The Abnormal Case of Will Wood

What's going on peeps! Today on our journey through the mesmerizing realm of theatrecore, we delve into the captivating musical odyssey of singer-songwriter Will Wood. Following our recent Tally Hall adventure, I was flooded with recommendations for acts similar to the band, and one name that stood out like a Disney supervillain was Will Wood. Now, I don't always cover every artist suggested, but I believe in giving each one a fair shot. So, when I hit play on his hit track "Give Me A Shovel, I’m Going In," I was unprepared for the sheer brilliance that unfolded before me. Trust me, folks, this is a masterpiece in every sense of the word. With hooks that'll reel you in and a composition that's both chaotic and thrilling, Will Wood crafts a sonic experience that left me utterly speechless. But enough about one song, let's dive deeper into the intriguing history and musical catalog of Will Wood himself that is anything but normal.
We got albums "Everything is a Lot", "SELF-iSH", "The Normal Album", and "In case I make it" being analyzed in whole!
UPDATE: had to cut a few personal bits about him from this video that were on the internet. I obviously didn't have any malicious intent but I got to respect his privacy as pointed out by fans.
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[@miscellaneous663]

someone take away this man's shovel, he dug up too much info 💀

[@beetlebat]

This is the best comment

[@possibly_stupid]

he dug up so much info i think he created more info so he could keep digging

[@Krosstheroad]

he got to the bottom of it

[@LxnaMoth]

​@@Krosstheroadhe had to get to the bottom of it. and he did

[@ricinpoisoning9027]

nardwar would be proud

[@FinnWuzHere]

27:00 yeah euthanasia was witten about his rat, bert. he had to put him to sleep and wrote the song about how he wished his death was more peaceful and because the experience changed how he viewed religion as a concept. he used to believe religion only really existed because people feared mortality and wanted to prolong their own lives, but after loosing bert he realized that maybe religion was more about loved ones that you don’t want to let go of. “now i know why they say that there’s a better place that waits beyond the grave. and i know it’s not true, there’s just no more you, but as long as there’s no proof then i choose to believe that you can still hear me after you’re put to sleep” truly a gorgeous and heart wrenching song

[@beetlebat]

Damn… that’s unbelievable sad. I have a cat and I fear it’s death everyday.

[@princefoxv]

Man this song destroys me every time I hear it

[@Venus_beenus]

I thought it was about a mouse he found in his flat and his roommates and landlords told him to trap it, he brought a tomcat brand disposable mousetrap and placed it outside the hole. The lyrics about having to run away and a night without food because the mouse couldn't steal it. He talks abt it in litwtc, obviously not the most reliable source but it seems like a believable story

[@JustADoodle00]

A year ago one if my guinea pigs was dying and i had to put her down. Every time is listen to this song i am sobbing by the end

[@drowsap8458]

@@Venus_beenus that's the background to Tomcat Disposables (hence the name), this is about Euthanasia (the other rat song)

[@unknown-zd5ly]

hmm no hate but this video kinda rubs me the wrong way. will has said that he doesn't like people talking about his personal life, especially his pre-strange thick stuff. and while i think your interpretations of his songs are interesting, i feel like some of it is a bit surface level and lacking nuance. not all of his songs are written because of his mental health issues or his past, some aren't even written from his perspective. also while you mentioned a lot of personal details about him you didn't seem to do research on some of the most widely known things about him, like the fact that he has pet rats and not mice, and that euthanasia is about one of his rats, Bert. the way you laughed while talking about that song felt really disrespectful. idk man, you seem pretty chill but parts of this video were kinda a miss.

[@Xaeram]

Agreed.

[@sophiawang3946]

oh, absolutely

[@Punmaestro]

THIS. THIS RIGHT HERE! YOU ARE SO RIGHT

[@plaidchicken4136]

you put my thoughts into words

[@quinnmccann2576]

and most of his songs are written from the perspective of characters he makes not even himself

[@ayoowastaken]

I know this is all public information but will has repeatedly asked not to look into stuff from when he was a child especially any bands before the strange thick era

[@cheatexp]

does this include "a verbal equinox"? i have no idea what the strange thick is, i just listen to some verbal equinox tracks sometimes. wouldn't want to be overstepping anything so if it's an issue i can stop :P

[@ayoowastaken]

@@cheatexp no it doesn't if it's on Spotify it's OK I would be weary of looking at the socal media post from the bad tho

[@rektifyr...]

>"he's clearly a private person" >proceeds to reveal as much private information as he can very respectful.

[@-Titan29-]

Okay he literally just explained what Will has already stated publicly, which is when he started getting into music and also using music as a coping mechanism. He literally does not go beyond any reasonable boundaries here, I think you're misinterpreting what "looking into stuff" looks like. He throws out a couple names of high school bands he was a part of to emphasize he's always been writing music, literally does not go any further than that. Will doesn't want people digging up old songs or trying to find people he used to know and crap like that. It's not an invasion of privacy to say 5 vague things about someone across 2 decades in less than a minute to develop a narrative.

