Headcase - Derivakat [OFFICIAL M/V]

[@theangemon4155]

The vibes from this song are so great! They're contradictory, having both a jolly and sad side to them, and it's so masterfully done.

[@Aryc11]

This "apathetic rage" is such a great angle for your Anger Archive. And an absolute banger to boot.

[@RadioWraith881]

Another incredible, very real, very relevant, meaningful and impactful song, Kat!! Your lyrics are always so inventive and real, I mean your skills and talents in general are incredible across the board. Super well done, awesome work, congratulations on your first EP!!!

[@QuietMantee678]

What is an EP in this context?

[@shenzixirgs8152]

@@QuietMantee678extended play, which is basically a short album

[@Kerloft]

Every time Derivakat releases a new song you just KNOW it’s gonna be epic! I love the animation in this one too! Very colourful!

[@GalactoTheGamer2099]

And the song itself is extremely good

[@Jaxonn2]

Yeah!

[@shenzixirgs8152]

A note, the poster on the left says ‘SCREAM THERAPY//DO YOU NEED TO LET IT ALL OUT?’ and the one on the right says ‘Exercise! Be Happier! Do More!’. The graffiti on the left says ‘NO.//VELOCITY//MIND’ and the one on the right says ‘CAN’T BE CURED’. It’s really hard to see tho so I might be wrong. Neat detail.

[@WHITMAN_55]

true

[@halpqpq11]

@@shenzixirgs8152 well seen, we need more people like you who appreciate the art and story, not just the music.

[@cyantime101]

this song really encompasses that sort of frustration with not being understood, specifically about your mental health issues. amazing skng keep up the great work derivakat

[@rainy302]

This so has to be my favorite song out of the whole album. Like!? The music, the lyrics? Why is this so good?!!!

[@ed_cmntonly]

I can't even decide on a favorite literally every song in the album is a banger 😭

[@KarmaVein]

​@@ed_cmntonlyrelatable

[@zorahoffish2610]

I just discovered this today and now I am determined to do a cover of this with my cousins from scratch.

[@brucebrags9491]

2:14 IMMACULATE

[@coidevoy7526]

I love this song so much, I want to inject it into my veins. I go to sleep with it stuck in my head, I wake up with it stuck in my head, I listen to it on loop at every opportunity. I even find myself doodling the lyrics. Easily one of my favourite songs of all time.

[@neology1864]

This is making me have ORV epilepsy. You cannot tell me that the subway animation doesn't remind me of ORV. Even the lyrics could match with creativity

[@Feelin-Lucky]

This song was randomly recommended to me, and I want to say that I couldn't be happier. Thanks for the awesome song!

[@ZeroVoidd]

Somehow, this really reminds me of the Legend of Zelda, because the world around Link and Zelda is evil and uncaring, and their fate is already decided for them, but they keep going anyways. Just like we all have to every single day. Amazing song once again, Derivakat!

[@binitathakuria5170]

This song to me feels like a person who became immortal unknowingly, being angry about it but also feeling hopeless

[@darishaefidyaputri4371]

girl i really LOVE your music, is just hits different even after i replay it over and over its just always hits the spot. Please im obsess with your work 🤩🤩

[@ChromebookCarl]

I love her music but I really relate to this song, thanks for making it, keep up the good work

[@emdoray2]

That's gonna be a banger

[@Kacenits]

i just have to say the verses for this song, especially the intro, are sort of calming in a way. just the way they sound idk. not to say it doesn't fit for anger archive, in fact its perfect for it, but that intro is a whole other emotion on its own and i love it

[@perkon_]

This dropped at the perfect time. Thanks

[@musictester1]

For some reason this reminds me of a Scooby-Doo intro song i seen forever back lol

[@jet642]

is it just me, or even with the new songs youre calling it back to your old DSMP songs, very cool

[@tellmeyourcolor6272]

What a good song to listen to when the year is starting

[@doornumb]

LET'S EFFIN GOOOO

[@AGamersShadow]

Super sick song, with a super sick video! Love the lyrics too.

