Samuel Blenkin - Don't Want More | Atlanta: Season 3, Episode 5 - Cancer Attack

[@s.g.7572]

This season really opened my eyes to how desperately sad and lonely Al truly is.

[@RJJL_Holeshot]

it makes the farm episode so potent, especially when he's fucked up and still wont tell Ern he's gravely injured

[@Enoughsenoughnomas]

So this kid is white Al right?

[@Perpplxn]

@@Enoughsenoughnomas yeah

[@terrorble727]

The contrast of their physical appearance adds a bit of connectivity to the situation, it shows how we all can relate on the same level internally no matter the fabric of the situation.

[@road_king_dude]

​@@Enoughsenoughnomas No AL is the black dude

[@dullboy-p7p]

This song caught me by surprise by how good it was

[@traeshanks5467]

Agreed!!

[@SlackerInc1]

Right??

[@WaltPDABADGUY]

I can’t stop listening to it, it’s haunting insightful and satisfying a true artist wrote this and a true artist sang it also

[@geraldking9385]

@@WaltPDABADGUY that's paperbois song 🤣🤣🤣

[@NathanielLongchallon]

One of my favorite songs now.

[@jomama8156]

Al's expression is everything. Face changes, without changing. Unreal!!

[@KINGmothafuckinstat]

Bruh 🤣

[@-friday]

the eyes tell everything

[@treylino7813]

@@-friday it’s definitely the eyes

[@NWF18]

He goes from being pissed to encapsulated. It’s incredible subtle acting

[@ThePacktlike]

For me the rythm of the breathing is key too.

[@danalsop1569]

I actually went to school with Sam Blenkin, I remember we played opposite each other in an am-dram production of Frankenstein. Brought a tear to my eye watching the same kid I used to play guitar with in his parents kitchen doing so so well. Reach for the stars Sam!

[@CRneu]

I discovered him in this episode of Atlanta, and I'm currently watching Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch, where Sam makes a great appearance. I hope Sam has a great long career. He has serious acting ability.

[@paulcarlsen5787]

Dude this kid gave such an amazing performance in this episode, one of the best of the whole show

[@denislyons]

As an actor, I know how extremely difficult it is to play these secondary roles. Atlanta is a freight train and he jumped on like he's been doing it his whole life. For the first time in over 10 years, I was so blown away by his overall performance, that I had to tell everyone I knew. Watch Sam Blenkin in this episode. I had never heard of him, but what he did in this episode was nothing short of incredible. Profound respect and I am rooting for him. I know he has a very bright future and I can't wait to see him again. and yes, he was great again in The French Dispatch.

[@savinayn]

Absolutely. He had me raptured from the first moment he was on the screen. He was incredible playing this role so many different ways (straight-ahead, Afro-surrealist, he did it, he didn’t do it, etc.). And then when he broke out the guitar and capped it off with this song? Genius.

[@MOLONEYLTD]

And black mirror has only enhanced his career. Good for him, he's doing big things! 👍

[@alexanderthegreat1270]

If you strip away all of the surrealist elements, my interpretation is that this interaction is the peak of Paperboi’s career. A lot of Atlanta demonstrates the actual workings of the music industry, the difficulty in staying relevant and the eventual flame out of your career. Al mentioned earlier in this episode that he didn’t even really see him as a rapper, but because he made success off of it, he’s come to terms with being viewed as a rapper solely for the rest of his life. He needs the phone, because the phone reminds him that he actually has the potential to create good art instead of industry rap schlock. In this scene, Al realises in Wiley’s song that he has actually succeeded as an artist. He connected with a person from an entirely different world of his own through his music, and despite the flame out of his career and the eventual end to his money, he has done something significant. That’s why he is able to move on from the phone in the end

[@aj_who]

10/10 interpretation. Well done

[@jayBBvid95]

I have to rewatch this show if that is the case.

