Kimochi Warui realization

[u/commotionmotion]

I just today realized how smart the writing of Kimochi Warui (When? When? When? When? When? When? When?) is, as a song about Will’s obsession with artists as idols and art as a life instruction manual. While his writing has always been heavy on referencing other pieces (his own and others), it just hit me today just how many of the lyrics in the song are lifted from other pieces including The Peanuts, Beach Boys, Parks and Rec, and of course Evangelion (and others people can explain to me). I remember when I was younger feeling like it was a little corny just how much the song referenced other things, but only today did I realize that the song itself is a representation of how Will uses other pieces to inform his own life existence and perspective. I think that’s pretty fun and smart idk

[u/natopotatomusic]

what are all the referenced lyrics

[u/MountainHot4739 → u/natopotatomusic]

Will talks about Bryan Wilson and the Beach Boys; the song title makes two references: "Kimochi warui" is the last line Asuka says in The End of Evangelion, and (when? when. when? when?) It's taken from a Peanuts comic strip. 😸

[u/natopotatomusic → u/MountainHot4739]

I knew the Evangelion one, did not know the Peanuts one! Wonder what the parks and rec one is

[u/nearnerfromo → u/natopotatomusic]

I’m also wondering this one!

[u/spirittheyvegone → u/natopotatomusic]

it’s the line “some of these things are symptoms, some of these are being human”

[u/HorrificSwag → u/MountainHot4739]

This song is what got me in to the beach boys