Therapist Reacts To: Paper Bag by Fiona Apple (Please Subscribe!!)

[@yourboykaster]

Things i love about mere’s videos: 1- she puts the lyrics on the screen 2- there aren’t a lot of cuts and i enjoy seeing a person react to the majority of the song 3- her analysis is spot on 4- they have educational value lol Thank you mere

[@peternewturkey]

OMG MORE FIONA I'M LIVING

[@Bstrang104]

The fact that she was so young when writing these songs still blows my mind after all these years. She’s been my #1 for 21 years now and no one’s been able to take her place!

[@3407]

MORE FIONA PLEASE. i literally started listening to Fiona after hearing you talk about her music and it was one of the best things i've done this year.

[@saraha7006]

Same!

[@sidhedanu]

I see "fold" in this song as like putting down a hand of cards and exiting a game.

[@fredgrave2153]

I was going to say the same thing, wasn’t sure if she had gotten the reference to playing cards.

[@lovelessmik5127]

right! and i think this is so clever because when you fold you're saying "well, this is what i've got, this is me, i'm out" and that ties directly onto how she should keep her distance from this idealized image of a boy that she keeps daydreaming about, and putting hope on

[@bluewescott4631]

this album is literally a 10/10 like definitely in my top 5 albums ever

[@syntheticsilkwood2206]

Fiona has such a way with words They're so poetic and complex but still catchy and makes you want to sing-along

[@Bellaberghoef]

I think this is the first time I commented on a KZbin video….. please more Fiona!!!!!! Lyrically, Fiona Apple, Amy Winehouse and Björk are everything!

[@syntheticsilkwood2206]

Yes tori, pj and kate as well

[@brooklynbaby05]

omgggg i’ve been waiting for some fiona apple!!! you’re iconic so excited for this one🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

[@alexsimonsx]

Oh my goodness!!!!! thank you so much for this video. I love Fiona Apple, this was the first song I EVER heard of her. Sadly... I had an eating disorder for more than 14 years and used this to fuel it, as many people did back then in most "pro-ana" sites. "Hunger hurts but starving works" fueled it so much for me and led to misinterpretation of the whole meaning of this song. I'm so happy for this analysis. Thank you!

[@teaganosborn6383]

I LOVE FIONA and she’s honestly soooooo underrated and not enough people know of her. She’s amazing 😭

[@aaronodonovan3193]

I’ve been binging your Lana vids and honestly I love your insights and how honest you are with your own experiences, especially when you draw on what you know as a therapist, you really put into words everything I think but can’t express in relation to these songs ! ❤

[@creepypapermultipack]

Love love love this song. Your interpretation aligns with my own. As someone who has also struggled with disordered eating (I was an overweight young pre-teen-teenager in the 90’s during the Kate Moss/heroin chic craze) this one really hits home with another layer of starving myself to be loved. Thankfully I’ve healed A LOT since then and even though I still sometimes struggle with disordered eating I have a much healthier relationship with food now than I did then.

[@pedroweh7130]

OMG FIONAAAAA I LOVE HER THANKS FOR THIS

[@elioben5810]

I love seeing you so excited about art and share your perspective! It's so fun to watch someone likeminded who also isn't afraid to delve as deep as one can go. Keep it up!

[@farynmarina6723]

yes!! ❤ thank you for this. love love you. your videos always bring me comfort

[@Lorena-zu8cr]

This was a pleasant surprise! More Fiona, please!

[@brooklynbaby05]

also with the folding of hands i believe she’s also referring to a hand of cards in a poker game, like folding them because the odds are too shaky, at least that’s always been my personal interpretation🙏

[@aseriesofsneaks]

I've always looked at that line the same way, like she knows she's been dealt a bad hand and can't win, so rather than bet on this person and lose, it's best for her to fold instead and walk away. Total self-preservation.

[@m_li_ma]

Oh, I love this song so much ❤ one of the best well-written lyrics I've ever heard, Fiona is a genius. Please continue, I'd love if you reacted to the songs from fetch the bolt cutters, the title tracks, Ladies, For Her... These are all interesting songs to analyse. Love your channel ❤

[@queenofgoldenhearts]

I WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS OMG I LOVE IT

[@KatrinaMarie614]

I’m 51 so I too had the CD 💞

[@MichaelToscano]

Omg!! Please do more Fiona!!

[@p4rtynauseous]

dude i’m so entertained by this channel :] though i’ve heard most of the songs you react to and have my own perspective on them, it’s so interesting to see yours

[@AnitaTapio]

Love your analysis of one of my favorite songs/artists!

[@ruinswithin]

Have you ever seen the music video for this? Always thought it was pretty clever. Thank you for reacting to Fiona!

[@lizzygrant3466]

you have to do more fiona reactions! so fun

[@paulalvord5937]

I interpret “folding hands” as a card game reference. Folding, as in giving up, because these hands are too shaky/risky to continue playing.

[@alisky8551]

I also think that as well. I actually think it works as a metaphor (card game reference) and also the literal meaning of holding and folding one's own hands. It's genius.

