iamamiwhoami; shadowshow
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- the final chapter of iamamiwhoami's third audiovisual albumseries BLUE.
released dec 2014.
www.twimc.cc
credits:
music and performance by iamamiwhoami
direction, edit and post production by WAVE
produced by To whom it may concern.
She lost her lover and went down-and-out, almost lost her mind and wanted to die, but she managed to start a new life and get rid of shadows of the past that haunted her.
I have no words to describe how incredible you are, even without all those stories your music is already breathtaking, but those stories (with their lyrics and videos) just blew me away completely, thank you iamamiwhoami.
*****
she can say whatever the hell she wants... at least she is brave enough to say it under her name and face unlike yourself....shut up
Катя Лищина whether or not your theory is true I think the previous commenter was too harsh in their reply. Obviously you love iam's work and have taken something special from it, whatever that may be. Just ignore negative people, if they have something to say, they can learn to be nice about it.
Kimberly Lucjak thank you.
Hi Катя Лищина How do you know she lost her lover?
I think that the shadows represent her fans and different songs represent different phases that the fans go through waiting for her to release her next work. Ripple, as seen by the shadows who are now dancing and embracing her more abstract content, are the ones that stuck with her since her change from being Ionna Lee to being in iamamiwhoami, which is less mainstream and more experimental. The last dancer and shadowshow, I feel like, are a fear that she has where if she stops connecting to fans or making music/art, then her fans will leave her and she will be the “last dancer” dancing to none of her audience. Shadowshow is the continuation of that. She is now performing to and with shadows in the literal sense, not the previous metaphorical ones.
The best song in this album. I can't stop listening.
It's been 3 years. Still listening?
@@motnosniv YES
Not when fountain exists
@@Forlfir I came exactly looking for this comment .
2024 , its a masterpiece
Why have I heard this song only in 2020?
I like it very very very much
She produces music that is far too beautiful, too original and too intelligent to be widely known ...
I recommend u listen to fountain (same artist)
Sorry for you sis but it's always time to catch up
At least you finally found it. This popped up on my Phantogram Pandora station a couple of years back and, wow, what an amazing musical discovery!
I found her on spotify discover weeklie like a year ago or a little more, now finding out she was a big deal in 2010? Too bad i was 10 years old back then xF
SHADOWSHOW LYRICS
[Verse 1]
I am fire, I am damage in the making
I am an army set out to control your every ticking
I am a giant stepping on the tiny world you live in
[Pre-Chorus 1]
And you shake and you shiver
As the roof is coming down
And the walls grow thinner
[Chorus 1]
Shadowshow darkens the river
Turn hearts into stone
We run, we run terrified, what have we done?
Is this how it goes?
Silence grows loudly bigger
Its heartrending crow
You run, you run terrified, what have you done?
Is this how it goes? (Let the shadows swallow all)
It's how it goes
[Verse 2]
Mass confusion, never been so excited
What your hearts felt for us was evidently unrequited
[Bridge]
And by the sea, we’re laying down our hopes
You will conquer all
Your rise, our fall
And by the sea, I’m laying down my hopes
We will conquer all
Our rise, your fall
[Pre-Chorus 2]
And I shake and I shiver
As I cut through skin and bones
Can you solve the riddle?
[Chorus 2]
Shadowshow darkens the river
Turn hearts into stone
We run, we run terrified, what have we done?
Is this how it goes?
Silence grows loudly bigger
Its heartrending crow (Let the shadows swallow all)
You run, you run terrified, what have you done?
Is this how it goes? (Let the dark upon us fall)
It's how it goes
[Post-Chorus]
Let the shadows swallow all
Let the dark upon us fall
[Outro]
I am fire, I am damage in the making
I am an army set out to control your every ticking
Thank you soo much !
this song is better than most horror stories I've read, damn...
@@N3ONLUV Try no longer human from junji ito
Sasi loves this song very much.
