks, I wanted to express myself more honestly about what I think of the world today. I wanted to capture all the confusion that surrounds it. This song is based on the theory of evolution. An animal or an insect adapts to its environment, while a human being adapts it according to his moods. What is implicit in this, even beyond what my lyrics or the cover of this record suggest, is that nature will always eventually take over. The world we destroy day after day will return to its wild state when we disappear, which at this rate may happen sooner than expected. How can I not get the Monday blues when I think about this?”
(My Rock, March 2022)
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| Photo credit: Franz Reiterer |
At the core of the earth
It's too hot to breathe
There's nothing much to eat
And everybody leaves
There's a place in the forest
Where the animals dance
Carefree and joyous
Like nobody's watching
And nobod#neverletmego
So they laugh and they dance around mahogany trees
Completely unawares they're gonna end up as meat
And nobody's watching
Wake up, wake up
Try better next time
Wake up, wake up
Cry better next time
Wake up, wake up
Try better next time
Wake up, wake up
So, you know me
Understand me
Is that what you think?
You haven't met the monster who wakes up when I drink
I was born out of time
I'm not meant to be here
With the weight of the world
And the weight of a tear
Are exactly the same
Wake up, wake up
Try better next time
Wake up, wake up
Cry better next time
Wake up, wake up
Try better next time
Wake up, wake up
There's a spot in the ocean
And that's where we'll meet
Somewhere far away
Where fish can nibble at our feet
And we can grow fins
Go back in the water
Grow fins, go back in the water
Grow fins, go back in the water
Grow fins, go back in the water
Wake up, wake up
Try better next time
Wake up, wake up
Cry better next time
Wake up, wake up
Try better next time
Wake up, wake up
It's a gas, it's a party
On this planet of flakes
Somebody take a picture
Before it's too late
Post by Silke
