House of Musical Horrors • Episode 1 • Extermination

[Eke]

Episode 1 • Extermination

Yellew Marzulum and Donna the Dyke

You both have failed to impress us in the floorshow. The extermination challenge is your last chance to prove to us that you have the guts and the glamour to be spared and remain in the competition.

Your performance in this challenge will seal your fate. Who will live and who will perish? Let us find out.

For the extermination challenge, we have assigned you an adjective. It is your job to select a song that you think best fits this adjective, according to whichever interpretation of the adjective you see fit.

The adjective you have been given is:

AGONISING

The deadline for this extermination challenge is 12:00 CET, 9 November 2019.

Good luck, ghouls.

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JUDGES

Eke / Julian / Syr / basil

COMPETITORS

MaRtIn / agni / Luiri / ~Rethnas~ / αndreas / Callum / alexeh / Argüello / ClassifiedCat / James / Aliya / Daniel

VIEWERS

✨ Nicole ✨ / Wysteria / Dimitris / Alper

[Luiri]

yellew marzulum

EXTERMINATION 1 • AGONISING

My song for the extermination is indeed talking of something that has been probably agonising for a very long time, our
planet, due to our life method, which pushes on overconsumption and the ever more. Since years we've been taking from
Earth more than what the planet can give us, and along with this, pollution on all its forms (air, oceans...) and the destruction
of the natural life of a lot of animals.

My song for this challenge is Il est où le SAV by Suzane, ft. Témé Tan, the lyrics lists a lot of events that has/is happened/happening, 
and is asking where is the after sales service. Which obviously, doesn't exist, and gets redirected to us; the ones that can change it.



LYRICS:

On a cassé la planète, il est où le SAV ? On a cassé la planète, et ça tout le monde savait Dans la vie, y'a des cactus, et sur ces mêmes cactus, depuis y'a du plastique (Aïe) Sur les plages de Koh-Lanta, derrière les candidats, c'est pas si idyllique Y'a des pailles McDo qui sirotent sur l'eau, Coca plastique qui flotte sur le Pacifique Un Capri-Sun à la dérive, qui finit sur la rive dans la bouche d'une tortue Ça s'réchauffe, ça s'réchauffe, ça s'réchauffe La planète a la tête en surchauffe Ça s'réchauffe, ça s'réchauffe, ça s'réchauffe La planète a la tête en surchauffe On a cassé la planète, il est où le SAV ? On a cassé la planète, et ça tout le monde savait On a cassé la planète, il est où le SAV ? On a cassé la planète, et ça tout le monde savait Y'a comme un air de chicha sur les buildings pékinois, le smog made in China Les usines crachent leurs poumons, on est tous au premier balcon pour voir le ciel couleur béton On mange des glaces en février, y'a plus de glace sur les glaciers, les ours polaires vont transpirer Bulldozers dans les forêts, l'orang-outan est délogé pour d'la pâte à tartiner Ça s'réchauffe, ça s'réchauffe, ça s'réchauffe La planète a la tête en surchauffe Ça s'réchauffe, ça s'réchauffe, ça s'réchauffe La planète a la tête en surchauffe On a cassé la planète, il est où le SAV ? On a cassé la planète, et ça tout le monde savait On a cassé la planète, il est où le SAV ? On a cassé la planète, et ça tout le monde savait (La planète a la tête en surchauffe La planète a la tête en surchauffe À toi qui danses) J'me dis parfois : "T'façon, il est trop tard" Que sommes-nous face à l'euro, le dollar ? Un bout de charbon dans une marée noire Une tumeur qui ne crée que des cauchemars Mais je me concentre sur ce que je veux donner Une énergie commune qui peut rassembler J'm'apprêtais à contacter le SAV Mais le numéro est dévié sur ma ligne On a cassé la planète, il est où le SAV ? (il est où le SAV ?) On a cassé la planète, et ça tout le monde savait (et ça tout le monde savait, et ça tout le monde savait) On a cassé la planète, il est où le SAV ? (il est où le SAV ?) On a cassé la planète, et ça tout le monde savait (et ça tout le monde savait, et ça tout le monde savait)

