#fob themes

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“it's conceptually kind of based around these two halves, right? it’s like the smiley face.”

it’s this nihilistic side where he’s like ‘i could just - you know, do whatever cause none of it fucking matters’ // and the other half….that’s about breaking out of that feeling of nihilism.

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from now on we are enemies vs miss missing you vs the last of the real ones

pete talking about miss missing you, the last of the real ones / amadeus summary / patrick talking about miss missing you / kerrang

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the thing about so much (for) stardust is that it has such a prevalent theme of “i am not what you wanted. i see how i fail to live up to your expectations and how i will always fall short of those expectations. if i keep trying to live up to who and what you want me to be it will destroy us both.”

i’m a hard pill to swallow. all this effort to make it look effortless. rip myself apart to be whatever you need me to be. i can’t be what you want me to be.

this is where the themes of serious unseriousness and “lava boots” and being safe to be weird come in. instead of destroying yourself to please others (carving out a place in the world for two that is ultimately worthless because it isn’t your real self), you have to find the people who love you exactly the way you are. they love who you are right now, with all of your flaws and shortcomings and failings. and then you have to hold onto them and not let go.

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everything everywhere all at once + the themes of so much (for) stardust

pete wentz describing the album’s themes at fall out boy metro // album announcement // fall out boy’s new year email // love from the other side

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the way that from under the cork tree and so much (for) stardust carry so many of the same sentiments and motivations, but one is this younger, anger-driven explosion of emotion that is in turn fueled by and paralyzed by its own range and the other is the more mature processing of those emotions and helplessness.

in so much (for) stardust, instead of letting anger and helplessness push you to a sort of frozen state where you’re just angry at your own helplessness, there is optimism but also motivation and release that comes in recognizing life is short and possibly meaningless but you still have to live. the anger is still there. the helplessness is still there. it’s just handled and experienced differently now that you are different and have different responsibilities.

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okay i know i said i didn’t want to start analysis yet but heaven, iowa and i am my own muse are two sides of the same coin. they’re such similar sentiments but one expressed with longing and sadness and introspection and the other expressed with rage and betrayal and desperation

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link to the full listening party/album track by track commentary for so much (for) stardust!