I keep thinking that ‘funny feeling’ is mechanically like ‘white women’s Instagram’ in how it’s just listing things, with the chorus tying it all together conceptually, and then a personal element to it And then I think about what that could mean. It may not have been intentional, but I do like thinking that ‘funny feeling’ is both meaningful and also superficial in the same way that he portrays the characters of white women Instagram (the woman and the judgemental audience)
the interlude in between is what got me. seeing Bo try to rationalize to both himself and the audience before ultimately giving up due to frustration because the words just aren’t there, then storming out of frame leading into the intro to All Eyes On Me where he admits to himself that he is not well, before breaking down. that hurt.
the whole rest of the special starting with funny feeling is so powerful. goodbye following all eyes on me with the medley at the end and the heavy effects just hit so right for me, especially after the end of all eyes on me.
More than the special itself, I've just loved watching Bo's evolution. Watching "Inside" then watching "what." or even "Make Happy" it's so clear how much he has matured not just as a performer and creative, but as a person. The nihilistic humour is still there, but he's replaced the bitter cynicism with a much more objective, mellower lens, and I love that.
Not to mention Eighth Grade which is an excellent film. That clearly helped him form his directing style which is so prevalent in Inside. I can't wait for him to make another movie.
@@nikolovesfood Yup... I wish I had found out "What." before "Make Happy". "What." has some really good bits but doesn't really have a structuring Idea. Make happy still has the discreet bits but has much more overt recurring themes. Inside is all about thematic coherency, with the time progression that serves a s a through line and is really a step up in almost every regard.
@@maximeteppe7627 literally my thoughts rn as I watch this certain older show that are inspired a lot of new ones but the newer ones did it way better so it feels icky and boring watching the inspiration after being wowed by its successors.
I found it hopeful at the end actually. Because of 2 scenes. 1) Bo watching "It's Bo Yo" on tv. This song is like.. 14 years old. Dated poorly in terms of some jokes. Which he addressed. I think it might be slightly embarrassing, maybe even painful for him. It's also him as a TH-camr originally. Alone in his room, making stuff, recording himself, having fun. It's the start. What caused him to be famous. Maybe what caused his mental illness and distress. But... 2) Bo watching "Inside" at the end. He smirks. Maybe smiles? I read it as a satisfied grin. He likes doing this. He still finds value and joy in his art, his talent, his craft. I think he's proud of what he can make now. To me, Inside is not just a recknoning of his year spent in lockdown. But a retrospective in his over-a-decade career and also a re-entry into that career. He's been here. He was here. He's coming back.
His old stuff, while it's maybe dated is still impressive as fuck though. He was writing brilliant rhymes at 16. But you can see how he's matured, his style has shifted from edgy wordplay to solemn satire
I think it’s also kind of emblematic of a transitional point for him. You go back to especially his older love shows. The songs are always witty and point out the absurdities of life, but it’s only really the last song or so that gets really raw and open and emotionally vulnerable about his role as a creative and an artist. I think being the “singer who makes comedy songs” was kinda getting to him, thus why he chose to step away and calcify himself as a serious artist by working on other things. That scene in particular struck me very similarly to OPs reaction, but there was also something more... satisfied. Like he’d come back to this, he’d struggled and stressed over it and so much more, and he ended up finding this knife’s edge balance between humorous and vulnerable and honest and witty and artistic. Something he’s been looking for for years, in a medium he loves. Inside is fantastic, and I’m so happy Bo’s getting recognized for this
so about the smirk thing....there's specifically a scene in Inside Outtakes which he posted on TH-cam in which he shows he just smiled for the camera and goes back to normal. Basically, he did it just for the shot while we thought it was real
There’s one transition that really stuck out to me as a very creative visual trick. In his bit about being a streamer playing the game that is his life, he thanks someone for donating money and turns his camera off because a “cutscene” is happening. Which is something a lot of streamers do so everybody can enjoy the story of whatever game they are playing. But in burnhams case him turning off the camera is also transitioning into the next bit without having to make any cuts or distract the viewer. I thought that was extremely clever.
For like 10 min. after that scene ended, I kept waiting for 'Streamer' Bo to pop his camera back on and make some snarky observation about how weird the game got.
@@SupahCola there’s actually another part of the special where “streamer bo” randomly pops in the corner which some ppl think was an accident but it could definitely be intentional
the line between "stand up comedy special" and "introspective performance art" has been a blurry line for a long time. Look at a comedy legend like George Carlin, the older he got, the more introspective his specials became, to the point that near the end his specials were closer to an hour of social commentary than an hour of comedy, but his later stuff is what he's most known for. I love it, personally
It’s a visual album, to me, this and his Make Happy are artistic fusion masterpieces. It is so engaging and thought-provoking and it’s music but is missing something without the transitory scenes.
I don’t think “Inside” was supposed to be easy to watch. As Anthony said, that’s kind of the point. Being isolated wasn’t easy, so watching someone else go through that shouldn’t be easy either. The irony of this special is that in displaying his loneliness for all to see, he made a lot of people (myself included) feel not alone.
So far, this special has been the only piece of art or media to come out of the pandemic about the pandemic that truly hit me right in my soul. I hope it’ll be looked back on quintessentially for this time in our culture for years to come.
@@XanderHarris1023 You dont have to go that far, it's a great piece of art and a damn good glimpse into the mind of a depressed anxious isolated man, but historians are going to be studying governmental responses, the public outcry, maskers vs anti-maskers, not a damn special that came out during the pandemic. Y'all put Bo on such a high pedestal
@@brandonmacdonald520 Well no shit. I think that this will be interesting in the long run, as an artistic interpretation of the effects that quarantine could have had on the mind and someone’s emotional state. Or not, who knows? Im not a fortune teller
@@unwritten_zephyr I agree with you wholeheartedly, it is a fantastic glimpse into the isolation and maddening nature of lockdown, I was disagreeing with the other guy
to be honest, the pandemic isn't the theme of the special, it's a part of the topics it cover, but the theme is the relationship between mental health, late capitalism and social media.
i fucking cried during the scene where he knocked over the light towards the end... 2020 was the worst year of my life. i got a divorce, i worked 6 days a week through the whole pandemic doing a job i hated, i was distant from my band, my family, my friends, dealing with the worst financial struggles i'd ever been through. i had anxiety attacks frequently and my then wife had been unemployed for most of the preceding year so when the pandemic kicked off i was at a major level of stress already. Bo Burnham has really made an impact on me, and this special was very relatable. i loved it and i will listen to "welcome to the internet" probably 100 more times lol.
Healing the world with comedy… making a literal difference, metaphorically. I can’t say my 2020 was as bad as your’s was, but I also know that to a degree, that’s not really the point. Everything hit an ATL last year and I don’t think we’ve fully recovered yet. But for some reason, this mirror Bo has held in front us… it helps. Here’s to trying to laugh like Bo in WTTI about a thousand more times while wishing we didn’t live in this hellscape of late stage capitalism.
@@Matthew-be9zy new jobs, new apartment, i see my bandmates at least 2 times a week now, im still working 6 days a week, and sometimes it definitely all still feels very raw, but i think that i'm doing much better than i was! thanks for being supportive!
People talk a lot about "All Eyes On Me" being their breaking point due to how emotional the performance was, but I keep coming back to "That Funny Feeling" because there's something so profoundly haunting about how he tackles that song. The acoustic guitar with the dead look in his eyes as he lists all those micro absurdities that culminate in an overwhelming sense of apocalyptic dread at the end of each verse is just incredibly terrifying. "The whole world at your fingertips, the ocean at your door. The live-action Lion King, the Pepsi Halftime Show. Twenty-thousand years of this, seven more to go. Carpool Karaoke, Steve Aoki, Logan Paul. A gift shop at the gun range, a mass shooting at the mall." "Total disassociation, fully out your mind. Googling 'derealization', hating what you find. That unapparent summer air in early fall, the quiet comprehending of the ending of it all" I cried at this song, full on bawled. It perfectly illustrates my despair in regards to where the world is going and how utterly powerless I feel watching this unfold. This song is peak millenial doomerism, it encapsulates everything my generation has been trying to avoid through denial and brings back to a recurring theme in the special, which is "should we be joking about this ?" It sets the tone for the end of the special, where all the neuroticism and alienation explored prior to that moment culminates in complete abandonment. "That Funny Feeling" is akin to that moment when you have depression where you start seriously considering suicide because what's the fucking point anymore. Such a heartbreaking moment portrayed brilliantly, it's like asking your friend how he's feeling and they just look up at you with pockets under their eyes and a weak smile as they say "Well, I'm not dead yet, so there's that". In many respects, Inside is very reminiscent of Father John Misty's Pure Comedy, but with actual jokes while being just as depressing and "That Funny Feeling" is the most "Pure Comedy"-esque song in the entire project.
