The video for Dax’s new single “Narcissist” is like a surreal horror movie short but one with a much more personal touch. It shows Dax being controlled in a web of strings that pull on various parts of himself, trapping him within a tapestry of interconnected points of influence. When he trades vocal centerstage with Phix we see a situation more like the Bluebeard myth but with the same effect. In each case the vocalist recounts the experience of trying to relate to a narcissist and the destructive outcome. How the narcissist will come in attractive and charming and once you’re invited into their world it’s little or not so little emotional snares reinforced by a shifting mosaic of lies and gaslighting couched in terms of a special connection but all along it’s abuse. When Dax sings “The key to your heart/Opens up a place I’m not safe in…Waking up to all your faces/Trapped inside this cage” he captures the dynamic well and his tone and that of Phix is one of vulnerability and hurt and though each sings about those feelings it never waxes aggressive the way it might if the song was about some misguided spirit of revenge. Once again Dax in his songs that mix hip-hop and other musical styles (in this case, indie pop) offers a parallel perspective than the usual pop music tropes. Watch the video for “Narcissist” on YouTube and follow Dax at the links below.
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