Leanna Firestone - Becoming Unbecoming (Visualizer)

[@sandy_nes31]

DUDE, THE CALLBACKS OF THIS???? I'M A SUCKER OF MUSICALS AND CALLBACKS ARE SO COOL WHEN WELL MADE, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF IT 🙏🙏🙏

[@Carkeyyyy]

THEY USED TO CALL ME SMART CALL ME BRIGHT CALL ME GIFTED AND A PART OF MY TOOK PRIDE IN READING FASTER THAN THE OTHER KIDS DID 😭😭😭

[@MelodyMonroeofficial]

CUS WHEN THINGS WERE STANDARDIZED ANS I WAS TIMED AND I WAS TESTED THEN I COULD PROVE THAT I WAS WORTHY OF LOVE AND ATTENTION 😭

[@augustlovesmusic]

story of my life

[@jaysmindpalace]

NOW IM NO LONGER SMART NO LONGER BRIGHT NO LONGER GIFTED AND I CANT READ ANYTHING IF IT TAKES ME LONGER THAN 15 MINUTES

[@Pa1ntTra1-2]

​@@jaysmindpalaceYET I STILL SCRAPE AND SEARCH AND CRAVE TO EARN THAT VALIDATION

[@ismy3680]

YET I STILL SCRAPE AND SEARCH AND CRAVE TO EARN THAT VALIDATION I'M BECOMING UNBECOMING I'M NOT SPECIAL NEVER HAVE BEEN.

[@aki_fletch]

I love how the "ooh~" at the beginning sounds kinda like an inversion of the "ooh" in Suneater. It feels like a nice callback to being "just the one who swallowed the moon", in this case realizing that the brightness you had was just a reflection of others' validation ("the only light that i have's just a reflection of you"). And once that validation is stripped away or is given less often as you grow up, you shine less brightly. (RAHHHH I LOVE SONG ANALYSIS)

[@mariaregina3219]

THIS IS ART. its so effing relatable...... living with adhd, not being able to meet the "beauty standard" ..... its all so hard

[@Starlight_V2]

THE WAY I’M BOPPING TO THESE SAD LYRICS 😭

[@dani_drawzz]

I STILL RMEMBER LISTENING TO THE VERY FIRST KZbin SHORT YOU MADE OF THIS AND WIHSING IT WAS LOBGER 😭😭🙏

[@admiralsmartass5040]

ok, im not crazy!!! i knew ive heard this before

[@maddied5825]

funny that 3 years later I’m hearing the first Leanna song I ever heard for the first time again

[@aestheticlia]

wishing this was released earlier so i could've used the "thinking i was broken when i was actually just 15" for my 15th birthday a while ago

[@TsaniaJameela]

Omg yess, I'm 15 when the demo song first uploaded

[@kacipowers4390]

OMG, the gifted chorus is gorgeous. I can't believe she turned that into a full song after all this time 😍 that song is my anthem and hits so real

[@AstraeaCorinne]

YESSS. That little bit was how I found her years ago. I've always related to that so hard. I'm so happy to hear it in a full song!

[@Amber.28.]

Omg the parallels between old songs make this somg so much better ❤❤❤

[@sandy_nes31]

THE LEANNA LORE JUST GETS DEEPER 💯💯💯

[@Amber.28.]

@@sandy_nes31 it does I think this might have replaced ESOEMOED as my favourite leanna song

[@kacipowers4390]

She always had the best connections. It really makes her music hit deeper and feels so much more real that these are all one person.

[@Amber.28.]

@@kacipowers4390 yes I've been a fan since least favourite only child all of the connections throughout her songs make it so much more cohesive for example "now I'll walk myself down the aisle, I'll be the parent and THE LEAST FAVOURITE ONLY CHILD" I can't use italics on my phone so I used caps but it's a callback

[@maribellabindao1479]

The fact that I waited for this until college is so worth it 🥺😭❤️😩

[@lamenametsegang]

How can someone basically write my lifestory in a song? 😳 Thank you for such a beautiful song. ❤️

[@bluem9559]

AAAAAAA *CLAWING AND SCREAMING* ITS FINALLY OUT CANT WAIT TO SEE HER LIVE IN DC

[@connorkennedy1794]

What a bop. Man, I love your lyrics.

[@mikeycerasno1fan]

forever so proud of ur growth as an artist🥲

[@w.H.o.aRe..y0u.]

First time listening to ur songs and tbh IM.OBSESSED.

[@tamersmusiclol]

im really interested in learning the meanings of each of the lyrics 👀this just became my new fave bc it became a reciprocration of my life especially the bits abt being bright, smart, gifted and especially the bit of getting my heart broken at age fifteen on a school night coincidence it was the same day of Wednesday too 😭

[@El_Stylinson]

AGHHHH IVE BEEN WAITING FIR THIS ONEEEE

[@strugglingartist6269]

So excited for this release and super excited to see you tour Kate this month!!!

[@marisollopez1913]

already sobbing

[@sandy_nes31]

When listening to Leanna, this is a mood for sure

[@ameliahuber4988]

I LOOOOOVE THISSSSS OMGG IT FEELS SO BEAUTIFUL HEARING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!

[@IsItKai]

IM SO HAPPY IVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS ❤ Love you leanna!

[@guest-bz6rq]

I love this I seen a TikTok of it and had to look the song up!!

