i love what paris paloma's music stands for: both fragility and strength, all at once, and a vocal fight against violence

@torielschild

23 күн бұрын

omg yes!!! a beautiful way to put it

@pariahmouse7794

12 күн бұрын

Fragility AND strength are what women are... And THAT'S true power...

As a mom with three young boys this song makes me sad because this kind of behavior is very real and very learned behavior. Because my boys are taught that nature is sacred and we don't hurt things smaller than us and don't let bigger things than us hurt us.

I remember in kindergarten me and some of the other girls knew there was a swallow nest with fertile eggs in it up a tree in the garden and we would guard it daily. One day one of the boys shoved past us and climbed the tree. He brought down one of the eggs and peeled it in front of us (they had chicks inside) and laughed hysterically. I couldn't fathom that he had only done it to horrify us.

@Kamila-eb9pz

4 күн бұрын

That's so mean! Poor bird 😢

@jinlings978thuncle8

2 күн бұрын

theres seriousl something wrong with boys

I remember when I was little I was so excited to show a nest of kildee eggs to my friend, (kildee lays their eggs in the ground hidden in rocks) When he saw it he stepped on the eggs and laughed at my scream. We were no longer friends after that, we were in pre-k or kindergarten at the time. It’s scary to think about where that sadistic enjoyment may have taken him as an adult.

@plantika786

24 күн бұрын

I was on a walk in the woods with my mom, our family dog, my brother, and a friend of his. Our dog came across a newly born litter of bunnies hiding in the brush and started attacking. I was about seven or eight and couldn't deal with the scene, and started wailing "not the bunnies" as I watched them dying. My brother and his friend tormented me all the way home, mocking my cries, jeering "not the bunnies" back at me as much as they could. I don't speak with my brother now in my adulthood unless I'm forced to be around him. It's one of many instances, but I'll never forget it.

@lemon-limeade

24 күн бұрын

When I was a kid, another girl and I would pick up worms on the sidewalk and put them back in the grass. One day, a classmate ripped a worm we’d just saved in half before laughing at our reactions.

@lavenbug

23 күн бұрын

How do so many little boys learn to be sadistic at such a young age?

@gabriellaharris3494

22 күн бұрын

@@plantika786im so sorry! How cruel. So many women/girls learn empathy in a way men/ boys cannot comprehend. They think of us as weak but we connect with living things on a different level. It is so beautiful and sad.

@alliseygaming1059

21 күн бұрын

Back when I was in daycare, I was a bigger kid than most kids my age (7-8) but I was also emotionally behind by two years. A slightly younger kid had his older brother drag me to the corner of the playground where they’d found a little frog-I was super happy until the bigger kid picked it up to ‘show me’ and crushed it in his hands. I hit him so hard I broke his nose, and I threw his younger brother into the dirt. They weren’t expecting that-and even though I got kicked out, I still didn’t regret what I did. I hope they learned not to mess with people.

“Before me is a man who cares not for little things.” It’s a sign of something bigger, because if you don’t care about what needs to be protected because it holds a fragile, yet vital place in life, what does that show? You find meaning in causing ruin to things and lives you hold power over, and that’s wrong. I just think it’s sad, and I don’t want to be around people who are like this, but there are so many of them.

@Amanita._.Verosa._.

25 күн бұрын

My Dad is a man who cares for the little things, he's the first guy I ever knew to do so (might get adopted one day lol) and honestly it still astounds me when he does. ❤ The world is going to be an awful place when he finally goes.

I’m for the first time dealing with the trauma from an abusive relationship. I’ve felt so alone for so long but your music makes me feel seen, feel heard. It’s healing and empowering. Thank you.

@kristakat5686

26 күн бұрын

Me too love, me too. I SEE YOU.

@tlea3916

25 күн бұрын

@@kristakat5686 same here yall. much love to you both.

@heatherchisholm2415

24 күн бұрын

You aren't alone, friend. I'm so sorry you're going through it. If you don't mind a little unsolicited advice, take time just for you. Get to know yourself again, that one might sound silly but so many of us forget ourselves and lose ourselves in this process.