[@Joy_n_Melancholy]

to possibly clear up some confusion about the black box warrior title- i believe the song is actually talking about the fear of taking heavy prescription meds. the title is referring to a "Black Box Warning" which is a label that will be put on prescription meds to state the worst possible side affects. this can also be an explanation for all the medical references, especially the one about Steven Johnson Syndrome, which is a life threatening illness typically as a reaction to medication. the line "if it was gonna kill you boy it would have by now" is basically him just trying to minimize the fear of taking the drug by saying "oh well if the side affects haven't happened yet, then it probably won't." anyways, just wanted to help with the reference confusion! i've written school essays about his music, and i love looking into it and sharing it with people

[@Thestuffdoer]

Will himself got quite scared after taking a medication that causes SJS because he kept finding rashes everywhere on his body, thankfully it was unrelated

[@beetlebat]

That makes a lot more sense, some of the titles had me thinking too hard

[@robynmartin445]

ALSO! OKULTRA probably refers to MKULTRA, a series of experiments done by the US government to test mind control techniques. I believe this part of the name refers to feeling experimented on or mind controlled into feeling OK

[@catalinavial329]

Will has said that almost none of his lyrics are literal, most of your self-ish analysis is taken literal and trying to understand him from exactly what he wrote (specially in the Cotard's Solution one). Will has a lot of knowledge in weird psychologic stuff and he puts them in his songs, not meaning he relates. The whole of self-ish is almost like an identity crisis and trying to find out who you are and why you are but from different points of view, not just the points of view will has. It happens the same with the normal album, it has a lot of points of view on the same subject it criticizes (normality) but it doesnt mean he relates to all of them (also, his lyrics are very well thought out, your inability of understanding or researching them doesn't mean he doesn't know what he's writing). Also at least try to go to genius or sth before doing a bad analysis, the Marsha one also was very inaccurate

[@emberwoodruff9698]

Yeah I was really confused when he thought that Will was singing from his pov for 'where do you get off?' as well

[@spookyjosh158]

Yeah really, this whole essay also lacks the very nuanced, kind of delicate analysis of the themes of BPD within the music, which I don’t think are even mentioned correctly cause he calls it bipolar. It comes off as heavy-handed, and almost like it’s stripping the very intentionally crafted, deeply nuanced lyrics of that deeper understanding and just taking it at face value while trying to present itself as very deep and understanding of the material, which it just isn’t.

[@nakilis]

@@spookyjosh158 exactly!!!!!

[@dust_the_human]

Damn. I didn't know it was like about an identity crisis. That's unfortunate that I relate to some of the song's lyrics in the album 😭😭😭😭

[@asmogorna]

Doing enough research to find footage of him in HIGHSCHOOL but not knowing how to pronounce 2econd 2ight 2eer is crazy Aside from the poor song analysis and the weird treatment of Will's personal experience it's really odd of you to to dig up and share information that Will asked people to not talk about. Especially after you said yourself that he is a private person

[@kitkatdoesstuff747]

A 32 MINUTE WILL WOOD ANALYSIS VIDEO??? YES PLEASE

[@beetlebat]

I had tooo much to say about this fool

[@XsourclownX]

FRRR

[@WD_RatLad]

weird bed &/or yes please

[@user-yr7ul7pj1t]

​@@WD_RatLad I WAS GONNA SAY THIS

[@Lillylafrog]

​@beetlebat I feel like you could've said even more lol

[@cotards_solution24]

what is up with people only being able to make bad will wood video essays? why go through all the troubles of researching his early life (something which he doesn't really want to be public) if nobody is gonna bother to properly understand his music? will the world end if someone doesn't call him a disney supervillain or silly or some other thing in one of these?

[@TokaDot]

ikr

[@1YourLocalHomelessMan1]

Bro it truly isn't too late to take the video down. This is way too much personal information, and you're getting the meanings of his songs kinda fucked. (Helpful tip- please don't doxx the next person you analyze.)

[@IWishIHadARat]

Who’s gonna tell him that saxophones are woodwinds-

[@ghostqueen09]

All I could think about 😭😭😭

[@beetlebat]

idk why my dumbass was saying brass 🤣

[@IIImp3]

@@beetlebat probably because they are made of brass

[@IWishIHadARat]

​@@IIImp3 yeah but they're a reed instrument, so they're still woodwinds

[@salt907]

As a saxophone player I am in shambles 💀💀💀

[@ManBehindTheUke]

Hey, heres a quick thought! Shouldnt you dive into the meanings of his songs more than you dived into his personal life? Will Wood had said he didn't want people to dive into his past life, and you pretty much doxxed him. Not only this, but it's clear you didn't take much effort to learn about his songs and just make associations on his songs. Most of Self-Ish wasnt based on him, but moreso his knowledge on mental health. Please, for Will's sake, take down this video or make a new, less revealing one.

[@broodlettuce7936]

The use of the xylophone in jimmy mushrooms is due to the fact the song is in the style of pina colada

[@beetlebat]

Oh shoot you’re right

[@broodlettuce7936]

@@beetlebat also, I can see your getting a lot of flak for "doxxing" will by saying his full name plus other info but he does break the forth wall in the real will wood film and mention this plus other info elsewhere. Just food for thought

[@idle-hands]

more like margaritaville

[@LegoCommanderCody]

It's actually a Vibraphone note a Xylo

[@nakilis]

this video isnt very good… incredibly surface level observations of will wood’s music career. emphasizing the wrong parts and missing nuance.

[@zwetschgii]

if youre gonna do that much digging and research maybe do an equal amount of research about his boundaries first next time 😍

[@ADHD_Devil]

When you question whether or not Will Wood even knows what he is talking about or writing about, you come across as skeptical of the legitimacy of his artistry. Like, do you actually believe some artists just write nonsense and don't have their intention figured out before sending it out to their audiences? Let alone someone as meticulous and self-concerned as Mr. Wood? As an essayist, when you write things like that into your scripts, you come across as though you are padding the document for extra opinions and words to make yourself seem like you're actually scrutinizing his work to such a high degree, and yet have come to the conclusion that it's nonsense instead of just figuring you're probs not the target audience.

