Car Seat Headrest's Monomania & The Five Stages of Grief

The sequel to my definitely critically acclaimed Twin Fantasy video essay (found here: • Car Seat Headrest's Tw... .
A discussion, analysis, and special presentation of Car Seat Headrest's album Monomania. I, again, am discussing the ALBUM. I may use Will's name, as this is a very personal piece of work, but do not take anything I say here as ammunition to feel like you know him better as a person. This is art, this is a story. Thank you.

[@leaoraissa]

Something to be said about ‘misheard lyrics’ is that, when arguing the ‘inner voice’ structure, we can refer to ‘beast monster thing’, where will states once again (bc it truly is something overstated throughout his discography) that he “co-write[s] [his] songs with [himself]”. So yeah, you’re definitely onto something here!

[@wizrddddd]

if you listen closely, at the end of anchorite (love you very much), wills repeating the word "no" over and over again and its not a big deal but it makes that song a little more heartbreaking to me

[@wizrddddd]

it starts at 36:43 (in this video lol)

[@quoteth]

Ooh yeah I've always kinda realized this but never acknowledged it ig lol, it definitely just adds an extra layer to a song that already fucks me up so badly lol

[@CloverNoir]

Nah bro I had to hold back tears when Anchorite played I can't listen to that song without crying 💀

[@hahaha4625]

The way i look at monomania is that it doesn't start when i play it or stop when i stop playing it. Its more like it's always playing on loop in some other dymension from ours and when i play it im just opening a window into this ever spinning carousel of pain. Monomania is an open wound that is in a constant process of picking at Itself and all the joy it gets all the joy that ever was real in this spinning doomed dymension was of it picking and picking t its own wounds. Anchorite is like that you want it to go on forever cos the pain makes you feel safe and warm I only understand monomania cos its for me its not for anyone but me not even for will cos will had twin fantasy i have monomania

[@vin2416]

this is literally fucking brilliant I'm blown away, monomania is one of the 3 csh albums i havent listed to all the way though and i am unbeliviley impressed. The way you explain it is easy to understand and personal, amazing job.

[@quoteth]

Ah, thank you! It's always been a personal favorite of mine right alongside Twin Fantasy, I'm glad I could give you my perspective on it!

[@valkyrie2832]

I always knew Monomania was kind of a sequel to Twin Fantasy in a way but I honestly hadn’t put much thought into the lyrics for some reason. So thank you for doing an in depth analysis of this album, this is a great video!

[@quoteth]

Appreciated! Love that I was able to give you a better look into the album

[@Jdwzl]

Never listened to csh but here we are

[@quoteth]

I appreciate it, man

[@star_4136]

welcome

[@romaeraegan]

had to pause this video halfway through to go listen to monomania again because damn

[@javi1770]

This video is literally all i wanted in life, finally someone talking in depth about my favorite csh album, and its so good, again tysfm

[@quoteth]

It's my pleasure! This is probably my second favorite csh album, so I'm always so let down when I see not as many ppl talking about it

[@girlhag]

ok ok ok. so i’m like ultimate CSH fanboy, i know all the albums front to back, except maybe 1 and 2. and i’m really not trying to sound pretentious, but i normally can’t bare to watch CSH video essays or just youtube videos about will in general. a lot of them just come off a weird way to me. i either feel like they don’t interpret the music the way i like to interpret it, or i just find them kinda cringe honestly. but this is the first csh video essay i’ve been able to finish and love!! great job man, seriously

[@quoteth]

Oh shit, this is high praise lmao. I read the first half and was preparing to get torn to shreds 😭 I really appreciate it, got a lot of love for this band as well, thanks for the comment

[@calvinrichards1663]

Your twin fantasy video really helped me grasp some of the more complicated aspects of that album. I've always thought of Monomania as a very direct sequel to TF, it's really cool seeing someone practically perfectly articulate my thoughts on this album. Unrelated tangent, but this seems to be a fitting place to put this comment. TF and Monomania have always seemed to parellel the first two weezer albums in a funny way to me. The blue album is their poppy hit with undertones of deeper themes, and pinkerton is a deep dive into the psyche and emotional state of the lead of the band. TF and Monomania practically do the exact same thing. P.S. This account is very cool and I'm glad that the algorithm recommended it to me, I am now subscribed.

