i feel like a new dodie era has started, her lyrics are getting more complicated and she’s singing more in her lower register! amazing as always of course!
Yeah, I've felt a tangible shift and so far the new dodie era has had me going going back to listen to early Puddle of Mudd a lot and I am very very here for it! I don't even know if the dates overlap in such a way that it could even be cited as an influence!? Really enjoying it!
I noticed a shift post Jacob Collier. Dodie's harmonies have shifted to a really cool richness, and I am here for it let me tell ya. I really love how she's grown in this area. All her songs are so unique!!
This song hits harder when you're sitting off to the side of the Christmas party, it having been made very clear you're an outsider in your own family.
Seeing this a year later and being home alone. Not invited to my grandmother's house every year. It's Christmas I'm home alone. Single father and my daughter is at her grandparents house.
Dodie, you're practically a personal psychologist, but instead of asking questions you answer them in abstract ways and I love it. Thank you :) We appreciate you.
Well said. Joseph Campbell (The Hero With a Thousand Faces) said something similar about poets' communicating truths about reality that can't be simplified into easy statements. Ideas that can only be explained with art and then understood in that way. Sorry I'm not enough of an artist to share the concept more clearly. Dodie seems to be channeling concepts in this manner yes?
THIS! THIS IS IT EXACTLY!! I hold my tongue cuz I know once I start talking I ramble and can’t shut up, I always end up saying something that I wish I didn’t :/ so I just don’t talk at all
I don't quite know how dodie makes song writing seem so easy. Her lyrics and music just feel so effortlessly amazing. I love this though!! It feels so comfortable but also pushes me to the edge of my seat because I'm waiting for more, waiting for the next lyric to satiate this thirst the last one brought. I've never really found an artist who has been able to do this for me, I'm so happy I did
like all artist, i’m sure she struggles with her lyrics it’s like how everyone shows all their hardest work yet they don’t show all the crumpled documents in the trash can
@@artykeldeo I get that! I find it very difficult to actually share the things I create, which is why I'm in awe of dodie's willingness to share her demos and the unfinished 'not very good' things. It gives me hope as an aspiring artist that talented artists go through growing pains and have crappy creative days, but it also gives me hope that effortlessly beautiful tracks like this can exist from the same person.
@@ember5581 Just keep it up! Do your best and you'll know when you want to share your art (if you don't, give it a try anyway). Sending you my support and inspiration :)
ember hey honey, i believe in you!! im in a real bad art block and writing block currently but you go!!!!! we stan!!!!!!! i know you’re going to do great things
It seems that way because it's a brilliant description of the anxiety that comes from having impaired social intuition and the fatigue/confusion that come with trying to mask it all day every day in a very humanising way.
Not offensive at all! As someone with anxiety, I feel like this all the time. It sucks, but I've found people I can be loud and crazy with, which is an amazing feeling in contrast :)
I feel like this is that meme where there's all the people standing with their swords on the table with the table being "relating to this song" and all the people are labeled "ppl w/derealization, ppl w/ADHD, autistic ppl, ppl w/anxiety"
Weirdly enough I think I kinda like this with minimal production, it feels very intimate and hushed. I'm getting like A Moon Shaped Pool vibes from this.
I think someone with autism is listed as having a learning disability. According to the school system. Years ago, I was actually looking at this stuff. Now imagine every kid or person around the world who is autistic. Or dyslexic.. Or even schizophrenic
When I was younger, I constantly yearned to meet a group of people I'd effortlessly blend into. I was always jealous of people who recounted their times with a giant group of friends. I wished I could have something like that. But I always felt as though something was off about me, internally. Anyway, now I'm older. I understand that while I'll never have a large group of friends, I have a few friends I really can call family. I still feel as though there's something that isn't quite right about me, like I'm a little smudged or not completely all there. So I listen to this with a smile, sympathy and empathy for those going through this - and the wonder if I'll ever find out what this feeling I have is. How does Dodie manage to get into brain all the time?!
I remember when i was younger listening to Dodie and being so happy. I would listen too her songs with my dad all the time. Although he was more of a rock kinda person he would listen to it with me cause he knew it made me happy. We didn't normally see eye to eye but when it came to her songs, he'd always be there next to me. I'd be in the garage singing to her songs and my dad would come out and dance with me, and for that short time I felt everything was calm and happy. At his funeral 4 years ago I chose one of her songs to play. No one else understood it but for a moment I wasn't scared. Two years ago I was told I have a variation of Dissociation disorders. Since i'm only 17 they said they can't give me a solid diagnosis, because they don't want to make a false claim. It took me a long time to understand I wasn't the only one who felt this way. I felt like I was a freak, like I wasn't going to be worth anything or do anything good with my life. But knowing that someone amazing like you was able to face it made me feel like I had a chance. Sorry about the rant I just want to say.. *Thank you Dodie for EVerything you do for us. Thank you for giving us hope. Thank you for being you, because even on your darkest days you're still a ray of sunshine. *
As somebody who has Aspergers I literally started crying listening to this. I struggle with social cues, I don't understand jokes, I misinterpret sarcasm as criticism and begin to apologise, I don't understand instructions and phrases unless you are straight to the point. I struggle with education because of the way my brain is wired, which always confuses people because of my advanced vocabulary and my understanding of complicated systems. My parents have always described me as bright and I feel I'm letting them down with the way my brain works.
