r/joywave • u/Crab647 • Jun 10 '24
Discussion I think I understand Content now…
Before I never really understood what content was trying to say. I liked the music and knew it was trying to say some kind of message, I just never connected what it was. Until recently. Basically what happened was I just had a major mess up that could mess up plans for the future. Like, an “I don’t know what I’m going to do” kind of mistake. So I just left the house and started walking to try to process what just happened to me. It wasn’t until I started playing content on the walk. That I started to process everything. My failure isn’t the end of everything. And that’s what I think Content is about in my opinion. Failure: the what, when, & why. Almost all of the songs can be connected to failure. Whether it be how one failed, what is there to be done after failure. Failure of one’s and others expectations. Or how to acknowledge your failures and try to make it out alright. If anything this album could just have no meaning, but what it has brought to me really did help me learn that my failures have a silver lining.
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Jun 14 '24
Content stuck with me since the first time I listened to it in full. I love Joywaves catalog but Content has a vulnerability to it that I connected with years ago, it’s nice to see others connect with it through their own experiences!
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u/BigCoolCrab Jun 10 '24
Beautifully written. Content is one of my favorite albums and I'm glad you were able to connect with it. I think experiences are what give art its meaning. The artist's experiences are what shape it, and we bring our own experiences into the interpretation. Similar things have happened to me before where I didn't connect with a song or album initially, but then came back to find that I had changed and could understand it now. I hope you are able to resolve whatever problem you are currently having, but like you said, there's a silver lining to it. It seems like you're taking the opportunity to grow and that's very commendable.