[@quoteth]

Yooo appreciate it!! Glad I could help you grasp these albums a little better

[@hyaundo]

oh my goodness. this video is fucking fantastic. the editing despite its simplistic nature, is full of emotion and conveys a beautiful message. many opinions exist of this album, but I can say for sure that it is still a masterpiece and that's a fact. your content is absolutely wonderful and I cannot wait to see more in the future. thank you for doing this. you will go far I can just tell already

[@quoteth]

This is so sweet 😭 Thank you so much for the kind words and I'm glad you enjoyed the vid

[@HeyThereBeachKitty]

I've been getting into CSH recently and I began with Twin Fantasy (Face to Face), and I absolutely loved it. However, while I listened to it for the first time, there were so many lyrics that I didn't really understand, and that's what made me realize that I really wanted to know more about the lyrics themselves because I usually like to understand the lyrics I'm listening to. I also had a feeling that the lyrics, and really, the album as a whole, had a WAY deeper meaning than it was presenting itself on a surface level. I eventually found your video explaining & analyzing Twin Fantasy, so I decided to relisten to Twin Fantasy again to refresh my mind on the album, and as I finished the album, I decided to watch your video. All I can say is that you opened my eyes to Twin Fantasy and made me realize that I missed so much and made me realize that Twin Fantasy as a whole was such a beautifully deep, emotional, yet depressing piece of musical art. I thank you so much for breaking down Twin Fantasy so beautifully and perfectly. I would also love to thank you for encouraging me to listen to Monomania so I could also watch your explanation on that album. It really piqued my interest that the already amazing Twin Fantasy had an actual sequel to it. So, after listening to Monomania for the first time, I then watched your explanation. At first, I didn't really understand too much. So I then decided to give Monomania another listen after a day or two later for a refresher on the album itself. After the second listen, I came back to your analysis on Monomania. You explained and described Monomania in such a beautifully fascinating way, and I sincerely thank you for that. I usually don't go out of my way to write huge paragraphs of text willingly, but I just had to thank you for both videos because they really cleared up things perfectly. Thank you so much. Also, I really liked the edits you did in both videos, such a nice and charming touch! I hope to see more from you eventually, much love :)

[@quoteth]

Wow I really appreciate this comment!! Stuff like this is really what I hoped to come from making these videos. Just trying to give people a deeper understanding of these albums that I love so much.

[@HeyThereBeachKitty]

Of course! And let me say, you did an absolutely stellar job at it! Super glad I found your videos analyzing these beautifully designed albums. I genuinely can't wait to see you cover more stuff! Glad you saw the comment btw!! Much love and good luck with future projects!!

[@saintlouievhs]

I know I already commented but I just finished this, this was incredible. I’ve been wanting a CSH video essay like this and the TF one, and this did it :D

[@quoteth]

Thank you!! I'm glad you enjoyed both of them so much, I have so much passion for CSH's work and I just love sharing it. I'll probably be doing stuff on FtF, The Gun Song, and other csh works later!!

[@saintlouievhs]

@@quoteth I am so excited!! Especially for the FtF video, I can't wait to see what you say about it and how it connects to MtM and Monomania.

[@nikifan]

god i love this album sooo much it's been one of my favs of all time for a few years and i will never get over how good some of the songs are

[@saintlouievhs]

YEAAAAAAAA I’ve been waiting all week for this video let’s GOOOOOO

[@pisslord2000]

I liked monomania before but I have a new wave appreciation for this album. stank u very very much

[@quoteth]

That's my goal! Love your pfp btw

[@martinchocoo]

i can't help but think of the vine boom sound after You Say "monomania" and an a major rings out

[@davidarchives7872]

Just noticed you added an extra "very" when talking about Anchorite (Love you very much) and honestly that's pretty based of you, friend. Would probably work as a title lmao

[@quoteth]

For some reason that's always been the title in my head lol 😭 didn't even realize I added one

[@notghosty8864]

This is such a good video, it brought so much detail I wasn't aware of dispight how many times I've listened to this album

[@notghosty8864]

@@clownsoups maan get back on your "dbd grind" instead of wishing to ride shmeat like me bruh maan ur alwaaaays jelous for some shit bruh

[@leaoraissa]

amazing analysis! will is brilliant lyrically, his songs never cease to amaze me.

