The song of the fae8/2/2023 ![]() ![]() In the era of rising horror chick flicks and the horror of the female mind and body being celebrated, Bad Trip is a more mature version of Eilish’s Bad Guy or the darker auditory self of Clairo’s Amoeba, Fae’s new single rises from a previously unseen tomb to bring to the surface a hell never seen before. Unable to find yourself not drawn to the song, it is one you’ll want to dance or lose yourself into. The song plays with the concept of what is danceable and what is downright scary, resulting in an eerie and threatening track one can’t help but groove to, as if ignoring the cries for help sung in the lyrics and accompanying hypnotizing melodies or, even worse, getting a sense of joy out of said misery. ![]() With its underlying spaced-out environmental sounds and dark synth riffs, Bad Trip gives listeners an intoxicating sip of a dark reality. The claustrophobia felt by Fae is ever-present in Bad Trip, where it’s hard to distinguish if you’re still in the first half or about to finish the song, only being able to detect the passage of time once you’ve checked the clock and realize you’ve been listening to it, sitting in the same place and staring at the same spot for close to an hour. The song perfectly captures the situation it was written in: in the midst of a pandemic where the artist felt she lived the same day over and over again, with all sense of reality slowly slipping away. Perhaps it is the inclusion of lyrics such as “I know I’ve been here before”, which is repeated throughout the song and gives it an indelible end, that brings to the song a sensation of draining familiarity, like reliving the same dreadful moments again and again - like a labyrinth where were exits bring you back to the starting point, robbing you away of your hope after you’ve experienced relief for a brief second. Somehow, while being an innovative and trippy alternative piece, Bad Trip brings with it a sense of haunting déjà vu. ![]()
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