@@isabelahart9377 sometimes it's just hard to exist outside of the social norms. Because I don't learn the same way other people do I'm left behind by the school system. It certainly is strange.
@@feralwizard very late reply, but I do sometimes feel like an alien because everyone else feels far away? Not quite here, not sure how to describe it but just I know I’m different and I learn differently as you said as well :)
i don't usually comment but i feel compelled to today- i've been watching your videos since i was 14 (i'm now 19) and i feel like i've grown up alongside you. watching a video of yours (whether old or new) always feels like coming home... like a cozy blanket and a big cup of tea. your music is so unique and i feel it so so deeply. i wish i had the words to explain it right lol but you constantly amaze me with your originality and the mix of your harmonies & poignant lyrics. it never fails to hits me right in the heart! in some ways i think of you as a friend. i struggle with social anxiety and dissociation and hearing you discuss topics such as these makes me feel less alone. thank you for everything. you have no idea how excited i am for your coming projects
god i have the same story. been listening since i was 13, now 16. been so in love with dodie and she showed me who i am. i have met so many friends though her music, at concerts and online. dodie helped me come into my own. strangely dodie helped me come out literally as well 😳
i was really, really about to write that lol, the entire song has a beatles-y vibe to it... she absolutely has been listening to them during the lockdown period haha
dpdr, adhd, social anxiety, feeling like an alien, why do i not function like all of you? will i ever? feeling like an alien faking being human right now, and always..
"Holding hands like it’s planned, how do they know what they mean" THIS this is exactly how I've been feeling ALL month trying to fit in and figure out how everyone around me seems to have some automatic connection with each other while I'm just over here being awkward haha
This kinda feels like my experience with autism and making friends the words fit so right oh I wish I could get the code 😅 always felt like an alien...glad others feel like an alien too ❤️ nice to not feel alone :) oh also may I add to anyone who supports autistic people don’t listen to autism speaks go red instead!! Fuck the blue puzzle piece!
I was going to say this too. I'm nerotypical (as far as i know), but this sounds so much like the ways ive heard people describe socializing with autism.
I never quite understood the feeling I would have when listening to your music, but I think I do now. It’s that deep ache that tugs at my soul, the kind of ache that fits how my mind feels no matter the moment, where I can feel on top of the world or like crying deep into the night. but I feel as though that is the very way to describe Dodie herself, a person we’ve gotten to watch grow in so many ways.
i really relate to this song. it's so beautifully worded and it says all the things i experience everyday. i'm autistic and i have to work really hard calculating in my head a good response to things. and i find it hard to talk to people i want to be friends with but i don't want them to think i don't like them if i'm quiet. really good song.
dodies aesthetic is so pretti- just herself with the color of her skin and lips and hair and eyes together. then her beautiful color of clothes. plus the instrument + background. then there’s her voice- which somehow fits her aesthetic and is just angelic in general aghhh
Feeling the lyrics of a song on a deep and personal level is the mood to anytime I listen to something dodie has written. How can a song, a verse, a chorus resonate with so many people in such a meaningful and intimate way. Weird to think that feeling misunderstood, weird, out of place and even lonely is what's actually bringing us together, united and accepted. Love you Dodie from France x
"Weird to think that feeling misunderstood, weird, out of place and even lonely is what's actually bringing us together, united and accepted." Beautifully put :)
As someone who is figuring out their gender identity this is very relatable. Gender is a performance which I am simultaneously failing and succeeding at.
😭I was loving the song and feeling a lot of differnet ways, but once I went down the comments to post about having ADHD+anxiety and relating, and saw all of the comments from people like me... then the tears started to fall 😪It's so good to know you're not alone! I don't realize sometimes that I really struggle with social cues, obviously I realize it while it's happening but I tend to just blame myself and say I'm screwing up. This song helped me realize that it's my ADHD, my anxiety and my depression that cause this to happen, and I shouldn't beat myself or blame myself for struggling to relate to people and make new friends. It's not my fault, I'm not alone... and maybe it can get better. Love you all and thank you for sharing your stories! Dodie, same to you - thank you for sharing your experience through this song.
This song is so relatable. With my derealization lately and feeling so spaced out, it's hard to feel like I fit into any setting. My favorite line has always been "I chew over a word, but it's wrong, no I'm fine, what's the time? I think I'm done with this game." It flows so nicely and if you've ever accidentally said something about your secret problems around others and immediately regretted it or just felt off in a social setting in general, this line is relatable.
Ironically, I believe that EVERYONE belongs; they just need to find their proper place in the world. Furthermore, the only one who knows their proper place in the world is YOU~
I love this song! I have struggled with being social since I was little. I don't have any diagnosis to explain why I act how I do, but it's taken me this long to understand I don't need one. I can be socially awkward because that's just who I am, and that's okay. This tone of this song gives off the same attitude of "Yep, I've got no clue how any of this works, but I'm dealing with it, even if I get down and insecure about it too." It's just a hopeful little song of solidarity, and it makes me feel very happy. Powerful song Dodie, very powerful.
I think she was going to drop something big just before the pandemic hit (probably a bunch of songs worth taking on tour). Not sure if she decided to wait until it calmed down or what, but I'm looking forward to whatever it is!
this song describes something in me that i’ve never been able to put my finger on. it’s like the feeling that you have so many acquaintances, but nobody knows you well enough to actually be your close friend, and you only call them a friend to seem kind so it’s not awkward. it’s the feeling like you don’t completely fit in anywhere and it’s almost like you’re your own little genre of person but instead of feeling unique, you just feel confusing and lost.
