Jack Stauber - The Ballad of Hamantha | Animated Music Video

[@gerbilfantastic]

I love how they named her Hamantha. Some sick joke from her parents

[@axelalbiva4862]

Dad joke

[@yem3321]

her name is Samantha. Hamantha is Just a Nick name thing

[@finndarling]

bRUH IMAGINE HAVING A CHILD AND YOUR HUSBAND IS LIKE "lmao she looks like a ham let's name her hamantha" AHAHAHAHA

[@Apple-qo3uw]

@@reimiaus they could have called her something else than Samantha if they were that worried about bullying tho

[@Llirik13]

Why sick? It is matter of perception. Someone can be really proud for "Gray Worm" name. And someone can hate general Alex or something. Hamantha is a great name, also, perhaps he is Tatar or something.

[@dreamlord7820]

"Hamantha was finally a star." That hit me harder than the bullet hit her

[@SJ-pi5mm]

Is it horrible that this made me laugh?

[@dreamlord7820]

@@SJ-pi5mm you're not a bad person for having a dark sense of humor

[@angryteen1012]

I hate the fact that I like this comment.

[@digestedliver896]

Broooo. He didn't have to do her like that

[@des3rted447]

bruh that reminded me of rurus suicide show for some reason

[@hotcofi2969]

This man's literally became a dad and names his daughter a dad joke.

[@winterminty1401]

He really *Hamed* that up

[@hotcofi2969]

@@winterminty1401 gotta hamd it to ya. In terms of puns, you really do meat the bar. It's a pig sign of intelligence to make so many puns on the go.

[@winterminty1401]

@@hotcofi2969 wait I gotta get some more meaterial

[@adelineemmerich5019]

@@hotcofi2969 is there a *cure* for dad joke diseas

[@hotcofi2969]

@@adelineemmerich5019 it's terminal... There's no cure.

[@Zarmdthecoolest]

I always interpreted Hamantha as being about disability. People laugh at her condition, people cry for her situation, her father wants the best for her, her father ends up killing her. She's stuck somewhere in the social ladder where people praise her bravery to pursue her dreams, yet keep too distanced from her to let those dreams come true. Her father, no matter how hard he tries to give Hamantha the support she needs, still makes it about himself and regularly takes out the anger that should've been his daughter's. He doesn't let her seek the treatment that would make her feel so much better, mentally and physically. He says that she's beautiful as she is and doesn't need it, ignoring the reason she asked for it in the first place. And when all this reaches its natural conclusion, people say, "Oh, how tragic". People say "if only someone could have done something" when they could've done it themselves. People remember Hamantha as a tortured artist, someone that couldn't be saved, when in reality all it would've taken was a little support. They could've reached out, they could've watched her shows, they could've called her anything but Hamantha, they could've chipped in for the resources Hamantha needed, they could've told her they were a fan of hers and clapped after her performances, they could've given her a safe space, but no-one considers any of that. They don't even feel the slightest pang of guilt, the tiniest bite of responsibility for her downfall, because they "didn't do anything wrong." Because Hamantha got what she wanted, right? Now she's famous. Now she's the star she always wanted to be. Hardly anyone considers that maybe, just *maybe* , she wanted to be happy. That like the many non-disabled people aspiring to be celebrities, she would've settled for a job she doesn't hate that pays the bills, people she could consider friends and family, and a place she could consider home. Nobody realises that if her parents were better educated and had access to the resources Hamantha needed, she wouldn't have died so young. Nobody thinks about the notion that her parents didn't realise what they were signing up for, that they probably weren't even the best parents to her. People give their condolences to her mother and father, but Hamantha never got any. Nobody realises where they went wrong, not even the people that brought her into this world, the very people she was supposed to be able to lean on no matter what. Her parents never realise that they should've done better, because everyone excuses them for saying "I was only doing my best!". They never realise that 'their "best"' wasn't enough. No-one does. And even after all this, when those same people see someone in a similar situation, a kid who's different and confused and gets bullied at school, a kid who's convinced there's something wrong with them, a kid who's struggling with things that people don't even understand the concept of, everyone does the same thing. Nothing. Everyone keeps going through their routines like nothing's wrong, like everyone's life is great. Nobody learns ANYTHING from Hamantha's story, she's just shoved further and further back into the public's mind as new headlines pop up. When anyone mentions her, people go "Oh, yeah, the sad ham girl," and move on. Hamantha, an entire person with opinions and dreams and a personality, is reduced to the sad ham girl. She could have been someone. She could've changed the world for the better. She could've been happy. Sorry I got carried away with this lol but thanks for reading it!

[@butdoicaretho]

YES! As someone who IS disabled and has felt Hamantha’s pain on a deep personal level I truly feel and understand this song & comment.

[@flup1303]

The greatest philosophical essay of the 21st Century

[@Some_Guy490]

I ain't reading allat

[@mahito_ohiobutttickler69]

bro wrote a whole essay (I read allat, it was very touching)

[@whyiamafs]

(199th like)

[@jnf4]

I love how he pronounces "cutie pie" and "meaty face" for some reason

[@raymond_is_cringe8953]

keoo tee - pah y mee tee - fae ceh

[@nettiemacdonald3528]

I- *YES*

[@pumpkin8064]

696 cool

[@isleofdead1337]

Always thought he said pretty flower

[@Baksford]

meaty face and a lovely eye...03

[@jasperswoozy6092]

dude this made me realize how genuinely sad the song is, despite it being made up and so bizarre, its actually a sad story

[@spikeybiscuit9251]

Yeah the visuals made me understand the song so much better and I'll never listen to it the same again

[@triangletriangle4520]

The poor dad

[@alun3z]

It may seem sad but she became what she wanted most, a star.

