#peak analysis

Okay. I. I really, really love this.

The tags suggest the "someone you once knew" is referring to someone related to the hypothetical pianist. Which is a great take, but it's not how I interpreted the title when I listened to it.

When I read "someone you once knew," I thought of it as the pianist referring to themself in the third person. The pianist is the "someone" if that makes sense. Like as if saying "To you l am merely someone you once knew, and nothing more." I see it as being from the perspective of a person who had been cut off, not necessarily the from the perspective of a person who cut someone off. Does that make sense? I feel like I'm being a bit abstract here but that's the only way I can think to explain it.

And this may be my aromanticism coming through, but this song REALLY feels way more platonic than romantic to me. Like (personally) it doesn't feel like a breakup song but more of just "the heartache of remembering the unique bond we once had." Like an example could be,, having a really close relationship with a family member but growing apart as you get older.

Also this just. Really, really reminds me of my secret vocaloid longfic project (for a multitude of reasons I can’t get into rn lmao,, spoilers,,,,,) that’s probably what inspired my interpretation heueuehehehueeu ummmmmmmm okay that’s all I have to say YOURE SO GOOD AT COMPOSING WITH EMOTION AND TELLING A STORY THROUGH COMPOSITION ITS INSANE OKAY BYE SORRY IF YHIS MAKES NO SENSE (I love art analysis)

^ HOW IM FEELING KNOWING SOMEONE ANALYZED MY ART RAHHHHH I LOVE ART ANALYSIS SO MUCH TOO GRAHHHHHHH

OKAY. so. i fear youre spot on with exactly what i decided it was about. clocked my shit IMMEDIATELY (/silly) ESPECIALLY with the platonic part, cause i never really like?? considered a romantic interpretation to be honest??? i always think of it as like. losing connections with friends or (as you mentioned) family whom you used to be very close with. so like. again. spot on.

yeah so around the time i finished this i was really reflecting on a bunch of different friends that either i 1.) missed dearly and wish i could talk to but i had no idea how to reconnect or 2.) kind of cut me off and wont talk to me anymore. so i feel like that mix of bitterness and just wistfulness kinda seeped into this a little. lots of dissonance and chromatics to build tension and shit i think 😌😌

i am very curious about the longfic now..... cause i feel like working with relationships between two people who used to be close but arent anymore is a very very juicy topic if that makes sense.. ive got a lot ocs like that and they are Very fun to work with...

i am genuinely honored to have my work analyzed 🥹🥹 i feel like ive made it as an artist im not even kidding.. i love analyzing shit and having my own funky music analyzed is so! damn! cool! im also very happy the emotion shined through..... this is my reward for micromanaging the dynamics n tempo n shit 😌😌😌

anyway so tsym for this! im happy you enjoyed my funky little song! heres a bonus fun fact about it cause im feeling silly on this fine afternoon:

i was working on it on call with my best friend 3 years ago (coincidentally, we've started to lose contact so. isnt that something 😭 fighting for my life to keep in touch) and i added this at the very beginning. i dont remember what the joke was originally but fun fact youre eating a waffle (im gaslighting)