a lot of e is centered around eccos ketamine use and the experience of getting high of it (like the feeling of being unable to move ur limbs as referenced in AAA powerline) and being addicted to it (like him constantly talking about how much he need it but also how he cant handle it in sugar and diesel). he refers to the drug as "rocks" and "crystals" since crushing ketamine rocks and sniffing them is the way he consumes it (hence the double k crystals kiss my nose in calcium). A lot of people also miss that he also mentions ODing in sugar and diesel, and how he is embarrassed by it in front of his friends who see him as an "experienced drug user". The lyrics are pretty cryptic and confusing at times but most of them is about him exploring his vulnerability and being more honest with himself
@@papasquat08 sorry for old comment pinging or whatever but alot of the lyrics are also related to his experience growing up in sweden as a mixed race person, and feeling alienated because of it(peroxide where he feels stared at and judged, fragile etc)
@@hado2700 @papasquat08 yes exactly, nice addition to the explanation. It explains the whole song "Blue Eyes", as it is a typical characteristic of Swedish people. Moreover, the line "no one left" probably refers to Thaiboy Digital who was deported from Sweden, leaving Ecco as the "only" non Swedish looking person.
Peroxide is about being black in Sweden and the majority of people being white and about how people would judge him or think he is scary "No peroxide, I stay dark" is about him trying to avoid the sun as a kid cause he didnt want his skin to be barker or stand out also peroxide can bleach skin its him coming to terms with being different. Same for blue eyes its about how everyone he knows is white and has blue eyes he feels left out/different than them.
actually "i stay dark" is him just saying he's not gonna use peroxide and he's gonna stay dark skinned, not literally staying in the dark to avoid the sun
Im not really invested into the lyrics but i do listen to few drain songs. I always thought he meant rocks as in just being him kicking rocks, kinda like in own world just playing with actual rocks. i know this is like ultra boomer thing to think about but this really helped me feel his meaning with the song. Thankyou
0:01 Thoughts on Ecco 1:35 Wikipedia Reading 4:02 AAA Powerline 12:54 Peroxide 20:49 Fragile 27:37 Bliss Fields -> Fruit Bleed Juice 30:47 Cc 35:25 Calcium 40:22 Sugar & Diesel 44:57 Don't Ask 49:09 Security! 53:13 Time 58:33 Blue Eyes 1:02:44 Life After Life (CD Bonus) 1:05:10 Last Thoughts
since the album is thirty minutes long and this video is one hour long, i clicked expecting 30 minutes of quality papa squat reaction. i was not disappointed. great video
Theres some references about how it was for him to grow up black in sweden, like 'no peroxide i stay dark' and 'all my friends got blue eyes' because everyone around him is white basically and it makes him feel isolated!
Yep pretty much the meaning of the whole album, isolated "all my friends got blue eyes" and longing to fit in "dip my face in acid" while trying to be himself "no peroxide I stay dark" accepting the situation and moving on (Time)
Seeing you appreciate music I LOVE just scratches an itch. Most people in my life are absolutely repulsed by this stuff. Thaiboy digital’s album “tiger” is great too. It reminds me of modern classical music. Good stuff. Edit: and Bladee’s the fool is amazing as well.
AAA Powerline hypnotizes you, freezing you in time. Kind of like how some people explain being high on Ketamine, a drug Ecco2k uses. "Ziptied up can't move my arms," is usually thought to be Ecco referencing how using Ket can impair certain motor functions usually using your arms. The "car" much like the beat is just taking us somewhere in the backseat. We don't know where but it's steady.
Ah! Totally makes sense. I don't know anything about K, so that explains my take on things. Really, it paralyzes your limbs? I gotta go do some reading on it. I don't think I'd like that.
I always interpreted Ecco’s call to “security” to be a tongue in cheek wordplay about wanting to just have some easy solution in moments of feeling insecurity-hence why he sees other people being so “perfect” “I wish that I was perfect/security!!!”.
AAA Powerline is supposed to represent “k-holing” which is when you do too much ketamine and are stuck in a cycle you can’t break for an uncomfortably long period of time
Wow it's so strange seeing you struggle with AAA Powerline, it was the only song I liked from the album for a long time... and I used to listen to in daily. It's awesome how different our listening experiences can be.