I have been a huge fan of dodie since I found paint back in like 2015/2016. I was a kid and her music shaped me into the person I am now I wouldn't want another artist to have done that. I love her music and even though some of the songs have silly topics, it still hits that spot of nostalgia and loneliness in my head that brings me back to her music and content every time. Thank you.
I've been feeling like I have imposter syndrome, but just with like-- life. Like I'm faking every interaction and everyone is gonna one day realize I don't actually mean what I say or care about anyone because I don't know how.
You're so beautiful dodie. Your voice is equally as stunning. I love you and you've helped me through everything. Your lyrics always mean so much to me. The bittersweet in most of your songs is what I love in music. Thank you for being so amazing and sorry for the silly rant
Me: God I seriously need a serotonin boost today *dodie uploads* Me: wait not that much happiness - *it's an original song* Me: OHHH MY GOD SOO MUCH SEROTONIN
Same. This is such a good description of the social issues that come with ASD, especially if you're pretty good at masking. From feeling like you're missing the code, to the point that your brain just doesn't find the words to speak because you're just overwhelmed by something.
Is it just me or have dodies songs been feeling a little more... wordy? Like lately it feels like she’s been playing with syllables, and this song especially is like bouncing from word to word, a little rushed and panicked but also trying to keep it cool. Absolutely stunning dodie! Definitely not a 6/10 💝
i hear that the abba influence is deeply ingrained in your brain, in this song particularly, i can't explain why but it just has something abbaish about it, maybe the rhyme scheme and all the ps and ts nd ks and it just reminds me of "if it wasn't for the nights" even though they don't have anything in common on the surface (oh god i think this comment makes sense only in my train of thought)
This song made me cry but in a good way . I often get anxiety and imposter syndrome. I also dyspraxia and often feel I missing something or a big secret other where told as kids as to how to be . Such amazing song ❤️
this song literally jives so hard I’m shaking I need to just like dance to this so bad and the chords MMMH YUM every little note is so purposeful and ethereal together oh my gosh ty for the cool song
Even without the music, the lyrics work so well. I think this is something people can relate too in one way or another, at some point in their life. It’s beautiful.
You don't even have to be all the way introverted or otherwise struggling with social interaction to get what's being said here. You don't have to always feel all of it to appreciate it, and to be reminded to look closer for signs of discomfort in other people and try to be there in a way that helps, how nice. What an amazing public service and also really incredible catchy song, you might have helped a lot of people here, thanks!
I love how I needed a song like this with how shitty I'd been feeling the past week and here comes Dodie with a song about feeling like you don't belong. She's obviously a witch with mind reading powers
This might be wrong, but this sounds like a process of learning you're asexual. Not Dodie's, just someone's. Listen to it closely, maybe you'll hear it too :)
I think it can apply to anyone feeling out of place or like they're faking something to fit it. A very relatable feeling indeed. Me faking my straightness:
@@SeerOfTime577 Awesome!! Just know you're valid and you do fit in. Your sexuality doesn't change who you are and you're a wonderful human being. Thanks for dropping by with some positive vibes :)) Have a great day!!
The fact that she didn't sit infront of the spots on the wall to cover them, makes me wonder what she covered instead lol The song is beautiful ily dodie
I love everything about this. The Bb minor chord, the way all the background voices slip in and out so the first really obvious entrance enhances the high point of the song, just all the little details in both the songwriting and the arrangement.
one of the things I admire most about you is that you have never settled into any version of yourself. you're shaping and shifting and evolving and it is so evident in your songwriting. thank you for being honest about your uncertainties, your listeners appreciate your honest music.
Andie Pascua ok so first watch a Bunch of youtube videos, try the tongue exercises and see if they work for you, and then practice like at least three words with the rolling r Every Damn Day. And then if you’re me and you’ve paused on the learning italian part but wanna keep the rolling r if you ever get back to it, add a rolling r to literally every word that has an r in it i.e. “corrrrect” people’s names, etc.
Mannnnn that harmony! also a lot of dodie's tunes recently seem to be set in these abstract semi-fictional universes, all feel a lot like being lost, unsure, yet excited, its a unique feeling.
This song is wonderful and I love the aesthetic. It's like a vision of the old days, just in a new light. You used to sit in front of a wall and playing your music, back when you were just a person with ambition. Love this.
So I came out to my friends with “she” and it’s still my favorite song you’ve helped me through a lot and it’s amazing how beautiful your voice is, I’m 12 years old but I’ve listen to all your songs 💝
The way your music has evolved over the past two years or so has been so incredible! Every new song you put out becomes a favorite. The chord progressions are so complex and unique and even the way you write lyrics now has matured and I’m so excited for what comes next!