[@a.bambs18]

obsessed

[@faivana_]

Its been a year since the first time i listened to one of your songs, foreverever. I’ve been tuning in ever since 🫶

[@claudia.j]

YESSSS THIS IS SO GOOD

[@IsItKai]

Im literally crying 😭

[@trisha6613]

I've been playing this on repeat yaur

[@denicebenen35]

I’ve already played this song 4 times in a row… I love it!!!!!!

[@roseleaf3283]

Omg!! I love!!

[@-raecat-]

Can't wait to scream this in Atlanta (especially "Georgia peaches" lol)

[@sarahsprole5222]

Why did I have to find this on a work day 😭 this is so good

[@Skies.of.Symphonia]

Heard this on tiktok and now I listen to it on repeat

[@IsItKai]

I've been listening on repeat

[@IsItKai]

YESS IT'S OUTTT

[@Carkeyyyy]

IM SO EXCITED

[@urstrulythia_]

So relatable😢😢😢 Such a masterpiece ❤

[@Moonlit.Minnow]

This is so good!!

[@foreverfalling5514]

AHHHHHHHH ITS TIMEEEEEEE

[@Jackorwtv]

OH MY GOS IM HERE EARLY IM GONNA CRY

[@just_that_girl3873]

Absolutely worth the wait 💜💜

[@_use_my_pronouns_4021]

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO YIPPEE LETS GOOOOOOOO

[@DavidMiller-wq9uq]

Great song!

[@sandy_nes31]

We're becoming unbecoming depressed with this big hi!!

[@mariaregina3219]

please please please release an acoustic version someday 🥹

[@tlhpgraveyard8182]

Amazing!

[@trisha6613]

YASSS FINALLY FOUND IT

[@SadlySilouh]

Where are the cameras Leanna because I had a notebook in high school of all the colleges I wanted to go to and my majors and then on another page had all the treatment centers in a certain radius of me.

[@mckenziemcintyre1651]

Hits too hard as a 17 year old over halfway to my bachelors

[@TheFandomGirlCreations]

AHHHHHHH I LOVE IT

[@tlhpgraveyard8182]

Do you have a band during the arrangement process? It is all so perfect.

[@carolyne7851]

screaming

[@MelodyMonroeofficial]

Ma’am, please get out of my walls. This is to real

[@mw3Rapt0r]

This hit home 😅

[@georgiaross-un8nf]

AHHHHHH

[@FreyjaFoxx.x]

Just discovered you cause youre coming to denver on tour and ao sad i can't afford tickets 😭

[@izeahP.]

What the f*** it's amazing, 🖤🖤🖤😭🖤

[@Sonicexe_999]

Slay

[@Dana_ief]

I am here because of a friend im not so close to...... But i think i like her taste in music

[@maevelovesjack]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@cynnnio]

IM NOT GONNA DO IT!!! JUST GONNA THINK ABOUT IT A LOT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@miyusiical]

tell 21 year old me that this song dropped and id pass out

[@straightfaceemoji]

HOW FORS THIS ONLY JAVE 2K VIEWS

[@maevelovesjack]

YOURE A FUCKING GENIUS

[@eleanorelizabeth]

I clicked so fast.

[@ihavethebestgf]

LEANNA FIRESTONE MAKE BAD MUSIC CHALLENGE LEVEL IMPOSSIBLE

[@IAMSIB1]

❤🐜

[@EarlCo]

No don't stop that, the BOCES Young Scholars "gifted" program in my racially-diverse but less wealthy elementary and middle school was an amazing experience teaching me challenging things 2 grade levels above. Everyone in my little class of 7 was diverse in one way or another. Come to think of it, we were probably also all a little autistic. We did not have a "gifted" program in the wealthy school district I moved to for high school because everyone was already doing well since they had more resources. The competition at the top was much more challenging as it is, but maybe that was just high school. I still self-selected into AP classes and Science Research, which got me started doing college-level research in high school. There's no need for people to be labeled as "gifted", it should simply be an opt-in application basis, but there's no need to get rid of these wonderful programs. If you're "no longer gifted", you were probably one of the ones that shouldn't have been selected in the first place. I see the perceived problem, your school district simply selected more people overall and those on the edge of "gifted" got in, while in a poorer district it was far, far more selective (like I said, class of 7 - how many were in yours?)

[@wallflower25413]

i was in my gifted program when i was in elementary school and middle school to the point where i even skipped 5th grade because i was so ahead of everyone else, when i got to highschool the way they were teaching changed and since i have adhd/add it didnt work for how my brain works, just because someone is burnt out or the school system only works in one way does not mean that they shouldn’t have been in that program in the beginning, i would cry to my mom everyday because the work was too easy, just because you leave that program doesn’t mean that you should have never been in it in the first place

[@EmeraldAshesAudio]

It's definitely possible for someone to be a good fit for the gifted program as a younger child and then to burn out / become an underachiever later on. As you mentioned, a lot of people in your program were "a little autistic," and autistic burnout can absolutely impact people as they're hitting high school / college / careers. In general, people can be quite intelligent or creative and still be like "Hold up. Why do I feel like I'm not achieving as much as my peers when I was supposed to be the superstar?" once they grow up. That might be them "leveling out" and realizing intelligence isn't everything. Or that one type of intelligence might not translate to other talents. It could be them hitting limitations due to neurodivergence or mental illness or physical illness. It could just be them hitting a string of bad luck or realizing that other life factors make it impossible to "win" all the time. And a lot of gifted kids are perfectionists who feel like failures when they fail to meet their own impossible standards. TL;DR: Lots of people resonate with these lyrics, and I bet you those kids still "belonged" in the gifted program, if there was one at their school.