[@bryson0206]

beautiful

[@fiazrahman4552]

🤍🤍 you’re so well spoken

[@lukeb1869]

Spot on. Bravo.

[@NWF18]

This shows how deep Donald Glover's storytelling goes. He makes these weird episodes that go so much deeper than what we see, and it sticks for a reason. He is one of a kind, both performances are incredible.

[@GG-yp6kd]

Donald Glover didn’t write this episode bruh, gotta give props to Jamal Olori

[@sadsatan2567]

@@GG-yp6kd anyhow, Donald is Goat to me and to alot

[@hughthompson4451]

Samuel Blenkin is the actor do we know who wrote the song?

[@SUPAFLY-et3dh]

@@hughthompson4451 its his song

[@baboon_baboon_baboon]

Donald doesn’t write the best episodes IMO. He actually says some pretty dumb stuff in interviews. The rest of the writers and directors do a lot of work to carry the show.

[@joeschianodicola1810]

i think we can all agree here on two things: 1. this scene was a surprising yet incredibly moving exchange between Al and a reflection of himself 2. *FUCK SOCKS*

[@KimKim-wu6xj]

Dude! Yes!

[@melvin4976]

Don’t know if “fuck socks” is even the right idea. Socks was looking out for himself off the top, but he definitely regretted his decision at the end. He wanted to belong just like everyone else

[@joeschianodicola1810]

@@melvin4976 nah fuck Socks

[@deviousj5868]

@@melvin4976 there was no follow up he just vanishes and you never see him again. You may know WHAT happened to him but not HOW it happened.

[@codystewart9088]

Was he about to say nigga?

[@starmantv9962]

Brian Tyree Henry absolutely stole this season. Say what you want about the season overall but his performance and the episodes that revolve around him were so great.

[@timmytime2011]

best season a atl al

[@deviousj5868]

Yeah he definitely takes the lead a good majority of time. His main character arc is trust.

[@Enoughsenoughnomas]

I will say what I want about this season. One of the top 5 seasons in any tv show in history

[@benjaminwelkens8118]

I could be imagining it. It could be the cinematography it could be the acting. But theres this ever so subtle change on Al's face from fed up to absolute heart break.

[@connordavenport3808]

yes that’s called acting

[@joyof3D]

He's not just Al's ghost, but they're ghosts of each other, which I think is what the reflection line is all about. Wiley has real heartfelt talent, but he has no fame or respect or status. Al has all that fame and money and respect, but he is unable to express his heartfelt self through his art and fame-driven lifestyle. Wiley is here as a messenger as if to say, "Is this what you really want?" His own sense of connection to Al, him seeing the "other side," is him saying that he sees Al as who he could be if not himself. And by showing that to Al in his song, Al can see that Wiley is who Al would be if not Al. They're mirror opposites.

[@d.sfilms7677]

Oh my this is such a good interpretation. Using the word masterpiece seems to fall short for this show, it's transcendental

[@escodard9tre]

Damn, that was a good analysis. This was a roller coaster of emotions in this whole ‘stolen phone’ episode and this was such a good way to end it, right so we let our guard down then bang, that small swift moment we all get stabbed in the back by socks and then it ends.

[@6ixallah]