This is also relatable as someone who does not do drugs but occasionally goes to a party. Or has social anxiety and always feels different and so fully aware of my presence that I can never be myself :)
it's so wierd . i didn't get it till now but when people say "your music saved me" i was thinking that they are overreacting. but apperantly that was a thing and it is wierd. like your music is so positive it makes me happy and life gets shinier and i'm so thankful that i found your music oof so many emotions :") im gonna go by luv u ❤
I love how while the whole song is about it, the actual words "I don't quite belong" are so fast and quickly covered by the long "oohs" like it's an admission that she's trying to distract from immediately...so beautiful and relatable
wow i- this song is so beautiful. i’ve been listening to your music since absolutely smitten and just wow. they just keep getting beautiful-er and every time i think ok it can’t possibly get better than this and every time i’m so wrong and i just think that’s crazy❤️❤️
Ur all so immediately nice thank u 🖤✨ :”)
I cant find the stupid heart emoji so
❤❤
yes we love you, also the lighter color looks lovely
@@randomperson-xx5iv
found it! ----> 💜
You are so amazing
i feel like a new dodie era has started, her lyrics are getting more complicated and she’s singing more in her lower register! amazing as always of course!
Yeah, I've felt a tangible shift and so far the new dodie era has had me going going back to listen to early Puddle of Mudd a lot and I am very very here for it! I don't even know if the dates overlap in such a way that it could even be cited as an influence!? Really enjoying it!
yeah... agreed
I noticed a shift post Jacob Collier. Dodie's harmonies have shifted to a really cool richness, and I am here for it let me tell ya. I really love how she's grown in this area. All her songs are so unique!!
wait this is her lower register? i cant hit a single note in this song lmao
@@katelynyoung3330 Yesss, the Jacob Collier harmony influence is tangible and so so pretty!
dodie: so this is a song about waking up in a parallel universe
people with autism, anxiety, derealisation and adhd: *it's free real estate*
AHAHAHHAHAAH this is so true
ah yes, tee hee.
She said that?
AHAHAHA YES 😂
.....yeah
oooo yeah yep i like those oooo's, ooo
oo oooo thank u oo
ily your short films are phenomenal and i love "not what i meant", it's my favorite dodie song and you being featured made it even better
This song hits harder when you're sitting off to the side of the Christmas party, it having been made very clear you're an outsider in your own family.
Aww. Dude
Seeing this a year later and being home alone. Not invited to my grandmother's house every year. It's Christmas I'm home alone. Single father and my daughter is at her grandparents house.
I hope you have or find people who love you, even if they're not your biological family. ❤️
me and the autistics when:
Dodie, you're practically a personal psychologist, but instead of asking questions you answer them in abstract ways and I love it. Thank you :) We appreciate you.
YES EXACTLY
YES YOU PUT IT IN WORDS
👌
It's crazy how she does it.
Well said. Joseph Campbell (The Hero With a Thousand Faces) said something similar about poets' communicating truths about reality that can't be simplified into easy statements. Ideas that can only be explained with art and then understood in that way. Sorry I'm not enough of an artist to share the concept more clearly.
Dodie seems to be channeling concepts in this manner yes?
a mix of social anxiety and adhd in a public setting has me feeling exactly like thisssss omg
Omg twins!
Same hat!!
Yup yup yup. But when you find your people it’s so goooood
THIS! THIS IS IT EXACTLY!! I hold my tongue cuz I know once I start talking I ramble and can’t shut up, I always end up saying something that I wish I didn’t :/ so I just don’t talk at all
dude same!!!
I don't quite know how dodie makes song writing seem so easy. Her lyrics and music just feel so effortlessly amazing. I love this though!! It feels so comfortable but also pushes me to the edge of my seat because I'm waiting for more, waiting for the next lyric to satiate this thirst the last one brought. I've never really found an artist who has been able to do this for me, I'm so happy I did
I KNOW RIGHT!?!? LIKE I STRUGGLE BUT SHE DOES IT EFFORTLESSLY
like all artist, i’m sure she struggles with her lyrics
it’s like how everyone shows all their hardest work yet they don’t show all the crumpled documents in the trash can
@@artykeldeo I get that! I find it very difficult to actually share the things I create, which is why I'm in awe of dodie's willingness to share her demos and the unfinished 'not very good' things.
It gives me hope as an aspiring artist that talented artists go through growing pains and have crappy creative days, but it also gives me hope that effortlessly beautiful tracks like this can exist from the same person.
@@ember5581 Just keep it up! Do your best and you'll know when you want to share your art (if you don't, give it a try anyway). Sending you my support and inspiration :)
ember hey honey, i believe in you!! im in a real bad art block and writing block currently but you go!!!!! we stan!!!!!!! i know you’re going to do great things
I'd barely gotten over "in the bed"! Your songs are so heart breakingly beautiful, keep breaking my heart please
Why does this seem like anxiety/autism as a song. Not in an offensive way, quite the opposite. It's amazing :)
It seems that way because it's a brilliant description of the anxiety that comes from having impaired social intuition and the fatigue/confusion that come with trying to mask it all day every day in a very humanising way.
Not offensive at all! As someone with anxiety, I feel like this all the time. It sucks, but I've found people I can be loud and crazy with, which is an amazing feeling in contrast :)
Not offensive at all lol
ADHD, anxiety and Tourette’s gang here XD ✌️
it’s not offensive at all, my anxiety kinda makes me feel just alone at times and this song describes it perfectly
yes ! i just got diagnosed with autism and thats exactly what this song meant for me
I feel like this is that meme where there's all the people standing with their swords on the table with the table being "relating to this song" and all the people are labeled "ppl w/derealization, ppl w/ADHD, autistic ppl, ppl w/anxiety"
AHSHHSSHAH THIS IS PERFECT
I don't even know the meme but you described it so well and somehow your comment makes me feel like I belong, ironically
WAS FULLY ABOUT TO COMMENT THIS BUT YOU SAID IT BETTER SO THANK YOU
YESSS IDJFG
Can we add asexuals to this list
Weirdly enough I think I kinda like this with minimal production, it feels very intimate and hushed. I'm getting like A Moon Shaped Pool vibes from this.
agreed
Yep!
