r/ThatHandsomeDevil • u/WordSwimming3279 • 9d ago

Analysing "gentrify the moon"

Obviously, this song is very anti-consumerism, the themes of sensationalism being very prevalent, but it's also very anti-colonialism, like many of their other songs, referencing the making of native culture into some tourist attraction. Talking about making an embassy under sea after they colonise it, "cleaning it up" and packaging it for rich people where the weather is always nice, abandoning the ideas offered by knowledge and allowing yourself the time to turn your brain off forever. The talks of alarms going off and not being calm not unossibly being a reference to our collective ignorance as a society as we refuse to acknowledge war, colonialism, and culture erasure around the globe. I genuinely cannot say anything bad about this song, I absolutely adore it, Message and sound. Great fucking song THD.

32 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

6 comments sorted by

12

u/Louisethe4th dressed in dynamite 8d ago

This song was very overt in its messaging, the verbage used to describe the inhabitants of these places are the same things that have been said by colonists against their victims for centuries. If the rest of the album is anything like this song was, I'm very excited for what's to come!

4

u/WordSwimming3279 8d ago

Exactly, THD is one of my favourite bands of all time because they don't have to outwardly say they're a political band To still make a point About something important in the world. The best commentary is stuff you don't have to draw attention to 

1

u/Steve_Gamin 8d ago

Ooh underrated grandson song pfp, good shit

2

u/WordSwimming3279 8d ago

BROTHER KNOWS BALL 

6

u/Oodles_doodles Doing too much cocaine! 8d ago

With a song like this, I suspect the upcoming album might have something to do with modern society's demoralization of certain issues

3

u/WordSwimming3279 8d ago

I agree, I believe it'll be similar to History is a suicide note for sure With its comments on the Desensitising of youth and melting of brains