Can't Wait to Be Dead
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| "Can't Wait to Be Dead" | ||||
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| Single by Finneas | ||||
| Released | October 21, 2020 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 2:55 | |||
| Label | OYOY | |||
| Songwriter | Finneas | |||
| Producer | Finneas | |||
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"Can't Wait to Be Dead" is a song by American singer-songwriter Finneas. It was released by OYOY as a single on October 21, 2020. The song was written and produced by Finneas.
It was lyrically inspired on how the internet and media were reacting during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 US presidential debate. The uptempo-based alternative rock song sees Finneas singing about the effects of racism and how he feels about the Internet. A music video for "Can't Wait to Be Dead" was produced by Constellation Jones and released on October 22, 2020.
Finneas explained in a statement: "I'm happy for this song to mean anything to anyone who listens to it, but to me, it's a song about my relationship with the Internet. Especially in an election year. Especially during a pandemic. Sometimes, the internet makes me laugh, sometimes it makes me cry, sometimes it makes me hopeful. But sometimes, it really makes me wanna be dead."[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Composition and lyrics
"Can't Wait to Be Dead" features use of a folk-based "intimate" acoustic guitar.[7][8] The song is an uptempo-based alternative rock track.[8][9] Lyrically, "Can't Wait to Be Dead" is about Finneas' view on how the Internet is acting during the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 presidential election, "Another sunburn with hair, it's too much fun not to stare/Somebody's calling you out for something you never said".[7][9][10][11] He then sings about the racism in the U.S.: "Fuck your Confederate flag/You've got no reason to brag".[10] Finneas repeats how the Internet is acting, "Nobody's coming to save me/Nobody knows any better anyway/I think we're thinking the same thing/If this is how it ends, I wasn't listening".[10]