@Lombreee

24 күн бұрын

❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️

I loved snails and frogs as a little girl and caught them when I could (in my hands, I couldn't imagine having one at home trapped in a jar), and I was often late because I picked up all the snails and worms after rain and put them in the grass so they won't get stepped on. When I was seven or eight I built resorts for snails with pools and roofs, plenty of leaves, shade, rocks, hiding places, anything a snail could want. I brought them there and back if they didn't wanna stay. I was happy with it and some even trusted me and it was amazing. My classmates knew and one of the boys took one of my snails, put it on the grass, and waited for me to pass him by only to jump on it with a smile on his face. I felt nauseous and sad and so fucking mad. I kicked his ass so hard when he was around me he would literally look if any snail was close to him and he'd step away from it. I played with the boys a lot - I hated dolls, tea parties, and those stereotypically "girly" toys. I liked to play rough with them and would often fight with them - but I always knew it was okay because I never picked on anyone or bullied anyone. Both sides agreed to it, and the only times when they didn't, is when I was defending something or someone. So it's not that I was "a girl" or didn't get that "a little violence is okay" or "that's how boys like to play". I just never found cruelty funny or justifiable. And this song puts it in words so amazingly, because while I immediately get mad thinking about that snail, I was told being sad about it made me weak and silly and that I should be embarrassed about it and I had to always pretend it didn't get to me so much, and I couldn't comprehend it, because I always felt like it was an act of terror and torture and war, to force someone to look as you kill something they loved and make them not even flinch - but if you say that, you're the problem, and they're happy. And it's just so fucked up to make sure little kids have to pretend not to feel pain for the rest of their lives.

I remember when I was in the 4th grade and during recess I saw these two boys stomping an orange monarch butterfly into the gravel. They just laughed as they crushed its thin and delicate body into the rocks. I was so upset; I didn't understand why they would do that or how they could have possibly found it funny. It was just a butterfly, light and harmless. I never thought I would hear this concept described in a song, but I'm glad the message of this song is finally getting out. Children should be taught to respect living creatures, not destroy them.

The lyrics : 😩😩😩 The instrumental : 😊😊😊

@cluelesschicken8396

26 күн бұрын

It isn't even out yet!

@Cat..Person

26 күн бұрын

I guess they know from the snippets

@cluelesschicken8396

26 күн бұрын

@@Cat..Person Oh right yeah, sorry my mistake!

@Cat..Person

26 күн бұрын

@cluelesschicken8396 No worries luv

@daphneeehlig3598

25 күн бұрын

@@cluelesschicken8396 the video wasn't out but the song was already out on the platforms !! Hope you enjoyed it 😊

the visual at the end of the destruction of the forest is so sad and true we’ve seen it (at least I have) more than i would like to admit: “Before me is a man who cares not for little things.” it’s so heartbreaking that the smaller the creature is the less they care for it as if their lives are no better than a power dynamic to show off dominance.

"You've been playing with your power for a long time.° Indeed, millennia.

This brings a lot of memories. My brother pretending to "kill" and torture my dolls and enjoying my tears, torturing little insects. My dad telling me scary stories before bedtime and then creeping in my bedroom to spook me. Boys at school stepping on bugs and enjoying me pushing them whilst crying to save them. Running after the girls with their bb guns and laughing while we screamed in fear. I could go on and on and on. I will be forever grateful I met a man that didn't have a ounce of this sadistic streak that so many young boys that grow up to be men seem to have. Anyway, I had not thought of these feelings and memories in years, it shook me to hear about it in song and to see it portrayed with such grace and poetry. It's beautiful and melancolic

@nicolecampos4153

5 күн бұрын

Same, I dont have older brother but I remember two older cousins who loved to collect snails and put them in the middle of the street so cars would crush them and making fun of me for telling them they shouldnt kill them😭

“you’ve been playing with your power for a long time” this song is heartbreakingly beautiful and I have it on loop❤

"if i dont make a sound does it ever hurt?" "if a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to watch it will it make a sound?" i love this so much, amazing song ❤

I will never not love Paris Paloma. I resonate so deeply with your poetry. Something about it is so visceral. You just get it.

Oh my god this song!! “Boys are bringing bugs just to kill them in front of my eyes” 😭

This song is going to become my new obsession I can already tell from the snippets

Lyrics: You said those words and suddenly I’m five And boy’s are bringing bugs just to kill them for my eyes And I can see their hunger, looking for a sign That any of their destruction has me suffering inside You take such delight In killing my light If I don’t make a sound does it even hurt? I’m bending to the ground just to pick up little worms And I have seen you relish such violence with a joy That I’ve only seen before in the eyes of little boys Discovering their power for the first time You kissed me so hard I had a grased chin I saw your eyes spark at the braking And in to my see hunger, looking for a sign That any of your destruction had me suffering inside It fills you with light to take away mine At the cutting your tongue all I hear is shredding wings Before me is a man who cares not for little things And now I have my answer from when I wondered who Those little boys became because they grew up to be you You’ve been playing with your power for a long time A long time You’ve been playing with your power for a long time

My mother used to yell at me for bringing snails home when I was little but I was just trying to save them from the boys who would crush them for fun.

