Folie à Deux and Fame | An Analysis of Fall Out Boy's Folie à Deux

I never thought I had almost an hour of stuff to say about Fall Out Boy’s 2008 album Folie a Deux. And yet, here we are.
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Parts!
0:00 - Intro
1:04 - Part 1: A (Sober) History of Fall Out Boy
3:06 - Part 2: Who Knew Talking about Fall Out Boy Required So Much Historical Context
5:47 - Part 3: Please Let Me Talk About Music
8:26 - Part 4: Madness Shared by Two
10:21 - Part 5: My Own Analysis
39:22 - Part 6: Post Folie à Deux and the Hiatus
42:33 - Part 7: Conclusion
45:15 - Outro

[@fennemon]

Thank god I'm not the only one thought Donnie would have been SUCH a good ending for Folie.

[@onlyripley]

i just like to pretend it is the ending because it is literally the PERFECT end song

[@alexkunce2002]

I love West Coast Smoker too, but I think I have to agree. Also, I kinda wish WCS had been the single, since Donnie seems more like an interlude...

[@dilanelysium5118]

"thx for listening to me rant ppl get annoyed at that" BABY YOURE SPEAKING MY LANGUAGE

[@catcam321]

Folie is easily my favorite album of all time, this is an incredibly well done video

[@jackietarrant395]

Idk if it’s possible to heal your inner teenager while still being a teenager, but if it is, that’s what this vid is doing for me. Love this 💕

[@nay_oh_mi]

I began watching this assuming you had thousands of views because it's so well done! I was so surprised that I'm so early. I listened to this album so so many times, and I have never caught the themes and motifs you have pointed out. What an exceptionally well done analysis! Thank you for this video!

[@abby.geeese]

i fell down a folie a deux rabbit hole again a few nights ago and thus found this which combines both my love for the album as well as video essays. However it took me a bit to finish this due to having other things but it made me think about the topic discussed which honestly made me agree even more, this is beautifully done and i wanted to thank you for the sheer amount of content as well as information you have given. Still even if i knew it was my favourite fall out boy album your thoughts helped put into words what i feel about it, so that´s pretty cool i think.In addition to that your thoughts are very organized and i liked listening to you , very well done tldr this was very informative and i loved watching it thank you

[@RhiannonNeale]

I loved this soooooooo much, I could listen to people talk about fall out boy in so much detail for hours at a time. Well done on so much awesome research and in depth analysis!!

[@pixelspider6454]

i can hardly imagine patrick stump getting into a fistfight with anyone, let alone pete

[@taylorsquared]

well i really hate to destroy your world but he got into so many fights with pete that he knew the look when patrick was about to punch him in the face

[@pixelspider6454]

@@taylorsquared oh no yeah i dont doubt it happened, im just so used to the "uwu shy boi no interviews plz" persona from tumblr growing up that its interesting to me

[@half_doomed]

THIS VIDEO WAS SO WELL DONE! I really enjoy the breakdown of each song and you’re analysis is brilliant

[@poppunkprincessx00]

i feel like West Coast Smoker was a wonderful closing song but i do agree that What a Catch, Donnie would’ve also been a great song to close with

[@n4tgeo]

this is their best album and i live by that

[@kaitlynb7215]

I really enjoyed this! Made me revisit the album. Thank you for your effort

[@danielthewizard5820]

Amazing video! I love hearing other's analyses of all FOB albums, but this album specifically I love to hear other's takes on because I feel like every time I go back to it I often have a different insight on the lyrics, or they might just have a different meaning for me and where I'm at in my life when I revisit. Such an amazing album, and I love the facts about the band and the press at the time that you brought up, it really makes a difference knowing the headspace of the band while they're working on an album. w.a.m.s. is also one of my favorite songs probably of all time and I had no fucking idea that Pharrell had a part to play in the production of it! That man is EVERYEWHERE!!! This is my first video I'm watching of yours and I'm honestly not even finished with it while writing this, even five minutes in though, I could tell this was gonna be a good watch. Keep it up, I'll definitely be watching more of your work when I finish this masterpiece

[@Celevie413]

ive been addicted 2 ur video essays today

[@nononono-ls1hp]

coffee's for closers is also my favorite!! great video

[@rebeccaclopton9115]

Not kidding, I subscribed because I saw your Awsten poster

[@taylorsquared]

wait until you find out i made the waterparks label drama video

[@greenteadude8958]

i just started watching but thanks!!!!!!! this album is important to me and it deserved a good video essay/analysis it has so many themes explored in it and overall it's just so autobiographical/introspective and interesting

[@starlesscitiess]

23:03 YES TRUE AND REAL

[@rebeccaclopton9115]

I agree with pretty much everything you said in your analysis omg. 27 is my absolute favorite song and What a Catch should ABSOLUTELY have been the last track on the album. I've been saying that for years

[@samjack6096]

I agree, as this is my favorite FOB album of all time... What A Catch Donnie should've definitely been the last song. Especially with all of the call backs to their old material for previous projects.

[@JRBeast-nw3xg]

From under the cork tree is my favorite

[@laurennn3609]

this video along with your other video essays are so good, keep it up !! i love watching video essays about niche topics surrounding emo bands, and folie is one of my favorite albums of all time :)

[@jay21md]

The oddball album that nobody understood at the time ❤ Even as a huge fallout boy fan (since evening out with your girlfriend days) I wasn’t big on this album at first. However years later I fell in love with it.

[@bloodmarch9]

this is awesome

[@lucyvsky]

this is a wonderful video!!! you articulated so many of the feelings i have about my favorite album and it was so wonderful to hear about your perspective on it!!!! good work!!

[@elijahwood3347]

u r very well spoken i love ur videos :3

[@cheshirecreeper3743]

Personally, I feel like Folie having a true "finale" song...and then keeps on going, makes it feel more...intentional that it ends on West Coast Smoker. I have no idea what that intentionality says about the album as a whole, but I do know that it was probably not a mistake that West Coast Smoker is the album's finale instead of Donnie

[@nononono-ls1hp]

is there a source on patrick and pete getting into fist fights while recording from under the cork tree? thanks

[@nik_ms]

The video is amazing! The only thing is that to me, it doesn't feel good that you're reading directly from a script (or at least it feels like that to me), it feels a bit weird although the writing is great

[@truthedministry]

Folie is my favorite FOB album by far and I haven't liked any of their albums since. Stardust is really growing on me and I just recently read that it is the first time they have brought back the same producer they used for FAD and IOH. I was curious to know if you have a similar analysis of Mania, since you actually like that album. I think it is their worst ever, but since your analysis of this was soo amazing and enlightening I was wondering if that might help me appreciate Mania a bit more. Also, I always thought W.A.M.S. stood for "Wet and messy sex".

[@JennBit]

"Comments - 27"

[@_eev]

are u on tiktok i feel like i recognise u