[@thischannelisdead9]

Agreed. I wish stuff like this was made my actual fans of Will Wood so all the gross doxxy bits and stuff about his past could be left out while the song analyses could be expanded on by someone who actually knows what they mean.

[@ZZZZierra]

0 views in 48 seconds, bro blew up

[@beetlebat]

😭

[@sk1ttlz904]

1. Euthanasia is about one of his pet mice who he had to put down due to medical issues 2. I disagree somewhat with your interpretation of the Normal Album. I don't think it's so much about the complete rejection of normality, though that theme is present, but more about the distress and ostracization that comes with knowing you aren't normal and can never be normal even if you wanted to be, including commentary on the toxicity of conformity, references to the Cold War era, and with Memento Mori serving as a conclusion that in the end it doesnt matter because we will die so even if you cant be normal you can at least try to make the most of things. It's also important to remember that not every song is from the perspective of the musician or a 1:1 representation of real things happening in their lives. Will Wood said something along those lines himself in the Genius Lyrics annotation of Well, Better Than The Alternative.

[@beetlebat]

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. The main issue was that I assumed everything was about his issues and didn’t question if any of it was just a story he was telling

[@Fexxis_]

ok i just have to say DR SUNSHINE IS DEAD HAS A 5/4 BIT i love time signatures its so cool

[@beetlebat]

He pulled it off so well

[@milosmith5326]

i love that one live performance where he just goes THIS PART IS IN 5/4 THIS PART IS IN 5/4 THIS PART IS IN 5/4 when that part starts

[@Fexxis_]

lmao did that actually happen

[@dapperdile755]

@@Fexxis_ yeah it happened when he was live at scranton, the video's on youtube

[@ryagiuffre]

I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THAT. I always conduct it when it gets to that part

[@icetide9411]

Memento Mori was actually a really amazing message for me, because I had been getting nihilistic thoughts when I found Will. I was struggling with the thoughts that maybe what I did didn't really matter. But then I heard that song and it really hit for me. Nothing I do truly matters, so why worry about things going wrong? Why not enjoy life while you've got it, because you won't later, and it sure is a better option than not enjoying it. It's a positive way to see when you have a viewpoint that is normally negative. Something about that is just fascinating and surprisingly uplifting

[@beetlebat]

Exactly, you gotta embrace what you have… until you can’t.

[@thelonelydutchjester6229]

Momento Mori is my favourite song because at a first glance it sounds very Nihilistic but when you look into it more you'll find it takes on a more Absurdist stance by which the song screams: "Hey, you're gonna die; we all are. But who cares? Have fun and enjoy yourself before you are forgotten forever."

[@piemseml6206]

fr memento mori is such a comfort song

[@SomeGuyCalledNick]

Marsha Linehan was also one of the people who developed dbt (dialectical behavior therapy) which one of the focuses is finding alternatives to self destructive behaviors to manage emotions.

[@vampireculture.]

im surprised this video doesnt have more dislikes

[@evikmaiden]

because its not a great video essay

[@vampireculture.]

@@evikmaiden yeah i hate this video with a passion

[@evikmaiden]

@@vampireculture. OH WAIT I RWAD IT WRONF i thought you said "i wonder why this video doesn't have more likes" my bad bro

[@vampireculture.]

@@evikmaiden HELPP THATS OK

[@static-scribblez]

"Hey, I'm only one minute in, but this looks like a really well put-together video!! I think I'll keep watching for a couple more seconds and I'll see where this guy goes with this :)" *[Straight up drops Will's full name AND birthdate AND place of birth, not even 10 seconds later]* "ffs, nevermind."

[@beetlebat]

oof.

[@ender691]

hey i know you! we're tumblr moots!

[@quotingstardust7504]

Yeah I was not impressed.

[@fact.2874]

What is his name.?

[@static-scribblez]

@@fact.2874 I’m guessing the uploader cut that bit out of the video. Good. I’m not gonna say what his full name is though as Will goes by Will Wood for a reason

[@Surepeacooler]

Btw 2econd 2ight 2eer is pronounced "second sight seer" not "second night neer" but jokes aside, amazing video

[@kayisconfused_]

Isn't it pronounced "two-econd two-ight two-eer"?

[@beetlebat]

ahh dang it 🤦

[@tubling24]

​@@kayisconfused_no, will said it's pronounced 'second sight seer', the twos are in the place of ses

[@nakilis]

i cannot believe that this is AFTER you cut out straight up DOXXING him!!!! this is still too much personal info!

[@abbyplaysidv5343]

Isn’t it still there at 2:35?

[@nakilis]

@@abbyplaysidv5343 no, thats still a stage name (still too much info though!) apparently this guy had put his full real name and cut it out later once he got flack for it.

[@abbyplaysidv5343]

@@nakilis yeah, still weird but not talking abt the name I’m talking about the area listed there, sorry for the confusion

[@nakilis]

@@abbyplaysidv5343 omg YEAH I SEE WHAT YOURE TALKING ABOUT ur right!! too much info!!!

