🌏⭐️𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄: 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓’𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐕𝐈𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐄?⭐️🌏

Placebo always meant their songs to be quite ambiguous, Brian stressed he wanted his lyrics to get a personal meaning for everyone based on their own feelings and experiences. However, it was almost always possible to find out a main theme, a leitmotif, at least, analyzing Brian’s statements on the song and the lyrics directly.

What I noticed with 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐌𝐞 𝐆𝐨, is that I’m struggling to even put all my reflections on a certain song in one post!
In most of the songs, there are definitely more than one theme touched, and each of them deserves a profound discussion. (That happened when I wrote about 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 admitting that I was only talking of one side of its meaning – and you kindly suggested your other opinions).
Today, I want to talk to you about a song which clearly leads us two different directions – connected, of course, but still divided between the verses.

🌏It’s 𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄.
I remember this song being simplified by the reviewer to something like “the song about the animals dancing in the forest” …
Well… The 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒄 seems to be a primary one here, and it certainly is.
▪ ▪ ▪A joyful atmosphere – underlined with an upbeat melody - is broken with a warning of a disaster being foreseen.

𝑺𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒉𝒐𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒔
𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚’𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒕
𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚'𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈

📢𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: 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 an extremely jolly, upbeat happy, catchy way which is something that we do quite well, present something quite depressing in an upbeat fashion.
(𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑐𝑠 𝑂𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑀𝑒𝑟𝑐ℎ 25𝑡ℎ, 2022)

Photo credit: Mads Perch

▪ ▪ ▪But then comes the second verse…
𝑺𝒐, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒆
𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆
𝑰𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌?
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌

Doesn’t that remind you anything?
"𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒎𝒆 ..."


The whole quote is from 2009 and speaks about the peak of addiction problems around the Meds time…
📢𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: After so many gigs being drunk or high, I realize how much I disrespected the public. Today, all that I feel on stage is true, while until now all my emotions were distorted by what I was taking ... It exacerbated my discomfort: I was on stage, in front of dozens of people with my face on their T-shirt, who were screaming "I love you" while I hated myself. I wanted to shout to them: "You would not like me if you knew me ..."
(𝐿𝑒𝑠 𝐼𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑢𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠, 𝑀𝑎𝑦 2009)

Photo credit: Henry Ruggeri

💫Brian’s good in “letters to himself”: “Try better next time” [𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛?] …

A painful confession is immediately followed by the attempts to justify such a behavior with being unable to cope with moments of hopelessness and helplessness.
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑻𝒓𝒚 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑵𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝑻𝑰𝒎𝒆...
📢𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: 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? (laughs)
(𝑀𝑦 𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘 #74, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 2022)

A bitter laugh though…


▪ ▪ ▪The third verse brings us back to the post-apocalyptic story.

📢Brian delivers an equally open broadside on the environment crisis, on the scathingly titled, ‘Try Better Next Time’ – obviously, there will be no second chances after planetary destruction. “It talks about growing fins, and going back to the water,” he says, “which is also a nod to Captain Beefheart’s ‘The Spotlight Kid’ obviously.”
He believes that our reckless attitude towards our own living space is simply an extension of our insubstantial culture. “I wonder how disposable everything is going to become until essentially the next disposable thing is us,” he muses. “Is there another species on this planet that deserves an extinction event more than humans? Just look at the way we behave and what we’ve done to our climate. Shouldn’t Mother Nature just wipe us out and give our planet back to the animals?” He smiles.
(𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑦, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 15, 2022)

Photo credit: Ana Garcia

📢“It’s overgrown with nature and animals have come back,” Molko elaborates, as he sits with his legs crossed, a cigarette balanced elegantly between two fingers, as it has been in press shots since the mid-90s. “Why? Because humans aren’t there. That’s my vision for millennia from now — a planet where animals can thrive again, because we’re continuously destroying it in the name of profit.”
(𝑅𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑈𝐾, 𝐹𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑦 1𝑠𝑡, 2022)


💫“𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏’𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆” ➡ “𝑰'𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆”

An overwhelming awareness of the global crisis, the feeling of some kind of personal responsibility for the consequences of humankind actions become unbearable.


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

💫To me, these lines feel strongly connected to the ones from 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐎𝐧 𝐓𝐨 𝐌𝐞.

𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏
𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔

⭐️The video I’m sharing with you tonight was recorded at the 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐞𝐬 concert on 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟏𝐬𝐭, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐. Don’t forget to comment if you’ve been there.

Video by Dave And Ames
Post by Olga

🌟𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗤𝗨𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢🌟

🔴 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 🔴 ▪𝔹𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝕄𝕠𝕝𝕜𝕠▪

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🌟⭐🌟

♦️ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴.

𝘜𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴.
𝘐 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴.

♦️ 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯'𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯.