[@jasperswoozy6092]

@@alun3z bro true 😔

[@zach6255]

I thought that already when I heard the song tbh djdjdisi

[@seb.luvs.sk8]

Hamantha: *dies* Doctor: This is some serious Gourmet shit

[@Oleander2116]

Why not more like tho this is funny

[@Salt_Review]

The nurse: Do you the sighn that says dead n**** storage The doctor: You don't have to worry ab- The nurse: Do you see the sighn that says dead n***** storage The doctor:no The nurse: Because there isnt a sighn that says dead n***** storage

[@Salt_Review]

Nurse:Do you know why Doctor:why Nurse:it aint there because storing dead n** aint my fucking buisness

[@paperairplaneo]

😔🤙

[@powdereyes2210]

@melk you're either 7 years old or you're apart of 99% of the population who can't spell correctly for either dumb decisions, trying to make everyone else an idiot or anything that involves the year 2020

[@mags2226]

What I really like about this visual interpretation of hamantha is that her father is never literally illustrated with a gun. A gun could be anything, and I think it adds even more significance that her well meaning father unintentionally had a huge part in ending her life, in whatever way you choose to interpret it

[@grrgrggrrg]

how'd she die if the father never had a gun in the first place?

[@s.d.illius5900]

​@grrgrggrrg metaphor. They're saying the lack of a visual representation of a gun allows the metaphor that he had a part in accidentally ending her life to be a variety of possible things. Such as neglect, obsessiveness, etc.

[@whyamihere4548]

I just realised ‘’cure” has two meanings... And “cured” ham is just basically salted ham...

[@hopefulaeollius2292]

OH FUCK-

[@leonineKelter]

This just in hamantha so salty she became a hamanthot

[@chqcolatebear2616]

F in the chat bois

[@simplyabandoned9547]

@@leonineKelter omfg xd

[@pigeoncat3786]

oh no

[@gavart4509]

“Everybody loves you when you’re six foot in the ground”- John Lennon

[@julien4305]

*aggressive hole digging*

[@c0nta1ns_thc]

Im not a redditor but i watch Reddit videos and this should go in r/cursedcomments

[@renytentoea657]

@@c0nta1ns_thc this isn't that cursed though. It's pretty true

[@lobsterthemobster2032]

@@c0nta1ns_thc its from a song called nobody loves you when you're down and out

[@coleyagodinski4082]

No its because its similar to the ham center bone lol

[@egobunny5453]

I am not crying, is just ham ;-;

[@zeni7182]

EGObunny same

[@zeni7182]

Totally not

[@musicfreak31751]

Excuse me, Hamantha was so much more than just ham 😔

[@sacrificidate]

HAMantha

[@Iziamack]

I am not either......she is not only just ham....she was Hamatha!

[@KaLa1865_]

The way my jaw dropped when the stray bullet from her father killed her. I expected something to happen but not like that. And the final lines of “Hamantha has become a star”, a clear callback to her dream of becoming one, although it was just one line. This was amazing; story, song, and animation.

[@ladycrush069]

If Jack Stauber doesn't like this video, I swear-

[@zeo_o6395]

sooo did he like it ?

[@merkai8114]

He's actually really chill dude, and he loves surrealism, so I am 95% surw he liked it

[@epicfailguy1001]

He loves most of his fan videos like RDR’s Two-Time.

[@McChicken03]

A cure. ...Like.. Like curing meat? ...IS THAT WHY HE EATS HER-

[@dyneichi7419]

Not acutally, he accidentally eats her tho

[@dumberdoodles7628]

I thought he was a cannibal because he ate multiple people

[@pinkdoesstuff]

He ate her bc at the hospital she died at they brought ham out when someone died so he thought that hamantha was the ham

[@user-ee9tu1kh5i]

Omg a "cure" I never thought of that

[@gatsmen2200]

That would actually explain why he said "Try it out on her" Instead of saying he was testing it on her or something

[@cthulhus]

Hamantha: **literally dies** Closed Captions: *[APPLAUSE]*

[@zhongxina1062]

that thing make me laught hard

[@MamaTrixxieAsmr]

OOF lol

[@meatballmanreal]

plus i actually said to myself right after "she was a cutie pie" with "I bet she was baked into a pie aswell."

[@dogcat4936]

That’s messed up

[@yourlocalpansexual9229]

CC: *BRO THAT WAS A NICE ASS ACT, THE WAY SHE HAD FAKE BLOOD AND THAT SHE MADE IT SEEM LIKE THE BULLET HIT HER IS SO TOUCHING👏🏾 😭*

[@alcazarzaray]

Something I haven’t seen anyone notice is how the Phone’s time was 11:13. In Angel Numbers, 111 is a sign of enlightenment and to stay focused on yourself and follow your passion, which is what she did, but there was also 13, and 13 is often times referred to be an unlucky number, which correlates directly to how Hamantha died, 111, a sign of change and enlightenment, but unluckily dying due to a falling bullet, 13.

[@astralanarchist]

so cool to know!!

[@TheCoolGirl-uq2kq]

Sorry, but the time is 17:13

[@skythecyansprunki]

11:13

[@the_best_username]

At 2:02 in the video, the time on her phone is 17:13. At 4:59 in the video, on the day of her funeral, the time on her phone is 11:13.

[@RedRumOnE]

Superstitious fools.

[@James-ub8xw]

Jack Stauber cooking: "okay next step.. cure the meat?..." "Hehe 'cure' the meat.. like it has a rare disease or something haha" "..Wait..."

[@lizajh0pe559]

Undrerrated comment 😭😭😭

[@eremophila]

BAHAHHAHAB

[@poetaPar]

Lol that's what happened lol

[@James-ub8xw]

@@poetaPar lolololololol

[@svtminghao]

i want and WILL believe that that's how The Ballad Of Hamantha was made, i also believe that all of his song were created by random things like this .

[@tinkerer8439]

Nurse: Which one is the ham? Me: MAYBE THE ONE WITHOUT A BODY ATTACHED

[@rosadeastis1230]

HAHAH WAIT-

[@alexia2714]

Hol’ up

[@opossumontheinternet9864]

She has _yellow_ hair too. Not pink, not red, YELLOW. Surely, that pops out against the red her face (probably) was.

[@lunarsprinkle6580]

I thought they removed the ham from her body during the surgery?

[@opossumontheinternet9864]

@@lunarsprinkle6580 Wait, what surgery?