Wiley is a piece of Al's self that has been buried beneath his Paperboi persona, thus a ghost. Wiley's appearance is exactly how Al sees that part of himself. Al is insecure which is the real reason why hes so worried about his phone. Al's real art is on that phone… "is there something special about this phone?.". Wiley starts off saying things like "we all have to die sometime. maybe my end should come at the hands of Paperboj" (Wiley/Al vs Paperboi). When Wiley says "were you told as a child you talk white.. must have made you feel separate. its interesting when people aren't allowed in the universal group" he is throwing shade at Earn and Paperboi while also hinting at his metaphysical nature. He's saying that Paperboi is hiding the real Al.. so that part of him does not exist in this universe. Earn looked past Al during his search for community and friendship and now money. Earlier in the episode Al tries to start a conversation with Earn but Earn is too busy to talk unless Paperboi has a question about ginger beer. So everything Wiley been saying has struck multiple chords in Paperboi. When Wiley looks PB in the eyes and says "I don't think you'll get what you want that way" he finally understands and tells himself (Wiley) a secret about his creative block. Al "was never really into rapping". Everything is then confirmed with the birthdays and Wiley/Al lyrics which is why PB is in shock and lets Wiley leave "you were my mirror my best friend we used to be one and the same. i swear i saw the other side i never wanted less because i don't want more of vou". I think it means he threwaway the real part of himself that he doesnt like and now that part of him is "on the other side" Veg. The idea of twin flame/soul fits as a replacement for this "self theory" too but based on this season I think Wiley is the ghost of Al's self

[@sultanali7084]

I love this!

[@dannyh4654]

Wiley also says that he’s 32, which around the age Al should be.

[@adriandelariva2250]

You know what’s also crazy? To think about it, it’s pretty ironic how Wiley is a ghost and is white. No racism at all, but I find it to be an art form that Glover uses to show the pure side of Al in the past.

[@nandoproductions_]

and why do you think that Socks stole the phone?

[@adriandelariva2250]

My thought about it is that he’s going to do something shitty to the group. You saw how he stirred up the talk between Darius and MK, then he got them inside Sock’s car

[@user-nz3mg5jr8e]

best scene in the show so far hands down. Truly touching and cerebral.

[@Yamah12a]

no it's not

[@darioguzman6332]

It’s not but it’s definitely one of the best songs on their soundtrack

[@jcnot9712]

I don’t see it being significant enough to be the best in the entire show but it’s easily in the top 10 scenes of the entire season for sure.

[@eebbaa5560]

i don't think you know what cerebral means

[@name3236]

@@eebbaa5560 1 a : of or relating to the brain or the intellect b : of, relating to, affecting, or being the cerebrum cerebral edema cerebral arteries 2 a : appealing to intellectual appreciation cerebral drama b : primarily intellectual in nature a cerebral society books for cerebral readers used correctly, smd

[@zdarky]

I saw this episode right after a horrible divorce period around July. I was shocked, just stared for a while and listened over and over again for at least two weeks. While losing your best friend, also seeing her turning into a really awkward stranger is taking its toll. This song was the final nail in that coffin and started a restoration period. In that regard, I really owe the show owners my deepest thanks. Donald Glover, Brian Tyree Henry and Sam Blenkin, thank you for this scene. It got me work for a better life, alone. Thank you.

[@Enoughsenoughnomas]

Holy fuck

[@Bambam-qt2bt]

🫂

[@abbashanif8888]

I dont know who you are brother/sister but I'm just going through this right now, I'm going through a divorce and I feel like I've lost my best friend from the past 10 years, I didn't want any more or any less I was happy with her and us but she wasn't, she left me, just watched this episode and couldn't stop myself from bursting and immediately something in me wanted to work on myself and become the best possible person I could be, so I never have to feel this again. if you see this I would love to hear how everything has gone for you ?

[@nicholaslydon7089]

Lyrics: there's a fire on the mountainside I can see the smoke risin' the ocean blues, they already do they say the tide is turning I swear I saw the other side and never wanted less because I don't need more I don't want more You were my mirror, my best friend we used to be one and the same but now my hero's gone and left me here to play this evil game I swear I saw the other side and never needed less because I don't need more I don't want more of you

[@hawking2519]

Thankyou

[@lamatadefrioazezino]

the ocean blooms

[@ChrisMari23]

"All about that paper boi." He was telling the truth the entire time.

[@dullboy-p7p]

Need this song in my library ASAP

[@oldboy1955]

how song fit in library if song not book 😅😹

[@ProdBlknwight]

fr, but a full version

[@thereaIest.]

