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Anon has trouble assimilating (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

According to songwriter David Fenton, "Turning Japanese is all the clichés about angst and youth and turning into something you didn't expect." Fenton intended the song to be a love song, with the character of the song "pining over a photograph of his ex-girlfriend" in his bedroom, drawing from Fenton's own experience of being rejected.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_Japanese#:~:text=According%20to%20songwriter%20David%20Fenton,not%20%22really%20mean%20much%22.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't make much sense to me.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It doesn't really have to? Whatever caused the inspiration for anything artistic can be extremely mundane. Absurdism isn't exactly a new concept, especially to artists. Much like dark humor, not everyone will get the artist's message, or their inspiration.