[@j3tus15]

Actually tomcat disposables is about a mouse he had to kill and euthanasia is about putting down a rat (he still keeps rats as pets to this day)

[@beetlebat]

Got it

[@Jax675]

The 'marimba in Jimmy mushrooms last drink is supposed to imitate Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett-someone who was as an inspirations in some aspects. The piece serves as a tribute piece to him almost as it tells the story of a guy coming home from drinking at a Margaretville restaurant at a mall and dying in a car crash driving home drunk. A lot of Will woods songs are told from the perspective of characters and where as they do relate to his experiences they aren't always about him.

[@Jax675]

Cotards solution and Dr. Sunshine are another example of character pieces, taking inspiration from medical disorders & applying them to his old stage character "William Sunshine"

[@quotingstardust7504]

This video essay isnt great. His songs are not direct parallels to his life. He does not like being referred to as evil ir a villain. It also discloses very personal information that he probably doesn't want shared with his audience. A lot of the stuff you say about him are things that he has explicitly stated make him uncomfortable. His music is extremely beautiful and deep but its not all about him. He is on indefinite hiatus because of how fans treated him and i feel like a lot of what you said in this video definitely doesn't help. You shouldn't have released such personal details about him. And your song analysis isnt the best. Im glad you like his music, i am always happy to see a new will wood fan. However, i think you should be more careful about how you discuss people and the effect your words have on others.

[@beetlebat]

Fair enough, i’m glad I realized it all isn’t about him. The villian stuff was just a joke. I definitely missed on a lot of points here but it’s all about learning from your mistakes

[@SHRIIMPSUCKS]

​@@beetlebat its not too late to take the video down man

[@1YourLocalHomelessMan1]

@@beetlebat (this isn't meant to be mean, just a suggestion) how about you learn from your mistakes, take the comments as criticism or whatever, and take the video down and don't expose so much personal info next analysis??

[@jackbarnhart7394]

man, you're definitely jumping to conclusions on a lot of this

[@idontlikeyou4545]

SECOND NIGHT NEER IS CRAZY ITS SECOND SIGHT SEER

[@Thestuffdoer]

Hey just to let you know Will doesn’t exactly love his full actual name being public information, however other than that this is an amazing analysis!

[@musicbox510]

not really theres an insane amount of incorrect info and they keep putting photos of a man who just IS NOT berger then saying This is berger !! its insane lmaoo

[@Thestuffdoer]

@@musicbox510i can’t tell if you’re being silly, or being half silly in the second half, however the only thing I remember him getting wrong was BlackBoxWarrior

[@musicbox510]

@@Thestuffdoer the 'photos' of matt berger were just not berger is my point - he interprets all of wills songs as bluntly and literally as possible and then acts as if theyre factual, and how he treats will is dehumanizing, acting like hes an example of mental illness more than a human

[@Thestuffdoer]

@@musicbox510ah, you make really good points, it discomforts me how he talks about Will pre-tapeworms. However his interpretations of the songs tend to be quite similar to mine (other than blackboxwarrior lmao)

[@rezdby]

​@@musicbox510true... Looking for answers where there are none and where it is ugly to look for them just sucks. On the one hand, it seems that this is really just an analysis, but on the other... You listen and understand that the person takes everything out of his confidence. Of course, everyone has their own interpretation, but it’s worth adding the phrase “this is my personal opinion” rather than presenting everything said as a fact. Will himself gave interpretation to only a few songs from ICIMI, so to say that “the author intended it this way” would only be permissible in relation to these works. I hope Will Wood's audience doesn't become even more toxic due to exposure to such content.

[@kenworthunofficial1934]

as a fan of Will Wood's work I really hope he can stay on hiatus. Sex Drugs And Rock n Roll strikes me as a very painful and tragic song and him grappling wuth his boundaries. a lot of his art is amazing because of how raw it is, but that comes at the cost of his comfort and privacy, i myself have been working on my boundary skills and seeing will just fully peace out has been kind of an inspiration to me. he said "yeah, i know you like my old art, shut up, leave me alone, i don't owe you anymore of my soul" i hope he's doing well and has new outlets for his artistic passion, but i also hope to never know for certain :)

[@beetlebat]

Agree, i truly hope he’s doing better now that he’s free from being forced to make music

[@felixlara2945]

Naw man I want him to make a concept album with almost none of that like Green days American idiot, impactful album, like one song was about them

[@marblebunnies]

I feel like this beginning of the video has too many personal details about Will that he wouldn’t want shared

[@miaalex]

Agreed… going as far as to find the names of his high school project partners is kind of wild. How is that relevant?

[@beetlebat]

@@miaalex Yeah, I found those in an article from his school’s paper way back. I made a community post about it. Probably will take those bits out

[@6up5oh]

Yes you should lmao what makes u think it was ok in the first place​@@beetlebat

[@ryagiuffre]

​@@6up5ohhe didn't know, bro said he would fix it

[@digginbrady1842]

@@6up5ohmaybe cause it was on the internet for anyone to find?

[@ryagiuffre]

HE WENT BY THE NAME WILLIAM SUNSHINE?? I'M GONNA THINK ABOUT THE SELF-iSH ALBUM IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY NOW

[@beetlebat]

Yep!

[@alilcoffeecake]

He also sings from the point of view of "Doctor Sunshine" in "He'll use me for his needle show" by the Verbal Equinox, I think the song was released in 2012 too. Adds a new meaning to Dr. Sunshine is dead!