[@violettorres1117]

A baby: *is born with a ham on her head* Hamantha's mom: what should we name her? Hamantha's dad: Im gonna make the biggest dad joke in history

[@megamaggotman7025]

He banged a pig...

[@WilliamRBl00m]

@@megamaggotman7025 zNO JDHF

[@jefferyf.3.14]

@@megamaggotman7025 what

[@honey_bun3903]

- Y O U D I E D - due to laughing to hard.

[@egard.5904]

Uncle: Why does you daughter have a meat in her head? Hamantha's dad: because shes Hamantha Uncle and Hamanthas dad: *Wheezes*

[@butdoicaretho]

As a disabled person who’s been struggling to keep going in life and not give up on everything, this made me cry 💔

[@michi_tankenka-kun8116]

aww me too :(

[@SurnaturalM]

It reminded me of an old girlfriend of mine who has a deformity in her face. She was the most adorable person I've ever met. After a couple of times talking with her, I didn't saw her deformity anymore and I was totally in love. She left this world in 2004, and I still miss her. Sometimes, people must learn to see beyond their eyes. I was just glad she couldn't see the looks people would throw at her sometimes. Or hear some friends of mine asking me what I was thinking to be with someone like her. I've ended many friendship because of this. I was told I was too handsome to be with her. I don't know or care about it. I loved her for who she was. People can be very mean. That song almost made a grown 51 years old man cry. But I've cried so much I'm not able to do it anymore.

[@deJessias]

The fact that she looks more human also makes the doctor seem way more cannibalistic

[@gwynmoth3940]

Hammibalistic*

[@BlackRose-hm7im]

@@gwynmoth3940 w h y

[@MrOkz]

Lol also I saw something else on a different comment talking about how when the doctor called her and told her they had a cure might have referencing the other definition of “cure”, preserving meat by cooking it or putting salt on it or something like that, just look up the definition for cure

[@shoelace403]

Her ham on the top of her head kind of looks like a beanie

[@Sip_Dhit]

I'm mean her Head isnt made if ham it just looks like it,

[@lowkey9447]

Hamantha's dad: *shoots at the sky and curses god* God: "I'm gonna do whats called a pro gamer move"

[@HellaMustard]

I hate that nobody replied to this so here you go

[@maximodubs4189]

God: [D4C Love Train]

[@mrbizarrecheese]

@@maximodubs4189 damn bro, after eating Hamantha, which napkin would you take tho?

[@ihatecxpid2994]

*dabs*

[@exceptionallyriso]

Karma's a b

[@koisfish]

I like the inner meaning of how nobody wanted to talk to her when she was alive except her parents but when she died her grave was covered in flowers and everyone paid their respects.

[@HashbrownMashup]

100% why I hate the idea of funerals. Didn't do shit while you were alive, but they'll definitely come by when you're dead just so they can make themselves feel better.

[@Anonymous-73]

@@HashbrownMashup specifically funerals for suicide victims. When it’s a car crash or a murder victim, nobody could really do anything about it no matter how close they were to the person. But when it’s a suicide, anyone could have just helped them out even if they barely knew them. And when they’re buried they’re only there to say goodbye when they could have prevented it from happening in the first place, the persons life was in their hands and they just let it slip by. It’s poetic in a sickening way.

[@whydo_iexistlol7598]

This reminds me of the last part in a song I really like.

[@misstoefosho]

"You don't truly realize the value of something until it's gone."

[@bishhsasspusi2904]

Silent audience, you feel alone, but there are people actually who is rooting for your success, them going to your funeral is no different from them being in awe that you had become succesful in life. You cant see them, but they're there, dont dehumanize them, they will definitely feel despair when someone they knew pass away.

[@SpicyWah]

2:29 I love this part. The singing is phenomenal

[@valerieezap]

FR BROO

[@Evie_SG]

Yes.

[@pyroscar5816]

When you realize everything is past tense. **When you realize that includes the part about the father being a nice simple man**

[@GearoxButaBox]

Well the fact that both his wife and daughter died leave me to believe he would not be in a good place mentally. And the fact he has a gun... I'm going a little too far on this one

[@cloversgarden4066]

@@GearoxButaBox hes an american then 💁

[@sashkiajanelledullas4837]

@@cloversgarden4066 bruh, wrong timing.

[@aectrocity]

@@cloversgarden4066 really? :/

[@dennraeh]

@@cloversgarden4066 -_-

[@AbstractFigures]

So nobody is gonna talk about how people only ever noticed her until she was gone

[@lattecookie2399]

Yeah literally the only person who cared about her before she was gone was her father

[@lawgx9819]

That's basically the majority of people, they don't show they care unless the person dies Which is kinda sad

[@eeleyejuh]

They noticed her for the wrong reasons which is why she was impossible to ignore

[@voxelisdead]

syttstststop

[@WillianyAmill]

Didn't you listen to the lyrics? She was impossible to ignore. Everyone noticed. Unless you meant to put it in another way other than using the word "notice"

[@SC-hk6bs]

We should have known... “you *were* impossible to ignore” D:

[@xivering]

She _was_ a cutie pie (From another comment btw

[@hithere7080]

we were greedy we wanted more, as in more time

[@pink_bunny_fluffy5936]

Damn it- Should’ve realized it was past tense.

[@personafive.8920]

@@pink_bunny_fluffy5936 Same-

[@g59_gia]

@@hithere7080 i thought that meant they wanted more bites of her

[@zerohd8335]

No one is really commenting how beautiful this animation is. It's so simple, yet captures so many emotions. You did an amazing job.

[@pretendedtobesum1sorrylol797]

"You WERE impossible ignore" Damn "Her father WAS a simple man" Dayum

[@hehehe4364]

it’s almost as if it’s jack is just telling a story in past tense...

[@smileguy1187]

daham

[@pretendedtobesum1sorrylol797]

@@smileguy1187 TSTFJDTA

[@hyphenss6526]

@@smileguy1187 first we had dababy

[@suki5635]

@@hehehe4364 he is

[@gooeygo2515]

Is no one gonna talk about how sick that doctor is “Your daughter died? The one with a ham head? The one you accidentally killed? Oh no! Let me serve you cooked ham to make you feel better!”