For me, it was the combination of both songs that really hit so hard. That Funny Feeling came across as the logical part of his mind trying, and failing, to make sense of the world around him. Looking at his dissociation and isolation objectively through the things he's seeing and not relating to, which is something I've done before. And calling it "that funny feeling" felt to me like he was hinting at something that he was afraid to fully tap into because of what he might find, like fighting off an anxiety attack when you have real reasons to be anxious. Then it switches to All Eyes On Me, and it's like he's finally given in. He's not thinking objectively now, he's not even making a lot of sense. It's very emotional, self-indulgent, self-pitying, and chaotic. He tells you the reason to feel sorry for him, and inflates his own problems and emotions to be larger than the fact that "the ocean's rising" or the idea that "the world's ending". He doesn't care about any of that, he can't care about any of that, because the weight of it all has made him only able to ask us to pray for him, to keep our eyes on him, and to try to claw back some sense of safety. I listened to All Eyes On Me first before viewing the special, and it hit WAY harder after the primer of That Funny Feeling before it, and with the ending scenes after it. I think they're two of the most powerful songs together that I've heard in a while, much more so than they are on their own.
I'm surprised you found it depressing that someone else has been feeling the same way as you over the past year or so. That was super comforting for me, and it made me enjoy the special that much more because of it.
I think it was more like a terrible reminder that things have been horrible when maybe you still need time to process it. Like I really loved Inside but it also made me want to kill myself afterward because it just returned me to some bad spiraling thoughts that I was starting to move on from
i know a lot of people that felt very uncomfortable and uneasy watching Inside, and honestly i'm glad to see that. more people need to experience media that isn't there just for comfort. Nothing wrong with wanting to watch movies or play games that make you happy, but it's good to sometimes jump into something that takes the wind off your sails and makes you question the things around you
To me, "Inside" is exactly a comfort-placebo for people who constantly attribute the problems they face to society and their brain chemistry rather than to their own character flaws.
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I really enjoyed pausing the special to read all of the things he had written on the whiteboard and his notebook. my favorite part was where he was pretending to be a twitch streamer playing his own situation inside that room like a video game. it really hit home, because i also cry 4 times a day and do 1 other task.
“Facetiming with my mom” has consistently made me teary eyed and emotional every time ive heard. Ive been an expat for about 4-5 years and it just hit so much of the Loving emotions and funny frustrations ive been dealing with for the past years communicating with my family. God Damn thr special is so good
I gotta say, I almost never see such universal praise for anything on the internet like I've seen for Inside. Bo really hit on something special and I feel like even if it's not for some people, they still kinda respect it?
My sister always said he was annoying, her bf loves him though. I convinced her to watch it and after the first twoish songs, she started to open up. Now she really likes him.
@@1324Potato He has a great voice and is basically a textbook virtuoso overall artistically. Not just singing but the songwriting itself, self production, playing instruments, setting up lightshows, completely handling all of it himself. If you don't see the talent in all of this then you must not have ever pursued anything creative.
@@kidamnesiak1 some people just don’t like some people. a part of it is jealousy, but it could also be other things. i personally love him, but i can definitely see how some can see him as annoying, regardless of his talents.
@@kidamnesiak1 i never said he wasn't talented, i just don't like his style or his voice. Also i really didn't like how pretentious and self important inside was
I think it missed the point of the scene. I don’t think Bo knew he would need to hear himself say those things when first recorded it. Special was powerful. Demands to be rewatched
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I don't care what anybody else says, I've thought Bo has been fantastic ever since the old youtube video days and with each special/show he puts out he gets better and better. I genuinely think he's a very special person and I'd put him in the genius category, personally. Such a unique and flavorful change of pace each time he does something new and he clearly puts his heart into everything he does.
I agree, I always wrote him off as corny until 'Make Happy' came out. Then I had a new found respect for the older stuff and it 'clicked' He is a once in a generation special kind of talent imo.
Didn't hit me until recently, despite being a fan since literally the Bo Yo era. but I 100% agree with this sentiment now. He's a very special person. One of those ones that come along like once every 20 years or something
Yesss so true, I've never /legitimately/ thought of throwing someone in the genius category as quickly as Bo, or other than Bo really. With everything he does I truly have no words, just amazing. He's a real artist.
I feel like everyone was either triggered by the special or found catharsis in it. Where you are in processing the trauma of the last year heavily influences your emotional response to it. For me, it was a little too soon. I liked it and some parts really worked for me, but I think other parts hit a little too close to home to be enjoyable right now. Still brilliant though. It will be really interesting to re-watch this in 6 months to a year, because I think it will really hit me differently.
Yep that’s the same thing I noticed. The people I talk to are either like “that was good but it was depressing and I couldn’t watch it again” or they have already watched it multiple times and listen to the songs all the time lol. I’m in the latter group.
The past year was NOTHING in comparison to traumas I’ve already suffered from long before Corona, I’m shocked that so many people pity themselves over having to be temporarily quarantined.
For me it was like therapy, it was just really amazing to hear someone I look up to talking about the issues I've been dealing with. It dug it back up but it made me feel less bad in the long run
There's a version on youtube where it's transformed back to sounding like his original voice instead of being pitched down. The part where he is screaming at you, "I'M TALKING TO YOU GET THE FUCK UP" hits so much different in his real voice
I can imagine it probably feels a little trapping being that all of your work life and media life is recorded and almost "lives" inside of those one or two rooms in your house that you film and edit in. I'd imagine seeing Bo in a similar situation probably wasn't very uplifting but a little too real. Here's to you Anthony, take a break if you need, your health and wellbeing is more important to us than the videos. Cheers 💛
The special is probably the best thing to come out of the year as a result to how awful 2020 was. We needed this and have something to show the effects of isolation and feeling the existential crisis
Bo Burnham did something very special here. He captures certain feelings and emotions that a lot artists don't even touch, let alone nail, which is what he did. He absolutely nailed it. He nails the anxiety, hopelessness, and existential dread that the younger generation is facing. He tackles dissociation and derealization caused by modern technology, which is something that resonated a lot with me. Obviously I don't know for sure because because this era of humanity isn't quite over, but I think Inside will be remembered as one of the best Covid-era pieces of art.
Bo. "Maybe letting billion dollar media companies exploit our child's neuro chemicals for profit was a bad call." Also bo: "Here comes the content, Daddy made you your favorite open wide" Hypocrit: Makes comedy tragedy, since it is certainly not a "special" for Netflix the only theme in mind being that the world has ended so there really isn't any reason to not kill yourself. Fans: worship him as a genius, visionary or some sort of martyr insisting Inside be forever enshrined as the last beautiful work of art humans created. Me: ok so you're a special kind of white guy, I got that... and u want to be an agent of change And your answer is for every white guy on earth to shut tf up for the next 400 yrs ...
@@izzy_ondomink it's hypocritical to blame entertainment media like Netflix or his main platform TH-cam for causing damage to it's youthful users, with conditions like (de-realization) dissociative disorders and short attention spans when he clearly contributes and profits from the system which he's saying is responsible for poisoning human minds of today.
@@sagitariusjefferspin7079 I get that, but I think the the constant hypocrisy and irony coupled with the admission and denial of both, make the show even more special. I'm not saying that I think Bo is a genius for making Inside, but I DO think he's made something much bigger than himself.
knowing bo's stuff, even the disheveled moments were probably perfectionist-ly crafted to so perfectly depict what he wanted you to see. the man is an artist in every sense of the word imo.
I understand the depressing undertones throughout, but was I the only one that found the movie still mostly funny? Maybe for me it is because, as more of an introvert who works alone at home, the pandemic has not ruined, or affected in any significant way, my lifestyle. Still found it relatable though, but that is just a testament of Bo's reach. And contemplative too, just not depressing.
I have a slurry of mental health issues but my wife is much more stable and she found it mostly funny. She is the same and very introverted. Some scenes just don't hit the same if you don't relate though. The scene where Bo was joking about suicide and it was projected onto his chest my wife was laughing behind meanwhile I was sobbing quietly because I knew in that moment Bo was experiencing suicidal thoughts and attempting to cope with his own humor and it wasn't working.
When you start using humor as a coping mechanism for your declining mental health, your sense of humor becomes very skewed and what you find funny often isn't for others. I found the special hilarious in the same way that me getting denied help at a suicide hotline was hilarious. The kind of funny where you just laugh because, if you don't, you'll sob yourself to sleep. That's how the special resonated with me, it was exactly my brand of humor, it spoke to me in such a real and raw way that I didn't even think about how depressing it all was. To me, that was just the comedy of life in all its tragedy.
I like to think his goal is showing that real life is both tragic and very funny depending on how you're viewing it, and then showing you both views at once so that both are equally true. I found it very funny in parts, not despite the fact it was depressing, but because it is. Like it's almost comical how hopeless you are as an artist making content in your room while capitalism breathes down your neck
I loved the pandemic - I'm also an introvert so staying inside was actually really great for me. Nevertheless, I still found Inside kind of sad, but not in the way where it made me depressed: I just watched the depressive aspects grow and grow throughout the special to the point where I wasn't feeling the humor as much, and I was invested and interested in the emotions, but not very sad myself. I think " contemplative" is the best word, actually - it was fascinating analyzing all the complex emotion that the special contained, and the meaning behind different moments in the special, especially the ending - but I wasn't personally empathizing with all of the emotions, or at least not fully.
when you said that you needed to take a breather from the special… man, i feel that a whole lot. i’ve seen people mention that they’ve already watched the special like 8 times, but for me it was really hard to watch again for the second or third time. i loved ‘inside’ a lot, watching it just made me feel heavier than i already do
this special made me reflect on the 'performance' of everyday life. bo's been talking about the fakeness/performativity of the comic persona since Art is Dead, but Inside seemed to be more about the need to perform even without a visible audience - bo speaks and sings with the knowledge he is being watched, but without the reward of an audience and laughter. Even his moments of honesty (all-time low, various mental health bits) are performed - and you never know entirely who you are seeing: Bo the comic or bo the man. us living life, as long as we are observed, is in a way a performance to an audience. Scary and interesting stuff
All eyes on me really took me to a place emotionally that I had a lot of trouble getting out of, and really everything after that was a continual belch of emotions that have been lying dormant in me for however long. The manifestation of the need for attention, the despair, and the uneasy feeling that it leaves with is so indicative of how I think a lot of us haven't taken the time yet to really think through.
i almost cried when i read this comment. this is almost verbatim how i would describe my feelings about this song. i don’t even want to try to question why i’m having a meltdown while listening to this song, i’m just gonna let it happen. and what’s worse is that it’ll get it stuck in my head and i just need to turn in back on, even if i know it’ll be another wave smacking me in the face, just as i’ve come up for air.