👍🏿
Harbi sasiden geldikte bu ne olum absolute banger bu
So emotional watching this as it is the last chapter. Your work truly means so much to me and I am incredibly thankful that you have worked so hard to make such a beautiful and brilliant audiovisual journey. I will cherish each moment forever, because each moment has allowed me a necessary escape into something much more astounding than I could ever have imagined. iam, you are a gem. Thank you so much and I hope whatever and wherever this journey brings you next, brings you endless joy and fearless possibility. Much, much love from Milwaukee Wisconsin in the USA.
I can't like this enough. ^ This 1,000,000x - except I'm from Pittsburgh, PA :P
What's crazy is my parents were born in Milwaukee and I was raised in Pittsburgh. Now residing in Richmond Virginia.
Pretty much the same, but from all of us in Brazil, specially in São Paulo, I believe I converted at least a dozen amazing people into fan of yours. We love you deeply. Whenever you need a hug, know for certain you can count on ours!
Ikr?! Her artwork is so beautiful that it's addictive and even inspires me! She's so awesome yet she's not famous..smh
Ted Weber Not only in São Paulo, Belo Horizonte represented too.
o/
"And you shake and you shiver" Ever time she sings that part... I just can't even..
Same!!!
I'd like to thank my son for introducing to me the most enchanting, brilliant, wonderfully surprising artist I have every known! Jonna you have blown me away!! Cannot wait for your next ingenious journey. Being 54 I have seen and heard a lot of artists yet you are my all time fav!!! Keep up the good work.
WOW . I feel like my heart stopped for 6minutes 2seconds. The symbolism here is soo sooo wonderful. She shattered the reflection of who she was (the mirror in the last dancer). Reconstituted it to then give her a new platform (the mirror throne) for her new identity and then became a reflection of all of us (the mirrored jumpsuit).
And she led us all into this digital world she created. Wooing us with her mystery. Into the lake. Team iamamiwhoami I applaud you on this, a powerful journey full of intent, and I cannot wait to see where the rivers flow next. X o
😅 you just see what you want to see.. but that is fine, cause true art is profoundly universal.. 🤗
I didn't watch this video for months because I was so afraid of this being over. this video was so beautiful and I'm so sad that Iamamiwhoami is over.
Kat Blaque be sure to watch the concert on 29th of April....not over yet :)
Kat Blaque iamamiwhoami is not over right?? the blue blue era is over
Leonardo Mulè this is supposed to be their last project.
***** yay!!!!!!!!!!
iamamiwhoami CAN'T be over hahaha ):
And the last act was all about putting her shadows to a rest, by creating a beautiful crafted shadowshow. Thank you so much to the iamamiwhoami team for making this magic and bringing back the excitement for music. You gave music a whole new meaning. See you in the next chapter, I can't wait to be with you in your next journey.
Andy.
Jonna took charge of her own direction (becoming that which holds her reflection), drowning her overly critical fans (the shadows), and set fire to the "kin" era they wanted her stuck in (the woods). that's the most swedish pop way to say "f*ck you i do what i want". incredible
that's bounty burning in fountain (white box)
Pardon me while I geek out, but can we just talk about how iamamiwhoami's Jonna Lee basically gave her fan base two middle fingers in Shadowshow? The track which was the first song written for the project, which was places at the end of the third installment, the Blue era; iamamiwhoami has been a very fan influenced project and fans were unhappy with the direction this audiovisual album was going. Prompting the return to "the forest" where fans felt comfortable and satisfied with the work being produced. The track leading up to the end if the album entitled "The Last Dancer" features a very disgruntled Jonna Lee returning to the forest where the shadows (fans) essentially dragged her back into. Toward the end of the video Jonna begins to do the dance from "sever" a track from "Kin". This symbolizes so much in the conclusion of Blue; where the video for Shadowshow brings in a mirror dazzled Jonna which represents reflection, also very symbolic if the breaking of the mirror in "The Last Dancer". The video incorporates Swedish folklore of a creature that would play music to lure children into the lake, in which Jonna leads the shadows into the water after donning the mirror outfit, symbolizing the end of the Blue era and the end of her taking shit about her artistic vision and where she wants to go with it. High five to her
Film porno
Film porno
💐🌹🥀
That makes sense. Fuck the fans.
