An Unusual Passion

Everyone has a knack for doing something they admire and strive towards, and being a music critic would be an uncommon ardor. A music critic is a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art. Whether it is in a foreign language or their own, people tend to keep an opinion about the art they listen to. The discography of an artist is the combination of various styles, genres, instruments, techniques, composition, layers, and ideas that are used to produce an album or single by the artist.

Bound to the boundaries of my home due to the lockdown amid the Coronavirus, I stumbled upon BTS' music, and to say the least, I was mind blown when I discovered the making of their art. BTS's breakdown of their music got me into the art of criticizing music. I was keen to choose the analysis of music as a passion as I habitually interpret the music I listen to.

An example of an artist making me discover something new is when I got to know SUGA's song Interlude: SHADOW, which led me to delve into Carl Jung's philosophy. On the track, at 2:46, Carl Jung's Psyche Map is portrayed as an Easter Egg. In the song, SUGA delineates how afraid he is, how no one told him being a worldwide sensation would get this hard. It is this dichotomy, showing as he gets high up being famous, he feels his real-self slipping away as low as it can. Closer to the bridge of the song, a sonic variation is observed, when the course changes to an 808 bass, with increasingly distorted background sounds, as if almost limning the evil in him. At this point in the art, the SUGA who drives for fame and greatness comes out, saying a very psychologically invoking lyric, "Yeah, I’m you, you are me, now do you know," These verses depict the fight within himself like any other individual faces. [This limited interpretation of the song from my point of view does not cover the entirety of what Interlude: SHADOW by SUGA expresses.]

Getting familiar with the composition of an artist's discography made me realize how exploring an artist's sincere work could also widen my perspective and broaden my view on diverse aspects. I realized, between my journey of discovering my passion, that apart from criticizing the art itself, it was time-consuming to even listen to the music.

I plan on making the best out of my passion in the future, and though it may not be certain, I wish to continue to interpret music, if not pursue a career as a music critic.

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