Oh, for sure! That's why I really try to only give my impression of things. I know I'm not "right" at all, just my opinion -- and I love that music can mean different things to different people.
it was always my interpretation of "skin so soft covered in gloss" that he was covered in sweat from drug use before i looked up the genius lyrics, i still like to interpret it that way
Hey Papa Squat! Could you please react to DLTZK, they go by the name of "Jane Remover" now. I'd really like you to react to 52 blue mondays, and if you like that, maybe you'll do the whole Teen Week album!
on blue eyes, i think he's talking about how everyone is not like him at all since he's mixed race and does not have blue eyes. probably a metaphor but it literally is talking about how he feels alienated maybe
please react to the artist yabujin. some good starter songs are baroque, flash Casanova, secret garden 8888, and ionwwaan2go. a good project to listen to is the early works bootleg on RUclips. very interesting and unique artist that I hope you will enjoy.
EDIT: USE LYRICS GENIUS FOR YOUR LYRICS THEY HAVE LYRIC EXPLANATIONS AND BACKGROUND INFO, if you are using genius you need to hover the lyrics that're highlighted, we as a community have been working to interpret their lyrics for a long time. genius isn't our best but its good The "Social Media Commentary" on Peroxide is related, it is like what he is thinking in his head during the interactions he is describing in the lyrics of the verse, which is about alienation and racial discimination
Ah, good to know about Genius! That's the site I usually find the lyrics on, but I hadn't realized there was popup info! I usually just open the page and scroll through the lyrics. Now I know!
6:47 I used to be addicted to disaciative drugs and ketamine is in that category and that shid makes you feel like ur not in ur body it's rlly hard to describe but his music does it perfectly Also ur videos are awesome I like to see ppl give different music a chance.
Forgot how cool, and maybe this is just me, but creepy sounding this album is. Somehow missed your Exeter reaction was abt to suggest it watching that next!
i encourage u to read the genius annotations or something like that to provide context bc they hit different if u know ecco talking about ketamine and dysmorphia :)
i wish youd go more into detail with the lyrics especially in peroxide, you can click on some lyrics in genius to see annotations explaining the meaning behind the lyrics
“Blue Eyes” is about Ecco suffering for not fitting in, being a black guy in Sweden, hence why he sings “blue skies” with such violence, he is suffering (a total antithesis to the notion of peace that blue skies bring). His only friend without blue eyes, Thaiboy Digital, was deported from Sweden (hence why “all the rest is gone, they left”, leaving him the only non-white blue eyes dude in his social circle.
"Security" is about him feeling insecure of how other people look beautiful/ perfect. It makes him insecure therefore, he calls for"mental" security to get rid of those thoughts.That's my take on the song.
Yep, I had to buy a new cord for my headset, but now I need to get my recording program to work with them. Also, new computer arriving next weekend/week after! Hopefully that will clear up some issues as well!
I may do that at some point, but time is the issue -- and I've never done live reactions. I'll do some digging to find out more! Thanks for the suggestion, you're the first to mention it!
@@papasquat08 itll give you a chance to connect with ur fans n let them jnteract with eachother and you could take song suggestions via chat trust me bro you wont regret it for ya channel 💯
So blue eyes is about him being black n living in stockem....alot of ppl are white not alot of color people live there...when he said skin tone like diet cola...all my freinds got blue eyes is talking about like bladee n yung lean lol
the better anthony fantano
Haha for real though
tbf fantano had a pretty positive reception to this album
@@1starmin dont care melon gave red light 0
@@xD-lj4zc it is bladee worst album but 1 is such a dumb rating
@@ghost-dr1tz wrong but ok
I wish I could experience that album for the first time again
its not even fair how beautiful this album is every time
the instrumental on Cc is still one of the most insane things I've ever heard in my life, Gud is a top tier producer
dont forget wa
sherm, gud, wa, ripsquadd and woesum are all goated
rippsquad the best ever those synths mannnn
@@Fahim321 gud and whitearmor are on their own level. Sherm just doesn't make anything
wa calcium topSSS
a lot of e is centered around eccos ketamine use and the experience of getting high of it (like the feeling of being unable to move ur limbs as referenced in AAA powerline) and being addicted to it (like him constantly talking about how much he need it but also how he cant handle it in sugar and diesel). he refers to the drug as "rocks" and "crystals" since crushing ketamine rocks and sniffing them is the way he consumes it (hence the double k crystals kiss my nose in calcium). A lot of people also miss that he also mentions ODing in sugar and diesel, and how he is embarrassed by it in front of his friends who see him as an "experienced drug user". The lyrics are pretty cryptic and confusing at times but most of them is about him exploring his vulnerability and being more honest with himself
Ah, yes, that really helps put the whole thing in perspective! Thanks!