@@oldboy1955 L

[@oldboy1955]

@@thereaIest. finish spelling you idot

[@annala2956]

And not someone covering it. It has to be sung by Samuel Blenkin- and not an overproduced version, just a full version of this. I am obsessed

[@Mr.Daniel297]

I think Wiley is a ghost and that this is actually Al’s melody being reflected back at him. That goes along with the rest of the weird events in the episode and the underlying themes of exploitation by white people throughout the season. I definitely still wish it was a full song though. That kid has a gorgeous voice for sure. Watching Al’s face with the interpretation of this episode hits me hard. Heartbreaking and beautiful end to an episode

[@adriandelariva2250]

I can actually agree. If Darius talks about some stuff like the Florida Man or Steve McQueen, you know that it is bound to come true

[@AshLordCurry]

Makes a lot of sense too

[@NewAgeNomad93]

I think they're the same person. Throughout the episode Wiley kept referencing things that only Al understood, Al interpreted this as Wiley having gone through his phone, but it was really Wiley knowing EXACTLY how Al thinks and feels. Wiley said that he didn't sympathize or empathize with Paper Boy's album; he says he understood and that he felt it. We attach ourselves to these external manifestations of desire, like Al attaching his future success to the lyrics in his phone, without realizing that we readily have everything we need inside of us already. Wiley found his voice in Paper Boy, and Al found his voice in Wiley.

[@mrgrinch1966]

Nah, they're just two incredibly similar people, the joke is that the person Al connects with the most is some white boy from Europe, they were both hurt by a Rose/Rosie, Al dreamed of box top chevys in high school and probably so did Wiley, Wiley probably just knew his phone number from some fanboy internet forum, and the song at the end is Wiley's attempt to help Al recapture what he thought he lost when the phone went missing The whole episode is set up to hint at him being a ghost, but it's just a misdirect Plus there already was a ghost (white Earn) this season, people like to claim Donald Glover is some super genius, well, geniuses don't typically reuse the same idea over and over

[@peterbobby99]

I think Darius did say that the venue was haunted. So you may be right about Wiley being a ghost.

[@maramashraf7329]

This is such an example of how simple episodes can be in this show still so intense n deep, I can't believe how good this show is

[@maramashraf7329]

This show is so good n unique like i've never seen anything like it

[@felipesebben6728]

Word

[@johannlabertaler6095]

this episode was one of the best things I've ever seen on TV.

[@joyajohnson2216]

Brian Tyree Henry is the king of subtle acting. just look at his face. he’s mesmerizing.

[@denislyons]

This song knocked me off my seat. Al's reaction. Brian Tyree Henry is an incredible actor. This whole show. The season. It's as good as anything gets. Afro-surrealism and its depth of profound beauty is art in its purist form. This is evolution and I am in love. Donald Glover, Hiro Murai, the whole cast and everyone involved, thank you for enriching my life. Peace and Love!

[@gabedepaul5407]

Incredible performances from both of them

[@duastorres7251]

This song feels like something is being taken away from me, forever.

[@Froby910]

i watched this episode a couple of days ago and i teared up its so sad😭

[@Bentennosin]

My soul hurts so good

[@phillippearson9994]

This song is amazing !!!! Watch the episode just to listen to the song

[@ceuii1995]

I always thought that this song was "Al's voice" that he was talking about and that the lyrics were referencing earn in the second verse "You were my mirror, my bestfriend" But these comments opened up my eyes. I love the Atlanta community!!!

[@mclare71]

This entire season made me catch my breath. Simply exquisite. And after a second viewing I realized that just like Season 2 was about "Robbin' literally and metaphorically, this season is about ghosts. Seen and unseen.

[@Soccerman9213]

I cant stop coming back to listen to this

[@luccagattoni980]

i saw this high af and it felt so eerie

[@insanitynprofanity]

Currently watching “Loch Henry”: the new episode off Black Mirror and I rushed over to this video to confirm if this was the same face and voice. Brilliant, brilliant actor.