[@spooonkz]

youtube recommendations decided to actually be good today, fire video dawg 💯

[@zemineriver8043]

I've always loved this album but never realized how truly brilliant it was till now awesome vid

[@Harry-kg5ts]

This album is so amazingly detailed I love the video great job!! A 10/10 for sure and both mtm and monomania are in my personal top 20 :)

[@quoteth]

There's so much to unpack in these songs that I glanced over tbh, but I didn't want to spend hours talking about it lol (as much as I probably could)

[@jackvandeusen6216]

This is wonderful. Thank you for the time and care you put in this.

[@davidarchives7872]

This was a masterpiece! It's nice to see someone really dissect the story of Monomania and its underlying themes. You did great! I wonder if you would have any interest in making a sort of analysis of 3, seeing that it along with TF and Monomania makes up a trilogy of sorts, but I also think that the themes presented there are a lot more straightforward and simple so there might not be much to discuss

[@quoteth]

I was thinking about this just as I was listening to 3 last night lol I might dive into it a little bit when I do a revised version of these videos (One long one where I re-record and re-edit the whole thing to flow seamlessly from TF to Monomania to The Gun Song). At the very least, I'll bring them up when they're mentioned in BLID in the revision

[@davidarchives7872]

@@quoteth Ohh, one long video could be nice but definitely ambitious. The Gun Song is for sure an interesting one, I feel like if you were to talk about it it's also wroth mentioning I CAN TALK WITH MY EYES SHUT since TGS itself has some references to it and some similar themes. Plus I CAN TALK WITH MY EYES is a banger and a nice (just sad really) bit of the narrative. A lot of LPOPWNWOT and Disjecta Membra are also parts of the narrative but I believe they're a lot more personal

[@Trashito312]

anchorite hits so fucking hard

[@Skellytonpens]

Your analysis’ are amazing I listened to the full album all the way through for the first time just so I could hear your thoughts on it and I was not disappointed

[@peiner]

can u pleas make a vid for nervous young man its literally such an underrated album

[@quoteth]

A bit too long and concept-less to make an album on, I'm afraid. But however, I'm working on a video for the gun song! And I'm sure other nym songs will pop up in my song of the month series as it goes on !!!

[@augs4ever]

this was beautiful put together AND AAA I LOVE HOW IT ALL COMES TOGETHER i

[@quoteth]

THANK YOU!! I

[@nvrfrgvn9527]

fav car seat album this is such a good analysis of it

[@facecarpetplaza]

a monomania video? this gonna be great

[@bramkools6393]

Awesome video, I do hear you sometimes repeating certain sentences a second time. I am not too sure if you had made just one take but I would try to edit that so it’s said once. I originally thought I had went backwards 5 seconds but it was said twice. Love the breakdown of the lyrics, it definitely makes further read into the lyrics for sure.

[@quoteth]

Yeah, I noticed that once I put the video out. Normally I'll watch it over once I finish editing, but this was finished after like 24 hours of no sleep so I just exported and laid down lol. Thanks for the praise though!!

[@joestack1921]

Oh shit , that’s a good take about the la la la’s

[@star_4136]

this video was a masterpiece

[@fathernate8948]

This is really well done wow!!

[@colebradley2757]

I pray will released a new album 🙏😔

[@fuiii_]

Are you planning on making videos analyzing other car seat headrest albums? Ive always wondered if albums like mbikmb have a story on them

[@dimitratheodorou1573]

This video is fucking amazing but just one criticism. I would suggest you use a teleprompter or something of the sort while reading your script to not read the same line twice by accident. Otherwise, I'm totally impressed by this

[@quoteth]

I often read a line twice or even three times just to make sure I got a good take, but the issue with this video was I did a all-night crunch to edit it and left a couple of the extra readings in lol.

[@rooins]

this is so great like fucking great job ur awesome keep up the awesomeness

[@quoteth]

Thanks! I plan to

[@TheBantaClause]

Just discovered this channel and currently on a binge and loving the videos so far. I took a quick look at your videos and noticed no nervous young man analysis and wanted to ask if you are planning on doing one? (I know its a big ask with it being a 2 hour album)

[@TheBantaClause]

I Know Nervous young man is more of a best hits album... and its not really like the albums you have covered previously but the songs are sooooo good and I would like to see more analysis videos on them.

[@jason-xo8mn]

brother

[@quoteth]

?

[@Humasexuality]

You better be Doing face to face next

[@quoteth]

I'm doing The Gun Song as a conclusion to this like story, and then talking about FtF in another video but really just about the changes and what they mean!!