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You're On Your Own, Kid
Midnights · 2022 · Track 5
Fountain Pen · Sole author
Also known as: TOYOK
Themes
Business or Industry
Society & Power
Bittersweet business: the artist's solitary journey through the industry — the realisation that no one saves you and nothing is given. The speaker builds everything from scratch alone and arrives at a…
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Motifs & symbols
Hometown
Structural
Domestic Spaces
"I didn't choose this town I dream of getting out"
The hometown as a place of constraint and limited horizons — something to escape from rather than return to. The speaker frames the town as an unchosen starting condition rather than a source of ident…
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Mash-ups & Live Pairings
- You're On Your Own, Kid / Long Live — Lisbon, Night 2, You're On Your Own, Kid / long story short — Toronto, Night 3, Fifteen / You're On Your Own, Kid — Singapore, Night 4, Fifteen / You're On Your Own, Kid — Lyon, Night 1, State of Grace / You're On Your Own, Kid — Dublin, Night 1, The Archer / You're On Your Own, Kid — London (Aug), Night 4