Their job is to listen and appreciate not complain and "influence."
I eat up whatever she produces ..she's fucking brilliant
Major goosebumps at the "and I shake and I shiver" bit.
This is what Kate Bush would sound like if she came out in post 2018.
Yeeeees
I was really hit with a wave (heh) of homesickness just now - the very first time after we moved last year. The album came out before that and i remember dancing alone to this song one night with the moonlight falling though the big window in our living room.
Out of all the things this distinct and and kind of stupid memory made me miss home.
Pfff.
that sounds really special and bittersweet
im glad im not the only one who had the experience of dancing alone in the dark to this lol
its the perfect song for it
At 5:19 she's like: Yeah, I had everything controlled since the very beginning. Look how even the shadows obey my commands.
до дрожи... до мурашек по коже...хочется стать дымом, светом и танцевать вечность
What a beautiful comment 😊
I am fire, I am damaged in the making
I am an army set out to control your every ticking
I am a giant stepping on the tiny world you're living in, we solve
And you shake and you shiver as the roof is coming down
And the walls grow thinner
Shadows show, darkens the river
Turns hearts into stone
We run, we run
Terrified, what have you done?
This is how it goes
It's how it goes
Mass confusion, never been so damn excited
What your hearts felt for us was evidently unrequited
And I shake and I shiver as I cut through skin and bones
Can you solve the riddle?
Shadows show, darkens the river
Turns hearts into stone
We run, we run
Terrified, what have you done?
Is this how it goes?
It's how it goes
Thx for The lyrics by this beautiful creature.
She's like a mix of Björk, Rockettothesky and Lana del Rey. And this song is life ❤️
THE PERFECT COMBINATION 🍁
sever used to be my favorite iamamiwhoami song but I think this one beats it.
Me too
sever is like my another reality its so capturing
alex fashandi me too
Such an intricate conclusion toward an immersive new album. Thank you Jonna and WAVES for leaving us with new islands.
I used to think that the shadows were fans but they're just parts of herself that now doesn't have power to control the real "Jonna". BLUE is a search for her own identity that ends with the creation of ionnalee.
um no this is absolutely Not what the shadows are....
Just as I predicted we get an evil looking Jonna leading the shadows to her "pond" like good drones (that we all are). It seems the summary of blue then is about the start of her career as an artist, as plain old Jonna Lee, the reactions, the interest/chase from fans, the decline in interest from both sides, occasional excitement from some fans but no real sustaining thing, and the ultimate realization that in order for her to get the fans interest/love/obsession as she did during blue blue in her apparent dream, she would need to strip off what she once was and just be herself, her naked essence, which is how she's referred to the project many times when comparing it to her last sound. And the result is to lure all of us into her digital waters. I love it! What a fun ride it's been! Thank you Jonna, Claes, WAVE, and all others responsible for quite possibly one of the most profound and groundbreaking works of art of the 21st century to date...in ANY medium! (This is my third comment on this video so I better shut up now LOL). See you on the island and in concert, hopefully!
Loving the album even more now that I've watched all the videos and found the *right* lyrics. I feel like this album is discussing what it means to break free from the mainstream music world - and navigating that choice to keep your authentic self as an artist despite all opposition from the "powers that be" who decide what music is now a days... I could be wrong, but that's my interpretation! I'm sure, as with most artists, there are multiple messages in the music.
In an interview she described the album as being recorded, filmed, and published in realtime. I think it was an experimental concept album meant to be co-created with the audience. What ended up happening is people didn't realize through the entire project what she was saying, and didn't contribute anything but the usual comments, and Shadowshow is a thesis of her remorse (I think) over the definition of art in our times. (See the video for Thin which is about her disappointment with her audience.) She ended up deciding that people don't participate unless the offer exists outside of the work itself, so she explicitly asked people to send in dancing videos to play during the live performance.