I get such a flashback to the alternative 90s women fronted bands from Paris Paloma. You could slip her songs into a compilation of Skunk Anansie, The Cranberries, Garbage and The Cardigans and it would just fit.

wishing my personality and interests goodbye for a little while- this song is going to be all i can think/talk about (my friends are going to be a little annoyed lol)

absolutely unbelievable (as always) “you’ve been playing with your power for a long time” hits deep

This is poetry that few artists are still capable of, i get the sense that she wrote this song for herself and that's what makes it so beautiful and real. I'm so glad that I stumbled across it.

I LIKE INSECTS I see a caterpillar and word "bugs" and I'm already excited TOO MUCH I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR THIS MASTERPIECE Upd: it was beautiful. The melody, the lyrics, visual support. Great job!

@Amanita._.Verosa._.

25 күн бұрын

Glasswing butterflies are exquisite,no?❤

@tashasims6591

15 күн бұрын

Same as soon as I saw bugs in the name and also said about worms I was like I know I’ll love this song 🥰🥰

I have listened to this song for the last two weeks it has become such a source of comfort and has helped me heal from things I wouldn't wish upon anyone.

Thanks for putting to words what so many people struggle to even put together in their minds, for speaking up for those who only dare to think of breaking free when they're alone at night. From the depths of my heart- thank you.

This is too relatable, it hurts

i love bugs and little animals but have a phobia of worms, one time on my birthday in elementary school, the boys in my class left dead worms on my desk and laughed when i got my first ever panic attack from it. this song brought me back to that moment with such anger i never allowed to felt growing up. paris never ever failed to write songs that just connect with me

@HoneyTwee

16 күн бұрын

That's horrible. 😢

this really opened up my mind...it has such deep meaning but is executed so well but honestly it just brings about a feeling of sadness and defeat

This song isn’t about bugs. Wow this is a song I never thought I’d need to hear. The line about picking up as much worms as you can.. omg I can relate so much

I remember in my elementary school picking up a small fly. It wasn't able to fly so I was carrying it around. A boy in my class hit it out of my hand and laughed.

I'm going to be honest here. I didn't think Paris could ever write lyrics again, that would hit me the way "Labour" did. As a vegan who gets hurt by the destruction of the planet, and a person who has encountered very destructive people i am "glad" i was wrong. Paris has an incredible talent for putting my daily thoughts and feelings into very melodic words.

@Amanita._.Verosa._.

25 күн бұрын

Happy there are people like you in this world ❤ Makes me want to stay in it just a little while longer.

I’M SO EXCITED ❤❤ UPDATE ITS SO AMAZING… HER MUSIC REMINDS ME OF THE HANDMAID’S TALE (MARGARET ATWOODS POETIC STYLE IN GENERAL THO)

Paloma's lyrics >>>>>>>>>>>

the first lines... wow... as a woman who rescues wildlife its ALERMING how many grown men like to corner me to tell me in detail how they "deal with wildlife" its literally insane

This is excellent! It's so impactful with these lyrics, the poetry, the meaning/message. Paris Paloma has done it again, creating another incredible song! 🤍💖

"Sözcüklerin bu kadar güçlü ve güzel olduğunu bilmezdim." ~Michelle Cohen Corasanti

i think this might just be my new favorite paloma song. it honestly gives me mixed feelings. the lyrics are quite upsetting and relatable, but the tune is so pleasant that while listening i can't help but smile. the instrumental and lyrics might seem to contrast each other but they actually compliment each other. the beautiful melody feels like a nostalgic spring, which is the setting of the stories paloma is singing. i think almost all afab folks have these memories. maybe a late spring or summer day when we were little all kids and a male friend or brother had been cruel and tried to frighten us by using the new discovered power they had over little creatures. back then i didn't think much of it. just the boys being mean again, but now i see it as the beginning to much worse behavior. "you've been playing with your power for a long time"

i was abused my whole childhood by my brother - physically and verbally. I don't relate to her other songs because i've never experienced domestic violence, but violence by the hands of little boys, my whole life has been built on it. this hurts and at the same time, the quiet rage in the lyrics is so healing.

@sophiehobley828

3 күн бұрын

Sending love and validation. Honestly I relate to all the songs from tiny things, being felt up on the bus as a teen, male cousins bullying me while others were so gentle. So many things. I'm glad this was healing for you. Sibling abuse is so under recognised and dismissed

Always blown away by your music! Having some of my past feelings put so eloquently into words is bittersweet- but so incredibly healing. Thank you so much for sharing your music and experience!

The cruelty of others just because you care, it's upsetting that it's so relatable.

When i was about five i liked to keep the snails i found in my garden as pets for a couple of hours in a "terrarium" i made with cardboard boxes, i would feed them and then i would set them free by the river. One day my cousins, who were about two years older, grabbed my terrarium and started throwing the snails into a small pond of water we had. I panicked and i threw myself into the water to save them, and i managed to get out one that survived. They laughed at me for days after that.

