hi...
i'm back from the dead with another music video for you guys (sorry if the thumbnail scared you guys)! mad's world is one of my favorite songs that I've written, since I wrote it at a really dark point in my life. I've always seen this song as the bridge between my more fantastical songs (like stacy's brother and killer queen) and the songs I've written about my real emotions and struggles (like in my head and teenage nightmare). when my next EP comes out you'll piece together the full story.
(by the way, there's another music video coming.)
love you,
- mad
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director: Ana Peralta Chong
treatment/concept: Mad Tsai
production company: Sworn Friend Studios & Dice TV presents
producer: Giovanna Trujillo and Caro Knapp
creative director: Christopher Aguirre
editor: Justin La Turno
dp: Dylan Budineski
1st ac: Sonali Chugani
steadicam: Krisel Magaña
production design: Caro Knapp
color: Nick Lindell Wright
art assistant: Gabby Alas, Meg Darbourne, Natalie Serratos
gaffer: A.J. Rizer
key grip: Lina Kraftsoff
grip: Arian Romero, Brian Law, Edwin Medina
logo designer: Sofia Chang
hair/makeup: Faye Aguilar
stylist: Isa Spies
stylist assistant: Chancee Phensuk
bts: Emma Valles
production assistant: Austin Cummmings, Lance Redeker, JT Clemente
keyboard: Maggie Pan
guitarist: Rafa Rodriguez
drummer: Josue Arellano
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i wish i didn’t feel this way
i’ve lived and made some bad mistakes
if i could escape the thoughts in my brain
i would travel far so fucking far away
ain’t it fun
growing up wishing you were never made
my head is fucked
don’t know what,
what is real is and what is fake
the boy’s a gun
an atom bomb that’s bound to crash and break
it’s a mad mad mad mad world
and i’m insane
my mom and dad both seem to say
oh mad’s a future gone to waste
if i had a normal coming of age
i would be the son they dreamed of every day
ain’t it dumb
growing up and the world wants you to break
god it sucks
knowing what, what is causing all my pain
i hate my guts,
i’m so done, being everyone’s mistake
it’s a mad mad mad mad world
and i’m insane
(crazy 50s apocalyptic orchestral breakdown)
someday i’ll be gone without a trace
if i hate myself i’ll just change in every way
crazy psychopathic and deranged
it’s a mad mad mad mad world
and i’m the king