#Tweedle dum update

But when unexpectedly in the seventh verse the third person gives way to the first and second, the relevance of the fictional pair to the lives and fate of the listener becomes obvious. We perhaps donРІР‚в„ўt even notice the descriptions which place the protagonists as much in our world as in that of the bible.

Stylised characters and third person narrative initially lull the listener into imagining a comfortable distance between him and the songРІР‚в„ўs fictional world of bitterness and betrayal. The themes are love and theft, as one might expect from the album title, as well as desire, suffering, and redemption. After all, Alice, too, ultimately had some trouble distinguishing between dreams and nightmares, fantasy and reality.The song deals with doctrine, both Judeo-Christian and Buddhist, while also being in debt to traditional nursery rhyme. A brother (both literal and metaphorical) in musical arms.Р”Р„nd when she canРІР‚в„ўt have her Tweedle-Dum on call, it appears as though our Tweedle-Dee reverts to the Alice role, languishing among a field of flowers (even if they arenРІР‚в„ўt daisiesРІР‚вЂњthat would be too prosaic for Gen Z). For there is comfort in a constant presence. Yet the soothing presence of her green-hued Tweedle-Dum, who reaches out to take her hand just when she feels at her loneliest, is enough to make the lack of distinction not matter.

#Tweedle dum update

For when sheРІР‚в„ўs wrapped in that watery sheet that looks like an update on the style of Busta Rhymes and Janet JacksonРІР‚в„ўs РІР‚СљWhatРІР‚в„ўs It Gonna Be?!РІР‚Сњ video, one canРІР‚в„ўt tell the difference anymore between EilishРІР‚в„ўs dream and nightmare, the exact effect she was going for.

Yet there are some instances grounded in reality, like a scene of Eilish alone on a mattress on the floor, gazing out the window as she thinks, РІР‚СљIt feels like yesterday was a year ago.РІР‚Сњ Maybe in the laws of the realm of where this videoРІР‚в„ўs setting exists, it was.

With he green-haired and she blue-haired, there is also un certain Seussian quality to the entire look (something like Thing 1 and Thing 2). Incidentally, Eilish probably should have incorporated these specific sartorial pieces into her recent fashion collab with Urban Outfitters. Indelible on the mind thanks to appearing on repeat in multiple instances throughout the video. When he finally sits down next to her on the hill, it makes for a decidedly prominent sleazecore Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum image. Then again, maybe EilishРІР‚в„ўs РІР‚СљregularРІР‚Сњ aesthetic itself is intended to be enough for this РІР‚Сљstripped downРІР‚Сњ track, even if sheРІР‚в„ўs occasionally given a hyper-real, oversaturated look covered in something like cellophaneРІР‚вЂњappearing almost as an entity right out of The BeatlesРІР‚в„ў РІР‚СљLucy in the Sky With DiamondsРІР‚Сњ narrative.Р”Р„t times walking aimlessly along a flowered abyss of a hill, seemingly in search of someone and no one, the video interweaves this scene of her in blue and pink striped overalls with another Finneas-inspired figure seeming to watch over in the distance in green and white striped overalls. That is to say, no likenable sign of oil-drenched giant wings (as in РІР‚Сљ all the good girls go to hellРІР‚Сљ) or blue-black liquid pouring out of her eyes (as in РІР‚Сљwhen the partyРІР‚в„ўs overРІР‚Сњ)РІР‚вЂњsave, perhaps, for the, at times, radioactive-looking flowers in shades of blue. To accompany Billie EilishРІР‚в„ўs latest single/ode to brotherly love, her video for РІР‚СљEverything I WantedРІР‚Сњ is decidedly staid by past Eilish standards.