[@jakedaniel5550]

I was speaking to a friend recently about Paper Boi and how the actor has so much range and didnt just stick to playing roles like this. But still, his performance in this show and more importantly, this scene of this episode is his best performance. Opening up to Wiley before this saying he feels like a fraud in the industry and doesnt enjoy it anymore. Only thing I didn't understand for certain this episode was why Socks took the phone 😅

[@Angeladorian]

I can’t stop listing to this. It’s Haunting. Me.

[@spenceriris]

this is a certified hood classic

[@Deevonshoels]

this season was so amazing

[@thecharliemccormick]

This is a brilliant moment. The small misstep in the beginning makes the larger triumph even more noticeable

[@teklacommissiong9098]

Ill never forget how unexpected this moment was for me.. this song hit in a way that gave me Pause.. and the shocking twist at the end. The the reasoning behind it. This show is TOP TIER. 😎

[@ScuffedDuck]

If anyone is interested , the Chords: (As far As i can Tell. Works to sing on for me + guitar is tuned a half step down ) Verse 2 Times : Bb A7 Dmin Hook: F E Amin F/C Esus4 into E But Feel free to explore different variations ( specially on upper Extensions im Not too Sure ) and corrections are Always welcome

[@ParablePreacher]

Brian not being nominated for this year’s Emmy’s is a tragedy! Dude was AMAZING all season!

[@maxitagliapietra1462]

It's been a year, i'm still crying

[@itsdevdom]

I come back to this video at least a few times a week, it's so mesmerizing. Anybody playing guitar here and wants to create a karaoke version?

[@omarburgess7082]

Is it just me or does anyone else think Donald Glover and Jordan Peele need to colaborate and blow our minds completly. Hey remember you heard it here first. Oh and please put me in one of the collabs.

[@humbletimezarrangements]

Agreed. I said this to myself just today.

[@nbyfceryhxet]

There's a fire on the mountainside I can see the smoke arising The ocean blues, they already do They say the tide is turning [Chorus] I swear I saw the other side I never needed less Because I don’t need more I don't want more [Verse 2] You were my mirror and my best friend We used to be one and the same But now my hero's gone and left me herе To play this evil game [Chorus] I swear I saw thе other side I never needed less Because I don’t need more I don't want more

[@Swizzle0011]

I'm Pretty Sure These Are The Chords(not too sure about tuning) : Verse: Am, G#m, C#m (x2) Chorus: F, E7, Am, (walks a finger up here) F, Em

[@shahruckh]

I also feel it's that but there's something with the tuning indeed... any ways to get that right you think?

[@Slate_Blunders]

Try this tab I just made and let me know what you think, not entirely sure how correct it is but I got it to sound relatively similar, I think tunings a half step down.

[@sarangnair865]

Beautiful voice

[@jujuBeanRemo]

My interpretation of the scene is Willie represents what Al could be if he wasn’t shape by his environment and allowed to express who he truly is and the art he enjoys making for himself instead of fame and money like paperboii . Willie represents the side of Al that he had to kill/bury to survive in his environment while willie was allowed to be himself and thrive Al had to make a persona and become it to live the life he envisioned . Which is why willie knows shit about paperboii that Al doesn’t tell anyone. Like his favorite childhood car and his childhood heartbreak rose , I think Al & willie had a similar heartbreak Al with rose and Willie in 8th grade which was why he felt the song because it made him think of how he felt with rose and after experience that he’s comes to a new understanding of Willie through music , when they normally wouldn’t have connected before. Before Al opens up to him Willie says I don’t think you’ll get what you want that way . Meaning Al won’t find the true answers he looking for (his phone or why he thinks his phone is so important). So Paperboii send Earn out and starts to open up to Willie because he’s the only person that actually sees and listen to Al this episode (on a emotional level )as Al instead of paperboii we’re seeing the end of Al as he becomes paperboii because as he states “it’s to late for him to do anything else…. & that I finally hear my voice “ . I take that as before he was making music for the community/ to get him fame and Fortune but he’s beginning to realize the bigger he gets the more alone and isolated emotionally he’s becoming , everyone around him is worried about either his success or their come up instead of him as a person.