[@aaronkuykendall4532]

Yeah, That's pretty sick.

[@can_tthinkofausername]

Doctor: Oh no! *A n y w a y,*

[@idjthesmart1363]

It was customary for these dark situations though...

[@wheatleythe_bigmoron_1179]

@@idjthesmart1363 W-

[@angrycoffeekid]

@@wheatleythe_bigmoron_1179 I mean it did say that

[@beanus7394]

my sister came up with this: she thought that she was ugly because everyone obsessively viewed and seemingly judged her. The doctor sees her face as food, the same way plastic surgeons often capitalise and ‘feed’ on young girls insecurities.

[@arcradire1559]

Wow your sister's smart

[@nanashikotarou5882]

Its definitely about the ham

[@ABANDONED23456]

100% about the ham

[@nearito6596]

most plastic surgeons do not feed on young girls insecurities. those girls are either forced to or they want to

[@beanus7394]

@@nearito6596 but the whole (cosmetic) plastic surgery business is built on insecurity - the same way the fad diet business is built on insecurity- and while i agree, individual plastic surgeons aren’t scheming evil geniuses, they do benefit from the toxic beauty culture.

[@arctic_foxx]

i had actually thought this was an official animated video, it fits so well and has a really nice vibe

[@wheatleythe_bigmoron_1179]

me at the start: damn this is a bop me at the end: *INTENSE SOBBING*

[@ittybittymaniac]

Sobbing and bopping

[@blu3255]

SAME

[@ibarelymakecontent6446]

oh my god ur user name i love you AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@pinkram100]

@@ittybittymaniac sbopping

[@Clarkamadorian]

)’:

[@vinnythepoet3483]

I’m like, fairly sure, that the doctor “eating her” was meant as how researchers took advantage of her rare disease after her death. They just wanted to profit from her; the didnt actually care about how she suffered *I’M NOT CRYING YOU’RE CRYING*

[@autumnleaves7427]

I 100% agree with your take on it

[@whatudoingbro6618]

Or necrofilia

[@aureaengland6607]

:,(

[@liljabjarnadottir5518]

yeah!!!

[@cy-bernet-ix]

maybe the entire reason they made her a ham was so they could make this analogy

[@ChaiLatte666]

cure /kyo͝or/ 1. relieve (a person or animal) of the symptoms of a disease or condition. "he was cured of the disease" 2. preserve (meat, fish, tobacco, or an animal skin) by various methods such as salting, drying, or smoking. "home-cured ham"

[@daina4849]

Oh My God

[@appleipad6854]

Makes sense

[@chuichiro0062]

O.o

[@iiomqfaderz]

I-

[@ZensNotesAkaDyingVampire]

Oh no

[@someoneelse1900]

0:33 i love how the song states that it’s a sad disease, but the video shows that she is functioning perfectly fine and the disease doesn’t bring any limits, and the only reason that it’s sad Is because of how she is perceived by people and how she can’t fit in. I find it very sad how she desperately tried to get rid of the ham just so she could live a normal life, even though she would have been fully capable of living a normal life if people would just…not be people.

[@shivers5718]

She's been dead since the begging, it's been saying "we WANTED more" and "her dream WAS to be a famous star" and "flowing hair she WAS a cutie pie"

[@yourlocalpansexual9229]

You fucking smart ass

[@khadijah152]

Smart ass

[@sh00damusic]

stick to yiffing

[@KozmicKozmo]

This guy is a fucking genius

[@silvyrwing5044]

Heyo, I kinda feel bad about the negative replies, so I hope you have a wonderful day/evening

[@smallestsnailontheblock3426]

I love how the moment before she dies she she began showing expression, and that was the only time she did in the entire film did

[@sidsid7526]

But... she was crying in the alley?

[@tylanx8250]

@@sidsid7526 but you didn't see her expression

[@wynxus]

the fact that the ham at the back of her head looks like a beanie

[@JustMissie]

Ham beanie

[@wynxus]

yup

[@chococweamsandwich698]

I need that beanie then

[@janiyasykes6317]

WAIT THAT'S HAM? I THOUGHT THAT WAS A HAT SHE WAS WEARING- BRROOOOOO

[@rosie6472]

where can i get that beanie it looks cool uvu

[@Ma.578]

2:27 this part always makes me cry 😭😭 the way she ran “free from the pain” and full of hope that she could finally be “normal”… at least she became a star after all, right?? 😢

[@marinv08]

One of the main reasons I love listening to Jack Stauber is because his songs have a deeper meaning to them than just random lyrics

[@xxqino]

And catchy beats

[@cmqz836]

@@xxqino def the catchy beats

[@back136]

I think it’s the other way around personally..

[@marinv08]

@@back136 That’s okay! Everyone has their own opinions:)

[@DanDoesStuffs]

@@marinv08 klee, I know they disagreed with you but you're forbidden to bomb them.

[@luckythefox678]

Nurse: *tries to ask a simple question* Doctor: I MUST GO

[@Oleander2116]

... to eat that gourmet ham

[@sunnydaze4ever373]

@@Oleander2116 Yum, up for ham? C u r e d, H a m.

[@marissamares8318]

The accuracy

[@mrb5940]

"Sorry Hammanta, Rest in Peace" Okay, that hurted

[@extraterrestrialcontent]

Hurt*

[@holyvicar]

@@extraterrestrialcontent both are the same

[@gooeygo2515]

@@extraterrestrialcontent hurted is teh corect wey to spel it yoo bafoon!

[@kineenx2303]

@@extraterrestrialcontent it doesn't matter :/

[@averyoriginalusernamethati4867]

@@gooeygo2515 The past tense of 'hurt' is 'hurt'. Even past participle of hurt is hurt. It is considered poor English to say “hurted”. From the 15th century to the mid-19th century, hurted was used as a standard alternative to hurt and various other spellings as the simple past tense and past participle of to hurt.