@@laureny5982 Yup, you got it. I think the beautiful part of it is that we all might feel slightly differently when hearing this/these songs, but really in the end it's a shared experience. A lot of us just had these feelings somewhere, and now even though we're feeling alone, we're all doing it together.
seriously. that song is so powerful, especially the end. I've seen some takes I don't like about the line "you say the ocean's rising, like I give a shit" and the rest of the song that make them about climate doomerism, but I see them as being so depressed that you don't care that the world is literally ending because it doesn't matter to you. "got it? good, now get inside". like gosh it just hits so hard, I teared up when I first heard that in the special.
I feel that Inside is Bo's best work by far. I'd go as far to say it is pure genius. I've watched it 4 times now and listened to the songs separately on Spotify a ton. It truly is a perfect period piece.
It is absolutely his best work. The fact it took me a few watches/listens to realize that just supports that idea. His previous two specials were very good too, but this is an entirely different thing and stands alone as a piece of art.
It is a masterpiece. The pure talent he had on display by doing it all himself is extraordinary. Nevermind the fact that the music ranges from catchy as fuck to absolute S-tier bangers that capture about a billion emotions at once. If people complain that it’s not as funny as his other specials, while that’s true, they have missed the point.
It isnt a masterpiece but it is a good movie. The problem is that in my opinion isnt that funny and the movie only gets good almost at the end. And S-tier emocional incredible songs? Lmao, they are very simple and straight forward. There a lot of songs that are more emocional, Inside is emocional but the songs arent.
Jesus Christ, it’s official. You guys have lost all credibility, I’m done. This is basically Reddit: The Musical and it’s actual garbage, especially in regards to songwriting
“that funny feeling” i thought was a song that started out like saying really abstract and obscure things and then it just went crashing down emotionally. i have had so many experiences where i’ve looked myself in the eyes and genuinely said “who are you?” because i didnt feel like myself. knowing the things that are happening in the world is absolutely terrifying and seeing things happen so quickly can make you think “how is this shit real this is terrifying” and just make you go into a spiral of derealization. it’s not really talked a lot, and it’s terrifying
I honestly felt super inspired after watching ‘inside’. It’s definitely depressing but it kind of… I guess, reminded me that we are ALL going through this. It just made me want to make something lol
I totally agree. It hit me in such a way that made me feel like he was saying things I thought in ways I couldn't articulate. It made me want to get off social media and try to enjoy life now that we can start to go outside again
I completely agree, I’ve rewatched and relistened to Bo’s discography, specials and youtube videos consistently my whole life and although I unsurprisingly really loved this special I was recently wondering why I haven’t rewatched it yet and it’s because it made me feel like I was in lockdown all over again and I need time to get over this passed year aswell before going back into it.
Bo is a creative genius that impersonates craftsmanship at its finest. It may be true that everything was somewhat raw and simplified to the minimal expression but the way he was able to project himself into every song captivated be and really made me reflect about purpose in life as a whole. Something that I also found interesting was the introspection and meta analysis Bo made about his past and his plans for the future which gave me a better understanding of his persona and feelings towards his passion, comedy.
While socko was based the song plays its role as the feeling we all got when we realized the government has money to support us but refuses to use it for that. Suddenly budget plans of past years that were gutted because of "lack of funding" felt very disingenuous. The song is not the main theme but merely a part of the craziness we all experienced this past year and while "radical" sure it was something Bo realized and looked into during the beginning of the pandemic like a lot of people did, including myself.
Also the fact hat socko represents various marginalized groups and bo represents the those that say they’re for those groups but in all actuality silence them and don’t want to address the issues these groups are speaking on.
This special had a great impact on me as well. When it came out I watched it everyday before and after work for a week, because I hadn’t processed my emotional state for about a year and watching it made my brain reckon with the turmoil my mental health has become. I’m sorry to hear you were affected similarly and I hope the special becomes an outlet for moving forward instead of bringing you back down into that place. All love
@@isviewer I could see that, but as a 20 year old man who’s friends are all obsessed with bad white comedy podcasters that shit struck a chord with me.
As a performer, I've always respected and seen Bo as a massively talented artist.. but Inside was the first of his I've ever connected with on a personal level. I've never really got the offensive stuff early on (even though people would say I would LOVE IT), and although I know Make Happy is an unbelievable achievement - I never related to Bo's state of mind, when he was dealing with depression and his own mental health. However Inside was where my pure love&respect for his work and my own life journey intersected and I felt a real, bond in a way.
That Funny Feeling perfectly captured my feelings of terror, despair and frustration watching the world slide lower into hell over the last 5 years, at this point I’m just glad it’ll all be over soon so the suffering can end.
@@itsmebeter3538 assuming trump was the main factor and not a symptom of how horrible things have gotten is a really bad take lol, it’s far more fundamental than a temporary headpiece such as him. My fears have only intensified over time, the end of his term did nothing to abate my fear and sadness at realizing how little time humanity has left. Edit: guess he didn’t like his comment after all lol
I feel like I must be in the minority of people who laughed almost continuously through the special. Even a number of the darker moments had an absurd comedy to it. "That Funny Feeling" being the most somber and least funny portion, but very affective in its emotional goal.
In some ways I found it to be the opposite of depressing. Because even though it carried a lot of dark themes, it made me feel understood with respect to a lot of the thoughts and feelings Ive had over the past year and I think that is a powerful part of art like this-to make people feel not alone in their struggle
here after the Inside Outtakes. “5 Years”, yet another banger. this project continues to inspire me in new ways over a year later. can’t recall anything else approaching that level of influence over the last few years.
"Wait, are you really joking at a time like this ?" is one of the most brilliant callback jokes in history. After all we went through, you really gonna do me like that, Bo ?
I'd recommend listening to the album he released for it. The songs are catchy and I picked up on stuff without having to get through the harder parts of it again.
It’s hard to separate the two, I know it CAN be done but honestly I’d rather not. This doesn’t make me feel better and it’s not really supposed to, at this point in time feeling ANY emotion other than this void apathy every day brings me is a reminder I’m alive, and I’m a person. Even if it doesn’t feel good, I need that emotion the special brings me
It makes perfect sense to me hearing someone say that they watched it once and needed a breather, but for me this special has provided this really strange sense of relief. There is so much frustration embedded in those 90-ish minutes, and the whole thing just resonated with me in a way that not many other projects have (and certainly not a comedy special). As far as the music, I was really taken aback by Bo with this one. I think this is really the first batch of songs I've ever heard from Bo that stand on their own as good pieces of music with strong replay value. For me, I think he's done his best vocal work to date here, and with each viewing/listen through the album, I find myself appreciating the sound of "Inside" more and more. Nods to stylistic inspirations and the way he's experimented with his vocal tone here just work really nicely for me. I'm also just a sucker for the recurring motif and full-circle writing in music. Any time someone can tell such a clear narrative story from start to finish with an album, I'm just rapt. Okay, okay, done gushing.
For some reason Inside reminded me of when Kanye released Ye. The rough edges & rawness, the mental health aspect. It had a similar feel. Especially compared to his last special, which was highly polished and produced.
I get that stark contrast for sure. I can only pray ye is doing well right now. Bo Burnham is an enigma, a truly talented individual much like Yeezy, it only makes sense for both of them to struggle so hard mentally, there’s usually a lot on someone’s mind if they’re as artistic as those men
I didn’t get any of those rough edges you’re referring to. Every shot in this special was so deliberate especially the lighting. I guarantee it was choreographed down to the second and highly polished.
@@frightenedsoul I mean him having to control the lighting mid performance is just one of the “rough edges” I’m referring too. Which I absolutely enjoyed. Compared to him being on stage and everything from the lighting to the props being manipulated by a crew it just felt more rustic and pure, but still highly choreographed and produced. So when I say rough edges I don’t mean he was fumbling around looking for the light switch, everything was very deliberate and meticulously planned down to the second. I just meant comparatively to his highly polished stage routine. I enjoyed Inside way more because of all of these things.
Welcome to the Internet is at the very top of the most brilliant lyrical commentaries I’ve ever heard. The circus-feel of the music getting more chaotic and insane ...And the maniacal laughter following “it was always the plan, to put the world in your hand..” there’s so many important little things to catch throughout this song- throughout the entire special.
