Bo Burnham's Inside: Look Who's Inside Again

All Credit goes to Bo Burnham. I'm uploading for entertainment purposes only.

[heyboat]

"I took a big fucking breath" lol

[wilaugh]

The simplicity of this song makes it so much good, just like Any Day Now

[Rztro]

"When you're a kid and you're stuck in your room, you'll do any old shit to get out of it"

This line really brought me back.

It's also a nice analogy. All of these songs have so many layers to them.

[TheAdvertisement]

Love the metaphor Bo creates with the, "When you're a kid and you're stuck in your room" part. Specifically the line, "You'll do any old sh*t to get out of it."
On the surface it's just saying that when you're sent to your room as a kid you're gonna try anything to get out of being grounded.
But when you associate the metaphor of being stuck in your room being falling into a relapse or some sort of depression, you realize he's saying that when you're a kid, you're irresponsible enough to do anything to make you feel better, like drinking, or doing drugs.

[headspill]

This song makes me stop everything I’m doing.

[acluelessstar]

love how when he says "one more", it loops perfectly- it really feels like me recording something :') just one more take man just one more

[alstinson]

It's haunting how the context of the last lines changes during the final reprise. 😢

[Hetalia]

i like to imagine the ending of the song is a joke the lonely person makes in their head to make them laugh. i remember when i heard the end verse i kind of smiled a little, cuz it sounds so silly… and wraps up nicely with the whole theme of trying to make yourself laugh when your alone and have nobody but yourself to try and make yourself happy.

[THE______TRUTH]

The thing about this song is its very short and to the point but its used as a sort of motif throughout the presentation. Even when he does the streaming scene the menu is playing this song. And then it returns at the very end. The whole theme surrounds the concept that staying inside fucks up your mental health which makes you hesitant to leave your house and then that feeds into itself. You find yourself making excuses for why you cant do things because your stuck inside but your subconcious knows and shows up going "well well look whose inside again went out to look for a reason to hide again. Well well buddy you found it. Now come out with your hands we've got you surrounded" at least thats how i interpreted it.

[ghostcoffee]

Managed to learn how to play this on piano :)

[bonkatomicpunch]

my favorite line is "i took a big fucking breath"

[eriktruedson]

they should have kept the whole thing on the soundtrack

[shaswata]

… Trying to be funny and stuck in a room
There isn't much more to say about it
Can one be funny when stuck in a room?
… Being in, trying to get something out of it
Try making faces
Try telling jokes, making little sounds, uh
… I was a kid who was stuck in his room
There isn't much more to say about it
When you're a kid and you're stuck in your room
You'll do any old shit to get out of it
Try making faces
Try telling jokes, making little sounds
… Well, well
Look who's inside again
Went out to look for a reason to hide again
Well, well
Buddy, you found it
Now, come out with your hands up
We've got you surrounded

[DShephard]

This is the first time in the special I feel he became candid. In his previous performances he always wore a mask of himself as a character; he let it come off at the end of Make Happy, and this was the first time it slipped off again in this special.

[gowthher]

I have a curious interpretation of this

When you're a kid, your mind is completely open to possibilities because you're "still learning", and it gives off the impression you're limited by your age, unable to access a lot of places and situations

And when you become an adult and "free", the moment you've been most waiting for finally arrives, and it's ridiculously disappointing

You're worse stuck than before, even with the promise of the whole world in your reach
Then you go back to your room, this time voluntarily, afraid of the world outside

[PMtoAM]

Something about this resonates with me a lot.

[vikperson]

"I took a big fucking breath."

[IamSeasons]

This song, along with many other songs/bits bo has done, is so multi-layered it's ridiculous. They mean so many things. This song is both literal and deeply metaphorical. Bo was literally a kid stuck in his room and was almost forced to be creative, and he was, and it led to his success. But I think this song may also be a retelling of his contempt for that part of is life when he was a kid STUCK in his room. This may be looking in too deep, but as he recognizes and unpacks his trauma, maybe he wishes he wasn't a kid stuck in his room so he could be out having fun, living a normal life and never experiencing fame? Who knows. But also the metaphor of being stuck, whatever that may be for you, and trying to remedy it any way you know how, and when you say it out loud it always seems far fetched, because no matter how you cope with something, whether it's in the moment or after the fact, it will only make sense to you, and I think that's a beautiful thing.

[HarlenKalbu]

A long time ago, I was locked in my room

[campbelltomatoreal.]

you know things are bad when you relate to this song a bit too much