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S- the speaker of the song is Conan Gray himself as it is a song about his life and his experiences before fame.
O- No particular occasion other than his life before fame.
A-  The Audience is either queer people to relate to his story, or those against queer people to hear their impact on queer people.
P- The purpose of the song is purely to tell Conan's story as the title suggests.  It wasn't written to be shared until his friends encouraged him to do so.
S- The subject of the song is Conan's life before fame
Tone- The tone of the song is somber, it's a song about hardship and the struggles to feel accepted, which is not the happiest of topics.

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Conan Gray uses Ethos and pathos in his lyrics and video to tell the story about his life before fame. The use of blatancy is brilliant in conveying his feelings towards his past.

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About "The Story"

"The Story" is a more personal and slow-tempo single compared to radio-friendly singles like "Maniac" from Conan's debut album, Kid Krow. The song tells the story of his life before getting recognized, as explained by himself during The Comfort Crowd Tour in Saint Louis:

It's one of the ones that means more to me. [...] I like to tell stories and this song is kind of a story about my life when it was before all of [my fame].

Since the song is so personal, Conan has expressed hesitation in releasing the song and putting it on his album. He wrote the song purely for himself, and played it for his friends, who convinced him to release it.

"The Story" uses a first-person and third-person storytelling technique to narrate the listeners through Conan's childhood which he has summed up as "less than ideal" back in October 29, 2019, at The Comfort Crowd Tour.

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The Story Lyrics: Let me tell you a story about a boy and a girl / It's kinda short, kinda boring, but the end is a whirl / They were just sixteen when the people were mean / So they didn't love

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The whole song invokes a sense of helplessness, as if the speaker was once trapped in his old life, and this is further state in the line "If we worked and we saved, we could both run away and we'd have better lives."  and the line "and I was right" shows his development into his current, free self.

Another feeling the song gives off is the feeling of settling. The chorus lines gives this feeling by saying "I'm afraid that's just the way the world works" . It's as if he is saying you have to be ok with struggle and hardship to live as you are.

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“Conan Gray – The Story.” Genius, 20 Mar. 2020, genius.com/Conan-gray-the-story-lyrics.
ConanGrayVEVO. “Conan Gray - The Story (Official Video).” YouTube, 16 Jan. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av4lI6ANeHY.

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Gray uses the lyrics within the first line of the first verse to establish himself as the speaker, he then uses the line "so they didn't love themselves and now they're gone, headstones on a lawn." To show the tone of the song and the experiences Conan had gone through.

Gray also uses "when I was younger I knew a boy and a boy" to further establish these are Conan's experiences and further establish the story is not one about triumph, the story is about struggle.

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In conclusion, Conan Gray uses Ethos and pathos in his song The Story, in order to share the story and struggles within his life before his fame. It is a brilliantly somber song which shares a important story to reflect upon