White Woman's Instagram -- Bo Burnham (from 'Inside' -- ALBUM OUT NOW)

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[slrslr]

"may contain WINE"

bo's got this shit down to a science

[gominuke]

how it stops being an instagram aspect ratio when the message is genuine and not performative, cheff kiss.

[FridayNightCranks]

I think Bo just wanted an excuse to take all these cute pics. Respect.

[inordirectional]

I love/hate that when I listen to this song I'm always tearing up as 'goat cheese salad' rings out angelically

[omgawesomeomg]

"They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard"
- Martin Luther King

[littlesnowflakepunk]

The fact that the frame widens the moment she mentions her mom is dead, and starts to close back in when her monologue starts to become superficial again. Feels like she's putting the mask back on.

[beaquinncasal]

Bo Burnham does this thing where he ridicules someone and instantly challenges you for feeling superior.

[renashton]

One of the first lines is "a couple holding hands" and then in some of the lyrics and pictures from the middle of the song are describing and showing her decorating a house. "A coffee table made out of driftwood", the video of him covered in paint while painting a wall, him holding various decorations that she would potentially be putting in her house. I think that this song also describes her relationship developing from just casual dating to them moving in together to eventually a proposal with "and a ring on her finger from the person that she loves"

Also I just cried a little at the realisation that she turned 27 during this song meaning she was only 17 when her mom died.

[katkletchka]

*“A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.”* -Martin Luther King Jr.

[wiiink]

the fact that half the comments are analyzing the meaning of the song and praising the artistry put into the video and the other half are Lord of the Rings quotes really shows how well Bo walks the line between comedy and serious introspective messages

[TimeBucks]

he put in the over excessive amount of sweater paws

[JK-jboc]

I love that Bo tricks viewers into ONLY having sympathy for this hypothetical person _after_ the middle part of the song. While she's posting harmlessly happy pictures, she's a target for ridicule, but after she's an orphan, the tone of the viewers change. Almost like an episode of America's Got Talent lol.
She's only relatable and worthy of people's understanding after we realize she's had to go through something terrible. I think it's clever that he makes fun of how superficial 'white women on Instagram' are, but also subtly exposes his entire YouTube audience for being pretentious and unsympathetic.

[KeyIssues]

It's crazy how accurate all of these shots are. Seen every single one on Instagram at one point or another

[brityt]

how you achieved all the lighting in 1 room is mind blowing.

[nyamy]

"Fly, you fools!"

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

[THE_Glass_Grizzly]

This song really humbles you. You start off rolling your eyes if about all of the cliches, and then realize this is just a person who is going through life, just like you are. That they've experienced pain, and hardships and are just doing what they can to get by. You're not always privvy to what is going on behind closed doors in another persons life.

[splatter_proto]

Outside the obvious sad part, I'm glad this fictional woman has gone from meeting a guy, to falling in love, to getting engaged by the end of the song

[nakatominocalamari]

2:50 Your little girl didn't do too bad.
Gosh this line is gold.

[bepisthebenis]

Let’s be honest most of those pictures looked unironically fantastic and were extremely well done

[Divyanshu-onuz]

This is what he does. He lures you in with humor and then goes to the deeply hidden and often painful topics.He makes you feel less alone.