Hey Marshal! Didn’t think I’d see you here
Yes yes yes what a BEAUTIFUL connection!
i live for the faded vibe every song sounds like a memory and i just want to live in it
Claire Omg this comment perfectly describes how her music makes me feel 😍😍🥰
This song sounds like a rainy day in the best way
As someone with autism this song feels like it sums up every conversation exactly
Your music makes me feel seen ❤️
I think someone with autism is listed as having a learning disability. According to the school system.
Years ago, I was actually looking at this stuff. Now imagine every kid or person around the world who is autistic. Or dyslexic..
Or even schizophrenic
THIS AESTHETIC IS GIVING ME SUCH HUMAN VIDEO VIBES
the random spots are paint are *chef kiss*
When I was younger, I constantly yearned to meet a group of people I'd effortlessly blend into. I was always jealous of people who recounted their times with a giant group of friends. I wished I could have something like that. But I always felt as though something was off about me, internally.
Anyway, now I'm older. I understand that while I'll never have a large group of friends, I have a few friends I really can call family. I still feel as though there's something that isn't quite right about me, like I'm a little smudged or not completely all there. So I listen to this with a smile, sympathy and empathy for those going through this - and the wonder if I'll ever find out what this feeling I have is. How does Dodie manage to get into brain all the time?!
That’s all I’ve ever really wanted. A small group o friends who understand me, and who like me for who i am on the inside...
Yeah me too, it seems like no one really knows what to do with me like all the time no matter where I go
@@saturniiiidae It may take some time. But you'll find people one day, who were also looking for someone like you :)
‘Like I’m a little smudged or not completely all there’ woaaah mate you ought to write songs or poetry
scrappap - thanks. I really hope so :)
I remember when i was younger listening to Dodie and being so happy. I would listen too her songs with my dad all the time. Although he was more of a rock kinda person he would listen to it with me cause he knew it made me happy. We didn't normally see eye to eye but when it came to her songs, he'd always be there next to me. I'd be in the garage singing to her songs and my dad would come out and dance with me, and for that short time I felt everything was calm and happy. At his funeral 4 years ago I chose one of her songs to play. No one else understood it but for a moment I wasn't scared.
Two years ago I was told I have a variation of Dissociation disorders. Since i'm only 17 they said they can't give me a solid diagnosis, because they don't want to make a false claim. It took me a long time to understand I wasn't the only one who felt this way. I felt like I was a freak, like I wasn't going to be worth anything or do anything good with my life. But knowing that someone amazing like you was able to face it made me feel like I had a chance.
Sorry about the rant I just want to say..
*Thank you Dodie for EVerything you do for us. Thank you for giving us hope. Thank you for being you, because even on your darkest days you're still a ray of sunshine. *
Hang in there.
hang in there.
I'm glad Dodies music can make you happy after all that you're going through 💛
Hang in there!!
In tears; wish you all the best!
As somebody who has Aspergers I literally started crying listening to this.
I struggle with social cues, I don't understand jokes, I misinterpret sarcasm as criticism and begin to apologise, I don't understand instructions and phrases unless you are straight to the point.
I struggle with education because of the way my brain is wired, which always confuses people because of my advanced vocabulary and my understanding of complicated systems. My parents have always described me as bright and I feel I'm letting them down with the way my brain works.
I feel the same, I always confuse frustration/anger with concentration :D it is strange having a differently wired brain hey?
@@isabelahart9377 sometimes it's just hard to exist outside of the social norms. Because I don't learn the same way other people do I'm left behind by the school system. It certainly is strange.
Hugs💙🌱
@@feralwizard very late reply, but I do sometimes feel like an alien because everyone else feels far away? Not quite here, not sure how to describe it but just I know I’m different and I learn differently as you said as well :)
@@isabelahart9377 yeah I get it and I feel like that a lot to. it's hard but we're all trying our best. maybe we'll get it someday.
i don't usually comment but i feel compelled to today-
i've been watching your videos since i was 14 (i'm now 19) and i feel like i've grown up alongside you. watching a video of yours (whether old or new) always feels like coming home... like a cozy blanket and a big cup of tea. your music is so unique and i feel it so so deeply. i wish i had the words to explain it right lol but you constantly amaze me with your originality and the mix of your harmonies & poignant lyrics. it never fails to hits me right in the heart!
in some ways i think of you as a friend. i struggle with social anxiety and dissociation and hearing you discuss topics such as these makes me feel less alone. thank you for everything. you have no idea how excited i am for your coming projects
god i have the same story. been listening since i was 13, now 16. been so in love with dodie and she showed me who i am. i have met so many friends though her music, at concerts and online. dodie helped me come into my own.
strangely dodie helped me come out literally as well 😳
This feels like if Eleanor Rigby was a fast-paced jam. Loving it!
My thoughts exactly! so so beautiful
Almost immediately got Eleanor Rigby vibes in the best possible way.
Been scrolling the comments for someone to say this 😂
Thank you! I got Eleanor Rigby vibes in the very first verse and glad I'm not the only one!