[@FrilledMayfly_AmberlyFerrule]

Will Wood's music (and I Don't Know How But They Found Me's music) helped me an insane amount during the absolute worst year of my life with extreme depression and yada yada. Cotard's Solution really hit home for me. It's been a few years but finally seem to be out of that hellish rut, thanks Will Wood songs for keeping me company with my own problems

[@beetlebat]

Cotard was a wild one. I could tell he was in some sort of crazed state during that recording session. He’s great tho and I’m glad he helped you

[@verity_amo]

idkhow is so good

[@jackbarnhart7394]

I feel like your analysis got progressively worse, cool video, but like you are not giving the songs justice

[@Chocolate-Jeff]

28:08, literally check the pinned comment of Sex, drugs and rock’n’roll, it’s not meant to be taken literally

[@kayisconfused_]

Hmmm that's a lot of personal information on Will, kinda making me uncomfortable ngl

[@beetlebat]

Once again, I thought this was all public. I get it tho

[@justa_stranger_]

Confused Narrator has some banger analysis vids about Will Wood, with the latest one featuring an interview with Will

[@beetlebat]

I’ve heard about him

[@pampkin7778]

I really love Will Wood. 1,5 years ago I listened "Normal album" for the first time. Week later I relistened it 10 times. Then I listened "In case i make it" I fall in love with this one too. Firstly it was hard to listen because of some long songs, but then i started enjoing it. I really love this album. I love the way how almost every song mentally builds to the state where will wood shouts about life and sad things. I remember how i cried when listened "Tomcat disposables" with lyrics. And then "In case i die" released. It was month or two later after I started listening Will Wood. I heard some songs that i never heard before, and month later I discovered "Will Wood & The Tapeworms". I listened to all of it and fell in love with "Everything is a lot", and some time later i started loving Self-Ish too. And after that i was listening all of Will Wood songs almost every day. I really like how I discovered later version of Will Wood firstly and then I discovered his past version. I love every song. I heard all of them more then 300 times. Also not long ago i listened "The Real Will Wood" and I really like it. Some songs really match with each other ( wonder how it happend ( Will Wood is a genius )). Also some songs are just better in this album. It's the best version of "Red moon", which i never expected to become better song. All in all, I'm still listening Will Wood almost every day. I don't know when I get bored of it but 1,5 year later i did not. I listen to other music, but nothing catched me as much as Will Wood. ( dunno who will read this but it was a random message that i wanted to type ( also maybe i practised my english for a bit)).

[@beetlebat]

This was a sweet breakdown of your experience with Will! I first heard Hand Me A Shovel first and then the rest of the records in order. I think SelfIsh is his best work even if it’s his darkest album

[@chippedtoothplanet]

A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ONE OF MY FAVE UNDERRATED ARTISTS?? YES PLEASEEE

[@beetlebat]

bro is so damn talented

[@MadamSpades]

Glad he's getting more attention! Will Wood's music is great !!! B]

[@torence2367]

25:27 Euthanasia is actually about one of wills pet rats who had to be euthanized due to illness

[@contentdeleted5405]

I think "The Normal Album" was his best album. The absudity and nonsenciclness of the album potrays how mental illness feels very well. Constantly unsure of who you are, only knowing where you are and the output of what you want to be.

[@beetlebat]

That’s fair, a lot of people feel directionless and don’t know where to go

[@sirleopold2378]

blackboxwarrior referenced the treatment of mental illness, he's thrown out the term "OK ultra" a lot as a reference to the government experimenting on people with drugs, and a black box warning is a label put on medications informing the user of serious side effects, so the title combined with references to medical malpractice and experimentation paint a really bleak picture about the song's meaning. that's just my interpretation though!

[@beetlebat]

Ahh it’s a warning

[@Surepeacooler]

Please do That Handsome Devil or Chonny Jash next!! Great songs and lots to analyse. (Maybe do That Handsome Devil first because chonny jash covered Tally Hall, Will wood & THD but with rewritten lyrics so it would be right to complete the triology before entering the jash zone) Chonny Jash does also make original songs but they are great as well

[@beetlebat]

Hmm never heard of them, I’ll take a look

[@snazzycactus6748]

This is actually a full dox bro wth. Wouldn’t be surprised if this is requested to be taken down

[@beetlebat]

It’s not a dox, everything found here is publicly on the internet to see. It just hasn’t been put in a video

[@snazzycactus6748]

@@beetlebat he was below the age of 18 in half of these topics

[@2hark2ona2elly]

@@beetlebat lots of things are public, doesn’t mean they should always be shared. No hate to you but,,

[@skye4082]

@@snazzycactus6748that doesn’t make things a dox, but you should definitely check and see if hes said anything about aspects of his real life being brought up on the internet. If he brings it up in interviews and stuff like that it’s probably fine, but you have to be careful with where you find the information and where you put it. If you take it off of a website with information that was posted without his permission and it’s something you’re not sure if he’d be comfortable with, just don’t put it in the video, especially because you knew this video would gain traction because of the requests for it and his cult following. Just because he is a music artist doesn’t mean that he’s comfortable with certain basic internet freedoms like your real name and while childhood not being public information despite how large your following is. That kind of stuff is generally only ok with 40 something comedians or dead people

[@6up5oh]

​@@beetlebatjust because it's public on the internet doesn't mean you should make it more known just because the person who's information is can't get it taken down? pathetic excuse

[@ALDE-RIN]

1:35 Process to dox the poor guy seconds later lol😭

[@Miserycordya]

holy moley! I remember will wood from like 2015 or 2016 back when I lived in NJ.. small world.