When u start to look “inside” yourself it can be uncomfortable, stressful and depressing. Maybe some who are feeling uneasy by how the special makes them feel haven’t yet experienced their “inside” yet. Food for thought.
@@cheesecakelasagna I don't see why not, start with I love you honeybear or god's favorite customer pure comedy is his true masterpiece tho' melon even named it album of the year
People have always really connected to Bo. When he came out he was saying insane over the top stuff and we loved it and that generation just connected because we were growing up and really immature just like him. And now all the gen z kiddos are connecting with his depression and anxiety ridden special... because that’s what they always feel. And also his generation is connecting because 2020 has made everyone feel some of that. So yeah. Bo knows how to connect. He’s also a fantastic comic.
I’ve watched it quite a few times now and I LOVED how he morphed the melodies from other songs into video game background music, generic TH-camr music, dramatic intros to different sections, lulls between passages etc. I didn’t realize until later how strong the through line is with all these melodies
I don't know if anyone's made this comparison yet, but it really is the 'Joker' of comedy specials. It's often hard to watch, it makes you feel isolated, it's depressing, it's almost hauntingly surreal and real at the same time. It wont appeal to everybody but to those it does appeal to will be touched deeply by it and remember it for a long time.
The part that really got me was when Bo was struggling to comment that it has been a year since he started making the special and in the next scene when he says "I'm not well". It was the first time I actually reflected how much this year has really affected me.
Regarding Fantano's feelings coming away from "Inside", I do challenge him to watch it again. He might have missed what I did the first time watching it, which was Bo smiling at the footage at the very end while the crowd went from laughing at him to cheering for him. I missed that and I realized how much of that might have been my own doing and it blew me away that I didn't see it the first time when watching again. I will let you interpret that ending how you want, but it does paint a much more hopeful future.
Thank you! What a perfect review, its exactly how I felt and I just finished watching it 30 mins ago. Definitely felt depress after watching it because its what I was feeling during this pandemic year and also because I can empathize and see the pain and stress that Bo's going through. The last song was pretty emotional especially the state he was in.
I felt great watching this. It contextualized a lot of aspects of lockdown that I didn't experience as an essential worker... I would have loved to be isolated the last year and hearing people complain about not going outside has infuriated me but I understand better now what it's done to people psychologically
This was the first Bo set I’ve seen, and this is also the first of your vids I’m watching! I think you definitely touched on what I think was a driving purpose of the special: that you should take breaks, decompress, and re-approach much more often than typically expected/allowed. We are often caught in the ever-reachable expectation, and are even expected to give updates outside of formal contact through social media.
"Bo Burnham. Inside. Forever."
What curse have you laid upon him.
dun dun dududun dudu don-don~
Perpetual quarantine
😬
he did promise to never go outside again, so maybe he's just reinforcing the facts here
911th like
Can't believe they got bezos himself to review the special
JEFFERY BEZOS
@Logan Chitty JEFFREY!! JEFFRY BEZOS!
Brilliant!
@@elchoronano C'MON JEFFREY YOU CAN DO IT
@@andrewbianchi1294 PAVE THE WAY PUT YOUR BACK INTO IT
funny feeling followed by all eyes on me is the strongest musical one two punch I've felt in a long fucking time.
I haven't sobbed like that in almost a decade
I keep thinking that ‘funny feeling’ is mechanically like ‘white women’s Instagram’ in how it’s just listing things, with the chorus tying it all together conceptually, and then a personal element to it
And then I think about what that could mean. It may not have been intentional, but I do like thinking that ‘funny feeling’ is both meaningful and also superficial in the same way that he portrays the characters of white women Instagram (the woman and the judgemental audience)
YESSSS
the interlude in between is what got me. seeing Bo try to rationalize to both himself and the audience before ultimately giving up due to frustration because the words just aren’t there, then storming out of frame leading into the intro to All Eyes On Me where he admits to himself that he is not well, before breaking down. that hurt.
the whole rest of the special starting with funny feeling is so powerful. goodbye following all eyes on me with the medley at the end and the heavy effects just hit so right for me, especially after the end of all eyes on me.
"Hey Anthony how did you feel watching INSIDE?"
Anthony: NOT GOOD
Strong 8/10
💣💥💣💥💣💥
Well, I felt like shit!
LADIES
@Maxwell Long I, personally, give it a 10/10. It was just fucking incredible.
“Let’s start with my favorite part, the visuals”
Uh oh
Glad to see you in the comments homie. Much love.
Just watched the last upload. Hope your doing okay man.
PLSSS BRAD
Um yeah, the visuals were amazing... not surprising that they were his favourite part, doesn't mean the rest isn't also good BRADLEY
Watch the whole thing before commenting Badley, same can count for your 'reviews'
“that funny feeling” fucked me up. i thought my thoughts to the rhythm of that song for a week
Pretty much an update to FJM's 'Holy Shit', loved that one
By far top of the album for me
Yes. A camp fire song for the end of the world.
All eyes on me was super simple but fuck I loved it. Maybe I’m just a fan of pitch shifting, IGOR is my fav album of all time
@@GeebleTron exactly what I thought. Love these sort of tracks
Can't stop watching the bar loading behind Anthony's head
noooooo you made me notice and now i cant stop watching it
You ruined a melon video for me. I won't forget this.
That's just Reaper recording his mic audio
Thats probably the DAW he's recording his voice into
You’ve cursed me
More than the special itself, I've just loved watching Bo's evolution.
Watching "Inside" then watching "what." or even "Make Happy" it's so clear how much he has matured not just as a performer and creative, but as a person. The nihilistic humour is still there, but he's replaced the bitter cynicism with a much more objective, mellower lens, and I love that.
Not to mention Eighth Grade which is an excellent film. That clearly helped him form his directing style which is so prevalent in Inside. I can't wait for him to make another movie.
@@nikolovesfood Yup... I wish I had found out "What." before "Make Happy". "What." has some really good bits but doesn't really have a structuring Idea. Make happy still has the discreet bits but has much more overt recurring themes. Inside is all about thematic coherency, with the time progression that serves a s a through line and is really a step up in almost every regard.
@@maximeteppe7627 literally my thoughts rn as I watch this certain older show that are inspired a lot of new ones but the newer ones did it way better so it feels icky and boring watching the inspiration after being wowed by its successors.
@@cheesecakelasagna daily show?
I tried to describe it to someone and I pretty much landed on it being the most evolved form of his first two
I found it hopeful at the end actually. Because of 2 scenes.
1) Bo watching "It's Bo Yo" on tv. This song is like.. 14 years old. Dated poorly in terms of some jokes. Which he addressed. I think it might be slightly embarrassing, maybe even painful for him. It's also him as a TH-camr originally. Alone in his room, making stuff, recording himself, having fun. It's the start. What caused him to be famous. Maybe what caused his mental illness and distress.
But...
2) Bo watching "Inside" at the end. He smirks. Maybe smiles? I read it as a satisfied grin. He likes doing this. He still finds value and joy in his art, his talent, his craft. I think he's proud of what he can make now.
To me, Inside is not just a recknoning of his year spent in lockdown. But a retrospective in his over-a-decade career and also a re-entry into that career. He's been here. He was here. He's coming back.
His old stuff, while it's maybe dated is still impressive as fuck though. He was writing brilliant rhymes at 16. But you can see how he's matured, his style has shifted from edgy wordplay to solemn satire
I think it’s also kind of emblematic of a transitional point for him.
You go back to especially his older love shows. The songs are always witty and point out the absurdities of life, but it’s only really the last song or so that gets really raw and open and emotionally vulnerable about his role as a creative and an artist. I think being the “singer who makes comedy songs” was kinda getting to him, thus why he chose to step away and calcify himself as a serious artist by working on other things.
That scene in particular struck me very similarly to OPs reaction, but there was also something more... satisfied. Like he’d come back to this, he’d struggled and stressed over it and so much more, and he ended up finding this knife’s edge balance between humorous and vulnerable and honest and witty and artistic. Something he’s been looking for for years, in a medium he loves. Inside is fantastic, and I’m so happy Bo’s getting recognized for this
so about the smirk thing....there's specifically a scene in Inside Outtakes which he posted on TH-cam in which he shows he just smiled for the camera and goes back to normal. Basically, he did it just for the shot while we thought it was real
@@avichauhan7610 omgggg no one think it's "real" it is a shot, directed, edited piece of art. This is film criticism, not psychotherapy ommggg
@@AllTheArtsy ommggg my bad
There’s one transition that really stuck out to me as a very creative visual trick. In his bit about being a streamer playing the game that is his life, he thanks someone for donating money and turns his camera off because a “cutscene” is happening. Which is something a lot of streamers do so everybody can enjoy the story of whatever game they are playing. But in burnhams case him turning off the camera is also transitioning into the next bit without having to make any cuts or distract the viewer. I thought that was extremely clever.
For like 10 min. after that scene ended, I kept waiting for 'Streamer' Bo to pop his camera back on and make some snarky observation about how weird the game got.
@@SupahCola that would have been hilarious
@@SupahCola there’s actually another part of the special where “streamer bo” randomly pops in the corner which some ppl think was an accident but it could definitely be intentional
@@michigo_xo it’s a fight club reference, a movie also about disassociation and the ruined state of the world.