OH you're right!! Interesting
I honestly thought the paint was an aesthetic color palette in the thumbnail but it's actually in the video lmaoooo
Me *is ready to cry and intensely feel a new dodie song*
*seemingly cheery chords start to play*
Me: wait a damn minute
“i’m buzzing from the nerves of finishing a good take” I FELT THAT SO HARD
The beggining seems like Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles.
It's 100% inspired by because line for line it's exactly the same beat
my immediate thought as well!
Heard Dodie's song. Enjoyed it. Went to pee. Started singing "Eleanor Rigby". Came back here. Read your comment. 😜
i was really, really about to write that lol, the entire song has a beatles-y vibe to it... she absolutely has been listening to them during the lockdown period haha
I was just thinking I heard this rhythm somewhere before xD.
dpdr, adhd, social anxiety, feeling like an alien, why do i not function like all of you? will i ever? feeling like an alien faking being human right now, and always..
dodie really has that rare gift of always putting into words those feelings I just can’t describe on my own!! aaaaaaaaaAaa
As a person on the spectrum, this song is pretty relatable
I was thinking the same thing! Its such a beautiful song
Same
yes same! this is the new autistic anthem
Same
Oh me too!
This describes my constant struggle and experience with my autism so well, thank you Dodie
Ah, imposter syndrome: the song! The summer anthem for postdocs had turned up in, ehm, September.
"Holding hands like it’s planned, how do they know what they mean" THIS this is exactly how I've been feeling ALL month trying to fit in and figure out how everyone around me seems to have some automatic connection with each other while I'm just over here being awkward haha
Liking before watching, I’ll be well surprised if this isn’t good.
Edit: it was unsurprisingly, brilliant. We don’t deserve you Dodie.
This kinda feels like my experience with autism and making friends the words fit so right oh I wish I could get the code 😅 always felt like an alien...glad others feel like an alien too ❤️ nice to not feel alone :) oh also may I add to anyone who supports autistic people don’t listen to autism speaks go red instead!! Fuck the blue puzzle piece!
Yes!!! Me too!!
I was going to say this too. I'm nerotypical (as far as i know), but this sounds so much like the ways ive heard people describe socializing with autism.
yes this!
was gonna say this toooooo
I was gonna say this too aha
I never quite understood the feeling I would have when listening to your music, but I think I do now. It’s that deep ache that tugs at my soul, the kind of ache that fits how my mind feels no matter the moment, where I can feel on top of the world or like crying deep into the night. but I feel as though that is the very way to describe Dodie herself, a person we’ve gotten to watch grow in so many ways.
i really relate to this song. it's so beautifully worded and it says all the things i experience everyday. i'm autistic and i have to work really hard calculating in my head a good response to things. and i find it hard to talk to people i want to be friends with but i don't want them to think i don't like them if i'm quiet. really good song.
I'm in class rn but NOTHING can stop me from hearing dodie's voice
SAMEEEE and I'm the teacher 😋🌻 dodie is QUEEN!
Chelsea ArTunez 🥺
@@ChelseaArtunez teachers who listen to dodie immediately earn my respect fbsnxbxnfj
LOL ME TOO
I'm taking a test! It a realy important one at that, but NOTHING is more important than this
dodies aesthetic is so pretti- just herself with the color of her skin and lips and hair and eyes together. then her beautiful color of clothes. plus the instrument + background. then there’s her voice- which somehow fits her aesthetic and is just angelic in general aghhh
The opening lines with the descending melody sound exactly like Eleanor Rigby. So good!
That’s just what I was going to say, I knew it was a beetles song but I couldn’t work out which one. Thank you for reminding me!😂
Feeling the lyrics of a song on a deep and personal level is the mood to anytime I listen to something dodie has written.
How can a song, a verse, a chorus resonate with so many people in such a meaningful and intimate way.
Weird to think that feeling misunderstood, weird, out of place and even lonely is what's actually bringing us together, united and accepted.
Love you Dodie from France x
"Weird to think that feeling misunderstood, weird, out of place and even lonely is what's actually bringing us together, united and accepted."
Beautifully put :)
@@mayahand2294 Aw thank you. Have a blessed day
As someone who is figuring out their gender identity this is very relatable. Gender is a performance which I am simultaneously failing and succeeding at.
OK BUT I FELT THAT-
I've not even listened to the whole thing and this is already one of my favourite Dodie songs
THE VIBES ARE IMMACULATE DODIE YES
I’m a simple man. I see a new dodie song, i click
😭I was loving the song and feeling a lot of differnet ways, but once I went down the comments to post about having ADHD+anxiety and relating, and saw all of the comments from people like me... then the tears started to fall 😪It's so good to know you're not alone! I don't realize sometimes that I really struggle with social cues, obviously I realize it while it's happening but I tend to just blame myself and say I'm screwing up. This song helped me realize that it's my ADHD, my anxiety and my depression that cause this to happen, and I shouldn't beat myself or blame myself for struggling to relate to people and make new friends. It's not my fault, I'm not alone... and maybe it can get better. Love you all and thank you for sharing your stories! Dodie, same to you - thank you for sharing your experience through this song.
it isn't your fault! you're amazing.
This song is so relatable. With my derealization lately and feeling so spaced out, it's hard to feel like I fit into any setting. My favorite line has always been "I chew over a word, but it's wrong, no I'm fine, what's the time? I think I'm done with this game." It flows so nicely and if you've ever accidentally said something about your secret problems around others and immediately regretted it or just felt off in a social setting in general, this line is relatable.