@A Small Babby that's an interesting theory!
Been following since 2010, back when the "who am I" part was still debated. :) I have to say, I've thoroughly enjoyed it all. The bounty days were my favorite, but that's a personal preference. "T" will always be the song/video I say I love most. But iamamiwhoami has evolved throughout their span... Each time altering changing their tactics, although not entirely so. This album was not quite as focused on storytelling/heavy with symbolism in the visuals as in the past, but that doesn't make the songs/lyrics or visuals any less interesting or wonderful. I think songs like "thin" and "chasing kites" were something I hadn't expected from iam, and I love that. What I'm saying is, I love iamamiwhoami and I'm pretty sure I always will. I have always found something meaningful and deep in their visuals/lyrics. Keep on creating, iamamiwhoami. There are too few artists out there with no talent... Continue setting the example for what talent really looks like!
Totally agree! Keep on creating, Jonna! (:
Watch it on acid then redo this comment lol
Omg this is the riddle song she sang in concert back in the Bounty days! So glad she made it an official release now! Sounds so good! Makes me so happy (:
The feels this song gives me, I was rolling on Molly the first song I heard when it started to hit me. Euphoric feeling I swear.. Not trynna be a bad influence but seriously try it. I started crying of how beautiful the song was lmao totally worth it tho
To me this video tells this; "You could reflect yourself in me. I am just like you, and you are just like me. Human. Could do good, could do bad. Like there is fans who cherish and adore ;) , there are people who will not like this project. Even those who once were fans. So it's impossible to avoid negative comments, whatever you do. I think she knows this all too well, and therefore, to protect herself from negative comments, she uses her power, all naked, iamamiwhoami to the core, and control her fans who would do anything for her. And drown them."
So if this is the last video/song ever, it's a damn good ending. (but I do hope they'll release more stuff)
An incredible journey that took almost a year. One of the best years of my life with your music always behind me... What is next? Who knows... I will be waiting for your inspiration... At last you put us to sleep. Thank you for everything
Since i heard it the first time, i'm addicted to this song
this is the first song i encounter from the iamamiwhoami project.. honestly.. the producer did more than a perfect job there.. the chords are messed up but he could make something interesting out of it.. this is really under rated
I love her, her aesthetic, she looks like a Pleiadian
Iamamiwhoami you make my days better ever since I saw your first video 5 years ago. Thank you so much.
Очень доставило. Крайне годно, считаю ... особенно в нашу эпоху, когда хорошей и приятной музыки дефицит, и визуализация очень кстати - качество, красота, простота ... кароче уровень+ )
Amazing.. the forest, the night, body moves, naked iamami.. all is perferct and i love your dark side!! Shadowshow (all this dark concept) remind me the bounty series.. Excellent !!
OMG this is the song from the concert
A real fan
When the bass hits 18 seconds in I get tingles.
I was just thinking about abba hearing this , i love abba , but yeah back to you my little ice queen of the north , you are the reflection , the very awe and splendor of nature itself , the element of water seems to be at your command. Captivating and unique , you bring us back to whats pure and real , without complication
You show us the path to the place that was there before the world began.
Thank you for all of your works.
De todas as palavras em português que ela poderia dizer, ela diz "Saidera". Em 2:49.
Mds KKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
br sendo br HUEHEUHUEEH
+Rique Sampaio KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK.................. Br é foda xD
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"I am fire, I am damage in the making"
BLUE was water and they burned the cube, so is it safe to assume that the next album will be fire themed? I can't wait.
Inb4 Jonna burns herself in the next album.
How did you know??!!?
This prophecy...
bruh
As beautiful as the ocean was, I'm glad she's back in the woods. Great contrast from beginning and end.
This song has been on repeat lately. Very beautiful.