@@papasquat08 sorry for old comment pinging or whatever but alot of the lyrics are also related to his experience growing up in sweden as a mixed race person, and feeling alienated because of it(peroxide where he feels stared at and judged, fragile etc)
@@hado2700 @papasquat08 yes exactly, nice addition to the explanation. It explains the whole song "Blue Eyes", as it is a typical characteristic of Swedish people. Moreover, the line "no one left" probably refers to Thaiboy Digital who was deported from Sweden, leaving Ecco as the "only" non Swedish looking person.
Peroxide is about being black in Sweden and the majority of people being white and about how people would judge him or think he is scary "No peroxide, I stay dark" is about him trying to avoid the sun as a kid cause he didnt want his skin to be barker or stand out also peroxide can bleach skin its him coming to terms with being different.
Same for blue eyes its about how everyone he knows is white and has blue eyes he feels left out/different than them.
I should have made the connection with where he grew up! Thank you!
@@papasquat08 and people say "you will get robbed if you get close to him" because he's black, racism.
People are so fuxxed.
actually "i stay dark" is him just saying he's not gonna use peroxide and he's gonna stay dark skinned, not literally staying in the dark to avoid the sun
Im not really invested into the lyrics but i do listen to few drain songs. I always thought he meant rocks as in just being him kicking rocks, kinda like in own world just playing with actual rocks. i know this is like ultra boomer thing to think about but this really helped me feel his meaning with the song. Thankyou
0:01 Thoughts on Ecco
1:35 Wikipedia Reading
4:02 AAA Powerline
12:54 Peroxide
20:49 Fragile
27:37 Bliss Fields -> Fruit Bleed Juice
30:47 Cc
35:25 Calcium
40:22 Sugar & Diesel
44:57 Don't Ask
49:09 Security!
53:13 Time
58:33 Blue Eyes
1:02:44 Life After Life (CD Bonus)
1:05:10 Last Thoughts
appreciate this bro, legend
@@301zac ⛷
Thank you! If I had more time/were more organized, I'd add this stuff without thinking!
@@papasquat08 if you copy these time stamps into your video description it’ll section out the video for you!
Done! Thank you!
since the album is thirty minutes long and this video is one hour long, i clicked expecting 30 minutes of quality papa squat reaction. i was not disappointed. great video
Ha, thanks!
omg seeing you posted this made me so hyped, this is one of my fav albums of all time
the outdo of Calcium when you said it got repetitive is actually my favorite moment on the whole project. so euphoric
Cool! Yep, music is subjective! I'm glad you like it!
jockstrap profile pic nice
Theres some references about how it was for him to grow up black in sweden, like 'no peroxide i stay dark' and 'all my friends got blue eyes' because everyone around him is white basically and it makes him feel isolated!
Yep pretty much the meaning of the whole album, isolated "all my friends got blue eyes" and longing to fit in "dip my face in acid" while trying to be himself "no peroxide I stay dark" accepting the situation and moving on (Time)
I should have made that connection! Thanks!
@@papasquat08 yeah no problem, loved the video!
Production on E is top notch. Whole SBEDG producer crew is legendary shout-out Yung Gud
it's whitearmor too btw..
Yves Tumor did AAA Powerline too
Seeing you appreciate music I LOVE just scratches an itch. Most people in my life are absolutely repulsed by this stuff.
Thaiboy digital’s album “tiger” is great too. It reminds me of modern classical music.
Good stuff.
Edit: and Bladee’s the fool is amazing as well.
I added your Thaiboy suggestion to the list!
AAA Powerline hypnotizes you, freezing you in time. Kind of like how some people explain being high on Ketamine, a drug Ecco2k uses. "Ziptied up can't move my arms," is usually thought to be Ecco referencing how using Ket can impair certain motor functions usually using your arms. The "car" much like the beat is just taking us somewhere in the backseat. We don't know where but it's steady.
Ah! Totally makes sense. I don't know anything about K, so that explains my take on things. Really, it paralyzes your limbs? I gotta go do some reading on it. I don't think I'd like that.
Papa Squat I found out about you through an Ecco2k meme page but holy shit I’ve been watching you videos all day I love these. Please keep doing this.
I'm glad you like them! Where's that page?
I always interpreted Ecco’s call to “security” to be a tongue in cheek wordplay about wanting to just have some easy solution in moments of feeling insecurity-hence why he sees other people being so “perfect” “I wish that I was perfect/security!!!”.