[@infinitascontas]

"second nigt near" 💔 bless ur soul but its second sight seer, its all 2s so its all the same letter im probably not the fir4st to comment this but it cought me off guard

[@cihloun]

So little people talk about Will Wood, it's awsome seeing people discover his music

[@CatzillaArts]

Um maybe don't share his full name that he does not want share!

[@beetlebat]

did i not take it out of the video? i thought i cropped that out

[@CatzillaArts]

​@@beetlebat oh weird it's still there for me 😰

[@ganyuqingxin5369]

Thank you for all your dedication for it

[@beetlebat]

Appreciate you, I truly tried my best to make a good video here. Even if it got some flack, I am still mostly proud of what I created.

[@ganyuqingxin5369]

@@beetlebat i'm really proud of you too, your video did my day absolut better. It did me laugh and get some fun, please do more things like this and I hope that you get fun in the process

[@dr2unshine]

ive been waiting for this video my whole life

[@beetlebat]

Hope it was worth it

[@windywillow6071]

Will Wood's music is perfect to stim to. The chaos, the cooldown, and perfectly capturing the rage I felt in school towards my bullies (that's who I picture when listening to Thermodynamic Lawyer). I only really found Will Wood's fandom (and adjacent music fandoms and how much my taste overlaps with other peoples') late last year (2023) despite being a fan of his music since 2018. It's been cathartic and wholesome, though I find it funny that people joke about the fandom being full of sad virgin femboys (which I think is off the back end of I/Me/Myself going viral?) when I'm a hypersexual autistic woman lol.

[@beetlebat]

When you make chaotic music, expect a chaotic community 😂

[@Cotards_Solution]

i love will and all of his strange little projects. a verbal equinox is probably my favorite band will experimented with. i remember pulling an all nighter waiting for his album in case i die, and i loved that album to DEATH. his old songs are great too!! :D my personal favorite songs are jimmy mushrooms and vampire reference :)

[@beetlebat]

I gotta hear more of his early stuff

[@Cotards_Solution]

his earlier stuff is actually really good!! idk if you have but you should listen to a verbal equinox and jamface, surprise! sorry. is a really good song!! i recommend it :) also idk if anyone told you this yet but cotards solution AND mr capgras are actually based off of real mental disorders! (aka cotards syndrome and capgras syndrome) theyre both very interesting !! (dont ask why i know all of this.. i enjoy researching stuff sometimes.)

[@_lost_paradise5089]

normal? i was normal once.

[@beetlebat]

feel

[@Tyrant_Boi]

I LOVE Will Wood. And this video is AMAZING!

[@beetlebat]

I love Will Wood too!

[@Madcapredcap]

And his nemesis, Won't Wouldn't.

[@mojojojoasdfg1183]

I laughed so bad

[@Thedumbsisters]

Have you heard 2012? Ive been listening to this artist for almost 2 years and I have not lost intrest once yet I f*cking love it

[@nonoalhajri]

Man i dont remember 2012

[@2hark2ona2elly]

The whole year’s a blur!

[@beetlebat]

chaotic song! love the energy

[@C0mput3-]

I would love to see one of these about Jhariah

[@beetlebat]

Is he pretty similar?

[@C0mput3-]

@@beetlebat they few people I’ve showed him have said his music sounds similar, I know that he is inspired a bit by will’s music and even once was on Will Woods Live Indiegogo Campaign live stream playing music

[@C0mput3-]

I understand if you don’t do one but I still would recommend a listen cause his music is really good (in my opinion)

[@_Axolotl_Axolotl_]

holy shirt Jhariah mention jumpscare /positive

[@Z1Ish]

thank you so much for making this video. dude I love video essays and will wood has gotten me through (and is getting me through) some of the worst life experiences I’ve ever had. I aspire to be someone like him someday

[@beetlebat]

I sure hope you push through the pain like Wood did!

[@pondwoes]

will wood has been my special interest for about 4 years and this was the perfect video I LOVE IT!

[@beetlebat]

I can see myself getting caught up in the magic months from now too

[@queenbeebuzz5075]

I love will wood so much, i miss when he was a small garage gig artist but I'm glad he's seen growth and I'm glad to a been a part of that growth

[@MeowMeow-bt6ef]

Honestly, his band is quite small still, most people look at his most popular songs but he has many more amazing songs

[@jackbarnhart7394]

"a noisy period of fighting until the eventual breakup" this is soooo incorrect the song is about screaming out for love after breaking up

[@nakilis]

this video is disrespectful and lacking nuance

[@blossomoasis]

at the peak of my will wood phase there is a light

[@beetlebat]

Yes there is!

[@LemmyDex]

FINALLY youtube shows me content i NEED

[@beetlebat]

YES!

[@cactidoctor]

just so you know, Will has said that skeleton appreciation day is about 3 days where he didn't eat at all, and not about anorexia edit: many people think that destroy to enjoy is about cultural appropriation, but your theory is good as well edit 2: mr. capgras is about thinking a friend or loved one is not truly them, due to many hints in the song's name

[@beetlebat]

That makes sense

[@Cat-rj7kf]

17:50 ...actually the fact that he said "and I'm gonna be" vs "I'm gonna be myself again" in '-Ish' and 'Self-' is a very important distinction because what is yourself? 'Yourself' is a projection of you, it's not really you, and that is the point of the Self-Ish Slbum, I believe.

[@beetlebat]

Great catch!

