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Sometime [in 2024] I was taking an Uber to Guitar Center to get my Fender Jag serviced. The driver had this iPad strapped to the headrest of the seat in front of me; presumably this was starting to become rather commonplace for Uber rides. The tablet was mostly scrolling through random advertisements for movies I was never going to see, products I was never going to buy, and Uber features that I didn't give a fuck about. But some advertisement about audiobooks or something popped up, and it had one of those Corporate Memphis styled characters. The character looked very relaxed and peaceful, and something about that made me feel really emotional in that moment. I faced this ephemeral sensibility openly at first, but then quickly averted when I remembered that I was just staring at an advertisement. That's what got me thinking about writing the song "Falling in Love with a Corporate Illustration," or "Corpo" for short. Something I got really fascinated with is how automated Gmail responses make me feel. I get emails every day, and a lot of them are fan letters. Very often, I will read a really kind email of someone talking about how my music helped them overcome numerous challenges as well as inspiring them to discover new things about themselves. I don't usually reply to emails like this, particularly because I would rather not facilitate connections with strangers in that way, I think it can be a very negative dynamic. But I still try to read them when I can. And often Gmail will prompt me with automated responses, most often a variant of "Sorry, I'm not interested." Reading that kind of automated response crushes me, it feels like an algorithm is trying to put words in my mouth in a way that feels invasive and weird. Reading something like that adjacent to someone's heartfelt letter just hurts, and it really shouldn't. I've been constantly identifying instances where something a company has designed will start to worm its way into my emotional state, and that just feels so wrong. The end goal of corporations is to take people's money and maximize how effectively and extravagantly they can do this. It's like a relationship with a drug, in the sense that we consume so much of what capitalism outputs: its art, its products, its technology. And we depend so deeply on the existence of these things even though we need to quit it. It's addicting, and it's a double-edged sword. “Corpo” is a journey where I imagined that Corporate Memphis character I saw in the Uber as a person we can interact with. At the start of this journey, we fall in love with the illustration, fantasizing about the good times — real or imagined. Then, we recall instances of the toxic chokehold she has on us. We work up the courage to confront the illustration, and then we kill her. Now no longer under the influence of her, we recognize the freedom we feel. Finally, we reckon with the paradoxical emptiness that vanquishing her has yielded. I don't have an answer for any of it, I just know that it's hard one way or another. — Stream/Buy: https://purelyfuckinggangsterradio.com/ — Writing: Zelda Lulamoon (Vylet Pony) Music: Vylet Pony Vocals: Vylet Pony Production, Mixing, & Mastering: Vylet Pony Animation: Dexter Daybreaker https://dexterdaybreaker.neocities.org/ Thumbnail: Emile Fortune https://emilefortune.com/ — Thanks to my Patrons who help me make my music sustainable! I live because of them. $10+ Patrons: 2sr.nick 6pony66 Ada Aerafae Alex Orgeron AllAroundEd Alumilux Angel Bunny Anise Anthea U. Arazrick Argot AER Ari the Ourple Aria Davis ArtEnjoyer Autunite Biscuit Crew Productions Bonechimes678 CandyFlossDemon Cate Wurtz Cerily Charlotte Som Chuck Cicatrices Clarysage Mannoroth Coranseloy CornChip Craky Cravhk_Corvus Creashaks Cypress Moonlight Daniel Campos Daniel Oaks Dashie ERIC BARTON Ecrylian Elise Brown Fainbu Floaf Glitter Gwen Drachen HBM HeartTheWolf Idioant Jessica Fairwell JimmyJam Khaluki KraQuality Kravma409 Lady_Bluejay Laura Lewis Loratto Luxuria (Luxu) Atenash Lyssieth Maddie Luna Mae Mangle Mush MartinTheDragon Mashedram MasterIceNinja Matt Walker Meniscus Penumbra Metri Konor Moth McGowan Nathan Mulcahy Nick Ragland Nodz Notetaker Null_Cat Ohbed Diaz Peacetaker Pegajace Peter Kos Pooki R Raichu715 RayStarKitty Redblu118 Ref 6969 Rien RobynClemz RootRabbit S0upT1m3 SeraZero Shauna K ShiraishiVT Silky Soneto Fennec Sparkirby90 Tae Taldork Tempurr TheArisoner TheLittleCactus Trinity Turtle Veluxcion Vexi Wicky Xiazop Xoe Allred Zephyr Snow ZeroWins Zest Zoey Zoobob Zubbles Zyyva artemis beetlesprout chrysi coding398 creatorlord doomy electric_sheepgirl exiledinguyville fernhooves gryphon harshy kralkatorrik lightningwing92 lory01patron lumplet maphren mintcereal mollymawk naomipony nn pbrooster redhairedboi shimzo slayyyer💫 spoonful sudo trans --pony taco Song lyrics available here: https://genius.com/Vylet-pony-falling-in-love-with-a-corporate-illustration-lyrics