@@michigo_xo What part was that? I can't find anything about it
Woo melon’s finally reviewing bo burnham’s insides
Underrated comment
This needs to be pinned
bruh💀💀
I died 🤣
👀
This rings more as an indie-film rather than a comedy special
That’s what I was thinking. I’ve essentially felt like it was his second feature.
True
yeah. i think it was intended
the line between "stand up comedy special" and "introspective performance art" has been a blurry line for a long time.
Look at a comedy legend like George Carlin, the older he got, the more introspective his specials became, to the point that near the end his specials were closer to an hour of social commentary than an hour of comedy, but his later stuff is what he's most known for.
I love it, personally
It’s a visual album, to me, this and his Make Happy are artistic fusion masterpieces. It is so engaging and thought-provoking and it’s music but is missing something without the transitory scenes.
Can we just talk about All Eyes on Me being a fucking banger?
Yeah it's just fucking gnar
Fucking amazing song, gonna be in my top 10 of the year (not counting the new Tyler album that’s about to drop
Needs a clean version cause the radio needs that song
Very blastable
Get yaa fawkingng hands up (Eddie Vedder autotune)
I don’t think “Inside” was supposed to be easy to watch. As Anthony said, that’s kind of the point. Being isolated wasn’t easy, so watching someone else go through that shouldn’t be easy either. The irony of this special is that in displaying his loneliness for all to see, he made a lot of people (myself included) feel not alone.
So far, this special has been the only piece of art or media to come out of the pandemic about the pandemic that truly hit me right in my soul. I hope it’ll be looked back on quintessentially for this time in our culture for years to come.
This will be must watch content for historians studying our time provided the world doesn't end or the government doesn't bury it.
@@XanderHarris1023 You dont have to go that far, it's a great piece of art and a damn good glimpse into the mind of a depressed anxious isolated man, but historians are going to be studying governmental responses, the public outcry, maskers vs anti-maskers, not a damn special that came out during the pandemic. Y'all put Bo on such a high pedestal
@@brandonmacdonald520 Well no shit. I think that this will be interesting in the long run, as an artistic interpretation of the effects that quarantine could have had on the mind and someone’s emotional state. Or not, who knows? Im not a fortune teller
@@unwritten_zephyr I agree with you wholeheartedly, it is a fantastic glimpse into the isolation and maddening nature of lockdown, I was disagreeing with the other guy
to be honest, the pandemic isn't the theme of the special, it's a part of the topics it cover, but the theme is the relationship between mental health, late capitalism and social media.
The most important question: when are you going to interview Bo on twitch?
Yes!
My god I would give my entire ballsack for this
Bo has mentioned he watches twitch before, so it’s definitely possible
Hasan piker (hasanabi on twitch) mentioned bo coming on his stream soon
@@raekarkoc928 Hasan Pecker. Can't make up that name.
oh geez he got the bisexual lighting room
Anthony taking lighting cues from ContraPoints
@@Dethmaster64 and Abigale Thorne
Unsubbing rn, thank you 💪💪😤
My sister has that lighting 😳
@@orbit5311 we will NOT stand for this abhorrent content
i fucking cried during the scene where he knocked over the light towards the end... 2020 was the worst year of my life. i got a divorce, i worked 6 days a week through the whole pandemic doing a job i hated, i was distant from my band, my family, my friends, dealing with the worst financial struggles i'd ever been through. i had anxiety attacks frequently and my then wife had been unemployed for most of the preceding year so when the pandemic kicked off i was at a major level of stress already. Bo Burnham has really made an impact on me, and this special was very relatable. i loved it and i will listen to "welcome to the internet" probably 100 more times lol.
Hope you’re doing ok
And a bunch of color pencil drawings of all the different characters in Harry Potter fucking each other welcome to the internet
I hope life will now bestow upon you good luck
Healing the world with comedy… making a literal difference, metaphorically.
I can’t say my 2020 was as bad as your’s was, but I also know that to a degree, that’s not really the point. Everything hit an ATL last year and I don’t think we’ve fully recovered yet. But for some reason, this mirror Bo has held in front us… it helps. Here’s to trying to laugh like Bo in WTTI about a thousand more times while wishing we didn’t live in this hellscape of late stage capitalism.
@@Matthew-be9zy new jobs, new apartment, i see my bandmates at least 2 times a week now, im still working 6 days a week, and sometimes it definitely all still feels very raw, but i think that i'm doing much better than i was! thanks for being supportive!
People talk a lot about "All Eyes On Me" being their breaking point due to how emotional the performance was, but I keep coming back to "That Funny Feeling" because there's something so profoundly haunting about how he tackles that song. The acoustic guitar with the dead look in his eyes as he lists all those micro absurdities that culminate in an overwhelming sense of apocalyptic dread at the end of each verse is just incredibly terrifying.
"The whole world at your fingertips, the ocean at your door. The live-action Lion King, the Pepsi Halftime Show. Twenty-thousand years of this, seven more to go. Carpool Karaoke, Steve Aoki, Logan Paul. A gift shop at the gun range, a mass shooting at the mall."
"Total disassociation, fully out your mind. Googling 'derealization', hating what you find. That unapparent summer air in early fall, the quiet comprehending of the ending of it all"
I cried at this song, full on bawled. It perfectly illustrates my despair in regards to where the world is going and how utterly powerless I feel watching this unfold. This song is peak millenial doomerism, it encapsulates everything my generation has been trying to avoid through denial and brings back to a recurring theme in the special, which is "should we be joking about this ?" It sets the tone for the end of the special, where all the neuroticism and alienation explored prior to that moment culminates in complete abandonment.
"That Funny Feeling" is akin to that moment when you have depression where you start seriously considering suicide because what's the fucking point anymore. Such a heartbreaking moment portrayed brilliantly, it's like asking your friend how he's feeling and they just look up at you with pockets under their eyes and a weak smile as they say "Well, I'm not dead yet, so there's that".
In many respects, Inside is very reminiscent of Father John Misty's Pure Comedy, but with actual jokes while being just as depressing and "That Funny Feeling" is the most "Pure Comedy"-esque song in the entire project.
For me, it was the combination of both songs that really hit so hard.
That Funny Feeling came across as the logical part of his mind trying, and failing, to make sense of the world around him. Looking at his dissociation and isolation objectively through the things he's seeing and not relating to, which is something I've done before. And calling it "that funny feeling" felt to me like he was hinting at something that he was afraid to fully tap into because of what he might find, like fighting off an anxiety attack when you have real reasons to be anxious.
Then it switches to All Eyes On Me, and it's like he's finally given in. He's not thinking objectively now, he's not even making a lot of sense. It's very emotional, self-indulgent, self-pitying, and chaotic. He tells you the reason to feel sorry for him, and inflates his own problems and emotions to be larger than the fact that "the ocean's rising" or the idea that "the world's ending". He doesn't care about any of that, he can't care about any of that, because the weight of it all has made him only able to ask us to pray for him, to keep our eyes on him, and to try to claw back some sense of safety.
I listened to All Eyes On Me first before viewing the special, and it hit WAY harder after the primer of That Funny Feeling before it, and with the ending scenes after it. I think they're two of the most powerful songs together that I've heard in a while, much more so than they are on their own.
@@jaxrulesuall they are definitely an essential pairing
It's anhedonia - - - that funny feeling.
Thank you for capturing thoughts Ive had trouble forming on this song.
you explained it perfectly, thank you
I'm surprised you found it depressing that someone else has been feeling the same way as you over the past year or so. That was super comforting for me, and it made me enjoy the special that much more because of it.
I also found it comforting
I think it was more like a terrible reminder that things have been horrible when maybe you still need time to process it.
Like I really loved Inside but it also made me want to kill myself afterward because it just returned me to some bad spiraling thoughts that I was starting to move on from
Feeling a light depression to a strong anxiety on this one.
What are your thoughts, did you love it or did you hate it?
-Melon
I hated it, 10/10
I hated myself. 10/10
@@jessegoonerage3999 I JUST CHOKED
It made me more anxious and more depressed 10/10
All eyes on me was my favorite song but it also made me break down crying.
I’ve never cry-danced so hard before
*Sad twerking*
_You say the ocean's rising like I give a shit / You say the whole world's ending, honey, it already did_ might be the bar of the decade
did it have you putting your hands up and getting out of your seat tho?
isn't that name of a Kanye West album or something?
i know a lot of people that felt very uncomfortable and uneasy watching Inside, and honestly i'm glad to see that. more people need to experience media that isn't there just for comfort. Nothing wrong with wanting to watch movies or play games that make you happy, but it's good to sometimes jump into something that takes the wind off your sails and makes you question the things around you
To me, "Inside" is exactly a comfort-placebo for people who constantly attribute the problems they face to society and their brain chemistry rather than to their own character flaws.
@@Luisneospied Don't.
Yes i completely agree with this and I was going to throw your comment a fat like 👍🏼 but it was at 69 likes already and i wasn’t gonna be the person to change it. I thought this was a really good observation but for legal and moral reasons I just can’t like your comment
@@darsure3006 yeah dude there's nothing wrong with society at all haha
cope
It wasn’t that deep..
