Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance) -INFP
One of the things that I love about Gerardās music is how conceptual it is; everything is part of some idea thatās greater than the music itself. All of MCRās albums are (allegedly) concept albums, and even his solo record has somehow managed to go from being ājust about the musicā to a whole inter-galactic culture with its own āpersonaā and cheesy TV shows. Ne is all about ideas; itās known for being an explosion of original and quirky abstractions that quickly spiral out of control. All of Gerardās projects build into something more than themselves; the Black Parade isnāt just the name of an album, but an alter-ego band that guides a man named the Patient into the necropolis. What started out as a few songs turned into an entire futuristic culture complete with costumes and comic books. This is the man who actually called his band an idea. To him, the whole is more than the sum of its parts. Gerard himself describes his creativity as the process of taking mundane things and making them interesting; he loves experimenting and his ideas just naturally seem to get weird and gain scope. āWhatās automatic for me is ideas.ā The one thing that an Ne user will never lack is inspiration, because they constantly draw it from the world around them and expand it into something greater.
Like all Fi users, Gerard is also known for his celebration of individuality and eccentricity. Nothing is more important than remaining authentic to yourself, and upholding your personal values and the causes you are personally passionate about. Although this can come across as self-centered on paper, Fi is actually a powerful altruistic force. The whole point of MCR was to give hope and affirmation to people who were depressed, and steer them away from addiction and suicide, an issue and a demographic that Gerard connected with because he had gone through their same struggles. Instead of coming at it from a universal perspective of empathy (Fe), he worked to help people based on his personal feelings from personal experience (thatās Si). His Fi also shows through in scrapping long-term plans for a more, erā¦*conventional* album and starting again in a completely different direction (one that revolved around his new, healthier state of mind), or making a style of music that is incredibly unpopular and not likely to be commercially successful. Inferior Te doesnāt really care about that; it foregoes status and objective success for a personal feeling of worth and authenticity. The interview with him shows this really well; he didnāt want to do what āwent against whatās in line with myself as an artistā and his advice is to ābe yourself and just do that.ā Individualism comes before everything else. He also expresses his distaste with the regimented music business, and how structure feels like a prison to him.
Interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhl4sipTN04
Itās also worth noting that Gerard has a strong sense of empathy (as in literally feeling otherās pain, being an emotional conduit), which is typically associated with Fe. But the way I see it, thatās a behavior, not a part of cognition. Itās just the way heās wired, not an actual motivation or method of thinking.
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