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I watched Bon Iver a couple days ago and I can’t make those words go away from my head, such was the primal force of the song, Naeem, which came off the group’s 2019 LP i,i when they performed it that night.

There’s so much theme to unpack from the song. Justin Vernon, the collective’s prime creative force, started the song with calls for “more love” and went on to tell the listeners about past incidents, the latter supposedly an intimate inside jokes that his friends can relate.

He talked about mortality too – or that’s what I`d like to believe – saying to the imaginary figure he had inside his head that “Tell them I`ll be passing on/Tell them we’re young mastodons”, perhaps referencing to our eventual fate in this fragile earth in the age of climate crisis.

Tensions are expertly constructed throughout the song, from its repeated chorus “I can hear you crying”, to Sean Carey’s piano fill and Matthew McCaughan’s drums that sounded fit to send off soldiers over long marches (at least in the song’s live version).

Justin also touched on the issue of class throughout the song, claiming that he “go for the caste” at the beginning of it only to realize that “it ain’t about class, mama”. That moment of empathy perhaps provided a brief enlightenment to the real value of human connection.

Visual: This dance and the light of day

Audio: i,i

Tactile: A brave cry followed by brave hugs

Oral: Quivering lips that are brimming with uncharted words and thoughts to navigate

Smell: A home cooked meal

Bon Iver- “Naeem” (vídeo)

O primeiro clipe do álbum mais recente de Bon Iver, i,i, foi revelado hoje. A canção “Naeem” ganhou um clipe simbólico dirigido e escrito por AG Rojas.

O clipe é bem simbólico e mostra uma pedra flutuante que parece conectar com as pessoas em um nível espiritual. Após aberta por uma garota que para o carro para inspecionar a pedra, um mondo bem rico cheio de abundância natural, assim como uma…