Why "Throw Your Mask Away"/"Keep Your Faith" from Persona 5 Royal is an indisputable masterpiece of composition.
MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR PERSONA 5 The 2010s was a transitionary time period between an era where chronically online people were seen as unusual to a time where it became the norm. During the pandemic, most high school kids, and their role models, spent a ridiculous amount of time mindlessly wandering the internet, and transitioning back to normal life has become less of a priority as more professions begin to "go digital" and AI improves. The permanence of the change is starting to seep into all sorts of academic disciplines, and many have started to worry about whether this is intentional manufacturing of our desires by the government, or a naturally occurring (or perhaps divine) sequence of unfortunate, but inevitable, circumstances. A rising fear that we are willingly giving up our freedom and autonomy is rampant in the developed world, and I find that not many pieces of art properly frame these social maladies. That's why I'm talking about Persona 5 Royal to...