[@dos_tres]

So awesome to see an analysis of his music! I often struggled on how to interpret self-ish, but the way you put it made things clearer for me and made me decide to do more research. I did find myself disagreeing with a lot of your interpretations of the Normal Album- I think this may be because of my personal projection on the album. I think you tend to project most of the songs onto his backstory in life a lot, when alternate ideas could be mentioned. This is, of course, a nit-pick. Sorry if I came off as too critical. Thanks for the video, again! Keep doing what you do!

[@beetlebat]

Yeah, The Normal Album was a tough one to understand. Super complicated subject matter

[@thei9372]

It's so weird listening to people talk about Front Street as some kind of conceptual metaphor (which it is, don't get me wrong) when I basically grew up on that very same Front Street in the Southern Tier of New York.

[@beetlebat]

That’s pretty neat

[@dekn4586]

To clarify a bit: Tomcat disposables is about a mouse he had befriended as a kid, but ended up having to kill it because of disease. It's mainly about his guilt. Euthanasia is about his pet mouse that he had to put down, and his sadness over it.

[@beetlebat]

You’re right, I could have worded that part better

[@Vlooitjie.]

yippeee will wood!!! he's so insanely good at writing songs, it's actually my favourite thing ever

[@beetlebat]

I love how chaotic it all is!!!

[@amorallyambiguoushomosexual]

“without, yknow, doxxing him-“ too late??

[@beetlebat]

yeah, that was a cursed statement. at least i cut those parts out now before others see that. not a great look fs

[@Penguinman2.0]

@@beetlebatif it’s not a good look, take the video down.

[@TheGoober13]

​@@beetlebatyou could do a re-upload with the weird parts taken out

[@hapzical]

How in the hell did you find all of this information 😭

[@beetlebat]

too much research I guess

[@miscellaneous663]

fr, i've never heard will's real name before and this guy just casually mentioned it like it's nothing

[@matowekleshmitz2921]

5:47 bro said an ALTO SAXOPHONE was a BRASS instrument… it is a WOODWIND. It uses a reed very clearly. The saxophone is one of the poster children of woodwind.

[@tubboat2269]

Wills music was the first artist i had fixated on since elton john, and to say some of his songs helped me through stuff would be an understatement, so i love seeing videos like these!!

[@beetlebat]

That’s great!

[@dekn4586]

So far I'm loving the video

[@beetlebat]

hope you liked the rest!

[@unworthyzeus]

Oh boy, how do you know all of this. If this was published 2 years ago Will would have taken it down. Also there's a small silly mistake in the video, at 2:43, I know that some people think that Will was somebody involved in that chess match. But it's wrong, it was another Will... (his surname). So yeah that clip should not be there

[@cadoized]

my fist exposure to will was euthanasia, which i burst into tears during the first verse of. then i realized he was the artist a mutual had been talking about a lot so I listened to tomcat disposables, then against the kitchen floor, and cicada days. i dont remember why but i just spiraled listening to those songs over and over, and even though the subject matter wasnt something i could personally relate to, sometimes a song just....touches your core yknow? i still cant figure out why those songs speak to me so much but i think it just speaks to the raw power and passion in his performance.

[@wwandmitski]

the difference between Everything is A Lot and "In Case I Make It" is CRAZY!! this video is so well madd and edited great job dude💯💯

[@beetlebat]

The growth is INSANE. Proud of Will

[@jackbarnhart7394]

the conflation of the speaker with the artist is really painful throughout this

[@mothcatcher893]

It really is!

[@madeleinep.828]

He's an absolute genius. I can't tell if it would make more sense for him to be hugely popular or a secret kept for the world of crazy cabaret music.

[@beetlebat]

i get the feeling he wants to be just an “indie artist”

[@b_g]

The Strange Case of Dr. Sunshine and Mr. Wood

[@beetlebat]

True

[@user-zv6qh4pq2j]

love it!!!

[@beetlebat]

Thanks bro!

[@mr.enigma3meepher757]

The expression where do you get off isn’t as vulgar as you’d think. It’s more so a way of saying, “how dare you” or “how do you enjoy this” or something along those lines

[@beetlebat]

i was gonna say.. that sounded real dirty

[@timeisntrealtheuniverseisalie]

A music artist that has a similar vibe to the weirdness of Tally Hall but the weirdness turned up to 11/10 is Jack Staubers Micropop. He’s a really good music artist and also often make animations to go along with his weird ass songs. You should check him out😊

[@jackbarnhart7394]

22:20 this is definitely incorrect, each lyric is very intentional

[@verypuppetswag]

This needs to blow up ASAP I’m such a big fan of will wood and I’m only at the 0:45 Mark but I feel I’m gonna enjoy this

[@beetlebat]

I hope you liked it!

[@verypuppetswag]

@@beetlebat I did mate

[@vanillacapricorn]

I don’t think giving this much private information was necessary to speak about his music. Also like, very surface level readings of his lyrics. I get his music is new to you to an extent, but if your going to make a video on him, at least pronounce the song titles right. Your speculating a lot but like, some of these songs have very confirmed meanings, he streams, he actively talks about this stuff. Idk, you dug into his personal life and brought up details unnecessary and then failed to actually talk about his music effectively. And frankly the way you talk about will wood is extremely dehumanising, your treating his music as of now you understand his mental state inherently, and then speculating on that “maybe he feels like he’s hit rock bottom” which like, it seems very voyeristic. Honestly man, the more I watch of this video the more I feel very fucking annoyed about how you speculate on a strangers mental health. Will wood is a character, Will is a real dude and you don’t have the right to say “this song was probably based on his past trauma”. You keep tying everything to a past that for one, is not a fucking puzzle key that everything is solved by, and for two, isn’t required reading. His music isn’t made to be listened to with his old personal MySpace open.