I really enjoyed pausing the special to read all of the things he had written on the whiteboard and his notebook. my favorite part was where he was pretending to be a twitch streamer playing his own situation inside that room like a video game. it really hit home, because i also cry 4 times a day and do 1 other task.
“Facetiming with my mom” has consistently made me teary eyed and emotional every time ive heard. Ive been an expat for about 4-5 years and it just hit so much of the Loving emotions and funny frustrations ive been dealing with for the past years communicating with my family. God Damn thr special is so good
not sure if youll see this anthony, but your creativity has been through the roof and its been amazing. keep it up melon
ITS ENOUGH SLiCCeS fckin stuck in miy head, not complaining ì love it
Yeah! It's kind of INCREDIBLE how after so long he's still keeping up his creative juices SO much!
He has honestly been on a role lately
Edit: or roll, whatever. He's been maintaining the role of being on a roll
@@joshcraft197 roll
Hope he brings back thatistheplan
You know the special is good when there's people talking about it instead of the "good review but saying (something rascist you didn't say)" joke
It’s trash
this should be the top comment purely for how correct it is
@@HieronymousLex ok
I mean, TPAB is good, MBDTF is good, Igor is good, Danny Brown is good, and they all have it so...
@@canadariots1139 why though?
I was wondering why he looked so different. And then I realized it.
He's in 1080p
I miss the 720p Fantano channel
The Fat Lex Luthor
I was wondering why he didn't look different for me
my internet is terrible
@@andrewknoff trust me, it's jarring
"I'd like to watch it again sometime"
Me, having watched it 10+ times already:
I gotta say, I almost never see such universal praise for anything on the internet like I've seen for Inside. Bo really hit on something special and I feel like even if it's not for some people, they still kinda respect it?
My sister always said he was annoying, her bf loves him though. I convinced her to watch it and after the first twoish songs, she started to open up. Now she really likes him.
Still find him annoying. Can't stand his nasally voice
@@1324Potato He has a great voice and is basically a textbook virtuoso overall artistically. Not just singing but the songwriting itself, self production, playing instruments, setting up lightshows, completely handling all of it himself. If you don't see the talent in all of this then you must not have ever pursued anything creative.
@@kidamnesiak1 some people just don’t like some people. a part of it is jealousy, but it could also be other things. i personally love him, but i can definitely see how some can see him as annoying, regardless of his talents.
@@kidamnesiak1 i never said he wasn't talented, i just don't like his style or his voice. Also i really didn't like how pretentious and self important inside was
"i feel like the part when he was saying he wants to commit suicide was a little overproduced"
I think it missed the point of the scene. I don’t think Bo knew he would need to hear himself say those things when first recorded it. Special was powerful. Demands to be rewatched
Yo Politikz my G wag1
Got me laughing out loud
Oh my god this is such a weird thing to say
ITS SUCH A WEIRD THING TO SAYY
i LOVE this new setup
It’s a nod to inside
@Travis 17 😧
@@Bandstand password to your account????????? i heard ur retiring ill keep ur account running bro i promise ???? whats the password ??????????? u can reply to this directly it dorsnt matter ill be super fast dont worry ??????
@@fern3684 I enjoyed your passage 🤝
Bisexual lighting
I don't care what anybody else says, I've thought Bo has been fantastic ever since the old youtube video days and with each special/show he puts out he gets better and better. I genuinely think he's a very special person and I'd put him in the genius category, personally. Such a unique and flavorful change of pace each time he does something new and he clearly puts his heart into everything he does.
I agree, I always wrote him off as corny until 'Make Happy' came out. Then I had a new found respect for the older stuff and it 'clicked' He is a once in a generation special kind of
talent imo.
You are absolutely correct. He is creative, driven, empathetic, and open. Bo is wonderful.
Bo’s one of a kind, I fucking love him. Always thought of his stand ups and a one-man comedic theatre.
Didn't hit me until recently, despite being a fan since literally the Bo Yo era. but I 100% agree with this sentiment now. He's a very special person. One of those ones that come along like once every 20 years or something
Yesss so true, I've never /legitimately/ thought of throwing someone in the genius category as quickly as Bo, or other than Bo really. With everything he does I truly have no words, just amazing. He's a real artist.
It looks like Fantano is downloading the entire Weird Al discography in the background
We've all been there
It's the only way he can get off anymore
it’s his DAW recording his microphone’s audio
@@Joshonthenet r/whoosh
That's what's healing Anthony
I feel like everyone was either triggered by the special or found catharsis in it. Where you are in processing the trauma of the last year heavily influences your emotional response to it. For me, it was a little too soon. I liked it and some parts really worked for me, but I think other parts hit a little too close to home to be enjoyable right now. Still brilliant though. It will be really interesting to re-watch this in 6 months to a year, because I think it will really hit me differently.
I hope you make it through what you’re going through now.
Yep that’s the same thing I noticed. The people I talk to are either like “that was good but it was depressing and I couldn’t watch it again” or they have already watched it multiple times and listen to the songs all the time lol. I’m in the latter group.
"Art is made to disturb the comforted, and comfort the disturbed."
The past year was NOTHING in comparison to traumas I’ve already suffered from long before Corona, I’m shocked that so many people pity themselves over having to be temporarily quarantined.
@@aikaterineillt9876 hey, don’t invalidate everyone else’s struggles just cause you think you may have had it worse.
For me it was like therapy, it was just really amazing to hear someone I look up to talking about the issues I've been dealing with. It dug it back up but it made me feel less bad in the long run
It’s kind of crazy I’ve been watching this guy for 10 years
Bo or AntKnee?
Ikr. I was just a fuckin kid when I found him on youtube. Here I am, 22 years old, and I still love him to death.
he looks so great too bro like wtf maybe we all need to go vegan
@Tomeé Veauxché AMEN
@@mist-0176 💀💀
I’ve had like 4 breakdowns to “All Eyes On Me” that song hit me so fucking hard.
There's a version on youtube where it's transformed back to sounding like his original voice instead of being pitched down. The part where he is screaming at you, "I'M TALKING TO YOU GET THE FUCK UP" hits so much different in his real voice
Tupac does that to people
ESPECIALLY THE “ im talking to you get the f up” THAT KILLED ME PLS
I didn’t really like that one :( I wish I could love it like everybody else does
Anthony, we need to know if you like Bezos I or Bezos II better
Bezos 1 no contest
Jeffery, Jeffery Bezooos
Bezos 1 ftw
Dat solo on 1 tho
Bezos 1 is clear
Yeah, if you're looking for any kind of escapism, this isn't for you.
very very true
I can imagine it probably feels a little trapping being that all of your work life and media life is recorded and almost "lives" inside of those one or two rooms in your house that you film and edit in. I'd imagine seeing Bo in a similar situation probably wasn't very uplifting but a little too real. Here's to you Anthony, take a break if you need, your health and wellbeing is more important to us than the videos. Cheers 💛
The special is probably the best thing to come out of the year as a result to how awful 2020 was. We needed this and have something to show the effects of isolation and feeling the existential crisis
This video was an unexpected surprise, but a welcome one.
General Kenobi
Hello there
As opposed to expected surprises.
"A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one"
Bo Burnham did something very special here. He captures certain feelings and emotions that a lot artists don't even touch, let alone nail, which is what he did. He absolutely nailed it.
He nails the anxiety, hopelessness, and existential dread that the younger generation is facing. He tackles dissociation and derealization caused by modern technology, which is something that resonated a lot with me.
Obviously I don't know for sure because because this era of humanity isn't quite over, but I think Inside will be remembered as one of the best Covid-era pieces of art.
Bo. "Maybe letting billion dollar media companies exploit our child's neuro chemicals for profit was a bad call."
Also bo: "Here comes the content, Daddy made you your favorite open wide"
Hypocrit: Makes comedy tragedy, since it is certainly not a "special" for Netflix the only theme in mind being that the world has ended so there really isn't any reason to not kill yourself.
Fans: worship him as a genius, visionary or some sort of martyr insisting Inside be forever enshrined as the last beautiful work of art humans created.
Me: ok so you're a special kind of white guy, I got that... and u want to be an agent of change And your answer is for every white guy on earth to shut tf up for the next 400 yrs ...
@@sagitariusjefferspin7079 I read your comment a couple times and I still don't quite understand what you're trying to say.
@@izzy_ondomink it's hypocritical to blame entertainment media like Netflix or his main platform TH-cam for causing damage to it's youthful users, with conditions like (de-realization) dissociative disorders and short attention spans when he clearly contributes and profits from the system which he's saying is responsible for poisoning human minds of today.
@@sagitariusjefferspin7079 I get that, but I think the the constant hypocrisy and irony coupled with the admission and denial of both, make the show even more special. I'm not saying that I think Bo is a genius for making Inside, but I DO think he's made something much bigger than himself.
knowing bo's stuff, even the disheveled moments were probably perfectionist-ly crafted to so perfectly depict what he wanted you to see. the man is an artist in every sense of the word imo.
Absolutely meticulous
I understand the depressing undertones throughout, but was I the only one that found the movie still mostly funny? Maybe for me it is because, as more of an introvert who works alone at home, the pandemic has not ruined, or affected in any significant way, my lifestyle. Still found it relatable though, but that is just a testament of Bo's reach. And contemplative too, just not depressing.
