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I love this.

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Music Video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBHHGXT9bRs
Lyrics- https://genius.com/Conan-gray-comfort-crowd-lyrics

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Conan Gray - Comfort Crowd (Official Video)

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THESIS: Conan Gray acts as the speaker attempts to tell his friends that he misses them and wants them to come back and talk to him. They use the of logos and pathos in the lyrics and the of logos and pathos in the video to get this message across. In analyzing the lyrics, it appears that their use of appeals is effective in convincing their intended audience. In analyzing the video, it appears that their use of appeals is ineffective because it does not work together with the lyrics.

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Speaker- Conan Gray is the speaker in his song.

Occasion- Conan Gray, talking about the song in an Instagram post revealed that while writing it, he felt extremely lonely since all his friends were in college.

Audience- The audience is Conan's friends. The entire song is for them to realize that he needs them. He wants them to make him feel better.

Purpose- The purpose is to tell his best friends that he wants them to come back from college.  He wants it to go back to the way it was when he didn't feel alone.  He wants them to come back so they can spend time talking and keeping each other company.

Subject- “Comfort Crowd” is a song for the hardships that we may face and hurt healed only by the closest of friends.

Tone- The song is a moody mid-tempo that speaks to the loneliness we endure when we’re out in the world on our own.

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Speaker- Conan Gray is the speaker in the music video

He is the only person in the song and he kills himself because he cannot handle being alone.  I still think that when he gets killed, another Conan appears and that it is still him.  It is just a sadder version of himself maybe the real one.  The Conan that does not have to appear happy.

Occasion- No direct response is given because you can not tell what happened.  You can only tell that he is killed and he is lonely in a large house.

Audience- No audience but you can tell that he is lonely.  You can tell because he keeps himself occupied by hanging out with his dead body.

Purpose- Conan's dead body represents that he is finding trouble living by himself.  The large house represents the loneliness somehow because

Subject- Conan feels lonely and he misses his friends

Tone- Sad, lonely, desperate. He is lonely in the big house, his actions are pleading for help and wanting anything to grab onto. He is desperate for anyone to talk with or sit with. Which is the dead body in this case.

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Logos in the song:
"Telling you, "I'm fine I don't really need nobody"
But you say through a sigh
That I said that lie already"  -  Logically everyone needs someone.  You can say that you don't but you do.  He is lying to his friends to protect their feelings. He wants them come back but he doesn't want to make them feel bad for ditching him.

"And even if I cry all over your body
You don't really mind
Say you like your shirt soggy" - Logically his friends don’t care if he cries on their shirt because they care for him. They are the best of friends that will be there for him through everything. Which is crazy because he can cry in front of them but he can't tell them how much he misses them.

"Beggin' on my knees

Screamin', "Someone come and help me"

But by the time they're there

I've already hid the body" - He is begging for help but when his friends come around he doesn’t want to bring out his dead body, which is his sadness, so he keeps it tucked away. He only brings out sadness when he is alone. He calls them his friends but he can not share his sadness with them.

Pathos in the song:
My breath's gettin' short and I'm unsteady
Wellin' up in tears as I lay upon your belly - He is feeling sad and he is crying so hard that his lungs are getting tight. This feeling reminds me of times when I cry so hard that my lung get tight and it gets so hard to breath. So I think this appeals to pathos because it is a deep feeling.

"Yeah, I could spend a lifetime
Sitting here talkin"- He is feeling happy that he is with his friends. With my best friend that I love so much, I can sit and talk with her for ages. We never have nothing to talk about. And it makes me so happy and I think this is what he is feeling at this moment of the song.

"We mess around
And laugh too loud"- He is feeling happy to be with his friends and this appeals to feelings because it makes my heart feel full when I think of my friends. This is what he feels, he is remembering about the times when he was with his friends.

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Logos-
In an empty room 1:14 - He is in an empty room, hugging his knees.  I think logically you can tell he is in pain.  No one sits in an empty room that's dark while hugging their knees.  Also, you can tell from his facial expressions that he is not happy.  There is another dead giveaway.

In an empty hallway 1:01 - He is in an empty hallway and he looks really distraught with his shirt almost all the way off.  Logically you can tell that he is having a hard time.  Plus his stance is leaning up against the wall.  When you're tired your legs give out a little.  I think this is what he is trying to mime.  He is tired and his sadness is dragging him down so he is lying against a wall to keep him upright.

throwing popcorn at his dead body 1:57 - He is throwing popcorn at a dead person because he wants someone, anyone, around to hang out with even if they are dead.  This is dead give away to me that he is extremely lonely.  It is one thing to cry and become upset but it is another thing to get company from an inanimate thing.  In Cast Away when Tom Hanks goes crazy he talks to a ball.  This is giving me that same vibe.

Pathos-
Burying his dead body 2:29 - This is the part where it is a little iffy.  I believe this to be Pathos because ethos does not apply here.  Ethically you would never bury your own body.  This is not a figure of speech either.  I think he wanted us to be scared for him.  He wanted to appeal to our feelings and worry about him.

Killing himself with a shovel 0:28 - I think this also appeals to pathos because it's kind of scary.  He wants us to feel scared for him and I am.  He wants us to feel sorry for him that he has to kill himself to feel like his real self

Conan throwing popcorn at dead Conan while smiling 1:56- this feels like pathos because he wants us to feel scared for him. He is slowly going crazy because he has no one. He is throwing popcorn at his dead self.

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https://www.songmeaningsandfacts.com/conan-grays-comfort-crowd-lyrics-meaning/

http://culture.affinitymagazine.us/an-analysis-review-of-conan-grays-latest-single-comfort-crowd/

https://genius.com/Conan-gray-comfort-crowd-lyrics

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karen.huff@austin.k12.mn.us