Fun fact about Pretending! If you speed up the track a fuckton, you can hear Sophie saying "I was just pretending". absolutely chilling considering the single that starts this album, It's Okay to Cry, was how she came out as trans to the world. I truly believe she is one of the best producers ever to live, stolen from the world cruelly soon

Midlands or Northen English translation of 'Oil of every pearl's un-insides' is 'I Love every persons insides' I love this album so much

@loekos

2 жыл бұрын

oh my goodness that makes so much sense now...what a masterpiece

Immaterial goes so unbelievably hard.

God tier album

@noralie3295

2 жыл бұрын

frrrr and ur pfp is fire

God, this album sure is a classic when it comes to hyperpop. On the same level as Charli and 1000 Gecs. Legendary fucking album REST IN POWER

@jooree7696

2 жыл бұрын

Charli's Vroom Vroom is also produced by Sophie, so yeah :)

@davidyounan5774

2 жыл бұрын

1000 gecs isnt even close to this album or especially charli

@nobodyburgen4594

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidyounan5774 Thats a respectable take, even if i disagree

@jeremyusreevu237

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidyounan5774 100 Gecs are GOATS.

@jeremyusreevu237

2 жыл бұрын

WHOKILLEDXIX is also awesome!

Fakeness and navigation of self-doubt is certainly the key theme, but it was a little remiss to not mention her experience as a trans woman informing every theme of this album and ultimately the experience of discovery>dysphoria>euphoria>nihilism. I've heard it tossed around that Cecile Believe could be thought of as the voice of Sophie's idealized hyperfem avatar or a future self. I totally agree it's sonically quite all over the place, but that adds a lot more color to the story- I feel it's highly conceptual and am glad to hear you came around and saw that. Anyway, here are my (former) ~aRt SchOol~ thoughts on each track. : *It's Okay to Cry:* Reconciling with the sense of otherness, letting yourself feel emotion that is a product of dysphoria that you've grappled with and didn't understand. *Ponyboy:* Using power-play sex as a way to create situations where power/relinquishing of power allows disassociation between the mind and body. In most kink scenes, participants often seek a headspace that divorces themselves from their lived experience. *Faceshopping:* Navigating the use of image and aesthetics as expression of gender with the understanding that it's all just a social construct(see: Judith Butler). Understanding that total control of your image(Sophie was anonymous for several years), is perhaps the most powerful thing you can behold. *Is It Cold in the Water?:* Kinda open ended, but perhaps a sense of loneliness and isolation as she figures out what *she* needs to affirm her gender beyond the expectations of gender norms *Infatuation:* Continuation of Is it Cold? but with more character development and understanding that in order for Sophie to achieve happiness she has to take steps in that direction. *Not Okay:* Nerves building as she hears a cacophony of voices, opinion telling her she has to do this that and the other to achieve that sense of happiness and true self. *Pretending:* Something resembling the moments before going under anesthesia, last moments of doubt ("I was just pretending" stretched out) before you wake up as a "new person", rebirthed with a body that matches your brain. (could even be something as simple as facial feminization surgery) *Immaterial:* Understanding that existence is frivolous, realness is dictated by images and visual cues created by society, and nothing is real. A post-surgery callback to Faceshopping, still recognizing that everything is still fake, but there is still something delicious and fulfilling that the 'fakeness', aesthetics, and materiality provide. *Whole New World/Pretend World:* More euphoria and finding extreme joy in recognizing you have a whole new outlook on the world- what you imagined yourself to be- perhaps by way of Cecile(I looked into your eyes/I thought that I could see a whole new world). With Pretend World, turns out there is always going to be a bit of doubt and dysphoria deep down because the world is still fucked up. You just have to learn to do what you can to get to a place of comfort. But at the end of the day everyone is just pretending in some way, nothing is important, and we're all going to die with some kind of regret.

@solar_povver

2 жыл бұрын

As a trans person, I would add to Pretend that it captures the feeling of you doing the stuff that is more aligned with your gender but feeling like an imposter, fearing that even after hrt and ffs you still might not ever fit in or even not be "real trans" and would have to detransition. And these fears are mostly a product of some established notions of what a transgender and what a women is ( oh, I don't actually have that much of dysphoria; oh, I actually can't remember playing that much with gender as a 3yo; woman have a maternal instinct but I would rather transition then have children and so on) Basically, " What if I am just pretending to be trans and a women?" feeling captured in a song

@whatthehelliot

Жыл бұрын

my feelings about whole new world, specifically the vocal line, is the moment when you see another trans person being happy and authentic for the first time and you're like 'oh my god...I could do that???'