AAA Powerline is supposed to represent “k-holing” which is when you do too much ketamine and are stuck in a cycle you can’t break for an uncomfortably long period of time
Got it. I read up on K, but it leaves out details like that. Too much medical info and very little practical info!
Oh cool! I was not expecting this. Such an amazing album
my fav youtuber
Hype.. you need to listen to some Thaiboy Digital next. "Legendary Member" "Yin and Yang" and "I'm Fresh" are some of the best from him.
legendary member is such a bad song but i’m fresh is cool and his new song with bladee that came out 2 days ago
@@steezgawdextraswa6906 football play it like I'm Harry Kane
@@steezgawdextraswa6906 I think he meant legendary member as in the album, and that album slaps. Though, I think the song is great too
@@steezgawdextraswa6906 legendary member is a great song wdym
@@azeo2298 hell no. ecco carried.
Blue Eyes is my absolute favourite song on here… the energy is crazy I wish I to see it live one day…
just found your channel and i absolutely love it! love from sweden❤️
Nice! Welcome! I hope you find some reactions you enjoy!
Wow it's so strange seeing you struggle with AAA Powerline, it was the only song I liked from the album for a long time... and I used to listen to in daily.
It's awesome how different our listening experiences can be.
Oh, for sure! That's why I really try to only give my impression of things. I know I'm not "right" at all, just my opinion -- and I love that music can mean different things to different people.
papa squat is a man for the people
lets goooooooo! We need more bladee, ecco2k, and yung lean reactions!!
thank you for this reaction papa squat
PAPA SQUATTTT LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
thank you this is one of my fav albums ever!!!!
it was always my interpretation of "skin so soft covered in gloss" that he was covered in sweat from drug use before i looked up the genius lyrics, i still like to interpret it that way
Ah, good idea! I like it.
so happy u reacted to this album :)
this is my fav album oat
im so glad you posted this
ur so dope for that beck reference
THANK U SO MUCH FOR THIS!
wow, just subbed and already got a hour long video... thank you papa squat 🙏🙏
You should listen to "Crest" its the newest album by Bladee and Ecco2
Love all your reactions, especially love the wikipedia reading section :) So cool that you’ve done this whole album now
Ayyy I’ve been waiting on this one 🔥
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Hey Papa Squat! Could you please react to DLTZK, they go by the name of "Jane Remover" now. I'd really like you to react to 52 blue mondays, and if you like that, maybe you'll do the whole Teen Week album!
teen week is probably the best hyperpop album ever made imo
More of a Frailty fan but he needs to do a Jane reaction. Literally a musical genius in the making
this needs to happen
frailty is my fav of they’re hyperpop but dariacore 3 is they’re best imo
royal blue walls 🥰
I was waiting for this video 🥰
I hope you enjoyed it!
double k crystals kiss my nose, on calcium. hes talking about doing ketamine over and over
Thanks! I figured it had to be some kind of drug reference.
Hell yeah I’m gonna enjoy this one
on blue eyes, i think he's talking about how everyone is not like him at all since he's mixed race and does not have blue eyes. probably a metaphor but it literally is talking about how he feels alienated maybe
This album is amazing
please react to the artist yabujin. some good starter songs are baroque, flash Casanova, secret garden 8888, and ionwwaan2go. a good project to listen to is the early works bootleg on RUclips. very interesting and unique artist that I hope you will enjoy.
He did it
Bro ur reactions are gold
Thanks! I'm just glad people like them! I have a great time doing them!
EDIT: USE LYRICS GENIUS FOR YOUR LYRICS THEY HAVE LYRIC EXPLANATIONS AND BACKGROUND INFO, if you are using genius you need to hover the lyrics that're highlighted, we as a community have been working to interpret their lyrics for a long time. genius isn't our best but its good
The "Social Media Commentary" on Peroxide is related, it is like what he is thinking in his head during the interactions he is describing in the lyrics of the verse, which is about alienation and racial discimination
Ah, good to know about Genius! That's the site I usually find the lyrics on, but I hadn't realized there was popup info! I usually just open the page and scroll through the lyrics. Now I know!
And knowing is half the battle.
6:47 I used to be addicted to disaciative drugs and ketamine is in that category and that shid makes you feel like ur not in ur body it's rlly hard to describe but his music does it perfectly
Also ur videos are awesome I like to see ppl give different music a chance.
I know man! It feels like you're just floating in space, detached from everything. Bliss fields describes it so well
One of my fav albums oat
PLEASE DO CREST BY BLADEE AND ECCO
YES
Love your take on the album!
i love u papa squat ur videos make my day
I'm glad you like them!
