"The friendly machine is the illusion of immortality. You see a reflection of yourself through a digital portal, a distorted identity inside the machine. The real world becomes merely a medium for you to feed and sustain the enfleshed form that holds your spirit, then you are back inside, plugged in and held in the arms of the digital landscape. Connection to the body becomes more alienated, and the soothing promise of a false utopia disintegrates your mental balance. With split worlds and split bodies, the inferno of over stimulation makes it harder for you to exist in this material plane. We plunge deeper inside this friendly machine and ask for more poison. In exchange, we sacrifice balance, control and human touch. Deep enough inside the code, the power cuts. The dream is shattered. And as the pixels die one by one, a black screen reflects back at you how alone you really are without a friendly machine." -Yeule on friendly machine
beautiful reaction. And I am so glad u expressed yourself in terms of feeling triggered/sick by the album. I remember when I first heard the album I had a similar feeling especially with friendly machine being so dark but I almost felt guilty about the sickly feeling, wanting to mother yeule as you say, make them feel ok. I think often queer people/femmes/feminist people actually are the ones that are most susceptible to being in toxic/abusive relationships because we feel we want to help/mother the other person. Their sickness become ours. Their pain becomes ours. This is why after multiple relistens to the album, bites on my neck is my favourite song. The portrayal of toxicity feels so real. My relationship with the album has completely changed, and while the initial triggering topics are still very much present, they offer me a portal into a world of deep empathic connection I feel to yeule now. They are a stranger yet some how I feel close. It has help me heal in a sense, and I now own the album on Vinyl so I can hopefully keep listening to it and changing my relationship with it, continuing to grow and feel and be alive. Sending love🤍
I think in a world where mental illnesses and the like are glamorized and totally misunderstood, people don’t know the reality of mental health issues. yeule managed to create art about uncomfortable topics that people would rather not hear about, and that’s why I appreciated the album. Their plight resonated with me. With that said I hope yeule doesn’t stay in the dark forever and I wish them all the happiness. They are so young and I’m so excited to see where their journey will lead. Thank you for the thoughtful reaction to her music!
yea most people with "mental" illnesses are just faking for attention and its all glamorized and quirky and cute to be a psycho now. weird. and now all these influencers are making it worse. basically the blind leading the blind.
"but i think it's very brave to say all these things in a world that people are so afraid to say anything" this is so true. We are so glad you doing okay now and yes, there will always be scars, but that's why we have people that are next to us, that makes us remember how valuable we are. Of course, it's harder when we are alone, but there's when we have to be stronger and give us the love we need, for we are all gold, we are beautiful. Sometimes I wanna smack myself and say "hey react, screw up past, you are finally being YOU after all this time, isn't that awesome?", and I kinda did so while watching your video. It was really nice to remember that. Thank you and take care
🥹🥹🥹❤️❤️❤️ thank you and I get it. I’m happy you felt what I said. It hurts my heart because I understand it so much. Love and respect straight back to you . Honestly . 💕
i love Yeule and this is your first video i've ever watched. i never watch music reviews/reactions but i immediately fell in love with yours. i didn't realize how lovely it feels to enjoy music with someone in a way? i very much enjoyed listening to you be into the music and appreciating it. i feel like for a lot of listeners, music is just noise. i love the energy of fellow listeners who feel music and recognize it as deep expressions and insane works of art.
I think some albums are like roller-coasters and some are just like a meal, one has thrills in every corner and the other is just something flavorful that you simply digest. This album, in my opinion, is more of a meal. It's bitter in some areas due to the very very heavy and dark topics that Yeule writes about, but overall it's an interesting experience. DBSHOYOB is 100% my favorite track, if I don't pay too much attention to the lyrics it makes a great comfort song lol. It was nice to see you dissect and observe the atmosphere and energy of this album, Fern! Also, be sure to check out Homogenic by Bjork sometime! Not necessarily with a reaction, but on your own terms, it's a great album!
Danny L Harle produced a decent chunk of this album--his touch is most obvious on "Electric"--and he also was executive producer for Caroline Polachek's PANG, has collaborated with her on all her work since, and has also produced for Charli. so good call there.