[@ozytechcore]

YOOOOOOOO

[@TheRiversDaughter]

Oh my gods, i have been gone from this community for so long i missed you guyssss

[@lordbeansofmemes]

Been listening to this all week, might be my favorite out of the Anger Archive

[@viccyyit]

The "it's the stars I don't wish on, it's the way that I don't move on, it's the constant thought that one day we will all be left behind" is just ow

[@noctuabird]

woah

[@loganplays402]

This is my new number one favorite song. Love from all of Scotland keep going with this type of music

[@Ace_of_Storm]

I woke my entire house up by being too excited. Worth it

[@mega-motion3701]

You are actually the best artist of the moment

[@remor698]

Huh, these lyrics apply remarkably well to my current situation in life. Just stuck in place, falling through time with way too little progress made along the way to be comfortable with the trajectory. Only difference between my position and the one this song seems to describe being that my lack of progress isn't down to anything within my control. For me, it's just the combination of having an autistic brain, existing in a society that is terribly apathetic to providing stuff like an escape from daily sensory overload, and reaching one of those points in life where the brain rewires itself completely, which also removed what little input filters it had, making for an inevitable burnout. It's been several years now. But I know the amount of potential I have and I'm not going to let it go to waste. Even if all I can do right now is little more than watching reality move past me and thinking about the future. Considering it just made me go into this little ramble about my life, I'd say this song really hits the mark. Well done!

[@morioka0]

Amaziinnnngggg

[@supersainsans]

NGL I Feel Good Because I Listened To This A Week Early On Spotify, It's A Big W Song, You Are My Favorite Artist And Your Songs Are Always In My Head

[@Foragebored]

Lets gooooo the others were fire so this is tooo

[@christleybarton6561]

The song like woah, the art with so many little deatsils, the editing is just *chef's kiss*!

[@Unknown_Moss]

My first premier 🎉

[@issackoi]

Bruh i swear every time the line:" my healrt left in my hand..." comes i think how good would it be if instead it was:"my heart left me on read..."

[@puddleslimed1895]

This is my favorite song you have ever made OMG

[@DWNPC]

This song is very relatable.

[@_-Moon-_106]

The thing with kat is that her songs never let down on the emotion. Did good girl

[@wookiejakewookie9405]

Major cyberpunk themes and the text changes like Loki

[@erikmolique5416]

i appreciate your work. it’s surprised me when looking back to see how much of my life i associate with it. Thanks for making the soundtrack of my life

[@Dyst0pian_Lemon]

i feel like this one could have been in Sadness album whenever that comes out

[@mebbletheschmebble7508]

Damn, this is so good! I've been going through some stressful time lately, and this song honestly really helps.

[@lizethreba6826]

waooh! This song is amazing!! This one goes straight to my playlist, I loved this song, keep it up!! and thanks for this work! I love you very much!❤

[@glazelily8569]

So beautiful

[@olive8339]

🔥

[@gustavogarcia8783]

Amazing as always

[@aaron6622]

BANGER ALERT!

[@DominusSalus]

Damn, this song is to real

[@bella_daze3092]

WAKE UP YALL WE HAVE A NEW SONG

[@Sam_is_a_Star]

I love your songs sooo much, you have such a beautiful voice!

[@electricfox8769]

Close enough to monday for me :)

[@electricfox8769]

I thought the song can't be better. Apperantly, I was wrong.

[@Blue-mj5gm]

Great a new song to endlessly listen to

[@mentalrebllion1270]

New song!!!

[@talaxe5420]

If you ever have a concert I will be one of the first to buy a ticket

[@kaylacure1654]

This song sounds amazing, Good luck with the next song!

[@orionbaldwin684]

Awesome song keep doing what you do. Your music is amazing.

[@Autumnish696]

Absolutely beautiful

[@AmandaMilan-e4j]

Why did the first sequence get me so hard help

[@mariamarisa3615]

Let me just put another wonderful song you put out on repeat for days on end !

