GINGER
Inspired by the album GINGER by Brockhampton, this body of work explores the emotions and themes present within the music. Music has an incredible ability to convey emotion and connect with its audience on a deeper level. By using music as a launchpad for these photographs, the same result is possible. The album explores themes such as; anxiety, depression, friendship, heartbreak, love, loss, religion, and trauma. These themes are explored by pulling specific visuals and lyrics from each individual song to create a scene for the model to exist. Each song contains its own theme and story, which is then translated to a visual medium through sets of photographs. The viewer is challenged to read the photographs like an interactive storyline within the context of the song itself.
The songs and photographs are listed in order as they appear on the album, paired with lyrics that each set was based off of. For the full experience, listen to each song while looking at the corresponding photos.
NO HALO
NO HALO
“Used to fight all my night terrors, now I smoke through the dreams
Depression put me into places where I'm stuck in the seams
They seal my mouth, and said the only way to breathe is to scream
Pop the stitches from society and fall to my knees
The machines weavin' our fate are gettin' harder to please
But I believe to an extreme
To anybody listenin', that's in betweenWent to church for the hell of it, stumbled in drunk as shit
Been goin' through it again
Been talkin' to myself, wonderin' who I am, been thinkin', I am better than Him
In times like these, I just need to believe it's all part of a plan
Lost a part of me, but I am still here”
SUGAR
SUGAR
Spending all my nights alone, waiting for you to call me
You're the only one I want by my side when I fall asleep
Tell me what I'm waiting for
Tell me what I'm waiting for
I know it's hard, but we need each other
Know it's hard, but we need each otherBack and forth, I'll take that if that's all you asking for
With my legs up on the dashboard
Only thing in my pocket is my passport, pa- passport
BOY BYE
BOY BYE
“Ayy, everybody ask me how I deal with my depression
Man look (man look), I don't got the answer to your question
If I did, you would probably never hear from me again
That's a promise, not a threat and it ain't no half stepping (yeah)
-Trauma got me fucked up, my mama got me fucked up
My lil' nigga locked up, it's like Hakuna Matata
Never liked Sci-Fi, empathetic WiFi
Keep it in the back room, hide it with my dry eye
Put it in the vacuum, I got love for my label
Fifteen million on the table, none of my niggas are stable
Need a personal connection, I just wanna feel you baby
Bein' sober made me realize how poorly I been behavin', uh”
ST. PERCY
ST. PERCY
"Fire rapid like a savage, taste is way above your palate
No, I ain't for burying the hatchet
Take a break to pick apart the balance of this madnessYou got big boy money like you ready for war
You be talkin' like you really gon' run that though
-Murder man, murder man
Someone better hold me before this shit ugly
Murder man, murder man
Someone better
Murder man, murder man
Someone better
Murder man, man
Someone hold me, shit gets out
Murder man, murder man
Someone better hold me before this shit gets ugly'“
DEARLY DEPARTED
DEARLY DEPARTED
Dearly departed Look what you've started
I've been so heartless
I try‚ I try, I try
Why?
Why?
Why?
Try
How many sides to a story can there be when you saw it with your own eyes?
I got all my thoughts out on records y'all won't ever hear
Tried to give it time Find that truth trickles down, hits the fan Freezes over like a dagger to the spine
When somebody that you know throws you in the fire How do you survive?
I kicked down the door inside a home I didn't own
just to save a friend's life Little did I know, the one who pulled the strings was once on my side
GINGER
GINGER
Know you got your own, know you got your own
Know you got your own, know you, know you got your own
Know you got your own shit, and all of it together
And you know you got your own space, right here forever, babe
Know you got your own, know you got your own
Know you got your own, know you, know you got your own-
I don't even love no more
I don't even trust no more
I don't need to clutch no more
Some things outside of my contro-ol
I need some space, I need to gro-ow
So I go (ooh), plague my soul
Say I won't (ooh)
I never tried to let you go so deep, deep, deep
BIG BOY
BIG BOY
I still remember writing words down
Tryna get 'em all out of my mouth
Big boy, you a big boy now
Big boy, you a big boy now
Don't pout around me
Don't cry around me
Don't laugh around me
-I'm weak and I'll say it proud
Built me up, pull me down, lets air it out
Patch me up, and stitch it
Make me better
Just patch me up, and stitch it
Make me better (make me better)
LOVE ME FOR LIFE
LOVE ME FOR LIFE
Better days follow me like the saddest song
Grab a case, hide away, fill my loads with bleach
Couple stains ain't a game, they both hauntin' me me
Lot to say, people hate, wearin' blindfolds
Where did I go?
Where do we go?
How do we grow?
How should I know?
Feel responsible, intolerable, displaced, insaneDirt on me, I'm finna blossom
Dirt on me, I'm finna blossom
You knowI wish you'd love me for life
Love me for life, love me for life, wish you would
I wish you'd love me for life
VICTOR ROBERTS
VICTOR ROBERTS
All this emotion, need a decision made with some heart
'Cause ours is broken, they tryna lock the third notch on my
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All this erosion, no more protection
Shit don't feel safe
What graduation? What degrees?
What dissertations? What imagination?
Imagine my whole world taken away from me
All over some basic misconstrued melodies
My heart racin', clutchin' my red Ranger, pacin'
I can barely breathe-
Thank God for my bitches still sticking with me
Thank God, when I talk, I know you listen to me
Thank God that I'm built for the distance
Thank God for me, thank God for meAnd if you're hurting, love yourself with my heart
And if you're hurting, love yourself with my heart