Photo credit: Robin

💬 These lyrics also deal with the possessive love that suffocates, that asphyxiates. Like I'll Be Yours, which Brian calls "a disturbing song. Someone who seeks to completely engulf another person in the name of love. A situation I've experienced as a victim and it's scary."
✔️ 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘 - 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚂𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 - 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸00𝟹


💬 It's a song that deals with Obsession and this relentless need to try and be everything for someone... it's very spooky, and it's uncomfortable, because there's love there but it's mixed in with a certain induced folly.
✔️ 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘 - 𝚂𝚒𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚝 - 𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 #𝟷𝟻 (𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 - 𝙹𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝟸00𝟹)


♦️ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝘛𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭.

🎵 𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝑩𝒆 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 (2003)
🎥 https://bit.ly/3O0mSvW


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♦️ 𝘔𝘺 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱. 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦, 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘕𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴.


💬 One day somebody wrote a message on the wall of my room: 'My gentle prince, you are the only.' The relationship ended disastrously because the person in question is almost dead."
✔️ 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘 - 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚂𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 - 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟿


💬 I have a strong link with this song. It refers to a relationship with a guy and a relation with a certain substance. This two relations ended simultaneously in horrendous circonstances. He used to call me "My Sweet Prince". Lovers can sing it to each other. It's ironic, because it is about a the breakdown of a relationship. It's one of the album's songs written from an ex-lover's standpoint speaking to me. When we were writing "My Sweet prince", a strange thought crossed my mind : this song was becoming really dark and tearing. In fact, it is about painful subjects like drugs and suicide.
✔️ 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘 - 𝚃𝚎̂𝚝𝚞 𝚗°𝟹𝟹 - 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟿

Photo credit: Scarlet Page

♦️ 𝘉𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦.


💬 Most of these are love songs where I'm trying to come to grips with relationships. They're frequently told from the point of view of ex-lovers, so at first it may seem like I'm being arrogant, but actually I'm eating humble pie. I'm cutting open a vein and letting it bleed for you.
✔️ 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘 - 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝙳𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚒𝚝 𝚆𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚕𝚢 - 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟿

🎵 𝑴𝒚 𝑺𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅 (1998)
🎥 https://bit.ly/3aTEQBE


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♦️ 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛'𝑠 𝑞𝑢𝑜𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝐸𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑓𝑠, 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙𝑠, 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑦.

♦️ 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑠, 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑏𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑, 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑗𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑦. "𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒" 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑡 𝑙𝑦𝑟𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑜𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡.


💬 It's one of Placebo's classic themes of what we explore. It's a song about individuality [...] and the metaphor of Plasticine as Play dough is, do not allow yourself to be moulded by society, find your own voice. Don't forget to be the way you are, because it's natural. Don't feel that simply because you do not conform to an archetype that there is essentially something wrong with you. Vive la différence !!


📢 Do you feel that that song and that particular subject is something that is relevant to you now, as you're coming back in to the scene / industry ?
💬 Well, yeah, it could be a message to ourselves, you know; making a new record, don't forget to be the way you are. I was quite aware of this fact when we started making this record, that we shouldn't turn our backs on the things that make up Placebo's sound., which we are really good at.
✔️ 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘 - 𝚂𝚒𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚝 - 𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 #𝟷𝟻 (𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 - 𝙹𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝟸00𝟹)


💬 In Plasticine I insist on the fact that you have to be yourself first.
✔️ 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚕𝚔𝚘 - 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔 & 𝙵𝚘𝚕𝚔 - 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸00𝟹

🎵 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑳𝒆𝒔 𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆́𝒆̀𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒔 (2004)
🎥 https://bit.ly/3HiMX70


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♦️ 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘈𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘶𝘴. 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨.

♦️ 𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴, 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘖𝘧 𝘈 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 "𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦", 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘹 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴, 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.

Photo credit: Hamish Brown

💬 It's about feeling like you're out of place in the world. You know that you've got one, but it doesn't suit you. At the same time, you realize that you are unique, that there is only one you. "
✔️ 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘, 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝙼𝚊𝚐 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸00𝟼


♦️ 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘖𝘧 𝘈 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰.

🎵 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑶𝒅𝒇 𝑨 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑴𝒊𝒍𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝑲𝒆𝒚𝒏𝒆𝒔 (May 19, 2022)
🎥 https://bit.ly/3b7XBl8


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♦️ 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 . 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘋𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘙𝘶𝘪𝘻 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳:

"𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞."


♦️ 𝘉𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘯 𝘛𝘰 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘐𝘘 !

🎵 𝑯𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝑶𝒏 𝑻𝒐 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑰𝑸 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒈𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆 (2001)
🎥 https://bit.ly/3HByvHo


Photo credits pic 1:
📷 TOP: Joseph Llanes (𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡) / Vincent Lignier (𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟)/ Trip Fontaine (𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡)
📷 MIDDLE: Pat Pope (𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡)/ Sébastien Dolidon (𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟)/ Levy (𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡)
📷 BOTTOM: Carole Epinette (𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡)/ Mads perch (𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟)/ Stefan Malzkorn (𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡)
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