stressed Out, reX orange county - Kinetic type piece
Stressed Out is the 5th track of Rex Orange County’s album Pony. Alex O’ Connor, the artist behind Rex Orange County pseudonym, has described the album as deeply personal work. Through the album, Rex humanizes the healing process of depression, all of its stages, and his darkest moments, addressing a stigmatized issue with clear and authentic lyrics and melodies while bringing his listeners to empathize with the different phases of his mental health journey and promotes the idea of seeking help for anyone that could be struggling with mental health.
In this particular song, he starts with a yawn and expresses the feeling of being face to face with the reality that his achievements don't necessarily correlate to happiness or truthful relationships but how his fame has made him come to realize how many fake people and friends he had around trying to get something in return for his fame while every genuine aspect of this relationships seems to be lost and claims that the whole situation is unfair.
This piece attempts to translate the lyrics and the feelings expressed and perceived in Stressed out in through experimental kinetic type techniques achieved with recorded screen reflections over liquid formula.