[@rcuartelon29]

Lovely music as always👌 Oh also I'm curious if you've ever heard the music that undertale brought up? I don't think you'll ever respond but I'm kinda curious if you've heard undertale's music and the original lyrics that other people have made over the years?

[@GalaticJackalope]

idk why but i weirdly feel live ive heard this before?? Like a strange sense of dejavu.

[@FamineYT]

W music

[@xlutchinqgoz4840]

I wonder what it'll sound like with just intrumental

[@halpqpq11]

New song, Another 5 months of earbuds in school! or should I say, headcase?

[@skistorm739]

Given a feeling don't alls be too friendly because something outsmart better they just evil more complexed

[@sortal]

Needs more bass. But fr though, this is great. To the playlist it goes.

[@Bez_Modov]

What genre is this?

[@АндрейПробный-й4й]

Perhaps it's just me, but recently last momma D's songs more like existential and depressive...are you feeling ok 🤐🥺

[@Essentially_Empy]

5hr gang lol ❤❤❤

[@sakipetal4382]

wonder if you'll do any qsmp parody

[@jovinarr]

"What's your favourite song?" "Derivakat." "That's not a-" "Derivakat."

[@_roseberrydreams_1464]

Funfact derivakat's songs are the onyl songs i can call my faves

[@ThisNamesUnavailable]

honestly i hate songs. just in general. EXCEPT derivakat

[@Skylar-l0ves]

And Neathan Apollo. Every song is a banger.

[@the1stdirectioner171]

Yes. So many bangers. I’m waiting for a specific one to be released. It will immediately go on my phone

[@TurkeyLegsEater]

Agreed jovinarr

[@SoSomeSameSam]

"Yo babe wake up, new Derivakat M/V just dropped."

[@uninice4506]

Here before this hopefully blows up.

[@Fiulanda113]

Literally me with my friends XD

[@catmini4213]

Wish I could say that to someone too

[@RohanKumar-cp8wh]

i could reply to this!

[@Technoblade_neverDIES_]

IM UP!!!

[@emeraldmelodies]

I like how each song in this archive shows anger felt at different times at a person's life Tool is anger from your social life Cycle is anger from your hobbies Smile is anger from your work life And Headcase is anger from bad mental health, felt in your quiet moments

[@Hamza2_7272]

actually so true

[@okboomerbutitsacat8050]

this is the third interpretation I've seen and idk which I like more, this, them being categorized by who they're directed at in the cycle (tool - anger toward the people who make the cycle cycle - anger toward the cycle itself, smile - anger toward the people who are part of the cycle, headcase - anger toward yourself as a part of the cycle) or it being by different types of anger (tool- agressive, explosive anger cycle - passive, spiteful anger smile - subdued, silenced anger headcase - helpless anger)

[@TheAdvertisement]

That "diagnosed with terminal velocity" part is so subtly unsettling to me. Like you're not just mentally unwell, you're hurtling deeper and deeper into your depression.

[@maxdragon5043]

I like how each of the four song in the "Anger Archive" represent a specific type of anger (At least they are to me): - Tool: Explosive/Obvious anger. The kind that I think we all know of. When somebody just snaps and goes off on somebody else/something. Most of the time we won't even notice it until it passes through us. - Cycle: Passive/Spite anger. The kind that is not as explosive and obvious as the above, but still drips through every words you say or every actions you take. (The entire song screams like a passive-aggressive rant to me, where the person is not directly addressing the issue, more so just throwing shades towards it) - Smile: Silence/Subdued anger: The kind that's even less visible compared to the two above, where you bottles up all your emotions and tension inside, only expressing it through your train of thoughts as opposed to physically or verbally. - Headcase: I'm actually not sure yet :v. But goddamn is it a bop like the others.

