MOLI Goes Deep On the Toxic and Warping Effects of Social Media on Our Psyches and Relationships With Each Other on “So Jealous”

MOLI goes deep on the way social media has warped our culture through impacting the way many of us present ourselves online and the way we perceive others. The previously unimaginable and, it turns out, unhealthy level of access we have to each other these days minus the contexts that ground our experiences. MOLI casts that dynamic in a song about someone who sees the popularity of someone she doesn’t know who now has the attention of an ex and the psychological twists and turns that engender feelings of, as one might guess from the song title, jealousy, inadequacy, isolation, self-doubt and the projection of one’s insecurities on situations that have little to do with you. The effervescent melody and sweeping dynamics almost give the song a hopeful quality though it also mirrors the heightened sense of personal drama as well. Though the song gives an example of the toxic nature of the mediated experience of human interaction in social media it is a snapshot of the phenomenon overall and how that much access, albeit incomplete while giving a sense of totality, to others can turn everyone into a bit of a performative content creator for a data corporation and marketing tools—a sentient input to a feedback loop that rewards participation in a network with a shot of dopamine whether the quanta of experiences are positive or negative for you. MOLI, though, suggests that pulling back from being reduced in aggregate to a binary derivative of some kind might be necessary for our collective mental health. Watch the video for “So Jealous” on YouTube and connect with Moli at the links provided. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hc5PF8fWWwc

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