She is great artist. This song is for me the best from BLUE and I also enjoy in that visual shadow show story :-)
Это можно смотреть бесконечно. И мое сердце замерло на эти 6 минут. Вещь!
Found it suddenly. THIS song is touching soul strings
One of my favorites. "I am a giant stepping on the tiny world you're living in...", has to be one of the greatest lines of any song ever written!
3:59 ARTGASM
Her music has a transcending effect, and a hypnotic feel to it. I love it! And I just discovered her here on TH-cam from the suggested videos. Great recommendation!
I can't stop listening to this songg
why did I just discovered this until now 😭
Same same
"And I shake and i shiver as i cut through skin and bones" Love it.Love iam
I first heard this song in the bounty's online live concert, and I loved it so much. It stayed in my thoughts for months. I've heard that shadowshow, the song from the new album, and the song I've heard in the end of the concert (it was an acoustic, piano version. very simple, but with a great lyric and melody) had the same lyrics (wich means they're the same song), and I didn't believe it. But in the moment the song started played, and I could hear her voice singing, I immediatly recognized it.
All I can say is that you guys made me literally almost cry. A cry that was a mix between nostalgy and pure satisfaction. And I've never thought satisfaction could bring tears to your eyes, but it does, and it feels great. This whole audiovisual project was delightful to my ears and gorgeous to my eyes. And yes, like you've done in the last two albums, you've finished with a gorgeous/delightful masterpiece, I feel now even more connected to this song. This "new" version (maybe "official" sounds better) is so powerfull, I can only say thank you for having this idea, and spreading it.
It has been amazing to see how the project has changed and reinvented itself, but still being very unique and, somehow, constant with its essence. Thank you, I'll patiently wait for the next time. ♥
this is epic!
I love the mirror costume, and the dance of shadow and light aroud it.
It's about creative process. At some points, you are terrified at the power you wield over people's lives ("I am a giant stepping on a tiny world you live in") -- at others, you are terrified of times when you are not producing the art expected of you ("silence grows loudly bigger"). You want the darkness to swallow all; to end it without a trace; to be free of this burden -- but you are drunk on the power to create and to move others.
This woman is a goddess in every sense of the word.
Blue is MILES better than any of the previous albums in my opinion (and the last two albums are in my top 20 of all time)
And in my opinion this is the best song they've ever written.
True art transcends time and space, who do our ideas come from anyways? The production quality of your music is outstanding, as a lone producer I have made some truly trancedent music, but until I can do vocals like this I can only but sit in awe of what you have accomplished here. Thank you for your selflessness, from one artist to another.
Simply beautiful
me too, if they play at melt!2015 i'll be there :)
ah elle eh ex
I went for the first time earlier this year; and can't wait to go again! Iamamiwhoami would make it amazing
Any other songs like this? This is just head and shoulders above everything else she's done. I've never heard anything quite like it before.
i know this comment is old but give royksopp a listen! highly recommend
Oh god, I guess this one takes my #1 favorite song followed by Sever.
Can't wait for the next project.
Thank you for the awesome music and the amazing visuals.
Much love
What a beautiful ending to our journey. It was magical! The act of complete immersion is an eloquent representation of everyone who follows Jonna and this project. We immerse ourselves into this music and everything this project creates.
True art, amazing closure to a beautiful era, thanks for all this, you're unique in this world, never to be forgotten, iam team.
Most Iconic song. I will forever remember this song and artist from this song
OMFG I AM LYING ON THE GROUND JUST SCREAMING WHYYYYY JONNA WHYYYYY SO FUCKING BEAUTY
I LOVE THIS, the video fits perfectly, her costume is just amazing, and the song... it was worth waiting 4 years for the studio version
I found this song in 2024 and I'm obsessed with it ❤
Wow. This past year has been incredible. All the suspense you caused me, and anxiety as to what would happen next. Such a beautiful audiovisual experience. Can't wait for what's next.