[@jujuBeanRemo]

How I took Willie song is . “There’s a fire on the Mountain side I can see the smoke rising” -the mountain representing both their relationships (Al with rose and Willie n his heartbreaking) and the relationship coming to an end and they see the smoke arising that will eventually claim all that is beautiful on the mountain and leave it burden and dead . “The ocean blooms they already do they say the tide is turning”- what was a beautiful relationship has now turned and become something ugly and harmful . “You were my mirror and my best friend we used to be one in the same but now my hair is gone and my hero left me here to play this evil game” - could mean the relationship they were in they View their partner as a piece of them like their literal reflection as if they see them and their partner and once their partner left I was gone there was no one left and they were empty in their reflection. & now without them they’re left to play the same games that hurt people in order to protect themselves from that pain. It could also Represent Al killing the side of him that wouldn’t survive in the hood “I swear I saw the other side and never wanted less because I don’t need more I don’t want more of you” - Al seeing how the other side (fame ) actually works and moves he doesn’t wanna be apart of it anymore seeing what he has to lose to become paperboii ( connections , being able to walk in his hood, making the art he actually likes, pretending be for the culture but really milking and personifying the Black plight in America for the mainstream audience. Now seeing what fame or love comes with they don’t want anything to do with it.

[@leviismyhusband5411]

@@jujuBeanRemo wow this was so nicely written. I also wanted to add my point of view because we share a lot of similar ideas on how we interpret this song. I wanna add i think that part of this song has something to do with Al's mom. Like you said he had to kill a part of himself that wouldn't survive in the hood but before that he at least had his mother. Al had his mom. And when he lost her i think every crumb (or piece he could keep) of his authentic self disappeared and we can trace this back to the episode of "woods" when Al realizes he can't be chill Al anymore. When he's grieving and in so much pain that he doesn't know how to get out of it anymore ( an example of this is when it zooms out and shows us the growing forest of the wood and how it just kept going. there was so much forest) But it finally clicks to him. The only way to get out of the woods is to get out as Paperboi. Al was hurting and grieving about losing his mom, Al was annoyed he couldn't walk around atlanta and be a normal chill dude like he could before but Paperboi didn't. Paperboi wasn't thinking about these things. Paperboi was living the rich rapper lifestyle and Paperboi's only focus is to do his job. And when he got out of the woods he got out by being Paperboi. Later on in this scene a fan ask him if he can take a picture with him even though Al was bleeding and hurt but Paperboi said yes and took the picture with him. Thank you for sharing this i always have questions about the scenes i watch (especialy when i comes to atlanta) and even though i can somewhat grasped some of it I never can put it into words. I finally realize why woods and this scene had me crying profusely but cause of you and i finally can. Even though there is no right or wrong way to interpret this i think the way you explained it feels the closest to me. Thank you.

[@jujuBeanRemo]

@@leviismyhusband5411 I appreciate your reply and view on this scene and the wood’s scene I had the same feeling when watching that scene and to read you put it into words makes me feel like others do too. Got me thinking about writing video essays on shows I like similar to this to grow a like minded community and hear their thoughts on it

[@swashin118]

Incredible interpretation. Well said ​@@leviismyhusband5411

[@tsuriranpu]

Best episode of season 3 imo

[@cesarninojr]

Beautiful

[@nezumke]

I need this on spotify so bad to loop it into eternity :

[@thecharliemccormick]

I was trying to figure out what indie-rock band he was part of and it turns out he's just an actor with an incredible voice

[@erick6073]

Isso é muito bonito

[@Zeekdafreak989]

I wept.