Now we just need a thaiboy reaction for the drain gang sweep
Forgot how cool, and maybe this is just me, but creepy sounding this album is. Somehow missed your Exeter reaction was abt to suggest it watching that next!
i encourage u to read the genius annotations or something like that to provide context bc they hit different if u know ecco talking about ketamine and dysmorphia :)
Yep, I just found out about the linked explanations in Genius, so I'll pay attention from now on!
one of my favorite albums of all time
or check out Mixed Matches the artist. he uses vocoder heavily on his vocals and mixes ethereal sounds, really interesting
i wish youd go more into detail with the lyrics especially in peroxide, you can click on some lyrics in genius to see annotations explaining the meaning behind the lyrics
PAPA SQUAT!
the cat walking into the shot 😭
“Blue Eyes” is about Ecco suffering for not fitting in, being a black guy in Sweden, hence why he sings “blue skies” with such violence, he is suffering (a total antithesis to the notion of peace that blue skies bring). His only friend without blue eyes, Thaiboy Digital, was deported from Sweden (hence why “all the rest is gone, they left”, leaving him the only non-white blue eyes dude in his social circle.
59:16 I agree, the first time my friend told me to put it on I thought it was gonna be totally different.
You should really listen to ”Her” by yung bruh, or the whole album ”Vintage LSD compilation”.
You gotta do icedancer by Bladee, probably the definitive drain gang release
please listen to “ don’t ask into lovenote ” transition
amazing
you should react to i chose to be this way by bladee, its the first song that got me into bladee, and its also one of his more rap like songs
Yo
@@dubtek1280 dubtek
icedancer or gluee next 😃
You should react to his ep ”PXE”
Double k Krystal’s kiss my nose means he’s snorting ketamine
"Security" is about him feeling insecure of how other people look beautiful/ perfect. It makes him insecure therefore, he calls for"mental" security to get rid of those thoughts.That's my take on the song.
YESSSS
37:35 "double k crystals" are ketamine and "kiss my nose" refers to Ecco snorting it. He struggled with a ket addiciton in the past.
59:23 “not pleasant..at all💀”
Hey Papa can you react to Thaiboy Digital - Tiger please please
I’ve seen three videos and just had to sub to your patreon your gonna blow up
I'm glad you like them! And we'll see about blowing up -- definitely lots of new subscribers in the last month!
React to PXE by Ecco2k
Can you react to Arcadia by MDMA (yes that's his artist name)
you definitely should listen to his next works like PXE or Crest with Bladee
Ain’t no way let’s gooooo
Papa squat drained
Gud produced this, best producer i swear
Ecco did too and Yves Tumor, can’t forget WhiteArmor
@@Luxarium i remember. Exec. prod Gud + WA, Y. Tumor
@@toevoe_swe i checked and mechatok co produced security too
@@Luxarium u are right
this the day
most importantly this album is about ketamine
😵🔥
finally
I hope it was worth the wait!
huge
holy W
review Murder Me Slowly by ITSOKTOCRY you will find it very interesting. a bit of an older song but worth a listen
Dope
this guy is awesome lmfao
listen with headphones or earbuds
Yep, I had to buy a new cord for my headset, but now I need to get my recording program to work with them. Also, new computer arriving next weekend/week after! Hopefully that will clear up some issues as well!
To me “all friends have blue eyes” is a song about his insecurities growing up black in a mostly white country. But that’s just me.
You're right. I should have realized that!
up next is eversince
oh yeah
yo check the album "The Fool" by Bladee!
i think u gonna like it
i think u should look on genius for explanations on the lines u dont get 🙂
Yes, the annotations on Genius Lyrics would help you a LOT .
you should listen to ginseng strip 2002 by yung lean or bliss by yung lean and fka twigs
This channel would be alot bigger if you did music reactions on live bro
I may do that at some point, but time is the issue -- and I've never done live reactions. I'll do some digging to find out more! Thanks for the suggestion, you're the first to mention it!
@@papasquat08 itll give you a chance to connect with ur fans n let them jnteract with eachother and you could take song suggestions via chat trust me bro you wont regret it for ya channel 💯
Thanks. Definitely sounds like it could be fun!
no way!!!
So blue eyes is about him being black n living in stockem....alot of ppl are white not alot of color people live there...when he said skin tone like diet cola...all my freinds got blue eyes is talking about like bladee n yung lean lol