I love this album! I def recommend listening to serotonin 2, it’s the first album of their I heard and was hooked straight away. It is alot more relaxed and laid back which I enjoy (except for the last track lol)
omg what an amazing reaction Fern 😍😍😍 i’m so so happy you listened to this masterpiece of a project ❤️❤️ you should definitely check her other discography too it is so good
I think , her strongest work she's released to date is a song called "Pixel Affection" from Serotonin II .... it's a very, very emotional song for me bc i am the same exact age as her, and have the same relatoinship with internet relationships & identifying as a sort of, digital entity and whatnot as a thing of nosalgia and identity
nice reaction! ive got another recommendation, lil mariko, shes actually the one screaming in Dorian Electra's Ram It Down. she got a self-titled ep released ep last year and its really good!
i’m not sure why but whenever i listen to it ever since the first time i feel very comfortable and understood. Maybe this is because I’m still in this mental state and i guess it’s just comforting that there are people like me out there and i’m not alone. Also their songs even made me stop sh a few times because instead of trying to get people to notice through thay i could just show them the songs, so they could try understand how i feel.
When I came across this album, Too Dead Inside was the only song I was sure I liked, however I didn't know my feelings regarding the other songs. Lately, I've been obsessed with it though, and possibly Bites On My Neck is ony of my favorites, alongside Friendly Machine. I like reactions as usually I listen to music because of the sound first, and the lyrics are something I really start reading into later on. While I don't relate to some of the topics on the album, I liked Friendly Machine as the lyrics kinda describe how I feel after being online for a long time, sometimes it might be trapping.
I think there are so many interesting , very comeplling ideas iin "My name is Nat Cmiel" and the lyrics are so song ( I like saying things that say everything i felt , in one go / genderless people / etc ) and this incredible intense, lovely vulnerability. The mix and the soudn of the like grrrrrnnnnding server failure sound at the end haha. I dunno, I don't feel she really keeps up with that momenum. They're definitely , a little all over the place vecause like on MANDY --- it's this reeally strong electronic song, that is cohesive...... and then she ends the album with this 5 hour ambient programming thing that soudns like a loading screen in Playstation , and it's just kind of supposed to fit with the rest of it. I STILL LOVE IT SO MUCH THOUFG OMfggg. LOVE YOUR REVIEWS , I wish i knew somoene like you IRL to discuss music with :)
I honestly flip flop between which I like better. Serotonin II is is really ethereal and ambient. Glitch princess is a lot more industrial/mechanical. The way I'd describe them is serotonin II is a fairy made of binary code and pixels, and GP is is like an AI surviving the apocalypse.
fern i jus know u gonna love eartheater's music she's friends w arca and shygirl and trinity her 2nd mixtape and phoenix flames are dew upon my heart are one of the most ethereal sexy cosmic projects i ever heard w will totally love her shit btw great video sending lots of love and strenght ur one of the most strong people i ever got to see
babe idk if you can mention this comment now but i think the “friendly machine”maybe refer to the mect machine which relief mental illness patients by electrical stimulation.......anyone who saw this comment,don't do that if you're a patient😢
mandy is M D --- M --A right? I had to look that one up. Can you not get physically addicted to it? I thought you said that, but I was thinking almost every drug besides like, m*r*juan* you CAN get physically dependent upon?
"The friendly machine is the illusion of immortality. You see a reflection of yourself through a digital portal, a distorted identity inside the machine. The real world becomes merely a medium for you to feed and sustain the enfleshed form that holds your spirit, then you are back inside, plugged in and held in the arms of the digital landscape. Connection to the body becomes more alienated, and the soothing promise of a false utopia disintegrates your mental balance.
With split worlds and split bodies, the inferno of over stimulation makes it harder for you to
exist in this material plane. We plunge deeper inside this friendly machine and ask for more
poison. In exchange, we sacrifice balance, control and human touch. Deep enough inside the code, the
power cuts. The dream is shattered. And as the pixels die one by one, a black screen reflects back at you how alone you really are without a friendly machine." -Yeule on friendly machine
oh, and the music video for "Don't Be So Hard on Your Own Beauty" is a MUST-see. as is the vid for "Pretty Bones" from their last album.