[@abrlnkybrd]

I like to think that it uses past tense like "she WAS a cutie pie" to give the impression that this was written after she died to go hand in hand with the part saying she "had finally become a star"

[@3amPizzaRolls]

Jack is implied to be the funeral director guy

[@annasart3133]

"Her father was a simple man" Her father: *Shoots at the sky*

[@thebiggestmonkey9172]

stolen comment LLLLL

[@annasart3133]

@@thebiggestmonkey9172 yes cause i have no originality

[@chqcolatebear2616]

F

[@cthulhuisgamer373]

Simple as in not very bright its a double meaning

[@geronimocanton6060]

jaja verdad jaja true

[@UnintendedSheep]

I like how you strayed away from the theory that the father was an alcoholic that was shooting bullets at the sky and how one of the bullets fell back down and killed her. This version is a lot more wholesome and less sad

[@pjdougherty6442]

I mean, that’s less of a theory and more what the lyrics are literally describing. Without him shooting a gun it kinda looks like she just died out of nowhere.

[@cornellius702]

@@pjdougherty6442 I'm confused at how the lyrics describe him as an alcoholic

[@pjdougherty6442]

Conal O’Neill Well, the lyrics don’t mention alcohol at all, but they do describe him cursing god and firing at the sky, which isn’t exactly normal behavior. The song describes one of his bullets falling and killing her.

[@BlockheadBlocks]

It is still sad, :V

[@vcombs4276]

Paul Dougherty I mean it seemed pretty clear that he was sad for her and blamed god for her suffering

[@jayminnie8807]

sometimes i just wanna create a crazy wacky song like this, except intend no deep meaning about it and watch as everyone spends hours trying to theorize my mess.

[@Bubbly_Dragon]

Congratulations you're the new Neil Cicierega

[@starlightriri]

If you really did create one please do tell us :D

[@jayminnie8807]

@@starlightriri i am, sadly, not talented enough to create a crazy wacky song. i failed music class in 5th grade and never took anything music related again.

[@earth2raine]

I've always wanted to create weirdcore art that looks deep when really it is exactly as you see it

[@max_punch]

@@earth2raine same, except i suck at drawing 💀

[@harrybaws38]

2:47 this part is so beautiful

[@Briggingston]

I think the reason why everyone has one eye, and no mouth, is to show that Hamantha isn’t so different from everyone. She’s a human like everyone else.

[@kusam]

I have been waiting for this comment :)

[@Briggingston]

쿠삼 kusam :D

[@derpsmith7430]

your comment brang a tear to my eye ;)

[@project_letters]

Ohhhhhhh that, that helps. OK now it makes sense

[@HopePapernacky]

Trey Wise Welll.... I wouldn’t say anyone else is “human”

[@dariuswrongside5811]

I love the symbolism to show that everyone has one eye just like her to show that she's not different from anybody else she is still a human being and the fact that all she wanted to do was become a star but gets treated differently because of the fact that she has a ham for a head. Trust me when I say that when I look at the world the way that I do now I have seen many people with medical injuries and deformities.

[@edwfelt7490]

People can't help but stare when something looks different from the norm :/

[@paragon.of.royalty]

**eye**

[@dariuswrongside5811]

@@paragon.of.royalty fixed

[@paragon.of.royalty]

@@dariuswrongside5811 kk

[@vaneplane]

Wait, I thought it was a hat :0

[@timingduck934]

_”Hamantha has become a star, hamantha was finally a star”_ Oh god, I just- I cant **ugly crying**

[@vexnyth2074]

@Muffin Man uh

[@-ellie_]

@Muffin Man do you know the muffin man the muffin man the muffin man

[@Atokosmo]

@Muffin Man change ur dang pfp wtf-

[@minoxi_4626]

@Muffin Man uh-

[@epikduccboi24]

@Muffin ManLMFAO-

[@annellecoraline]

1:00 “Hamantha, Hamantha you *were* imposible to ignore” It’s sad for me :’[

[@daikonroot]

dad got that long distance no-scope headshot poggers

[@nintenderchikn7664]

Pro gamer

[@shark2238]

pogggg

[@rblx0879]

what that kd ratio do

[@Hannah-xw4pk]

I laughed. I'm probably going to purgatory.

[@Clemaglorine]

Wow, my respect for you is out of this world rn

[@talktoyoutoo405]

that's pretty awesome! love when one of Jack's songs gets an unofficial music video haha

[@meltingcolorsthatdontblend1982]

Well I mean there is already a music video for Hamantha

[@thelingeringartist]

Yeah there’s already an unofficial music video lol.

[@howareyoumoreofaclownthanme]

Jack consistently gets some of the best unofficial music videos. The Kick-Heart MV for Buttercup, RDR's animation for Two Time and now this video. All different styles but all really good.

[@randomperson4344]

This seems very passive aggressive for some reason

[@meltingcolorsthatdontblend1982]

Random Person what are you talking about my comment?

[@Jathcas]

The most lovely version of hamantha so far

[@devilsadvocate4958]

LOVELY? BITCH THIS MADE ME CRY 🙈

[@mynoseisblind8190]

The first time I listened to this song I started bawling. It’s amazing how talented Jack Stauber is and how he can make you feel so much connections to the characters despite it being only a 6 minute song.

[@celesteinthestars]

me too tbh

[@willsith9762]

One thing about children with disabilities is how often the parents blame themselves for their children being born a certain way. You had no control over this. Life starts differently for everyone, and some in much more drastic ways. But we shouldn't feel shame for the way our children were born, whether at your child or yourself. Embrace the differences your child may have.

[@ticcitoasty]

yea it really just cements the idea that there’s still something wrong w the child and not with the world and how they treat those with disabilities.

[@KapGaming07]

"Life's extension lottery, kind to some but not to thee"

[@fleshmaggot666]

My mom blames me for the surgery I needed

[@popstel2286]

@@fleshmaggot666 ouch!