[@gabriellenarcisse]

okay too close to home. and ive already heard this song 50000000 times but a therapist breakdown... oh goodness im sending this to mine

[@jorgearango6297]

I absolutely love ur reactions omg

[@momoko4892]

Fiona wrote this song without knowing she was creating the most powerful and meaningful song for a girl with BPD, that's how we feel with every relationship: you daydream, want to be loved, but deeply inside you know that this boy is not trying to understand your problems and your emotions, so you decide stop loving, because when you're in love and ypu have BPD is painful af.

[@az030597]

Omg please do more Fiona ❤❤

[@htxomoggle454]

For me, this is a song about a passionless/sexless marriage. Loving someone, holding out hope, but nothing changes. Folding is acceptance. Hunger for that type of affection. Starving works to keep the peace.

[@ryliee16]

Just here to say I’d love to see more analyzing Fiona apple !! 🍏 ☺️

[@carolinadesouza]

She's the best ❤

[@NoaRs-vg5lc]

Very eager to hear you more about Fiona and her other songs, I discovered her a long time after her songs got released, but I cannot miss the incredible emotional depth her work contains

[@jackbarlow8520]

Fiona Apple is so intelligent and thoughtfully creative.

[@lavieparisien7274]

I love you and your channel so much! I have one idea/recommendation. Lana just released her music video for Candy Necklace, I would be so interested in your thoughts about it, theres so much metaphers etc. goin on there. Youre thoughts are just always so interesting

[@cinthiaviana]

Love it. Post more Fiona ❤️

[@deaditeera]

Fiona is a Queen!!!!

[@marymoussa9479]

PLEASE do valentines it’s my fav song ever there’s so much hidden meaning

[@peternewturkey]

Please do Never Is A Promise Next!

[@katherineauber]

This is my favorite Fiona apple song

[@nikamiko7570]

Hi, I've been listening to Flower Face album The Shark in Your Water for few months now and I would love to see what you think about it! The whole album is gold and I feel you would have a lot of interesting interpretations.

[@tonyv.8781]

I'm a huge metalhead and Fiona is my deep secret. Spotify says I listen to her more than any other band.

[@mendwithmere]

Love this!

[@aelauraae]

how do you keep picking the best singer/sonwriters one after the other???

[@Birdy2631]

please do more fiona💞

[@nickwalker2438]

I always assumed the line about hands to shaky to hold was a poker reference about folding a hand u know can’t win

[@Ag8844]

more fiona pleaseeeee

[@GreenwichAcid]

love ❤️

[@Ciciggg]

Yes please do sleep to dream

[@g33kthegirl]

Would you ever do any Tori Amos?? I just discovered your channel and I'm really liking your analyses!

[@ogbaeb5826]

Good call! Winter and Silent All these Years would be amazing 😌

[@syntheticsilkwood2206]

Yes please

[@xtop23]

She is a tragic and….an amazing….. artist. She’s lovely…. AND scary…… AND gorgeous….. AND terrifying….. Watch her cover live of Elvis Costello ….. “I want you.” It’s…… well, you need to see it. Seriously.

[@Bellaberghoef]

Please, listen to Homogenic by Björk! Best lyrical album in my opinion EVER

[@michaelburns5122]

FIONAAAAA

[@RebeccaSmith77]

I would LOVE to see your reaction to some Joanna Newsom songs. ❤

[@ivydavidson7873]

FIONAAA

[@rickyjustin5846]

I really reccomend you now try Diamond Head - The Coffin Train video

[@heatherm.3501]

commenting for the algorithm ❤

[@yphomerc6718]

i guess u should listen to her last album it’s actually really good and deep so u can find a lot of things

[@santiagopintosoto5066]

omg, fiona

[@thetherionsway]

baby, if you do fiona, ethel cain, lana and mitski i will die of happiness

[@missmiisery]

pleaseeee do i want you to love me next

[@raiocamilo4731]

❤️❤️

[@rynadag]

please do fetch the bolt cutters (the album)

[@alexh5619]

❤

[@katiepeery8873]

Can you do Orange Juice by Noah Kahan please :)

[@frankmoran3459]

I NOMINATE MERE FOR MOTHER!!!

[@Yeahyeahword]

Could you listen to valentine by Fiona apple? One of my favs!

[@estebanrs4439]

Mother is mothering

[@theblackpriestess]

I subscribed. Could you do Criminal? Or some Tori Amos, if you also like her?

[@emcee5922]

Would you do some Amy Shark?

[@henrique.2975]

Please tidalllll

[@fernandovasquez2249]

we need the song I know please

[@santino8581]

pls, react to i know from her

[@sidhedanu]

I want to second the request for Tori Amos. Please don't do Winter, though - it's saccharine & obvious, even if it's a beautiful song. Songs from Boys for Pele like Doughnut Song & Hey Jupiter are both beautiful & full of interesting poetry & metaphors.

[@cagehro]

gurl, how old are you? hahahahaha i'm from the times of cassete! i'm 41, you look 35, young and beautiful

[@padfoot.5178]

therapist reacts to therapy?!

[@zzoesykes]

omg do the 1975

[@christopherfranktv]

Use your therapist skills to analyze your lisp. I bet you won't.

[@mendwithmere]

😂

[@brooklynszzz]

YOU HAVE THE BEST TASTE

[@Bellaberghoef]

Please, listen to Homogenic by Björk! Best lyrical album in my opinion EVER

[@Bellaberghoef]

Please, listen to Homogenic by Björk! Best lyrical album in my opinion EVER