Why Am I Anxious?- (Animated Music Video)

A shmick animated video for one of my earlier songs, done by the inextinguishable Rebecca Kartzmark!

[AnInnocuousBlueCube]

To repeat some great advice that was yelled at me by a drunk and well-meaning friend, "WHEN YOU LOOK INSIDE AND ASK YOURSELF THE HARD QUESTIONS, THEY SHOULDN'T BE RHETORICAL!"

[Eliagiulio]

I love that Rebecca's main way of dodging questions is shaking her hips to the beat, gotta keep that style even when self-destructing

[Quartermistress]

I love the 98% vegan milk that states "no milk vegan free" defeating the point of it being vegan and being milk at the same time.

[AnArtistInAVoid]

The “that was rhetoricaaaal” and “I want to get better but slow” are genuinely my favorite parts of this. They just look really good for some reason.

[Raida]

I love the idea that there's an animated singing therapist version of Tom Cardy in this universe

[RebeccaKartzmark]

Thanks for collaborating with me on this! Had a ton of fun with this one!

[pip]

As someone with GAD, this is such a good representation of the cycle of anxiety that leads to poor self care/poor habits that leads to anxiety. Also the music and animation slap.

[LvK]

fwiw I actually have an anxiety disorder that I've been getting professional help for and I've been using this song to remind myself not to use maladaptive coping mechanisms

[thursday_concerns]

Love the way Tom’s been charactuered as a lil’ gnome man in this

[o__o.]

I love how the choice of characters reminds us that Tom is actually the one trying to give US some perspective on our life issues with his songs.

[toothfairy]

most unrealistic part of this is the fact that she's wearing both a clean-looking top and pants. her hair's even brushed.

[maxixe]

"I want to get better, but slow".

Anyone else feeling really called out by this?

[willygmoable]

I think this song actually made me look at myself and make some better choices when it first came out. Thank you. Only one cup of coffee a day, and I stopped staying up all night. I ain't 100%, but feel much better generally. Thanks, Tom!

[shatteredteacup]

was looking for panic breathing exercises because I felt a panic attack coming on, found this gem instead, still anxious but also feeling groovy

[robonator]

0:32 I just realized that her desktop there is a cluttered mess that she hasn't bothered to actually organize into their correct places, but rather just put everything into folders all on her desktop to make it seem more organized and put-together than it actually is... *_SYMBOLISM_*

[citruslllad]

Tom Cardy is the Barbie of this video. He's your yoga instructor, your inner thoughts, your therapist and more

[kathl.]

Props to the animator, loved how bouncy everything was!

[jonastrindade]

Charming animations✅
Funny lyrics✅
A great singer✅
This is perfect

[rhiflux]

i already felt attacked by this song, but now it's animated with a character that eerily looks JUST LIKE ME

[mrpith]

I like the idea that tom has fits of absurdism where he makes a bunch of songs in a fit of madness in the span of a few weeks and then fucks off the internet until he has another neurotic episode