[@TbspOfRice]

@@ticcitoastyif someone has a disability there is something wrong with their body, pretending that nothing is wrong is probably worse than recognising that something is different and still accepting them the way they are, which is the beauty of the situation because many people you dont expect to disappoint you can still unexpectedly hurt you in the end

[@beautifulcat1991]

Hamntha: *legit dies* Everyone: 👁 👄

[@swaegblue62]

This is my favourite comment💀🔫

[@everyonegetselfears1444]

TJEHECWVD

[@_cloudz6920]

underrated comment

[@stargazed_Klowny]

WHY IS THIS SO FUNNY ITS A ONE EYED PERSON

[@rainyu223]

Oh jee hee hee

[@hufflepufflez3293]

There were so many ways to have avoided this. If Hamantha didn't get a call from the doctor, she wouldn't have been where the bullet was. If her dad never shot the bullet, she would have been cured. If people had just accepted her, none of these events would've happened _at all_

[@taisiasulina6730]

The doctor(most likely) wasn't gonna cure her(I also heard that "cured meat" also means salted ham), cuz' come on... a cure? to meat? I think he was planning to eat her from the start

[@richardimo4433]

I'm pretty sure he is just another term for taking Fame from the mysterious disease that she has

[@janaterbio8010]

If she didn't get the call, what of it then? What difference would that even make? From the song, you can tell that she was depressed. Depressed and anxious at the attention she receives. It wasn't stated she was bullied, but more on watched like some sort of circus freak performing or animal stuck in a cage, doing things we find odd and funny. Her wanting to be a star was wanting to change how people looked at her, she wanted to be seen in a better light. With praises and compliments, not behind the back gossips and underhanded statements carelessly thrown to the wind. She may not have to be hit by the bullet if she didn't received the call, but there would be another day she would have received this call and she would have still been pronounced dead (because it's either the meaning of doctors taking interests on her disease and benefitting from it after her death or the doctor being a cannibal.)! If her dad didn't shot towards the sky, still the same, she'd be dead right on the operating table and the Father would even feel more miserable. Not only could he not help his daughter, in the midst of his melancholy, his daughter ran off to the hospital for a cure, only to receive a call under the rain that she's dead, and receiving an even larger news that the very person who killed her was a cannibalistic doctor who treated her. He couldn't help her daughter, he couldn't even save her from harm. Though the original plot of her dying by the stray bullet from his gun isn't any better. So to say.... Hamantha would have still been dead and I think the only good thing from it is that her wish to be a star was granted. Finally. (Not sure if the last lyrics implied that she probably considered suicide at some points in her life. That's probably just me overthinking.) Hope I wasn't being too rude uhm... debunking your comment.

[@LePtitRigoloo]

I don't speak English, I listened to this "happy" song many times before I understood what it was about... Thanks for beautiful animated!

[@laura-ni8ym]

i truly think this is about what it feels like to have a disability, and the “bullet shot by her father” was her killing herself over the shame

[@markbutzer6058]

Never thought about it that way before. Makes it less sad. Thanks.

[@pendantperuke9440]

Actually I’m pretty sure the bullet is the one he shot in the sky

[@iamthenayeon]

the bullet is the one he shot when he saw her crying

[@dontask3605]

So we're just not going to talk about how the animator conveyed so much emotion through a walking piece of ham with one eye and no mouth.

[@yamilan.r.5195]

we don't ask

[@darnellmacer6475]

@@yamilan.r.5195 nobody asked for you to speak girlie-

[@strxwberrypuff]

@@darnellmacer6475bros tryna be different and right💀

[@FantasyTheSloth]

​@@strxwberrypuffsays you ☺️

[@strxwberrypuff]

@@FantasyTheSloth my bad I was dumb then

[@BlueRoses08]

1:50 “he fired at the sky” 3:03 “a stray bullet shot by her father” Oh........I get it now

[@wirralriddlerr]

Wdym? Idk if this is what you mean but i think is that she was already a star for her father

[@hehehe4364]

@@wirralriddlerr the bullet he shot came back down and killed hamantha

[@wirralriddlerr]

@@hehehe4364 i know, but is that what neon meant? If it is, @NEON 8, no shit sherlock.

[@hotpikachu]

@@wirralriddlerr it was god getting back at him

[@miovase]

@@wirralriddlerr i think they meant it in the way you said it, like hamanta being dead / it could be meaning he's shooting at the stars which hits Hamanta?? since she wants to be a star?

[@the_real_Mitsuri_Kanroji]

This song reminds me of my father. He was in a rock band, he was the lead guitar. He wanted to be a star. Shortly after I was born, he stopped doing rock and moved to jazz. He wanted to be a star. When I was three, he found he had lung cancer. He died when I was four. every time I would cry for him, my mother told me that he became a star. Every time that I look at the stars, I would believe that the brightest star in the sky was him. I guess, like hamantha, he became a star.

[@nightmarebear7880]

Can we PLEASE appreciate that EVERY TIME there’s this “plup” sound Hamantha blinks? Edit: 0:49 / 2:00

[@Jeff4theRaid]

The cutie pie

[@kubotheinconsideratefool4208]

D r i p

[@_jd_261]

Yeah they're playing off Jack doing this in his original video for this song it's only around 20 seconds and animated versus the full version and jack animated it so she blinked on that beat

[@kubotheinconsideratefool4208]

@@_jd_261 Or they’re just doing it.

[@_jd_261]

@@kubotheinconsideratefool4208 true I like to think they are, just a cute ref ig no worries tho

[@SoupySouper10]

I think this wasn’t ACTUALLY about a girl with a ham head, I think Jack just used that as a way to make it seem less scary. In my opinion I think she had a different disease and the doctor actually was cannibalistic. And the star part is more obvious but it most likely means she went to heaven/whatever happens next (But yeah this is all just a theory take it with a grain of salt)

[@Maxolotl124]

I think the cannibal part wasn't meant to be literal either though. I think it might've just been a commentary on how the medical industry takes advantage of people in desperate situations like hers. They give them hope, and then "take a bite", so to speak.

[@atree9284]

Im in the ghetto ratatata I think it’s right, except maybe her father killed her out of pity, and the doctor misdiagnosed her or something

[@andispellman]

Yeah, like the other person said, its actually awful common for doctors to take advantage of people, in more ways than one. That's how I interpreted it, as fucked as that is.

