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Originally Posted by Andrenekoi
Talking about her symbolism with TVs some years ago with Noidea, he pointed to me that it could be a contemporary take on vanitas
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Hmm..very interesting take. If we start thinking it may be true because just look at the lyrics of rollin' in which she says that all ' obsessions' on material things are futile because we'll sometime get to the point in which we get nothing and start regreting the lost time (vanitas - The Latin word means "vanity" and loosely translated corresponds to the meaninglessness of earthly life and the transient nature of all earthly goods and pursuits). Also, the 8bit sound of rollin reminds me of tvs and all that stuff, so it may be a connection.
I strongly feel that with this album she put the accent on the unimportance of material things because she had a very hard 2007/2008 and she realised that even if she has all the money in the world she can't keep the loved ones with her (reference to her dead friend in 2007) or she can't maintain her own health (her ear loss). In other words, life can't be controlled with wealth & fame. She mentions the time motif in Sparkle, rollin', GREEN - it's like a chain.
Like ayu told a magazine, the main theme is the imbold that she gives others to start accomplishing things without fear of unknown (life is always imprevisible and this is the pleasure to it)
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she always gives us two or more hidden facets of her albums to be discovered by us and that's why I love her albums so much. Like, she told us the first meaning with the determination stuff and the rest is up to us. This is a great feat, because this way everybody can rediscover themselves in her work.