[@a_puntato29]

definitely agree, and headcase to me seems like a sort of rebellious anger? like punching up at something unjust above/being done to you- in this case a misdiagnosis/assumption of sorts leading to people looking down on you my brain's not letting me word things well tonight, but hopefully you get my point :)

[@nobody-rg3cc]

To me headcase feels spiteful, but not in the way portrayed in Cycle but in a more hopeless way, anger against the world for being different and never belonging, though that's me

[@icemouse9]

Headcase: Apathetic/Hopeless anger. The kind that sits and silently drowns the person feeling it. literally the line "a victim of the worlds relentless apathy.".

[@a_puntato29]

@@icemouse9 i mean that's the _world's_ apathy, not the singer

[@icemouse9]

@@a_puntato29 In my opinion, Apathy tends to rub off on others and causes itself. Apathetic people make an apathetic world and an apathetic world creates apathetic people.

[@wolfblaze6227]

I've never heard any song that described how I felt with PTSD back in the day. Like everyone's ignoring what happened while my brain was stuck in the same spot. Congrats on hitting a niche few have described well.

[@ivanairy]

Lyrics: It's a fragile state of mind Like I'm losing sense of time And the world is moving on, while I am left behind It's a never-ending wait For a sign to change my fate Like I'll never reach the end of this forsaken chase So don't tell me there's no- no reason why There's no- no finish line No journey I'll enjoy along the way My feet stuck in the sand My heart left in my hand These symptoms taking hold won't go away They said that I'm a classic headcase Diagnosed with terminal velocity Just can't escape 'Cause I'm uninsured I'm a classic headcase A victim of the world's relentless apathy Bound to my fate And I can't be cured It's the stars I don't wish on (Wish on) It's the way I don't move on (Move on) And the constant thought, that one day we will all be gone It's the fleetingness of life Burning time and wasting nights Like I'm balanced on the edge, then plunging from the heights So don't tell me there's no- no reason why There's no- no finish line No journey I'll enjoy along the way My feet stuck in the sand My heart left in my hand These symptoms taking hold won't go away They said that I'm a classic headcase Diagnosed with terminal velocity Just can't escape 'Cause I'm uninsured I'm a classic headcase A victim of the world's relentless apathy Bound to my fate And I can't be cured And, oh, I'm running in the same place Going nowhere too fast (Oh, ooh, woah) And, oh, I'm burning 'neath the surface (Oh) And I know this won't last They said that I'm a classic headcase Diagnosed with terminal velocity Just can't escape 'Cause I'm uninsured I'm a classic headcase (Classic headcase) A victim of the world's relentless apathy Bound to my fate And I can't be cured

[@Swyift]

is it on spotify i guess?

[@Autumnish696]

​@@Swyiftyeah, I've heard it is

[@EeliosGable]

yep has been for days

[@heyrin8766]

thank you

[@TsukiKage21]

I'm really bad at writing songs that flow and make sense and tell the story that I want to sing. But a lot of the songs you've made speak out my thoughts for me. I'm really grateful. Thank you for all you do. ♥

[@Jaxonn2]

I wish you luck

[@Nectarthebee]

I'm sure you'll get it! I mean I don't write songs or anything but I'm sure that by taking inspiration or learning from others you can definitely get it!

[@star-tsmusic2553]

As someone who struggles with trying to find personal growth, this song hit harder than I thought it would... Thank you Derivakat, for another banger of a song!

[@codycombs8590]

This came out at the right time for me. I was scared of death, my usual, monthly occurrence and while panicking for the future, found this. It felt like someone else understands what I'm going through. Not just parents being parents, someone else who may live thousands of miles away from me, understands. I remember watching your music videos since the grand ol days of Dream SMP. And I keep making time to watch every new M/V that comes out because I know you are one of the greatest musicians I've ever seen. Please keep doing what you love. And on this stage we call Earth, let your performances have a lasting effect on this community. Thank you Derivakat.

[@soupsysoup]

this hits different when you have a fear of growing and you have ADHD, always somewhat stuck in ur head

[@Elise005]

SAME. Everyone I know keeps telling me to get with the program, to start taking responsibility and initiative (I'm trying so hard, I promise) BUT IT'S DIFFICULT. (Should I just start sucking it up??) ADHD is such a problem too - I'm almost constantly dreaming of other things and then consequently angering whoever was trying to give me instructions. 🤝 Sorry I'm trying to say I definitely understand and if you want a hug I can give.

