Liam and Zayn are stuck in a closet, and music and art are the only places where they can speak about it openly.
In the last round-up vlog Liam described for the first time the NFT-character he created:
He said that the character can fly but he can't fly that at the moment because he's got locked in a cage.
Zayn has used the same concept in his songs.
In 'BRIGHT' Zayn sings about being confined in a cage:
"the cage I was in fell away when she asked me to dance again"
In 'River Road' Zayn continues to describe his locked state:
"stopped at the ceiling, all these years"
The only thing left is to watch the world outside:
"breeze outside my window turned to color"
But Zayn doesn't lose hope to get out of the cage:
"know that I will see the sun again"
In 'Calamity' the locked state is characterised as a prison:
"and in times like a prison state"
and this comparison had been used before in 'PILLOWTALK':
"prisoners then we're free, it's a thin line"
Liam's 'Lonely Bug' can't fly at the moment because of glass walls surrounding him but he'll fly again once he will be unlocked.
'Icarus Falls''s main idea represents falling due to burned wings but rising again despite the obstacles:
"I don't mind falling if it means to get to fly again"
In 'YELLOW METAL - cathartic' Zayn repeats the concept of not being able to fly because of gravity keeping them to the ground:
"gravity is there, and it kept us to the ground"
This line is a reference to John Mayer's song "Gravity" (it's a well-known fact that Zayn and Liam love John Mayer):
"gravity is working against me and gravity wants to bring me down"
After rapping that part, Zayn also sings a refrain from this song.
The main idea of the 'Lonely Bug' piece 'Always On' says
"It can often feel like the spotlight is always on. New challenges arrive from all angle, and you just can't rest."
'Better' music video illustrates the same motif. In the video Zayn is constantly watched and he can't sleep longer. All his movements are recorded from the moment he wakes up:
That music video represents not only the idea of being constantly watched and controlled, but it's also about being confided in walls. Zayn is locked. He can only watch the world outside standing behind glass walls, wishing to come out and finally be free.
'iT's YoU' music video embodies the same concept:
The crucial feature of 'Lonely Bug' - the locked state of the character. The bug got stuck in a glass box. He wants to be released but he can't be free for the time being:
Fun fact: Zayn has the unreleased song 'Dragonfly' which wasn't added to 'Mind of Mine'.
If you compare 'Lonely Bug' and a dragonfly, you can see that they both have two pairs of wings:
(since Zayn burned his wings, Liam did two pairs of them - one for himself and one for Zayn).
In one of his recent Instagram lives, Liam pointed out that the NFT-collection he created let him to say things he wouldn't usually say directly:
"you have to read between the lines".
Sure we do, Liam, don't worry.
Liam and Zayn are locked in a cage, and they can't fly. Their wings were taken from them because they fell in love with each other but here's to the future where they will get to fly again and will show their love openly and proudly.
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