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New Normal is a song uploaded by Jack Stauber on March 23rd, 2020, along with a music video. This song, as of now, has never officially released anywhere and is only listenable through his social media. New Normal is a song about going through and embracing tough changes in life.
Lyrics
New Normal - Jack Stauber
Music Video
Sunrise
It's time, it's time
Step out into the new normal
Embrace the day with your new shape
Goodbye to those who cannot join us
Their voices are still heard in every word that we say
As we blend into new normal
Familiar path, different lanes (I'll miss you, I'll miss you)
You've donned yesterday's smile
Decorate your new face (Miss you, I'll miss you)Notes
New Normal has become one of Jack's most famous songs to date, being considered one of his darkest and scariest works. This is most notable for the music video, as it features some of Jack's most impressive and disturbing Microsoft-Paint animation. The music video includes multiple flashing and colorful lights and disjointed faces and characters, with some scenes becoming some of Jack's most famous stills to date, such as the donned smile. The song itself is especially well liked for its deep rock tone and its dark lyrics about going through a tough change in life, commonly being affiliated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The song, just like the music video though, is also considered very disturbing and haunting for its shrill instrumentals and especially the loud screaming heard throughout the song.
Trivia
- As stated earlier, the song is commonly associated with the COVID-19 pandemic as the song was originally released around the time the lockdowns were taking place. The song is mainly about going through tough changes in life, which the lyrics and themes can be connected with the changes that were made during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- New Normal was displayed on the visuals when Jack won the Best in Weird award at the 12th Annual Shorty Awards.
- New Normal was the fastest a YouTube video by Jack Stauber had taken to reach over one million views, reaching this milestone in only about 2 weeks. However, the video had never reached YouTube's trending page.
- Jack Stauber would upload an upbeat demo version of New Normal on Patreon on March 29th, 2020, along with the original demo version of the song. Jack would reveal on the post that while producing the New Normal song, Jack had trouble deciding on the "right sound" for the song, resulting in multiple demo versions made for the song.
- The grin seen during the musical segment of Mirror Man from Jack Stauber's OPAL has been pointed out by fans for looking similar to the yesterday's smile from the New Normal music video. with some fans speculating that the grin is inspired by the New Normal smile.
- The final visual seen in the New Normal music video has been pointed out for looking very similar to an animation from the Whisper music video, with both scenes featuring a strange figure sitting in a chair.
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