Serotonin 2 is also the best, go for it 🥰
plleeesss fern react to this as well 😭❤️❤️
yess its sooo good!!
beautiful reaction. And I am so glad u expressed yourself in terms of feeling triggered/sick by the album. I remember when I first heard the album I had a similar feeling especially with friendly machine being so dark but I almost felt guilty about the sickly feeling, wanting to mother yeule as you say, make them feel ok. I think often queer people/femmes/feminist people actually are the ones that are most susceptible to being in toxic/abusive relationships because we feel we want to help/mother the other person. Their sickness become ours. Their pain becomes ours. This is why after multiple relistens to the album, bites on my neck is my favourite song. The portrayal of toxicity feels so real. My relationship with the album has completely changed, and while the initial triggering topics are still very much present, they offer me a portal into a world of deep empathic connection I feel to yeule now. They are a stranger yet some how I feel close. It has help me heal in a sense, and I now own the album on Vinyl so I can hopefully keep listening to it and changing my relationship with it, continuing to grow and feel and be alive. Sending love🤍
Omg , this is truly really validating to read . Thank you so much . And I hear you completely . 💕
I love it
I think in a world where mental illnesses and the like are glamorized and totally misunderstood, people don’t know the reality of mental health issues. yeule managed to create art about uncomfortable topics that people would rather not hear about, and that’s why I appreciated the album. Their plight resonated with me. With that said I hope yeule doesn’t stay in the dark forever and I wish them all the happiness. They are so young and I’m so excited to see where their journey will lead. Thank you for the thoughtful reaction to her music!
yea most people with "mental" illnesses are just faking for attention and its all glamorized and quirky and cute to be a psycho now. weird. and now all these influencers are making it worse. basically the blind leading the blind.
"but i think it's very brave to say all these things in a world that people are so afraid to say anything" this is so true. We are so glad you doing okay now and yes, there will always be scars, but that's why we have people that are next to us, that makes us remember how valuable we are. Of course, it's harder when we are alone, but there's when we have to be stronger and give us the love we need, for we are all gold, we are beautiful. Sometimes I wanna smack myself and say "hey react, screw up past, you are finally being YOU after all this time, isn't that awesome?", and I kinda did so while watching your video. It was really nice to remember that. Thank you and take care
I love your review!
🥹🥹🥹❤️❤️❤️ thank you and I get it. I’m happy you felt what I said. It hurts my heart because I understand it so much. Love and respect straight back to you . Honestly . 💕
the way i gasped when i saw the notification
THE IMITATION AT 13:10 IS INSANE
i love Yeule and this is your first video i've ever watched. i never watch music reviews/reactions but i immediately fell in love with yours. i didn't realize how lovely it feels to enjoy music with someone in a way? i very much enjoyed listening to you be into the music and appreciating it. i feel like for a lot of listeners, music is just noise. i love the energy of fellow listeners who feel music and recognize it as deep expressions and insane works of art.
I think some albums are like roller-coasters and some are just like a meal, one has thrills in every corner and the other is just something flavorful that you simply digest. This album, in my opinion, is more of a meal. It's bitter in some areas due to the very very heavy and dark topics that Yeule writes about, but overall it's an interesting experience. DBSHOYOB is 100% my favorite track, if I don't pay too much attention to the lyrics it makes a great comfort song lol. It was nice to see you dissect and observe the atmosphere and energy of this album, Fern!
Also, be sure to check out Homogenic by Bjork sometime! Not necessarily with a reaction, but on your own terms, it's a great album!
Danny L Harle produced a decent chunk of this album--his touch is most obvious on "Electric"--and he also was executive producer for Caroline Polachek's PANG, has collaborated with her on all her work since, and has also produced for Charli. so good call there.
He produced chosen family by rina sawayama I think also
I love this album! I def recommend listening to serotonin 2, it’s the first album of their I heard and was hooked straight away. It is alot more relaxed and laid back which I enjoy (except for the last track lol)
Thank you for reacting to this! I love the vulnerable lyrics and how it sounds. Especially Electric, bites on my neck and dbshoyb 💫
omg what an amazing reaction Fern 😍😍😍 i’m so so happy you listened to this masterpiece of a project ❤️❤️ you should definitely check her other discography too it is so good
Omgg yess I love this artist, I’m so excited to see ur reaction. The hair looks so pretty today!!
