SOPHIE: Faceshopping (2018)
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SOPHIE: Faceshopping (2018)
her face is the real shop front
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Mineru is an immaterial girl
For context, immaterial is an adjective that describes something that is unimportant or irrelevant under the circumstances. But in this case, it's spiritual rather than physical. I found this term through a song called "Immaterial" from Scottish music producer and songwriter SOPHIE. The song itself is about exploring the idea of identity existing beyond physical form, celebrating the freedom of defining oneself internally rather than externally. I thought it was a good song to describe Mineru's character (since she is the "Sage of Spirit" after all). When listening to SOPHIE's music, I couldn't help but find similarities between Mineru and SOPHIE such as the both of them having tall, slender appearances, a passion for technology, and being mentor figures for others. Faceshopping is also a good song to describe Mineru's character, given the Spirit Temple is all about the creation of a new physical form for Mineru to inhabit. In addition, the singles that became the Product compilation tape are all simple, plasticine 3D renders, but the music inside is unprecedently textured, full of character and personality, much like how a zonai construct is a generic factory model, which you would not expect someone as strong as the Sage of Spirit to be inside. I have links down below to listen to the songs and to enter SOPHIE's YouTube and Spotify pages. I also have a link to the Spotify playlist I made based on Mineru.
SOPHIE's YouTube Page:
https://youtube.com/@sophiemsmsmsm?si=PUbScb3nRmL_6d8v
SOPHIE's Spotify Page:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5a2w2tgpLwv26BYJf2qYwu?si=10Ky80eRROS8wOrmjXMt-w
Immaterial by SOPHIE (YouTube): https://youtu.be/PB5tnokRFS0?si=N5qkO3UGvLPnGTb4
Immaterial by SOPHIE (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/track/7ub14NqqyR1MDUTXyFBTzO?si=oAihBtlRRW2I7b5dikLaiQ
Faceshopping by SOPHIE (YouTube):
https://youtu.be/tGQ8bpb_Rbk?si=x9rK8RrDjlT81Z2Y
Faceshopping by SOPHIE (Spotify):
https://open.spotify.com/track/59PYsHSyznHHH9gujZvO5Y?si=w3t4VTl1QSmQpUaAwx2Zgw
Mineru's Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2carne14Zn5ARMUcdhacer?si=YxK3_-AtRP-jZiIUvpRsHw&pi=Qx0TW8BJQlmoz
Faceshopping (SOPHIE) My face is the front of shop My face is the real shop front My shop is the face I front I'm real when I shop my face
Artificial bloom Hydroponic skin Chemical release Synthesise the real Plastic surgery Social dialect Positive results Documents of life
Hotel California (The Moog Cookbook, The Eagles) This is the strangest cover of a song I have ever heard. It's instrumental, vaguely recognizable as 'Hotel California', but shifts styles abruptly. At one point it becomes country music, then circus music, then surf rock.
Stranger Music Round 3 Bout 4
Faceshopping (SOPHIE)
Hotel California (The Moog Cookbook, The Eagles)