Ironically, I believe that EVERYONE belongs; they just need to find their proper place in the world. Furthermore, the only one who knows their proper place in the world is YOU~
her voice is so soothing i could listen to it all day :0
Dodie is truly the most underrated artist ever and deserves so much!!!
I love this song!
I have struggled with being social since I was little. I don't have any diagnosis to explain why I act how I do, but it's taken me this long to understand I don't need one. I can be socially awkward because that's just who I am, and that's okay.
This tone of this song gives off the same attitude of "Yep, I've got no clue how any of this works, but I'm dealing with it, even if I get down and insecure about it too."
It's just a hopeful little song of solidarity, and it makes me feel very happy. Powerful song Dodie, very powerful.
Sometimes I get so caught up in how good Dodie's voice is, I forget that she wrote, arranged, and plays live uke on all of these.
When you're having a bad day then dodie uploads
me: happily enjoying her new song
me in the end of this video: SOON?!? but WHEN? WAIT?!? how longgg
I think she was going to drop something big just before the pandemic hit (probably a bunch of songs worth taking on tour). Not sure if she decided to wait until it calmed down or what, but I'm looking forward to whatever it is!
I think she will drop her first full album. Fingers crossed!
I want to believe it's a full length album ^_^
"things are coming so soon" DODIE I NEED ANSWERS
this song describes something in me that i’ve never been able to put my finger on. it’s like the feeling that you have so many acquaintances, but nobody knows you well enough to actually be your close friend, and you only call them a friend to seem kind so it’s not awkward. it’s the feeling like you don’t completely fit in anywhere and it’s almost like you’re your own little genre of person but instead of feeling unique, you just feel confusing and lost.
I have been a huge fan of dodie since I found paint back in like 2015/2016. I was a kid and her music shaped me into the person I am now I wouldn't want another artist to have done that. I love her music and even though some of the songs have silly topics, it still hits that spot of nostalgia and loneliness in my head that brings me back to her music and content every time. Thank you.
I was litteraly just listening to loads of dodie songs in a row now i have one to add :)
The HUMMING HARMONIES feel like being hugged by the music EVERY TIME
this sounds like eleanor rigby to me a bit at the beginning??
ooh i know what you mean! there's definitely something similar there
It's the fast, low, rhythmic british singing with guitar lol
I was thinking the exAct same thing!!!
Yeees i thought the same
YES
this could be about social awkwardness or being an alien and i don’t know how to feel about that
4:10 AHHHHH! Now we know what "things" were coming soon! Ahh! I'm so excited for Build A Problem!!!
Am I blasting this in the middle on my zoom class? Yes. But of course I am muted. LOVE YOU DODIE❤❤❤❤
I've been feeling like I have imposter syndrome, but just with like-- life. Like I'm faking every interaction and everyone is gonna one day realize I don't actually mean what I say or care about anyone because I don't know how.
You're so beautiful dodie. Your voice is equally as stunning. I love you and you've helped me through everything. Your lyrics always mean so much to me. The bittersweet in most of your songs is what I love in music. Thank you for being so amazing and sorry for the silly rant
your username has me crying 😂😂😂
@@hanniji_ysa Ah, thank you ^^
Oh... ok "In goes the drink and the fire and out comes the doubt and the stutter and shame" is painfully wonderful.
Me: God I seriously need a serotonin boost today
*dodie uploads*
Me: wait not that much happiness -
*it's an original song*
Me: OHHH MY GOD SOO MUCH SEROTONIN
TRUEEEE she’s better than meds!! (All jokes pls take your meds if u have dem)
Me & my autism felt this
Same.
This is such a good description of the social issues that come with ASD, especially if you're pretty good at masking.
From feeling like you're missing the code, to the point that your brain just doesn't find the words to speak because you're just overwhelmed by something.
exactly what i was thinking
Same, this is exactly how it feels to try and talk to people while I'm super spaced out
Same!
me too
Is it just me or have dodies songs been feeling a little more... wordy? Like lately it feels like she’s been playing with syllables, and this song especially is like bouncing from word to word, a little rushed and panicked but also trying to keep it cool. Absolutely stunning dodie! Definitely not a 6/10 💝
Just when I had nothing else to watch on TH-cam, a Dodie notification comes to the rescue 👌
4 minutes and 26 seconds later and you are back where you started
i hear that the abba influence is deeply ingrained in your brain, in this song particularly, i can't explain why but it just has something abbaish about it, maybe the rhyme scheme and all the ps and ts nd ks and it just reminds me of "if it wasn't for the nights" even though they don't have anything in common on the surface (oh god i think this comment makes sense only in my train of thought)
This song made me cry but in a good way . I often get anxiety and imposter syndrome. I also dyspraxia and often feel I missing something or a big secret other where told as kids as to how to be . Such amazing song ❤️
dodie has written a song that perfectly encapsulates my autistic experience! I feel so seen :)
Dodie Clark literally breathes magic into our world making it better with each song!
No one:
My head: hey dodie whatcha doin in here, readin my thoughts?
my awkward adhd ass felt this, luckily I've found at least one good friend who is as awkward as I am and we get along amazingly
this song literally jives so hard I’m shaking I need to just like dance to this so bad and the chords MMMH YUM every little note is so purposeful and ethereal together oh my gosh ty for the cool song
here while it still says “no views.” this is a masterpiece :’)
Even without the music, the lyrics work so well. I think this is something people can relate too in one way or another, at some point in their life. It’s beautiful.
