Of note, while this sounds somewhat like a happy pop song, it's actually a not-too-thinly veiled metaphor for death (which is fairly obvious from the video), and was originally titled "Die", lol:
She was partly inspired to write this by a friend's suicide, in High School. And then it was used in promos for Ansett Australia, which was our second-biggest airline at the time, just as it was collapsing (think Delta or American Airlines collapsing in the US)...
And the success of her Olympics and Paralympics performances ended up seriously messing up her mental health, and she... Kind of spiralled, for more than a decade (poor girl has been through a lot).
So you could argue that it is cursed.
But hey, it sounds inspirational and semi-chipper, so there's that, lol.
I'm still gonna claim Sydney as the best Olympics of this century (if we're counting 2000 as C21), too.
As an Aussie, that was basically the peak of our entire civilization, lol. It's been a mostly downward-trajectory (especially for Sydney and NSW) ever since...
And the success of her Olympics and Paralympics performances ended up seriously messing up her mental health, and she... Kind of spiralled, for more than a decade (poor girl has been through a lot).
Tale as old as time; success breeds misery, just look at how many lottery winners have their lives ruined by the fact.
Of note, while this sounds somewhat like a happy pop song, it's actually a not-too-thinly veiled metaphor for death (which is fairly obvious from the video), and was originally titled "Die", lol:
https://archive.is/0Yq4v
She was partly inspired to write this by a friend's suicide, in High School. And then it was used in promos for Ansett Australia, which was our second-biggest airline at the time, just as it was collapsing (think Delta or American Airlines collapsing in the US)...
And the success of her Olympics and Paralympics performances ended up seriously messing up her mental health, and she... Kind of spiralled, for more than a decade (poor girl has been through a lot).
So you could argue that it is cursed.
But hey, it sounds inspirational and semi-chipper, so there's that, lol.
I'm still gonna claim Sydney as the best Olympics of this century (if we're counting 2000 as C21), too.
As an Aussie, that was basically the peak of our entire civilization, lol. It's been a mostly downward-trajectory (especially for Sydney and NSW) ever since...
Tale as old as time; success breeds misery, just look at how many lottery winners have their lives ruined by the fact.