Every Dante's Inferno reference in Hozier's new album Unreal Unearth explained
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- Опубликовано: 14 июн 2024
- Our lord and saviour Hozier (or "forest daddy" as he is known to tiktok), just put out a new album and it happens to be heavily inspired by Dante's Inferno. And since I seem to be the target audience for this piece of work, I figured I'd film myself overthinking about it for 30 minutes straight. You're welcome.
00:00 intro
00:54 Unreal Unearth background and inspiration
3:10 De Selby part 1
4:55 First Time
7:32 Francesca
11:51 I carrion, (Icarian)
12:22 Eat Your Young
15:53 Damage Gets Done
18:33 Who We Are
19:26 Son of Nyx
20:22 All Things End
21:20 To Someone From a Warm Climate
21:42 Butchered Tongue
25:08 Anything But
25:52 Abstract (Psychopomp)
27:30 Unknown/Nth
28:50 First Light
29:50 Outro
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i'm gonna be listening to unreal unearth even harder and more aggressively now
*listening intensifies*
It’s me! I’m the audience for this! Absolutely loved this ❤
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Me tooooooooo
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@@SadyTaheer OK girls I speak a broken English but we need a chat because the audience is also me
This is so perfectly niche. I feel seen
ooh love this, the Unknown part with the pieces of his heart stuck in someone's teeth, he said in an interview is a reference to Beelzebub chewing on the traitors.
I didn’t know that! Happy you enjoyed the vid x
@@accordingtoalina also heard from an interview he started writing Francesca in Terza Rima but gave up when he couldn’t make it fit with sonically popular music
I don't often leave comments, but you as much as the subject, was captivating. Thank you for creating this video.
This is so sweet, thank you so much
alright you are the nail in the coffin. I'm going to read the divine comedy
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i know absolutely nothing about dante’s inferno and when you described how in the second level people get whipped around by winds i got soo emotional and thought about the outro of francesca
gets me every time!!
I'm joining everyone in the comments section as the audience for this. this is my dream video essay
So glad you found it ❤❤❤❤
I've had Dante's inferno for a few years now. I'm saw it in a bookstore my sophomore year, and i recognized it as "hey! Thats the one about hell!" and bought it on impulse. Unfortunately, i never got around to reading.
Wendigoon made a few videos of his interpretation of the Divine Comedy, but I still didn't read it.
Then, Hozier released Unearth Unrealed and i just HAD to read the book that inspired the beautiful album. I own the Anthony Esolen's translation.
Ill admit it, I'm only being able to read 2-3 cantos a day. Its a tough read with all the poetry and flowery language, but its the beautiful. I teared up reading Francesca's lines, just like i did when listen to 'Francesca'
2-3 cantos a day is great though!!
I think we're ALL the audience
I saw him live last year and had an amazing time, thank you for this video!!
What a great analysis, thank you for breaking it down so beautifully, i loved the album!
Andrew said son of nyx was a play om words to his band maté whose dad's name is nick. So he's the song of nicks-
Aaah clever!
i literally have no idea about anything related to dantes inferno, except for that one time we discussed the gluttony circle in 7th grade, but would watch a 2 hour version of this
That’s so nice, thank you ❤️
I am going to be honest and say I have NOT been following along in reading the Divine Comedy, but I am all for learning bout Dante through your critical pop culture lense ASAP
Hahahaha Hozier as a gateway drug
I recently got obsessed with this album, before even realising it was based on Dante's Inferno. I also grew up in Italy and did the inescapable full dive in La Divina Commedia. Loved your analysis and helped me make sense of some of the songs considering my school years were a while ago so certain details are a bit muddy. You defo reached you target audience!
So happy to hear you enjoyed!!
I discovered the album through this video. Thank you ❤
This video was suggested for me to watch because probably I have an addiction with everything related to Hozier (guilty). Because of this album, I purchased a copy of Inferno and tried. Such a short book but soooo hard for me to understand! At first, I stopped, feeling dumb, because I couldn’t understand it- maybe it was because English is not my first language?maybe. Then I decided to read about Dante’s life, and that helped quite a lot tbh.
Your video was super interesting for me because it showed me even more connecting points! Thank you for it ❤ thank you for showing your perspective, and sharing your thoughts
I'm so glad you came across the video! I also run a Dante book club where we read one canto from the Divine Comedy a week - we've done Inferno and Purgatorio so far and my readings are all available on substack (there's a link in my about me section of my channel). Hope this helps x
Hi! I studied in Italy too and I was looking forward for an analysis like this! I really loved this video and it gave me new interpretations for the album (which I obviously love). Being a big Dante fan, I have some things to add!