We broke our planet, where is the after sale service? We broke our planet, but that everyone knew In life there are cacti, and on this same cactus, from now on there's some plastic (Ouch) On Koh Lanta's* beaches, behind the candidates, it's not so idyllic There are McDo straws, afloat on the water, coca plastic's floating on the Pacific A Capri Sun is drifting, it ends up on the shore, in the mouth of a turtle It's warming up It's warming up It's warming up The planet's head is overheating It's warming up It's warming up It's warming up The planet's head is overheating We broke our planet, where is the after sale service? We broke our planet, but that everyone knew We broke our planet, where is the after sale service? We broke our planet, but that everyone knew It's like there some shisha in the air, on Beijing's buildings, the smog made in China The factories spit their lungs, we're all on on the balconies, to watch the concrete coloured sky We're eating ice cream in February, there's no more ice on the glaciers, the polar bears are going to sweat Bulldozers are in the forests, the orangutans are dislodged, just to make some chocolate spreads** It's warming up It's warming up It's warming up The planet's head is overheating It's warming up It's warming up It's warming up The planet's head is overheating We broke our planet, where is the after sale service? We broke our planet, but that everyone knew We broke our planet, where is the after sale service? We broke our planet, but that everyone knew (The planet's head is overheating The planet's head is overheating, to you who dances) I tell myself that sometimes it's too late What are we compared to euros, to dollars A piece of coal in a black sea A tumor that only creates nightmares But then I focus on what I want to give A common energy that can bring together I was getting ready to call the after-sale-services But the number is deviated on my line We broke our planet, where is the after sale service? (where is the after sale service?) We broke our planet, but that everyone knew We broke our planet, where is the after sale service? (where is the after sale service?) We broke our planet, but that everyone knew

* French version of Survivor / ** Palm Oil, the most "known" example being the Nutella Chocolate spread.

[ClassifiedCat]

DONNA THE DYKE
EXTERMINATION 1
AGONISING

Detransitioning
Uboa
()

The underlined parts are the main parts you need to read, but I felt compelled to write a slightly longer piece about the song if you feel like reading.

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I have decided to go with the song "Detransitioning" by Uboa, as I feel the song tells a true story of agony and anguish.

"Detransitioning", a single off of the album, The Origin of My Depression is a song about the detransitioning a transgender individual goes through. In the case of Uboa, this reflects her struggles with her gender identity as a transgender woman. Uboa herself has described the sources of her mental pain as including "mistaken identity, failed relationships and inability to love, joblessness, boredom, structurelessness, psychosis and anxiety".

I feel as if the song truly connects to the adjective agonising because of the lyrical content as well as the experimental doom sound carried throughout the song. The sound of the song is what made me realise that Uboa's music was coming from a place of agony and pain, with the transition from a somewhat calm beginning towards the "doom" ending truly representative of a severe struggle. 

The song speaks to the literal definition of the word, "[...] accompanied by agony or severe struggle", with the lyrics that plea to the world for there to be no more pain caused.

Ideation
I did my best
Please don’t hurt me

As well as the physical side that comes with agony, there's the equally as damaging mental side, which Uboa addresses in the song. In the lyrics she mentions that any glimmer of hope that she held was gone because of those who did not listen to her, which, within the context of the song, is a sign of mental abuse, as those who were meant to reach out and listen turned the other cheek and knowingly paid no attention despite knowing the pain that would cause.

A glimmer of hope
Stamped out
By those not listening

"Detransitioning" is the perfect fit for the adjective. Detransitioning as a concept relates to individuals that initially transitioned in order to change their gender presentation/characteristics wishing to revert that identification. The rejection for transgender individuals and for those that wish to detransition amongst their family is a strong predictor of suicide attempts, as well as experiencing discrimination or sexual abuse. The (de)-transition process is when vulnerability is at its peak for individuals, with people who have gone through facial feminisation surgery having reported a quality of life comparable to the general population.


I'm just some girl
Trying her best
Ugly as sin

A glimmer of hope
Stamped out
By those not listening

Ideation
I did my best
Please don’t hurt me

I'm just some girl
Trying her best
Ugly as sin

A glimmer of hope
Stamped out
By those not listening

[Eke]

Yellew Marzulum and Donna the Dyke

Only one of you can survive and the other must perish.

The person who survived this week's extermination and gets to live another day is...

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Donna the Dyke

Congratulations.

This means that...

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Yellew Marzulum

It is the end of the road for you.
And now you must face you demise.
Bye-bye. See you in hell.