[@soupsysoup]

@@Elise005 nah, ur fine, no need to apologize

[@Technoblade_never_d13s]

It does! I have ADHD too its always stuck in head, overall it's just a really comforting song for me.

[@starcraftgem]

They just can't stop creating masterpieces.

[@inudafox7729]

Derivakat genuinely never misses with a song! Have loved every song in the Anger archives so far!!!

[@ShobaMashedPotato]

This is amazing! How does she make every song better than the last!

[@Jaxonn2]

Ikr

[@sylentone4730]

My favriot part is when 1:07 starts that part is really relatable and it has a lot of meaning behind it and how it relates to the human experience, this is a song of all time for me

[@evxrbee]

Headcase is probably my favorite song in the Anger Archive! The animation is Epic, I especially love the scene going by in the train windows, it looks super cool!

[@brodyalbert9214]

Here before the mv drops. Seeing nobody else in the comments is a little sad but, I'm here to hype it up. This song and this Archive have resonated with me so much. I cannot wait to see the rest oft he journey Derivakat takes us on. It has been an honor. Edit: I couldn't make the premiere but here I am now and I just love this video. I can relate to the whole archive and I cannot wait to hear the next archive. But the animation is so cool, the glitches, the background changing from cloudy sky to red chaotic feel to the fantasy look it's just too good. Thank you Derivakat and team, thank you.

[@angelnowzaradan9702]

idk why, always in this part 2:37 hits hard, not also for the lyrics but for the melody... It's like my heart knows that feeling but I just can't explain it...

[@iamhappy6130]

I just came here to write it. ❤❤.

[@sassaetcie2925]

As someone who has been burning herself out with studies (finally done) and has been looking for work for 3 months and hasn't been able to enjoy happy events that happened to her this year and last year, I relate to that on a visceral level haha. It feels good to be "there" even though I feel like time is running out. Thank you for your wonderful work

[@aquaticbean]

what an incredible song. this has been my favourite on the archive for a while now, and i only just found out today that is has a music video???? anyways the visuals are fckn perfect, and the line "victim of the world's relentless apathy" will never cease to be genius. and the backing sound being so perfectly constructed just generally? god i love this song an unhealthy amount. derivakat never fails to disappoint fr

[@lucasdegamers]

I already know this is going to be epic

[@Joshua_Banos]

Slaying hard, we love every single song u release

[@dragonchild4491]

Hi so first of all your work is amazing! But uh I had a question a friend and I were writing a story and found out from the comments that you don’t like being in fanfiction. We wrote a character based on your character you present in your songs not you as a person, we wrote you as a alien music writer, But I totally understand if that isn’t ok with you. We can remove you from the story, but I wanted to ask cause I know boundaries are really important. I apologize if we overstepped since we didn’t know and we are fine with whichever you prefer. Once again love your music so much, have an amazing day!

[@stary1night]

The is just the beginning of a new, awesome and definitely relatable derivakat era. Can't wait to see what comes next!

[@ancorealm]

This song is honestly such a good expression of the feelings lockdown and time passing leave behind, it’s this ouroboros of wanting to move forward while also being stuck in the doorway where you remember being trapped for song. I felt emotional listening to these lyrics for the first time. Thank you for this entire series; they all nail perfectly experiences that are so hard to describe, and I can tell I’m not the only one who feels seen by your music. Amazing work 🎉

[@heyrin8766]

Твоя музыка такая сильная и нежная одновременно, я в восхищении! Так хочется улышать перевод ваших песен на другие языки. Люди должны это услышать!

[@heyrin8766]

Your music is so strong and tender at the same time, I am in awe! I really want to listen to translations of your songs into other languages. People need to hear this!

[@WillowSann]

Your like a walking W for translating your own comment btw@@heyrin8766

[@wolfblaze6227]

I've listened to this song 100 times. But man did I need it today