- Francesca: I read that Hozier actually wrote the song from Paolo's pov, and it quite shocked me. I don't know if I agree with the choice. In the poem Francesca is the one speaking because she is a woman, she incarnates sin, lust, she is literally the anti-Beatrice. Hozier said he wanted to give voice to Paolo too but the lyrics you mentioned, "My life was a storm since I was born", also made me think about the experience of a woman at the time.
- I, Carrion (Icarian): I don't know if I overanalyzed but I see some Ulysses references here! Icarus is known for wanting too much, going too far, too close to the sun, just like Ulysses sinned by "hubris" (excessive pride or self-confidence). It is kinda random but I wanted to say it, to include the song in the album pattern.
- Eat Your Young: I lovedddd your analysis! I see some Conte Ugolino too here, I am surprised he isn't often mentioned in relation to this song.
- Who We Are: Hozier said it is about the 5th circle (the wrathful) but I don't know how to connect it? I just feel a lot of anger coming through the lyrics. Anger towards the world and life and himself, towards his wrong choices. But I'm not sure about it.
- Son Of Nyx: I get why you mentioned Caronte since he's the first son of Nyx coming to my mind but it is technically declared this song refers to the 6th circle. I don't get why.
- All Things End: I see what you're saying with the title related to the end of the soul, in which Averroists (so heretics) believed. LOVED YOUR ANALYSIS SO MUCH.
- To Someone From A Warm Climate: it is technically referred to the 7th circle (the violent) but I don't get it. The only thing that speaks to me are the lyrics "The awful things we do to make the head go quiet".
+ I appreciated so much the excursus you made about De Vulgari Eloquentia!! Understanding the Divine Comedy is understanding Dante.
- Abstract (Psychopomp): a Psychopomp is essentially a mythological figure who brings souls in the afterlife. So, Caronte. Hozier said the song is about the death of an animal: it makes sense the theme of passage from life to death. I think this song refers to the Secondo Canto.
- Unknown / Nth: I think this song is so accurate in relation to the ninth circle!! There is a lot of "empty space" that recalls the actual coldness of the circle.
If you read all this well thank you for the patience!! Sorry for the eventual mistakes since English isn't my first language. Loved your video so much, hope this comment will be useful.
Ciaoooo grazie per questo commento - adoro quando mi scrivono paragrafi!!
Sono super contenta che ti è piaciuto il video e grazie mille per i tuoi pensieri/ interpretazioni. È bellissimo vedere che abbiamo pensato la stessa cosa per certe canzoni e non sto parlando da sola nel vuoto digitale
Muy boom explcado gracias .
LOVE LOVE LOVE this video alina! you make such great and insightful points, loved this
Thank you angel ❤❤❤
thank you so so much for making this video! i have wanted to understand the album fully for a while and im so glad i found this video!
Happy to help xx
i just adore your videos!! you always have such a thought provoking way of explaining things
Awww thank you, this means a lot ❤️
Thank you so much for watching ❤
I love when a creator shares so many common interests w/ me I'm glad to find your channel time to binge - love Dante's work- as an Italian American
aaah, so glad you came across my channel then! I hope you have a pleasant viewing xx
Been patiently awaiting this!!!
Awww thank you! Hope it was worth the wait
love the video just one thing, in the song "unkown" in the part " i can see its pieces stil stuck in your teeth" its not a reference to ugolino, its references to satan chewing judas, hozier says that in a interview
I haven't read Dante's Divine Commedy *yet* so this video really helped me understand the album better tysm 💖
this makes me so happy!!
i have been tirelessly waiting for this since you're my favourite critic/analyst/online commentator. i had been wanting to read the divine comedy for a long time but always felt hesitant because of how large it is (in terms of being intimidating, a pillar in the western canon), and since you host the dante book club and very explicitly are a fan, i was wondering if you would recommend any study guides to fully be immersed in the poem, or any scholars whose work on dante have struck you the most. sending lots of love, big fan!!
Awww that’s so kind, thank you ❤️ one of my fav commentators is Anna Maria Chiavacci Leonardi but I don’t know how much of her work has been translated into english. Lino Pertile and Teodolinda Barolini are 2 other established scholars that come to mind. I don’t know if there’s a widely adopted study guide, but the Oxford Handbook of Dante is pretty good - two of the authors were my professors when I studied there!
If I may, as a budding fan of Dante, I would recommend Dante Scholar Prue Shaw’s “Reading Dante: From Here to Eternity”. It is a fantastic introduction to Dante the individual as well as the literary character, and it personally eliminated all intimidation of this poem for me; very informative. And, of course, there is a particular RUclipsr who has their own read-along on Substack!