I have a slurry of mental health issues but my wife is much more stable and she found it mostly funny. She is the same and very introverted. Some scenes just don't hit the same if you don't relate though. The scene where Bo was joking about suicide and it was projected onto his chest my wife was laughing behind meanwhile I was sobbing quietly because I knew in that moment Bo was experiencing suicidal thoughts and attempting to cope with his own humor and it wasn't working.
When you start using humor as a coping mechanism for your declining mental health, your sense of humor becomes very skewed and what you find funny often isn't for others. I found the special hilarious in the same way that me getting denied help at a suicide hotline was hilarious. The kind of funny where you just laugh because, if you don't, you'll sob yourself to sleep.
That's how the special resonated with me, it was exactly my brand of humor, it spoke to me in such a real and raw way that I didn't even think about how depressing it all was. To me, that was just the comedy of life in all its tragedy.
Not every stand up/comedy special has to be constant joke after joke. That said, I thought a lot of it was very funny
I like to think his goal is showing that real life is both tragic and very funny depending on how you're viewing it, and then showing you both views at once so that both are equally true. I found it very funny in parts, not despite the fact it was depressing, but because it is. Like it's almost comical how hopeless you are as an artist making content in your room while capitalism breathes down your neck
I loved the pandemic - I'm also an introvert so staying inside was actually really great for me. Nevertheless, I still found Inside kind of sad, but not in the way where it made me depressed: I just watched the depressive aspects grow and grow throughout the special to the point where I wasn't feeling the humor as much, and I was invested and interested in the emotions, but not very sad myself. I think " contemplative" is the best word, actually - it was fascinating analyzing all the complex emotion that the special contained, and the meaning behind different moments in the special, especially the ending - but I wasn't personally empathizing with all of the emotions, or at least not fully.
when you said that you needed to take a breather from the special… man, i feel that a whole lot. i’ve seen people mention that they’ve already watched the special like 8 times, but for me it was really hard to watch again for the second or third time. i loved ‘inside’ a lot, watching it just made me feel heavier than i already do
this special made me reflect on the 'performance' of everyday life. bo's been talking about the fakeness/performativity of the comic persona since Art is Dead, but Inside seemed to be more about the need to perform even without a visible audience - bo speaks and sings with the knowledge he is being watched, but without the reward of an audience and laughter. Even his moments of honesty (all-time low, various mental health bits) are performed - and you never know entirely who you are seeing: Bo the comic or bo the man. us living life, as long as we are observed, is in a way a performance to an audience. Scary and interesting stuff
All eyes on me really took me to a place emotionally that I had a lot of trouble getting out of, and really everything after that was a continual belch of emotions that have been lying dormant in me for however long. The manifestation of the need for attention, the despair, and the uneasy feeling that it leaves with is so indicative of how I think a lot of us haven't taken the time yet to really think through.
i almost cried when i read this comment. this is almost verbatim how i would describe my feelings about this song. i don’t even want to try to question why i’m having a meltdown while listening to this song, i’m just gonna let it happen. and what’s worse is that it’ll get it stuck in my head and i just need to turn in back on, even if i know it’ll be another wave smacking me in the face, just as i’ve come up for air.
@@laureny5982 Yup, you got it. I think the beautiful part of it is that we all might feel slightly differently when hearing this/these songs, but really in the end it's a shared experience. A lot of us just had these feelings somewhere, and now even though we're feeling alone, we're all doing it together.
"...the need for attention"
Yeah we all feel that need...also we all don't want to go back to school this fall!
seriously. that song is so powerful, especially the end. I've seen some takes I don't like about the line "you say the ocean's rising, like I give a shit" and the rest of the song that make them about climate doomerism, but I see them as being so depressed that you don't care that the world is literally ending because it doesn't matter to you. "got it? good, now get inside". like gosh it just hits so hard, I teared up when I first heard that in the special.
@DP Damn bro, you got a way with words!
I feel that Inside is Bo's best work by far. I'd go as far to say it is pure genius. I've watched it 4 times now and listened to the songs separately on Spotify a ton. It truly is a perfect period piece.
It is absolutely his best work. The fact it took me a few watches/listens to realize that just supports that idea. His previous two specials were very good too, but this is an entirely different thing and stands alone as a piece of art.
Yes. Absolutely stunning!
It is a masterpiece. The pure talent he had on display by doing it all himself is extraordinary. Nevermind the fact that the music ranges from catchy as fuck to absolute S-tier bangers that capture about a billion emotions at once. If people complain that it’s not as funny as his other specials, while that’s true, they have missed the point.
Calm down.
Come on, it wasn't that good
It isnt a masterpiece but it is a good movie. The problem is that in my opinion isnt that funny and the movie only gets good almost at the end. And S-tier emocional incredible songs? Lmao, they are very simple and straight forward. There a lot of songs that are more emocional, Inside is emocional but the songs arent.
Calm down.
Jesus Christ, it’s official. You guys have lost all credibility, I’m done. This is basically Reddit: The Musical and it’s actual garbage, especially in regards to songwriting
when are you going to review deez nuts. lmfao got em
BERD I LOVE YOU HOW DOES THIS COMMENT ONLY HAVE 8 LIKES??????
Yo berd wassup
“that funny feeling” i thought was a song that started out like saying really abstract and obscure things and then it just went crashing down emotionally. i have had so many experiences where i’ve looked myself in the eyes and genuinely said “who are you?” because i didnt feel like myself. knowing the things that are happening in the world is absolutely terrifying and seeing things happen so quickly can make you think “how is this shit real this is terrifying” and just make you go into a spiral of derealization. it’s not really talked a lot, and it’s terrifying
Inside honestly feels like some of the first "great art" of the 2020s imo. Captured the anxieties of the time really well.
yes. in my opinion, this is one of if not the greatest zeitgeists of the 2017-202x era that we currently are in.
Have you ever read a book in your life?
Look who’s inside again as caused me
physical tears
The callback to It on the possible ending song was chilling
I honestly felt super inspired after watching ‘inside’. It’s definitely depressing but it kind of… I guess, reminded me that we are ALL going through this. It just made me want to make something lol
I totally agree. It hit me in such a way that made me feel like he was saying things I thought in ways I couldn't articulate. It made me want to get off social media and try to enjoy life now that we can start to go outside again
Even almost a year later, Look Who's Inside Again, All Eyes On Me, and That Funny Feeling are so poignant and stir so many emotions in me.
All eyes on me is a musical masterpiece
I completely agree, I’ve rewatched and relistened to Bo’s discography, specials and youtube videos consistently my whole life and although I unsurprisingly really loved this special I was recently wondering why I haven’t rewatched it yet and it’s because it made me feel like I was in lockdown all over again and I need time to get over this passed year aswell before going back into it.
As a zoomer, I can confirm that I relate to Bo's existential dread and fear of the upcoming apocalypse, whichever one it may be
Bo is a creative genius that impersonates craftsmanship at its finest. It may be true that everything was somewhat raw and simplified to the minimal expression but the way he was able to project himself into every song captivated be and really made me reflect about purpose in life as a whole. Something that I also found interesting was the introspection and meta analysis Bo made about his past and his plans for the future which gave me a better understanding of his persona and feelings towards his passion, comedy.
I’ve been waiting for you to review this-I kept expecting the album in the Weekly track review
This is easily the best special he has ever done.
anyone has ever done
Very much has a case for the best “comedy” special of all time
@@notpatrickfrench no just no lol
It’s not funny though
@@notpatrickfrench defo not😂
bo burnham makes father john misty songs now and even looks like him 😳
finally someone says it
Yeah except they're even more insightful
less pretentious though
Father John Misty but self-conscious
@@brendan981 Literally can't tell which one you mean, they're both pretentious as fuck. And I like them both.
While socko was based the song plays its role as the feeling we all got when we realized the government has money to support us but refuses to use it for that. Suddenly budget plans of past years that were gutted because of "lack of funding" felt very disingenuous. The song is not the main theme but merely a part of the craziness we all experienced this past year and while "radical" sure it was something Bo realized and looked into during the beginning of the pandemic like a lot of people did, including myself.
Also the fact hat socko represents various marginalized groups and bo represents the those that say they’re for those groups but in all actuality silence them and don’t want to address the issues these groups are speaking on.
The government doesn't have any money other than what it takes from people and can't support anyone on its own.
Hello fellow Hasan viewer lol
@@horrorhistory7342 socko also is someone who says all these correct things about society but in reality doesnt actually do anything about it .
This is the easiest way to tell me that you don’t know where money comes from.
This special had a great impact on me as well. When it came out I watched it everyday before and after work for a week, because I hadn’t processed my emotional state for about a year and watching it made my brain reckon with the turmoil my mental health has become. I’m sorry to hear you were affected similarly and I hope the special becomes an outlet for moving forward instead of bringing you back down into that place. All love
Inside is a masterpiece and every single song SLAPS
Nah the "Comedy" one is a bit weak imo
@@isviewer I could see that, but as a 20 year old man who’s friends are all obsessed with bad white comedy podcasters that shit struck a chord with me.