3:38 “rrrRaah Rrah, I aM HERCULES MULLIGAN"
sorry i'm hamiltrash lol but beautiful song dodie :)
fave comment😄
oh god you started me off now I have to do the entire rest of the soundtrack
@@morgrugyn Up in it, lovin it, yes I heard ya mother said _come again
_ ;)
@@hopejohnson8057 AY LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS AND HORSES OF COURSE ITS HARD TO HAVE INTERCOURSE OVER FOUR SETS OF CORSETS
@@morgrugyn No more sex, pOuR mE AnOtHeR bReW, SON
Let's rAise a couple more TO THE REVOLUTION
You don't even have to be all the way introverted or otherwise struggling with social interaction to get what's being said here. You don't have to always feel all of it to appreciate it, and to be reminded to look closer for signs of discomfort in other people and try to be there in a way that helps, how nice. What an amazing public service and also really incredible catchy song, you might have helped a lot of people here, thanks!
I love how I needed a song like this with how shitty I'd been feeling the past week and here comes Dodie with a song about feeling like you don't belong.
She's obviously a witch with mind reading powers
I'm autistic and have ADHD and can I say how much this resonates with me 😅😅
I love seeing all the neurodiverse people in the comments! Personally, I'm just awkward, but you have my energy!
This might be wrong, but this sounds like a process of learning you're asexual. Not Dodie's, just someone's. Listen to it closely, maybe you'll hear it too :)
I think it can apply to anyone feeling out of place or like they're faking something to fit it. A very relatable feeling indeed.
Me faking my straightness:
@@whateverworksmate.721 True!! Asexuality was all I could think of at the time though, oof
@@spacecyaaatttsss3832 all good, that's a valid take!
I'm Ace!!! And I never looked at it that way. That's so cool to me~
@@SeerOfTime577 Awesome!! Just know you're valid and you do fit in. Your sexuality doesn't change who you are and you're a wonderful human being. Thanks for dropping by with some positive vibes :)) Have a great day!!
The fact that she didn't sit infront of the spots on the wall to cover them, makes me wonder what she covered instead lol
The song is beautiful ily dodie
she’s probably testing paint colors
I love everything about this. The Bb minor chord, the way all the background voices slip in and out so the first really obvious entrance enhances the high point of the song, just all the little details in both the songwriting and the arrangement.
one of the things I admire most about you is that you have never settled into any version of yourself. you're shaping and shifting and evolving and it is so evident in your songwriting. thank you for being honest about your uncertainties, your listeners appreciate your honest music.
3:38 “rrrRaah Rrah” is me practicing a rolling r for italian and FINALLY GETTING IT
teach me pls i wanna imitate a motorcycle
Andie Pascua ok so first watch a Bunch of youtube videos, try the tongue exercises and see if they work for you, and then practice like at least three words with the rolling r Every Damn Day. And then if you’re me and you’ve paused on the learning italian part but wanna keep the rolling r if you ever get back to it, add a rolling r to literally every word that has an r in it i.e. “corrrrect” people’s names, etc.
I literally cannot express in words how much I like this.
Why Is every Song of hers-EXACTLY what im feeling in the Moment easkdiebdi
so true
Mannnnn that harmony! also a lot of dodie's tunes recently seem to be set in these abstract semi-fictional universes, all feel a lot like being lost, unsure, yet excited, its a unique feeling.
This song is wonderful and I love the aesthetic. It's like a vision of the old days, just in a new light. You used to sit in front of a wall and playing your music, back when you were just a person with ambition. Love this.
and the dilemma over whether to paint the living room coffee, oatmeal or biscuit
all of my choir: aa-AAAA-aaaa
dodie: *sings all of the perfect harmonies alone*
me and the choir: 👁👄👁
love your harmonies to the moon and back, Dodie!
So I came out to my friends with “she” and it’s still my favorite song you’ve helped me through a lot and it’s amazing how beautiful your voice is, I’m 12 years old but I’ve listen to all your songs 💝
The way your music has evolved over the past two years or so has been so incredible! Every new song you put out becomes a favorite. The chord progressions are so complex and unique and even the way you write lyrics now has matured and I’m so excited for what comes next!
This is also relatable as someone who does not do drugs but occasionally goes to a party. Or has social anxiety and always feels different and so fully aware of my presence that I can never be myself :)
it's so wierd . i didn't get it till now but when people say "your music saved me" i was thinking that they are overreacting. but apperantly that was a thing and it is wierd. like your music is so positive it makes me happy and life gets shinier and i'm so thankful that i found your music oof so many emotions :") im gonna go by luv u ❤
Getting some lovely little Eleanor Rigby vibes at times here. This is lovely, dodie.
Omg I’m already in love this song.
I love how while the whole song is about it, the actual words "I don't quite belong" are so fast and quickly covered by the long "oohs" like it's an admission that she's trying to distract from immediately...so beautiful and relatable
wow i-
this song is so beautiful. i’ve been listening to your music since absolutely smitten and just wow. they just keep getting beautiful-er and every time i think ok it can’t possibly get better than this and every time i’m so wrong and i just think that’s crazy❤️❤️