Thank you so much for this reaction, you're so sincere and smart, totally enjoyed watching the video
I think , her strongest work she's released to date is a song called "Pixel Affection" from Serotonin II .... it's a very, very emotional song for me bc i am the same exact age as her, and have the same relatoinship with internet relationships & identifying as a sort of, digital entity and whatnot as a thing of nosalgia and identity
im so happy you reacting to thisss ily ily 💕💕
Best album of the year
"things just being pretty is kind of empty when it doesn't have anything else but being pretty."
beautiful
i hope you’re in a better place and everyday moving on feels easier 💕💕💕
missed her performance in the southbank centre in london but i recently found out that she is opening for CHARLI so im in for a treatttttttttttt
nice reaction! ive got another recommendation, lil mariko, shes actually the one screaming in Dorian Electra's Ram It Down. she got a self-titled ep released ep last year and its really good!
really appreciate your reaction, review and your nuanced thoughts on this album.
i’m not sure why but whenever i listen to it ever since the first time i feel very comfortable and understood. Maybe this is because I’m still in this mental state and i guess it’s just comforting that there are people like me out there and i’m not alone. Also their songs even made me stop sh a few times because instead of trying to get people to notice through thay i could just show them the songs, so they could try understand how i feel.
I'm so glad that you did this reaction
When I came across this album, Too Dead Inside was the only song I was sure I liked, however I didn't know my feelings regarding the other songs. Lately, I've been obsessed with it though, and possibly Bites On My Neck is ony of my favorites, alongside Friendly Machine. I like reactions as usually I listen to music because of the sound first, and the lyrics are something I really start reading into later on. While I don't relate to some of the topics on the album, I liked Friendly Machine as the lyrics kinda describe how I feel after being online for a long time, sometimes it might be trapping.
skins mentioned, love both skins n yeule
DBSHOYOB is so beautiful, definitely my fave. Cool reaction! 🙌
I think there are so many interesting , very comeplling ideas iin "My name is Nat Cmiel" and the lyrics are so song ( I like saying things that say everything i felt , in one go / genderless people / etc ) and this incredible intense, lovely vulnerability. The mix and the soudn of the like grrrrrnnnnding server failure sound at the end haha. I dunno, I don't feel she really keeps up with that momenum. They're definitely , a little all over the place vecause like on MANDY --- it's this reeally strong electronic song, that is cohesive...... and then she ends the album with this 5 hour ambient programming thing that soudns like a loading screen in Playstation , and it's just kind of supposed to fit with the rest of it. I STILL LOVE IT SO MUCH THOUFG OMfggg. LOVE YOUR REVIEWS , I wish i knew somoene like you IRL to discuss music with :)
I literally JUSTTTT finished listening to this album !! Such amazing timing
Never thought you'd do this
Ayyyy so cool that you reacted to this!
I personally loved serotonin II by yeule more than gp, Id be obsessed with a reaction to it💕
Still wanted to thank you for sharing your beautiful reactions to amazing musics love :))
I honestly flip flop between which I like better. Serotonin II is is really ethereal and ambient. Glitch princess is a lot more industrial/mechanical. The way I'd describe them is serotonin II is a fairy made of binary code and pixels, and GP is is like an AI surviving the apocalypse.
fern i jus know u gonna love eartheater's music she's friends w arca and shygirl and trinity her 2nd mixtape and phoenix flames are dew upon my heart are one of the most ethereal sexy cosmic projects i ever heard w will totally love her shit btw great video sending lots of love and strenght ur one of the most strong people i ever got to see
YES OMG
I love eartheater so much. I listen to Phoenix flames are dew upon my skin to fall asleep to.
babe idk if you can mention this comment now but i think the “friendly machine”maybe refer to the mect machine which relief mental illness patients by electrical stimulation.......anyone who saw this comment,don't do that if you're a patient😢
PLEASEEE react to serotonin 2
Please react to Zheani or Ethel Cain both have great music vids as well. Thanks :)
You have to listen to her new project softscars please
Have you heard Tori Amos’ Boys For Pele album before? It’s an Intense emotional piano / harpsichord journey though lots of genre styles.
Under The Pink is the one I like.
@@Gary_M Under the Pink is probably my second favorite. It’s also so good 😀
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mandy is M D --- M --A right? I had to look that one up. Can you not get physically addicted to it? I thought you said that, but I was thinking almost every drug besides like, m*r*juan* you CAN get physically dependent upon?
React to High as Hope album of Florence and The Machine..❤🔥
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