@@isviewer it works well as an introduction to the rest of the special
Some great visual gags on Comedy, tho
@@yairlife hahha yea those whiteboards have so great stuff on them
Don't feel like you owe your audience anything, do what YOU want to do.
lol way to tell him what to do
I'm always very glad to hear Fantano talk about movies and cinema
Inside was refreshingly amazing!
Agreed.
As a performer, I've always respected and seen Bo as a massively talented artist.. but Inside was the first of his I've ever connected with on a personal level. I've never really got the offensive stuff early on (even though people would say I would LOVE IT), and although I know Make Happy is an unbelievable achievement - I never related to Bo's state of mind, when he was dealing with depression and his own mental health. However Inside was where my pure love&respect for his work and my own life journey intersected and I felt a real, bond in a way.
That Funny Feeling perfectly captured my feelings of terror, despair and frustration watching the world slide lower into hell over the last 5 years, at this point I’m just glad it’ll all be over soon so the suffering can end.
@@itsmebeter3538 yes terror, despair, and frustration are inherent parts of civilization
@@itsmebeter3538 assuming trump was the main factor and not a symptom of how horrible things have gotten is a really bad take lol, it’s far more fundamental than a temporary headpiece such as him. My fears have only intensified over time, the end of his term did nothing to abate my fear and sadness at realizing how little time humanity has left.
Edit: guess he didn’t like his comment after all lol
Am I the only one who found that song hopeful?
@@itsmebeter3538 Trump was just the catalyst for what has been going on in this country for far too long.
@@raymondzrike yeah I think you are, dude.
I feel like I must be in the minority of people who laughed almost continuously through the special. Even a number of the darker moments had an absurd comedy to it. "That Funny Feeling" being the most somber and least funny portion, but very affective in its emotional goal.
i’m in that minority as well
In some ways I found it to be the opposite of depressing. Because even though it carried a lot of dark themes, it made me feel understood with respect to a lot of the thoughts and feelings Ive had over the past year and I think that is a powerful part of art like this-to make people feel not alone in their struggle
This
here after the Inside Outtakes. “5 Years”, yet another banger. this project continues to inspire me in new ways over a year later. can’t recall anything else approaching that level of influence over the last few years.
“When I’m fully irrelevant and totally broken, damn it call me up and tell me a joke” ….hurts..
"Wait, are you really joking at a time like this ?" is one of the most brilliant callback jokes in history. After all we went through, you really gonna do me like that, Bo ?
I almost cried at the reprise of the "If you wake up in a house that's full of smoke..." lines in the "possible ending song", that hit hard
Totally broke, not broken
@@Dualmilion it is actually broken if you look at the lyrics
@@Dualmilion it’s brok-en dammit
Finally...Melon is now the Internet's busiest movie nerd
Giving the film theorists a run for their money
Let’s agree: Anthony has been saying “in one breath ____ but in another____” a lot lately
I didn't even notice lmao, where else did he say that
I'd recommend listening to the album he released for it. The songs are catchy and I picked up on stuff without having to get through the harder parts of it again.
It’s hard to separate the two, I know it CAN be done but honestly I’d rather not. This doesn’t make me feel better and it’s not really supposed to, at this point in time feeling ANY emotion other than this void apathy every day brings me is a reminder I’m alive, and I’m a person. Even if it doesn’t feel good, I need that emotion the special brings me
It makes perfect sense to me hearing someone say that they watched it once and needed a breather, but for me this special has provided this really strange sense of relief. There is so much frustration embedded in those 90-ish minutes, and the whole thing just resonated with me in a way that not many other projects have (and certainly not a comedy special).
As far as the music, I was really taken aback by Bo with this one. I think this is really the first batch of songs I've ever heard from Bo that stand on their own as good pieces of music with strong replay value. For me, I think he's done his best vocal work to date here, and with each viewing/listen through the album, I find myself appreciating the sound of "Inside" more and more. Nods to stylistic inspirations and the way he's experimented with his vocal tone here just work really nicely for me.
I'm also just a sucker for the recurring motif and full-circle writing in music. Any time someone can tell such a clear narrative story from start to finish with an album, I'm just rapt. Okay, okay, done gushing.
This was such a well made special, so much thought put in to it. Bo’s such an incredible storyteller.
I absolutely loved it
I see you on Vaush videos all the time, wtf.
I see this dude on kyle kulinski's vids too lmao
Three fellow men of culture I see
Well I see this dude on Christo Aivalis’ vids all the time too.
For some reason Inside reminded me of when Kanye released Ye. The rough edges & rawness, the mental health aspect. It had a similar feel. Especially compared to his last special, which was highly polished and produced.
I get that stark contrast for sure. I can only pray ye is doing well right now. Bo Burnham is an enigma, a truly talented individual much like Yeezy, it only makes sense for both of them to struggle so hard mentally, there’s usually a lot on someone’s mind if they’re as artistic as those men
@Zack F my favorite song for sure, but I’m a massive ye fan so maybe that’s why. I just really liked the camera work during it, too
I didn’t get any of those rough edges you’re referring to. Every shot in this special was so deliberate especially the lighting. I guarantee it was choreographed down to the second and highly polished.
@@frightenedsoul I mean him having to control the lighting mid performance is just one of the “rough edges” I’m referring too. Which I absolutely enjoyed. Compared to him being on stage and everything from the lighting to the props being manipulated by a crew it just felt more rustic and pure, but still highly choreographed and produced. So when I say rough edges I don’t mean he was fumbling around looking for the light switch, everything was very deliberate and meticulously planned down to the second. I just meant comparatively to his highly polished stage routine. I enjoyed Inside way more because of all of these things.
@@Andrew-xt8lz ah I see. True good points!
Welcome to the Internet is at the very top of the most brilliant lyrical commentaries I’ve ever heard. The circus-feel of the music getting more chaotic and insane ...And the maniacal laughter following “it was always the plan, to put the world in your hand..” there’s so many important little things to catch throughout this song- throughout the entire special.
When u start to look “inside” yourself it can be uncomfortable, stressful and depressing. Maybe some who are feeling uneasy by how the special makes them feel haven’t yet experienced their “inside” yet. Food for thought.
As a college-aged white guy, _Inside_ satisfied my cravings for a new Father John Misty album
I genuinely laughed out loud to this, so thank you.
Honestly!
Was looking for this comment, it’s too accurate
I'm college-aged asian-in-asia girl, is FJM's music also for me? Kinda interested to check it out.
@@cheesecakelasagna I don't see why not, start with I love you honeybear or god's favorite customer
pure comedy is his true masterpiece tho'
melon even named it album of the year
The “Good News” of Netflix specials
People have always really connected to Bo. When he came out he was saying insane over the top stuff and we loved it and that generation just connected because we were growing up and really immature just like him. And now all the gen z kiddos are connecting with his depression and anxiety ridden special... because that’s what they always feel. And also his generation is connecting because 2020 has made everyone feel some of that. So yeah. Bo knows how to connect. He’s also a fantastic comic.
"Inside all takes place in a single room." Sooo like every comedy special ever...
I’ve watched it quite a few times now and I LOVED how he morphed the melodies from other songs into video game background music, generic TH-camr music, dramatic intros to different sections, lulls between passages etc. I didn’t realize until later how strong the through line is with all these melodies
I don't know if anyone's made this comparison yet, but it really is the 'Joker' of comedy specials. It's often hard to watch, it makes you feel isolated, it's depressing, it's almost hauntingly surreal and real at the same time. It wont appeal to everybody but to those it does appeal to will be touched deeply by it and remember it for a long time.
i have those same curtains
Can't wait to see the deep dive video to show how you can break this video down into Loss
I legit shat my pants thinking I did something wrong and this teacher is about to scold me without ever raising his voice.
i would watch a comedy special about a melon trapped inside of a room
just by noticing how you changed the lighting and the shooting angle i can see this movie impacted you, i'm so glad its such a fucking awesome show
The part that really got me was when Bo was struggling to comment that it has been a year since he started making the special and in the next scene when he says "I'm not well". It was the first time I actually reflected how much this year has really affected me.
Regarding Fantano's feelings coming away from "Inside", I do challenge him to watch it again. He might have missed what I did the first time watching it, which was Bo smiling at the footage at the very end while the crowd went from laughing at him to cheering for him. I missed that and I realized how much of that might have been my own doing and it blew me away that I didn't see it the first time when watching again. I will let you interpret that ending how you want, but it does paint a much more hopeful future.
Thank you! What a perfect review, its exactly how I felt and I just finished watching it 30 mins ago. Definitely felt depress after watching it because its what I was feeling during this pandemic year and also because I can empathize and see the pain and stress that Bo's going through. The last song was pretty emotional especially the state he was in.
I felt great watching this. It contextualized a lot of aspects of lockdown that I didn't experience as an essential worker... I would have loved to be isolated the last year and hearing people complain about not going outside has infuriated me but I understand better now what it's done to people psychologically
6:37 I think Bo acknowledges the Weird Al influence in a scene where he writes his name between Malcolm X and Weird AL! During the 'comedy' song!
This was the first Bo set I’ve seen, and this is also the first of your vids I’m watching!
I think you definitely touched on what I think was a driving purpose of the special: that you should take breaks, decompress, and re-approach much more often than typically expected/allowed. We are often caught in the ever-reachable expectation, and are even expected to give updates outside of formal contact through social media.