[@fate5636]

That’s JUST A THEORY, A SONG THEORY

[@SeriouslySeriousGrim]

Andi Spellman Yeah, like pill mill doctors and stuff...

[@IStandForTJandTAW]

“Aimlessly nested inside her” God i love that, i used to think it was painless but, aimlessly drives home the feeling her dad had. Life really gave them the short end of the stick.

[@pendantperuke9440]

I’m pretty sure aimlessly means that and also how he fired in the sky earlier, not knowing she would be hit.

[@cameronpeterson6734]

Sounds like lyrics to a metal song too. Brutal

[@dr.farzanaeijaz1887]

The meaning of the song is deep its saying that people who are "different" are treated terribly until there death

[@QuestionedTurkey]

This was AMAZING and I am SOBBING 😭😭😭🥺

[@UltimateGummyCat22]

Why no comments??

[@mreyes7994]

Then you will like all the other songs jack stauber made

[@amandastarfan]

@Gabriel Barbosa So,,, this person can’t compliment the animation? Don’t be rude dude, they very well could’ve been talking about the storytelling in the animation and stuff

[@mreyes7994]

@@amandastarfan I agree with gabriel, he was not rude he just recommended the channel since he makes other great hidden gems and not alot of people find the original music video

[@peo9741]

its a ham.

[@speedy8621]

Jack Stauber made a very strange, and sad firearm safety PSA

[@xxqino]

OH SHIT U RIGHT

[@Clarkamadorian]

Damn

[@artthenecromancer404]

Fallowing that, Dinner Is Not Over is a technicality an anti suicide PSA

[@8velina]

“don’t shoot at god or else he will pull a pro gamer move”

[@behomefree]

@@artthenecromancer404 You can have it when the dinner is gone

[@kyraisdead7876]

How the song was born: Cooking show: Time to cure the ham! Jack stauber: *hmmm*

[@llawlietsdrtycakeplatter5477]

COOKING WITH ABIGAIL WAIT THIS GIVES ME AN IDEA FOR A THWORY

[@NobodyNobody310]

“Soaring infinitely through space, Hamantha’s soul was graced with a glance of our humble planet, at which she was amazed.” That is such a raw beautiful line made so much more devastating by everything else.

[@bulbasaur-republic]

haha raw

[@bristlefight07]

5:16 ngl i thought he was peeing on hamanthas grave-

[@polandball2851]

And i thought he was smiling

[@vinegardoppios]

이고양 uh vibes

[@koolaid7433]

Now I can't unsee that

[@buggothy]

dkjflsfkdfslhk oh no i can’t unsee it xd

[@movedchannel3802]

Lol same

[@Tofuschnittchen]

I believe that by shooting her indirectly, Hamantha's dad still saved her (from a lot of pain) because the doctor would have killed her instead anyway, luring her to him by saying he had a cure for her disease just to eat her head afterward - or worse - eat it while she is still alive.

[@pendantperuke9440]

I guess god was like:so you want her to be spared from pain? HMMMM alright bullet shot to the head.

[@starlightriri]

Man... that's a cool theory you have there

[@onefinalobjectepisodes]

haha I’m the 69th like

[@qrosilaux6775]

To think that the doc was gonna do that anyways, 😬

[@joshjo9405]

He wanted to "cure" the meat

[@cd06tgc79]

And... Hamantha died twice? The star at the end exploded... oh god.

[@stealthlock6634]

Nah, it just twinkled :)

[@crablegs9376]

hunny, you cant die twice

[@Chloe_i_guess1]

Maybe that was another star and she was the star next to it.

[@childofflesh1591]

Where would she go, double heaven?

[@XxOmoriPlushie_GamingxX]

Timestamp?

[@ultrakilledd]

here i am. 2 years later. still sobbing over how beautiful but sad this is. this songs lyrics at the end are the definition of ‘they only care when your dead.’

[@Ceej32]

Stressing out over school, and crying over a dead one eyed girl is my new mood now.

[@Fenis1754]

Same

[@jupitersparx4101]

Are you literally me

[@khy9436]

1:29 I was wondering why he was taking the picture alone... but is this after hamantha died?... I'm crying

[@rinavonperl1980]

i thought his wife died and his daughter didn't like to be photographed anymore.

[@kc-eq4tk]

And in the background 'oh no!'

[@toadstooool]

@@rinavonperl1980 good point, but I thought I saw Hamantha's mom at her funeral, but I might be wrong

[@cloversgarden4066]

Hamantha was already dead, notice how everything is past tense?

[@rinavonperl1980]

@@cloversgarden4066 yeah now that you mention it.

[@alcerdemon9768]

Your depiction of Hamantha makes her look so pure and innocent, I love her

[@derbursche6496]

This is heavy... fucking heavy. I really don't cry a lot since i turned 14, i can count on one hand how often i cried. Now im 21 and this just tore me up. It's not bad that i cried at this, because that shows how good the song and this animation is. Both of you are legends

[@trangcongphu9263]

" what is your kind of music? " - ugh... it's complicated

[@kirkstrider7912]

kill

[@trangcongphu9263]

@@kirkstrider7912 oh my

[@kirkstrider7912]

@@trangcongphu9263 kill

[@trangcongphu9263]

@@kirkstrider7912 omg nooooooooooo

[@kirkstrider7912]

@@trangcongphu9263 kill

[@minana2785]

Ngl,she really is a cutie pie-

[@GrandStraw]

Yea

[@Jambion]

Ham pie

[@denji6975]

Meathead she is

[@unvirgins-ur-olive-oil7509]

So u r in cyclops

[@zubayeerahmed3801]

I wish I could give another like. but it's 420 and I don't want to change that

[@sioytsdaycore5513]

"But at the rate she was goin', she wasn't going far" for some reason that sentence just hits hard for me

[@MidnightRain1997]

For me this sentence describes the feeling of trying the best one can do and still not making much progress. It's like, running towards the finish line with the last power you have saved but only to realize that your vision gets darker and darker and the ground under your feet starts to shake and your chest hurts. You don't want to give up. You want to make it, but won't.