[@beetlebat]

Damn, sorry you felt this way about it. I promise I wasn’t trying to dehumanize him. I probably should have talked more about his musicanship more. I just wanted to try my best to create a full analysis of his career but I must have got carried away. It’s true that I don’t understand his mental state, I guess I assumed it all connected in some way. I do hope he’s doing better now then he was them. I promise that I made this video in good faith to show off his incredible talent and story. ❤️

[@thischannelisdead9]

Fr. I also think the wrong pronunciation of Lysergide Daydream really showed how little effort was put into looking into Will's music. It literally says the title in the song ffs, its like he just looked up the lyrics and said "yeah, its good enough if I only analyse this!!". I wasn't aware that Will wanted his stuff about his past to be private but I at least had the common sense to not go digging into his history and to realise that, hey, maybe just maybe this is a character and not a real dude. I never NEEDED to know he was a private guy because, honestly, that's not something I feel is normal to look into!! If any parts of Will's songs are Will speaking, its the "stfu, I owe you nothing" parts. If you're going to make a video essay on Will Wood, at the very least do enough research to know what he is and isn't comfy with. At the very least listen to the dang songs. I'd consider myself a huge huge listener and fan of the music in itself, but not part of his immediate fandom in areas apart from just listening and enjoying myself loads so I'm not someone who necessarily knows a lot of the set definitions and usually just enjoy applying them to myself and my own characters and feeling emotions. But if you're making an ESSAY, that is meant to be INFORMATIVE, do this bare minimum research. If you're making a video essay or want to be part of Will's more involved fandom, I expect you to take more care than an average listener. And you are so right with the MySpace comment. Having additional context, even if said context has nothing to do with the original media, will always change your view of said media. Even though some views in art do come from personal experience, and some things can be directly joined to your experience, it doesn't mean that is inherently the case. A lot of the characters I make stem from my own experiences, but the reason I made them in the first place is to separate those experiences from my present self and move on. Do my dysphoric characters stem somewhat from personal experience? Yes, because its the only reason I feel I can accurately write it as I wouldn't have known a lot about it otherwise! But my characters with bipolar and BPD and stuff stem solely from research and have nothing to do with me. Especially in some of these comments OP's been replying to when he was conflating Will with Cotard's syndrome and talking about his "seemingly bad mental state when recording" even though that is literally nothing to do with Will Wood, it is so so visible that he has zero media literacy. I don't understand why people love actors in their roles as characters but can't give musicians the same grace. Musicians play characters just as well as actors do. I also love your point on the surface-level analyses. While I get he's new to the music, if you're new to the music of a mostly underground artist and can't even be bothered to do the correct research then don't make the video. The analyses are the sort of thing I thought when I first listened to the songs and was an overly curious 13-year-old who had no concept of musicians playing characters - but even then, I never looked anything up about his personal life, that's just beyond breaking a boundary to me. 3 years on, I have way more in-depth learning and I'm still discovering new lyrics with new meanings. I don't expect the guy to listen to Will Wood for 3 years, but I expect him to at least care enough to make way less amateur and careless insights. I was 13. This is a grown dude. Sorry for the rant, I love your comment and I hope you're having as good of a day as you can have :)) Edits: Spelling errors, there's probably so many more lol

[@daemondoodles]

I adore this guy.

[@jackbarnhart7394]

first full interpretation of bones I've seen on the internet!

[@beetlebat]

Based song

[@yukiyuki0012]

0:16 STOP I THOUGHT THAT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGHT THAT WILL WOOD SOUNDS LIKE A DISNEY VILLAIN.

[@beetlebat]

IKR

[@NecromancerBree]

this dude doxxed will wood and is surprised when people get mad at him

[@Retsiger]

Will Wood is literally so amazing

[@mikale3893]

this is a very good video as it very entertaining and eduecational as before this video i dint kniow before that the stuf in dis cidioe

[@salesmnan]

AGHHH I love this video so much it's feeding into my never-ending hyperfixation over this man's music!! Keep it up, you deserve far more recognition with how you edit and produce your content also, side note/fyi! : "2econd 2ight 2eer" is actually just pronounced as as "second sight seer", with all of the two's standing for an S. ^_^

[@Penguinman2.0]

This video was a huge miss. This isn’t coming from a place of rage baiting, but you really did some WW cardinal sins, and between your analyses being half assed at best, and you getting so many names wrong, it feels like it wasn’t researched much. It’s like a school project you rushed the night before the due date. For your sake, taking the video down might be best. Or at least setting it to private.

[@The-User-With-Five-Names]

really. i think the research was very in-depth, to the point where he had to cut parts out because it was too much personal info. he did pronounce a few titles wrong, but i think the analyses were pretty good. of course, that’s an opinionated take though

[@Penguinman2.0]

@@The-User-With-Five-Names I’m glad you liked it, but in my opinion, i thought the analyses were very surface level and uninspired. But again, that’s my opinion.

[@The-User-With-Five-Names]

@@Penguinman2.0 well it’s hard to interpret songs, i disagree with some of them but i think they were moderately well thought out

[@catalinavial329]

​@@The-User-With-Five-Namesmost of the ss he used to cite lyrics are from genius and he could've just looked at the annotations and meanings if they weren't clear to him. The analysis were bad at best

[@mattbellal]

Damn I never thought I could learn any more stuff about Will Wood! OBSESSION FED!!!!