@@MaximusStetichgreat recommendations, especially the youtuber/substack one 👸🏻👸🏻
Great, in depth analysis!
Great video
Thank you ❤️❤️❤️
the audience for this is here!
thank you for this video!! i loved „francesca“ before but now i love the song even more 🥹🥹🥹
He was sent as a gift to humanity, we are the lucky to have Him! Thanks for your response.
I have a question for everyone. I’m an avid reader but not of poetry. Im so wildy interested in this story but I’m not sure I’m built to unpack poetry of this magnitude. Is there any sort of retelling of his works? Maybe someone wrote a novel? I’m not sure I’m built for a YA wattpad type of retelling either😂
Maybe I should also ask if you guys think its doable as a poetry newbie?
Thanks for making this video! It was very insightful.
I’ve seen prose retellings around although I’ve never read one myself so couldn’t recommend specifically. But I also think that you should just give it a go! I know it’s an intimidating text but most editions come with in depth commentary, so you won’t be left to your own devices. Try it an see how you go! I also just finished my Inferno and Purgatorio book club on substack and I have a post with my thoughts for each canto. It’s free for everyone to read - link in the “about” section of my channel. Good luck ❤️
I would recommend the Edition translated by John Ciardi (if you search Divine Comedy John Ciardi it should be the top result), it has annotations within the work and short essays before each Canto explaining many of the previous works of Dante in their context as well as many of the historical, biblical, philosophical references necessary to really understand the work. I have no experience with Dante or the Divine Comedy and it has made the work incredibly accessible to someone with no background in Poetry, Philosophy, Theology, or Italian history. @@accordingtoalina
Alina, tell me you've watched over the garden wall, bc it's entirely based on inferno (ok, not entirely, but it's CONSTANTLY referenced)
No I haven’t, why has no one told me about this????
@@accordingtoalina idk but you HAVE to watch it; every episode references a different circle of hell; wirt represents dante and he even had a little red cap, and they have a bird friend named beatrice
Hello there, also a huge Dante fan here. I've given the divine comedy multple shakes during my early college days so might preface an excuse for pedanticism right ahead if there might seem any. and great vud btw
there is an interpretation of Francesca's story that is less romantic and subtle which advocates that the couple company in hell is a part of their torment. In Penguine's edition of Mark Musa's english translation, according to subtle textual inneudo's, Fransca hates her beloved that drew her to hell and tarnished her image she's forced to accompany him in a toxic relationhip so to speak. Also about Dante's following fainting, according to Musa, is part of divine smite on Dante for doubting God's Judgment. becuase true love is the love of God only. Not of humans, definitely not lustful one.
This is a great point and one I had in my notes at one point but then decided to take out because i wanted to keep the video around 30 mins. Yes! They’re definitely a reminder of each other’s sin and shame and that’s what I mean when I say I love how Hozier turns Francesca’s attitude from wounded shame to unapologetic rebellion against heaven
Interesting point about the fainting - I wasn’t aware of this interpretation. I’ve always read it as a sign of how overwhelmed he was trying to reconcile his own feelings of compassion for Francesca and the knowledge that he shouldn’t feel that way, on the contrary should rejoice in seeing how God’s will is being done. As if his brain is short-circuiting because of this tension.
Dante knew Francesca not only belonged to thy 2nd circle of Inferno but to thy streets. If she taketh a gasp of air, she is a Thot.
Hi Alina,
I really admire your videos and your approach to literature, being a literature student myself and drawn to Dante and am thinking of completing a masters in comparative literature as well.
It can be difficult to find work as a writer and literature enthusiast and I was wondering whether you could give some advice in terms of what jobs you personally have done after your degree and whether it’s been as difficult as others say it is?
Hey - it really depends on what you mean by “work as a writer and literature enthusiast”. I’m a journalist and I also write my personal projects (the newsletter for instance), but I know a lot of people in my uni cohort who went on to do phds and some who went into marketing and advertising. If you want to do anything that involves writing I suggest doing as much of it as you can - for your university publications or pitching articles to magazines/websites you like. The pay is not great (if there is any at all) but it will give you some experience and a few writing samples you can refer to when you decide to apply for writing jobs. Good luck!
I think in one of the interviews Hozier says that Francesca is written from Paulo's point of view not Francesca giving him a voice since he was silent in the poem.