[@charleswood2149]

I've listened to this 20 times since I watched the episode. I wonder who wrote the song It was so good. Also, I think he was a ghost

[@6ixallah]

it’s supposed to be a mirror of what paper boi could be and wants to be

[@lilcaesars100]

@@6ixallah woahh that's actually deep but he can't because of his persona of being street..

[@KINGmothafuckinstat]

@@6ixallah Son... 🙃

[@dmfd_rosieperez9847]

@@6ixallah how you figure that?

[@6ixallah]

@@dmfd_rosieperez9847 Wiley is a piece of Al's self that has been buried beneath his Paperboi persona, thus a ghost. Wiley's appearance is exactly how Al sees that part of himself. Al is insecure which is the real reason why hes so worried about his phone. Al's real art is on that phone… "is there something special about this phone?.". Wiley starts off saying things like "we all have to die sometime. maybe my end should come at the hands of Paperboj" (Wiley/Al vs Paperboi). When Wiley says "were you told as a child you talk white.. must have made you feel separate. its interesting when people aren't allowed in the universal group" he is throwing shade at Earn and Paperboi while also hinting at his metaphysical nature. He's saying that Paperboi is hiding the real Al.. so that part of him does not exist in this universe. Earn looked past Al during his search for community and friendship and now money. Earlier in the episode Al tries to start a conversation with Earn but Earn is too busy to talk unless Paperboi has a question about ginger beer. So everything Wiley been saying has struck multiple chords in Paperboi. When Wiley looks PB in the eyes and says "I don't think you'll get what you want that way" he finally understands and tells himself (Wiley) a secret about his creative block. Al "was never really into rapping". Everything is then confirmed with the birthdays and Wiley/Al lyrics which is why PB is in shock and lets Wiley leave "you were my mirror my best friend we used to be one and the same. i swear i saw the other side i never wanted less because i don't want more of vou". I think it means he threwaway the real part of himself that he doesnt like and now that part of him is "on the other side" Veg. The idea of twin flame/soul fits as a replacement for this "self theory" too but based on this season I think Wiley is the ghost of Al's self

[@idkmedi]

you were my mirror, my best friend we used to be one in the same but now my hero's gone and left me here to play this evil game

[@bryntargett150]

I need this song!

[@ramonaynacho88]

GENIOUS

[@luiznunes1212]

great

[@MichaelSmith-vb7he]

Hope he finds his phone

[@LunaZeidner]

My life is a movie my eyes like an uzi jacuzzi....

[@la3g462]

Between this and the Zod chant, somebody is not playing about these TV songs this week

[@josemartians]

I’m sad this show is ending

[@rtoriq]

Also this episode made kind of made me realize how long-term songwriters feel when they hear their work in artists, years later. Wondering who that person was who originally wrote this 15 years ago.

[@olliemcdowell4503]

Anyone got a Spotify playlist that sounds like this

[@Pedro.Irrelevante]

Yes pls

[@willemdaho3]

rewatched it knowing who took the phone and its 100x better

[@thesilhxuette3123]

This is beauty-

[@lesliew746]

he was so good i thought surely he was a singer

[@Thashining]

I get emotional every time I hear this song.

[@steamcode4441]

Great song

[@jrpoole347]

Idk why this gives me the same vibe as Ellie signing take on me in in tlou2

[@ju4np332]

what are the cords? I want to learn that song

[@jensenshackles]

I have listened to this so many times that it sounds like Viva Las Vegas to me now

[@rtoriq]

What I want to know if Donald wrote and/or produce that song? Because the way this guys sings I hear it seamlessly in Donald’s voice.

[@farisal-said1988]

This is my favorite scene of season 3

[@sophialucia7884]

Why is this song not on Spotify 😑

[@deviousj5868]

I need the lyrics so I can sing this.

[@1987Liono]

This man would have been a perfect YWA.

[@ryangross1763]

Anyone noticed that the insane man in the woods that threatened Al in S2 was also named Wiley? Any connection here?

[@nicolassdelgadoj]

I feel both are projections of the inner Alfred.