In the end, I didn't fully appreciate BLUE but now I see what an amazing journey it was. All the places Jonna took us and all the visions she showed us, it was a gift.
I love you so much, your audio visual films truly touch me every time I watch. I know each lyric is personal and close to your heart , but they help me process my own emotions and experiences as well and that means a lot. Thank you for the beautiful journeys you take us on. You remain one of my favorite artists always
Their stuff is so good! I lucked out and got Kin at a bargain store. Didn't know who they were but took a chance. Glad I did!
she sounds like she inhaled helium as a child and it never left her and now she's left with this weird raspy chainsmoker voice
i know right? its so unique and refreshing!! I've never heard anything like her.
remember the fire in the blue
The best way to finish 2014, my favorite song from blue *-* congrats Jonna, you're simply inspiration!
Mass confusion never been so DAMN excited!
I dont undstand any of this videos,but I feel so conected, like they speak to my soul
DontTuch try watching them in order. there are playlists in ther channel
JAWHJWJSJSHAHAHA THIS COMMENT IS WHAT I ALWAYS SAY ABOUT THE VIDEOS
Esto es excelente, No podria ser mejor. Un cierre perfecto para esta era. Gracias a todos los que hacen de Iamamiwhoami una experiencia audiovisual exquisita. Los amo. Estare esperando por mas.
escutem a voz de deus
cin!
SAHUASHUUHASUHASUHSHAUSUHSHUASHUAS
Amém
One of the best videos I have ever seen, and I own a video production company. Simple but perfect!
I've always had the impression that this song is about death.
You are astute. She had a thyroid cancer diagnosis, but it was false...still, she dealt with it in a way worthy of a viking warrior.
No wonder many people love this, since it's from the Bounty era. It's nice to hear the finished version after all these years. I thought it wouldn't happen. I'm not sure which version I prefer, though.
Wow. I realize I'm late to the party, but WOW. Is this whole album a metaphor for global warming/climate change? I feel like she represents the ocean/earth and she's trying desperately to send messages and warnings, that are completely confusing to/ignored by the dark figures (us humans, I presume), but of course, in the end we'll only make the Earth uninhabitable for ourselves--She (the oceans/Gaia/the Earth) will continue just fine without us once we've drowned ourselves... Regardless of what the intended message is, it's fantastic art and I love it!
This made me so emotional... see you soon Jonna and thanks for everything :)
(Let the shadows swallow all)
(Let the dark upon us fall)
This reminds me of näcken, a figure in Scandinavian folklore.
No matter how times I watch this, I still get goosebumps at 4:55 ! OMG. What an amazing video to this song, and what a wonderful visual closer to the album - like holy fuck !!
I like how the essence of this video/closer is similar to Goods in a way, but Jesus I wasn't expecting the project to end like this. I can die happy now
Que musica foda, obrigado ao spotify por ter me mostrado essa joia rara!
Thank you Jonna Lee, vast gratitude
One of the fucking good songs I ever listen. One of my favorites, I travel so far in my mind. I am fire I am damage…Love u iamamiwhoami
Been following since prelude days, I can't put into words how much this project means to me.. although "the riddle" has been solved, I hope it is far from over 💙
Holy crap this is amazing i have no words to describe
It's been so much fun Jonna and Claes and everybody else involved. Thanks you so much for everything you have given us this year. I hope you know how much we appreciate it. Looking forward to what is coming next.
Omg!!!! This is heaven. The mirrors costume *.*
Йонна знает как заставить бегать толпы мурашек
God I love this band...
This song is a perfect alarm to wake up everyday to.
Hello from turkey, this song made me cry.
Ilayda Ozturk hello turkey .. yes really amazing song :))
I love all the songs of all the albums, but this song is definitely my favorite. I don't know if it's the lyrics, the progression, or all of it, but I can listen to it back to back and still feel the same joy
the best song that has ever been recorded
This is everything I imagined it to be, and more. This is such incredible work. I am so thankful for this band and everyone involved with it.
So perfect, i can hardly breath