u/orangeroscoe

https://tapenotes.co.uk/project/tn155-d4vd

It's been pulled from most places, including Youtube, but this is a great insight into his mindset and his plans for his music. I see this is a major self-snitching interview.

>d4vd: A main motif of the album is the invisible string theory, the Korean ideology of the invisible string theory. And I have this alter ego called Itami, which means pain in Japanese, where everybody is connected from this invisible life force that connects you to either your soulmate or friends you meet or people you encounter in your life.

>And I flipped that for this story, as in everybody is connected to Itami, my alter ego, who was like the agent of chaos in my entire aesthetic. You see him in various music videos, he’ll pop up and he’s basically like the evil version of me. And he’s kind of garnered this cult that followed after him. And in the One More Dance music video, you followed a relationship of two of the cult members and they’re going around with me in the trunk to bury me after I died. And they’re just like wreaking havoc on the city.

Invisible String Theory is a Chinese mythology idea, recently popularized in pop-culture, where people are conntected and destined to meet, and connected, akin to soul mates. Normally used in a romantic context, but d4vd has flipped it and tied it to itami, his evil alter ego connected to chaos and violence? So this means that d4vd had a soul-mate, but someone he was destined to harm then?

>John Kennedy: What else should we look at from You Left Me First?

>d4vd: Oh, yes, the added voicemail. So there’s an extra layer that I added throughout the album where you hear like little voice bites and things like that. Cannot disclose who the voice is because copyright. But just, you know, sound bites and things to add an extra layer of authenticity and storytelling to the project. And there’s an interlude as well.

He confirms it is indeed a voice mail (rather than something recorded in a studio), but says he can't reveal the person behind the voice. But citing copyright law doesn't make any sense.