[@Renfipan]

This song is surprisingly good.

[@jhxo11thatsmyinsta64]

Does anyone have the chords for this song

[@africarib]

Saw someone post them on another video of this scene

[@nuxx.a9251]

the look on AL eyes says it all

[@jj5328]

If you've watched closely to the episode paper boi talks about a girl he loved in highschool rosey he competed with in highschool with a guy named booki who ended up moving, wiley talks about moving away because he fell in love with a girl named rosey also and his mom made him move away before he sing this to paperboi. Happenchance my theory this is that boy who moved away who stole the phone for the British dude at the end of the episode who throws the phone away. Confirming it to wiley as he knew paperbois phone number reciting it prior. The song was one in the same as paper boi was more then likely rapping about it in the recording on his phone. I dont know I just deeply feel wiley is booki from highschool who loved the same girl as paper boi

[@johnnyringo2695]

Wrong

[@Theworldisdoom3d]

Has anyone found this on spotify yet? or do i need to break out youtube to mp3 converter?

[@n0denz]

Al's white Shadow Self. Just like how Earn has his white Shadow Self, Earnest. Wiley knows Al's number because he _is_ Al. Also, this is just speculation, but I think that this is the song Al heard and recorded on his phone.

[@zag288]

this song always feels cut short...

[@lamatadefrioazezino]

I really felt that

[@Gali.street]

I like this song🔥 but I don’t completely understand what it means. Can someone help me?

[@TeddyBearSuicide10]

I understood it as Al is becoming distant with Earn and the first part of the song focuses on Al's rise to fame and how he didn't want more or less, but now that Earn (his mirror his best friend) is becoming so distant he no longer wants anything to do with him.

[@owenmb984]

It's about how he wanted to be a singer when he was a child but couldn't because of his environment and upbringing as a gangster. Now that he's become rich and successful from rapping(seen the other side) he just wants to be able to make a different type of art like when he was a kid. But he can't do that without sacrificing his lifestyle and money and destroying the image that other people see him as.

[@CRneu]

Wiley is a more expressive version of Alfred, a version of alfred that alfred wishes he could become. Alfred is now "paper boi" and has an image to uphold but he wants to express himself in a way that doesn't align with being a rapper. The song Wiley sings is most likely the song that Alfred had saved on his phone, but Wiley never had his phone.

[@kall6201]

His character was a ghost right?

[@Ares08080]

He should make a return as Al’s YWA

[@nandoproductions_]

Its rlly sad after seeing the way s4 is ending after moments like this, Al never found his true voice again after Socks tossed the phone

[@Skyking549]

This moment is why Al doesnt find his voice again. And thats okay. Things die. Its the whole point of season 4 he is trying to find something he wants now that he has made it. And he just wants to be with his friends. He 'doesnt want more, doesnt need more'. This was paperboi coming to terms with the fact that his career will be over soon. He did it. He succeeded. He can let that part of his life go.

[@martincurran4985]

He sounds a little like Damien Rice. Phrasing and everything is sooo similar.

[@FrankieWilde2021]

Kinda wanted paperboi to shed a tear

[@EurshProductions]

did they put the coke bottle there so that we cant learn the tabs?

[@ShineWillWe]

They mention coca cola and capitalism at the millionaire’s party episode

[@ProdBlknwight]

*loops video*

[@inmyownworld333]

✨

[@lili9000c]

Reminds me of Laura Marling

[@mrpicky1868]

he is not a ghost but a very old fan who PPB didnt expect existed

[@alvapazz]

I was so pissed the bald guy threw the phone in the trash. Bro wtf. The guitar guy is really something tho. He’s a magician.

[@eddosimonetti2314]

thank u for seeing me, i hope you find your phone.

[@Sarraann]

Pls tell me this is on Spotify.

[@wmvnotmp4]

he's in the new season of black mirror. Episode wasn't great, but he was good in it