This is an absolute masterpiece - thankyou❤

Paris Paloma is such an underrated artist.

The visuals fit the song so well. I love it

Paris Paloma uses words in such a beautifully poetic way that wows me every time. There’s so much meaning in just a measure of her music and everything is just symbolicly beautiful. Thank you so much Paris for making such strong and amazing music!

Paris Paloma and holier and Florence the machine is iconic trio ever

Your music always hits so deep. This song expresses so much that I couldn’t have put into words. Thank you for making your music, it’s more than wonderful ❤

Amazing song, very deep💝💖

Jesus fuck- you just unlocked a horrible feeling/memory and gave the music to soothe it all at once. I’m glad I’m listening in my room so I can shed slow tears in private.

This pulls at my heartstrings. I'm someone who will try and save the bugs in the house. It is sad how some delight in the destruction of small things, big things, and each other.

God your music is so beautifully written and powerful. Thank you for sharing your talent and lyrics with the world

Been looking forward to this one for a while and I'm so glad it's finally here I love it!

So boys killing bug friends was a universal experience?

I love you Paris Paloma! You captured beautifully the repeated experience I lived through as a child. I'd run away so fast if I ever met someone who didn't car for small living things.

I'm in love. Haven't even finished yet, but I'm in love❤❤❤

u don't get the views u deserve Paris. truly, Ur voice remind me of aurora and Halsey with an angel, please keep it up.

I LOVE THIS SONG !!

My favorite of yours. Cant get enough of it

I have a vivid memory of the neighbors kid calling me over to look at a caterpillar and then tearing it apart with a stick. I started crying and went back inside while he was laughing and flinging parts of the caterpillar at me. I’m not sure where he is now but I hope he realizes how cruel that was and has changed.

The character of a man is shown in how he treats those vunerable who can do nothing for him

THIS IS SO UNDERRATED OMG

It's sad. I think it's a well-written song, the lyrics are good, I love what the music video adds. It just, y'know, it's sad. It sucks that people celebrating destruction is so normalized.

@ophisnephele3962

25 күн бұрын

There's a group call BlackShape,and there only song right now is fire. But you have to watch the video first before you listen to the song alone because it speaks loudly

I love this woman so much

This song definitely makes me think of lord of the flies, and how jack went from brutally killing pigs to fellow boys

amazing instrumental

I've been in several abusive repackaging relationships. I also save bugs and worms in the path and I have several pet insects too. So this really resonates with me ❤

This is the first time in, what feels like a long time, that a song has resonated so, so deeply with every word spoken... Healing hurts

YESSS

Why is every single song of hers so good 😭❤

KZread algorithm gods have blessed me once more

Was driving today and saw a very obvious hedgehog on the other side of the road trying to cross. Checked mirrors to brake, the person behind me had ample time to slow too. Instead they overtook me, aiming for and killing said hedgehog. The arrogance of man truly is stunning.

Your music means so much to me, truly. Especially after leaving an abusive relationship this year. I feel understood and less alone. Thank you.

love bugs

Paris Paloma, you bring such incredible art into the world. Thank you ❤

I clicked for the swallowtail caterpillar tbh but this is a great song

the visuals are beautiful

I am so excited for this to come out!!! I know it will be another amazing song, thank you for all of the art that you make! ♥❤♥

Amazing

This song really hits close to home, where adult sadists controlled little me

This is the kind of music that leaves an impact, i freaking love this song, everything is caos and beutifli. Sencillamente una obra maestra

Magnifique

So happy I found you tonight ❤

PARISSS I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONGGGG

thank you for another incredible song

fuck i’m sobbing

i love this so much!! i think an acoustic version would sound so good too omg

Please make an acoustic version, I love the bare bones songs ❤❤

I have a terrible phobia of caterpillars so i'm hiding in the comments while vibing to this song. Love you Paris 🥰

@HoneyTwee

16 күн бұрын

Oh god same. This song still resonates with me though. Memories of being scared of slugs and boys chasing me and others with slugs throwing the poor things around.

yeas yes yes

Paris the woman you are

I love your Paris! Thanks for bringing in another meaningful and beautiful song in the industry!

Everything about this is perfect, thank you.

it sad powerful beautfull you all at once but its sad she did a wonderfully job

I wish I could meet anyone likes this masterpiece, i wish you're doing well i wish i could hug you till our wounds heal

I have ascended omg

I loooove these lyrics. Adore the visuals too

Can’t wait 🫶

Holy shit! I'm so glad this came up in my recommended. This is awesome.

Wow... ❤