@zerwee7409

6 ай бұрын

i don't get a sense of "fakeness" from immaterial, it feels more to me that it is actually the euphoric peak of the album (esp musically) and goes into the concept of being "immaterial" in a way of total self-expression and lack of fear in doing so if none of this and none of us are lasting, what's the point of fearing being yourself? because we are here and then we are gone, we actually have no place for ourselves (no legs, no hair, no genes, no blood, no name, no type of story) so why do we get hung up on how we express ourselves? how we'll be perceived long term? our chances of success long term? all of that will go away sometime or another so there's really no point since we have no actual basis here we CAN and we SHOULD be and do anything we want with no fear make the most of your time while it's available type of thing and i don't perceive this in a nihilistic way either as many people that break down these type of concepts do (some of which i've seen in yt comment sections like this one) rather i see it in a way more akin to we make up our own meaning and do whatever we want with it instead of simply just "there is no meaning" shitty perspective isn't it? and this song certainly doesn't feel like that so overall i feel it is a much more freeing and uplifting song than i felt you (and others) have described it

@Becausing

6 ай бұрын

@@zerwee7409 also, I LOVE that we’re still talking about Sophie and how impactful this album is! January 25th is the same moon phase that Sophie was looking at when she fell from the Earth in 2021. I like to look at it every year to see what she was seeing before her untimely passing.

Ya know, I've never heard of this album and you've convinced me to download it. The edits you do really helps communicate what the songs feel like (Especially when we're listening to it through speakers through a mic through KZread compression)

Hey Brad - Oil Of Every Pearl's Un-Insides = I love every person's insides

After hearing this album, “Yeah Right” by Vince staples makes so much sense, you can really hear here production applied to a rap setting

@whatthehelliot

Жыл бұрын

it totally sounds like faceshopping imo

Godddd every time I come back to this album it's like I forget JUST how good and well put together and intentional every moment is. I always end up in tears by the end, sad about what happened but thankful for the gifts Sophie gave us before she left.

Becoming your truest self. That's the main theme of the album.

One of my favourite albums ever but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE listen to the non-stop remix version whenever you get the chance, its meant to be listened in one sitting and every song flows into each other flawlessly

Great album, Sophie had this special talent to create music that sounds equal part artificial and somehow natural. Also i think you would love My agenda by dorian electra

immaterial is the happiest sounding songs on the album but makes me wanna cry the most tbh

I was anticipating your reaction to Whole New World to see how crazy the edits are on that song but I completely understand why there weren't many lmao

One of my top 3 of all time. I miss Sophie so much man……..one of the best artists of all time, and one of the TRUEST artists as well

Whole New World/Pretend World song of the lifetime

Been waiting for this since so long it feels like a fever dream

my fav album of all time, nothing will ever come close, because the production is out of this world in the best way, and the themes com together so beautifully to inspire me endlessly

This one’s an all timer. Same w PRODUCT.

rip sophie

I really hope we can get a re-reaction to Arca's KiCk iii or i with this open mindset

I liked a lot of the songs here, definitely broadens my horizons when it comes to music

Another banger one. Lets go. I love a brad reaction

This album sounds pretty cool.

Who else lists Sophie as one of your biggest trans inspirations? I know I am.

@nicolasandrade7142

2 жыл бұрын

Sophie, Dorian and Arca through their art have really impacted the way i see myself and the world around me, especially in regards to gender.

@h.c5824

2 жыл бұрын

Me

@lurtz8656

Жыл бұрын

@@asap5629 you're in the comment section of a sophie reaction video looking for some vibing trans people to try to upset and your line is "lol u should watch matt walsh" lmao okay

@-_-pan96-_-45

Жыл бұрын

ME TOOO 🥰💖💖💖

My favorite KZreadr listening to my favorite artist, I was having a hard time recently but this video made me feel a whole better, don't change, you are the best ♥️

Love love love this album, highly recommend that you react to Product

You should react to the remix album of oil of every pearl’s un insides side 1&2, it’s more CRAZY than the actual album

Edits are fire 🔥

awesome for finishing the vid

Happy Pride Brad!

Part two baby!!!

Whole New World might just be outside of my capabilities to describe how fucking mind blowing it was to hear for the first time.

hey brad, i highly recommend listening to snow patrol's album called "fallen empires" its a really interesting project and has some great tracks on it.

Would you react to Arca?

@mysteriousmango6467

2 жыл бұрын

kick i - iiiii marathon please

RIP Sophie 🙏🏼

Arca - Kick series reaction when

The vid not working EDIT: I’m an idiot it’s working now loved it

i don't know if you caught it but a few of the songs on this album fade into eachother, ponyboy and faceshopping have a transition with the starting bass-line of faceshopping, and infatuation and not okay also transition into eachother!

Apparently, the title of the album is supposed to sound like "I love every person's insides"

Once I listened to ‘Infatuation’ being high and I pale 😅

@tovi3280

2 жыл бұрын

you what

@erburu

Жыл бұрын

@@tovi3280 I don't know what they were trying to say, but in Spanish, you say "pálida", which literally translates as "pale" (referring to your face literally going white), when speaking about one of those moments when you're so high and start feeling so much like shit that your brain basically checks out and leaves you there to die or at least throw up.

@whatthehelliot

Жыл бұрын

@@tovi3280 they pale. what is there to not get /s

No stream, tap to retry

Immaterial is so good

1 year

king of limbs and moon shaped pool?

good album but it makes me fucking sad now

Make a lovejoy review

ur so cute lol

brad react to hilo

this is like virgincore 2.0

@myfaceisthefrontofshop

Жыл бұрын

What did you just fucking say

@itook75benadryls

Жыл бұрын

@@myfaceisthefrontofshop read the comment

Also a fun fact: OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES = I Love Every Person Insides.