[@KRUCI4]

2:27 this part pulls EVERYTHING TOGETHER

[@chtigist59]

Hamantha: I wish to become a famous star someday! *Literally becomes a star*

[@istilldontknow7274]

And a famous 1 almost 2 mill views

[@breakfast.431]

she became a flaming ball of gas

[@snickerpoodles]

Hamantha: * dies before she is cured * Me: *I'm not crying my eyes are sweating*

[@snickerpoodles]

@Commodore X oh

[@RucaDoo]

@Commodore X Even if he _did_ have a real cure, how? Would the ham just fall off? If that happened, her head would come off too.

[@craftypixel7992]

@@RucaDoo Ham phyiks

[@RucaDoo]

@@craftypixel7992 ah

[@user-hy2sd7tr2d]

Xd

[@Ana-wp2qs]

Why did you animate this with so much emotion the father's expression BROKE me 😭😭😭😭

[@itskami3]

Ikr

[@jacobbarker1649]

He accidentally shot his teammate

[@rat4173]

The fact that the dad accidentally killed her is very sad it makes me cry seeing the emotion on the dad's face realizing what he did. Good job making this 100000/10

[@mxboxlocks]

things i picked up on: -everyone is drawn like her (one eye, no mouth) to show that she wasn't very different from others -"hamantha, hamantha, you were impossible to ignore" obvious but worth talking about. both physically because of her disease, and her personality. despite her handicap she is full of life. -the bullet falling from the sky is Hamantha receiving the consequences of the father's negative emotions, and the bullet is just that. emotions. -the rare disease Hamantha has feels like a reference to cancer or physical disfigurations. in the case of the latter, calling it a "disease" is kind of poetic in the sense that that's what society sees it as, but clearly it isn't that. -the last scene is very obviously a play on how insensitive medical professionals can be in cases like this. what is a tragedy to her father and mother is another day at the job to them, and it feels as though the world is moving on so quickly while theirs is crumbling apart in a really surreal way.

[@Boreale好]

I am laughing since I realized your pfp looks similar to the doctor 🖕 (sorry this is only a joke)

[@ry1023.3]

Tbf tho a doctor has to deal with dead people more than once a day, I get people call them heartless sometimes but they have become desensitised to death.

[@RaysonWilliams]

@@ry1023.3 You kind of have to, lest you crumble and become burnt out.

[@salami_fart]

I thought the bullet was from the dad who shot at the air lol

[@mxboxlocks]

@@ry1023.3 two months late but i absolutely agree. it's just jarring the juxtaposition that's displayed in scenarios like this, and for good reason. the doctors did their jobs and they're not monsters for wanting to move on to the next thing. it's just that, to someone that suddenly lost his daughter, their indifference can be easily warped into malice in his eyes.

[@mrwinter6671]

Why did I almost cry to a jack stauber song?

[@gojifan5484]

Right. They're supposed to be creepy.

[@fettyman467]

because it is a Beautiful song

[@lincolnjezek4370]

Ya ever hear pizza boy?

[@ashyori9637]

Your not ready for opal then.

[@Hazyphern]

@@gojifan5484 no

[@JJismyusername]

Dude I'm actually crying this song was so beautiful and sad, with the animation adding to the overall message very well. Hamantha was just like everyone else except she had deformities, and lived a lonely life with her father. Then she dies at the best moment of her life.

[@adelineemmerich5019]

i think the doctor would eat her alive tho cuz he found a *cure*

[@laurenlangdon693]

blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven matthew 5:3

[@SilliMillieMasha]

Is it just me or was she actually rlly cute? Like she looks adorable

[@JoyTaylor-101]

It’s not just you

[@munchkinroses]

ngl crazy how she somehow ate up a ham as her head pulled it off like a queen fr

[@cocoan-s-e-a]

FR!!

[@berlabelle5999]

she was a cutie pie

[@EluTran]

The Ballad of Hamantha was always one of my favorite songs from Jack Stauber and this animation is splendid and really gives it even more life. Amazing work.

[@Hello-oo1pv]

hello

[@gogmazio]

Yeah it’s quite the amazing piece of work, I’m glad to have discovered Jack Stauber because it’s a hole full of much unique and interesting topics and ideas while also being sad

[@EluTran]

@@gogmazio Agreed. I love his work SO much.

[@gogmazio]

@@EluTran Yeah, OPAL is a great example of how amazing his work is.

[@larrytheaxolotl5655]

Same

[@massimoserafini4999]

for a song about a girl with a ham for a face this is incredibly dark

[@amybrokus-coonfer8404]

Here's a theory, I think Hamantha was just a nickname/a name people used to tease her. I believe that her parents named her Samantha, but she was called Hamantha by her classmates so much that it basically became her name. She is only remembered by that name because she was teased so much.

[@zibdib5349]

Jack Staubers songs have meaning to their lyrics in ways that no other songs have.

[@gibboyeah]

I really feel bad for the dad, he only expressed his shared pain and that resulted in his only daughter's death.❤️ Poor thing, why is no one talking about him! Everyone is talking about Hamantha (not suprised, she's the protagonist), but there are side characters! 😭

[@defagentanimations]

The internet: Baby Yoda is the cutest Me, an intellectual: *Baby hamantha*

[@kermit_de_frog4818]

You right

[@Fenis1754]

True

[@rainniebee]

I’m sorry, but at first I though her ham was a haT-

[@XxOmoriPlushie_GamingxX]

"Hatantha, Hatantha, you were impossible to ignore~"

[@missenoshima6057]

@@XxOmoriPlushie_GamingxX wtf is hatantha

[@leafstacks]

@@missenoshima6057 Hamantha with a hat instead of ham-

[@bludraws094]

Same-

[@SerialLainn]

Bruh same here-

[@wd4kari]

I love how he sings with a deep voice saying “meaty face”

[@ninafroggo-gq4bd]

When time stamps ? Sorry if I sound rude

[@BOOMBX]

​@@ninafroggo-gq4bd0:45