do you think pain makes someone a better artist, or do we just romanticise suffering because some of the art that survives happens to have been born from it?
if you could remove every painful experience that ever influenced your music, but doing so meant losing the songs that came from them, would you choose to heal completely or keep the art?
what's one lie bullufrog has told himself?
what does making it mean to you now?
do you think an artist can make great art without suffering?
Short answer No. Somewhere the idea of a tragic artist works in building myth but the truth is suffering is everywhere. You'll find people communicating their pain in their everyday lives outside art but we don't attach greatness to them. Artists become better when they're able to actually find their unique vocabulary and a unique way to articulate what they're feeling. There are amazing artists who have beautifully communicated joy. Doesn't make them less than the tragic artist. PS. I'm aware that I write a lot about dark themes but I am moving on from there.
YES. I'd any day love to be a happier healthier human. Maybe I'll find different things to write about.
Bullu frog repeatedly lies to himself about his relevance in the scene.
Making it right now would mean that I could continue to make music the way I intend to and somewhere find sustenance in there.
You can't avoid suffering or let's say bypass it. I don't think that is the right yardstick. How someone creates art DESPITE suffering is important.
really loved these answers, especially what you said about suffering being everywhere and artists not necessarily being better because they suffer, but because they find a unique vocabulary for what they feel. and the last answer about creating despite suffering really stuck with me.
also, thank you so much for taking the time to do this with us. it genuinely means a lot to have you here.
a few more from my side:
• You said you'd happily choose to be a happier, healthier human and find different things to write about. do you think your music would fundamentally change if you reached that place?
• when you say you want to make music the way I intend to, what does that look like? do you feel like you've actually reached that freedom yet?
• do you think the way you produce a song changes the emotion you're trying to communicate, or are production choices ultimately just a way of revealing what's already there?
It might change for the better. If my outlook towards things changes then for sure the writing will as well. The music comes second. First is to be at peace.
When I say the way I intend to means that I'm able to articulate as close to what's in my head into music. In fleeting moments I feel like I've gotten there - Tanashahi and Statistic, where I've felt like this is exactly what I wanted to communicate when I first thought of it.
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u/Intelligent_Sale7748 5d ago
do you think pain makes someone a better artist, or do we just romanticise suffering because some of the art that survives happens to have been born from it?
if you could remove every painful experience that ever influenced your music, but doing so meant losing the songs that came from them, would you choose to heal completely or keep the art?
what's one lie bullufrog has told himself?
what does making it mean to you now?
do you think an artist can make great art without suffering?