Someone else has commented this and I definitely see it now, but a part of me is still more attached to my initial theory - possibly because as a woman I relate more to Francesca’s character… but also, maybe it’s better that we can interpret it both ways
This video was really helpful and I might actually do my semester project on the Dante component of the album because I peaked my professors interest and she had me send her the album 🤣 I def gotta learn more about Dante if I am
Omg do it!! I lowkey considered a phd just so I could write about Dante in popular culture 😂
@@accordingtoalina Hey!! I did it... Im back to this video because Im finishing my 15 page paper on it lmaoo
his mind..... unparalleled
Amazing analysis and reflection... Greetings from Firenze..👋
This Man has something to tell us, and we must listen.
Have you listened to the song Through Me (The Flood) from the EP? I feel like that song might fit the space at the beginning that you said you wish he has assessed with a song? Maybe not. Just a thought! And definitely check out the song if you haven’t heard it. Thanks so much for doing this; much appreciated!
I’ve not!! Checking it out right this second
fun! lmk what you think. @@accordingtoalina
Yes. Thank you. YES.
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Thank you so much for this video❤ I enjoyed it so much and could’ve continued listening to you for even longer😅. I truly love Hozier‘s music and artwork but would’ve had no chance to understand it at this level- so thank you!!!
Also I ve been thinking to start reading Dante myself, would you say just give it a go or are there any study guides? Any guidance would be great -thank you 😊
Nice
I dont think the criticism at the end is necessary, Hozier wanted to tell a story and those songs were not just a break from the darkness of the poem but rather the poem was just a tool for telling the story he wanted to tell, a tragic love story with a bright powerful ending. In my eyes Hozier didn't get tired of the darkness, he just had a story and stuck with it. There are many lenses to view this album and I think looking at it from a perspective of just "the entire purpose of this is to reference Dante" is missing the point. I appreciate the video though, thanks for the easy to understand explanations of these references :)
(Unless of course I misunderstood your point)
I didn't really like dante's inferno but watching this video and listening to the album i think i like a little bit more, thank you!!!
aaahhh this makes me so happy to hear!
I think all things end is more intentionally linked than it seems! The genre of the music is literally gospel music. It’s something you’d expect to hear in a predominantly black church in the southern United States. I literally was so shocked to hear a nihilistic message with that music when I first heard it. Typically that style would have the opposite message. So I think the music style juxtaposed with the message was hinting toward heresy as well.
Sei italiana (o comunque hai studiato in Italia), ami Dante e conosci questo incredibile progetto di Hozier.
Vuoi essere la mia migliore amica ahahah? ❤
A parte gli scherzi, ho salvato questo video e ho messo già like. Lo vedrò appena avrò il tempo per ascoltarti con l'attenzione che meriti. Nel frattempo ti ringrazio per aver realizzato questo video. Hozier deserves that ❤
Sono nata e cresciuta in Romania, ma trasferita in Italia per le superiori. Spero ti piaccia il video e certo! Let’s be long distance friends x
Great video! I'm actually reading Inferno for the first time right now. Can you recommend any resources to help interpret the poem better?
Hi! I have a whole series of blogs posts about it on substack - you can find it through my instagram (see channel about me section)
Thank you for the reply! I only found your channel yesterday so I didn't know about the blog. Will check it out! @@accordingtoalina
ITS ME IM THE AUDIENCE THANK YOU
yay!!!
No thats a flattering picture u look gorg
i am the audience. hello. beautiful video by the way
So, so, happy you enjoyed!!!
eat your young also reminds me of Goya
Yesss excellent reference!
divine comedy is a great work of western literature know I should read but probably never will it must read better in original italian but know there's a circle in hell devoted to people who've done neither good nor evil and now you say there's one housing those disbelievers in an immortal human soul (that's me) these are two more good reasons that show what a vindictive little stinker god really is but didn't know u were a serious scholar with an M.A. not just a pop culture gender politics commentator like hozier too but have a feeling he's got more female fans than male ones be well⚛😀
I wrote an essay abt this and it was very similar to this video lol
great minds!
I'm the audiance.
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I am the audience ❤
yay!
Have you listened to the How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful album?
Why you deleted the videos of dante inferno cantos , i was reading the book and wathing your video am sad now
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I am. I am the audience. Hi!
hiiiiiii thank you for stopping by xxx
the fact that i clicked on this video with 666 views lol
what could that mean
I like the video, its well done, but please, please get a pop filter. I think the whole time I was distracted listening to the noises of your mouth, and not your words.
Signed- a headphone user.
Fair, feedback taken!
@@accordingtoalina Thank you for taking the feed back well! Your video was well thought out and I did watch the whole thing!
I love how Hozier has always played with the absurdity of religious beliefs and its contradictions. He takes what he thinks it’s valuable and discards the rest. A circle for babies that didn’t accept Jesus, it’s too funny. Only Hozier makes me stand any thought of religion.