1) HIM (sometimes stylize… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists with this name;
1) HIM (sometimes stylized as H.I.M.) was a Finnish gothic rock band from Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 1991 by vocalist Ville Valo and bassist Mikko "Mige" Paananen under the name His Infernal Majesty, the band broke up in 1993, before being reformed in 1995 by Valo and guitarist Mikko "Linde" Lindström. After being rejoined by Mige, as well as new additions keyboardist Antto Melasniemi and drummer Juhana "Pätkä" Rantala, the band, now called HIM, released their debut album Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666 in 1997. In 2000, now with drummer Mika "Gas Lipstick" Karppinen and keyboardist Juska Salminen, the band released the album Razorblade Romance, which reached the number one spot in Finland, Austria and Germany. Their first single, "Join Me in Death", also charted at number one in Finland and Germany, eventually going platinum and gold respectively. Following the addition of Janne "Burton" Puurtinen on keyboards, HIM released Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights and Love Metal in 2001 and 2003 respectively. Both cracked the top ten in several countries, and allowed the band to tour the United Kingdom and the United States for the first time.
In 2005, HIM released Dark Light, which became the group's most commercially successful album to date, charting in fifteen countries. With Dark Light, HIM also became the first Finnish group to receive a gold record in the US. In 2007, HIM released Venus Doom, the making of which was marred by problems in Valo's personal life. Despite this, the album gave the band their highest chart position in the US at number twelve. After 2010's Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, HIM went on hiatus as drummer Gas Lipstick took medical leave. Following several months of uncertainty, the band regrouped and eventually released the album Tears on Tape in 2013. In 2015, Gas Lipstick announced his departure from the band to pursue other musical projects, and was subsequently replaced by Jukka "Kosmo" Kröger. On 5 March 2017, HIM announced that the band would be disbanding following a farewell tour in 2017. The band played their final show on New Year's Eve 2017 as a part of their annual Helldone Festival.
HIM is one of the most commercially successful Finnish bands of all time, with sales of over ten million records. The band have released eight studio albums, five compilations, three video releases, and two box sets, along with one live and one remix album. HIM has also received numerous accolades, including eight Emma Awards.
Critics have referred to the music of HIM as gothic rock, gothic metal, alternative rock, alternative metal, and dark rock. The band themselves have referred to their music as "love metal", the title of their fourth studio album. According to Ville Valo, the term "love metal" was coined as a response to people having difficulties categorizing their music.
A central of part of HIM's image has been the heartagram. The heartagram is the trademarked symbol of the band, which was created by vocalist Ville Valo on his twentieth birthday in 1996. A combination of a heart and a pentagram, the heartagram is meant to represent the juxtaposition of "the soft and the hard, the male and the female, the yin and the yang" according to Valo. Musically the heart is also meant to represent the softer side of the band, while the pentagram symbolizes their heavier influences. This juxtaposition was also prevalent in the band's album titles. On their first album, HIM used a heart with "666" inside it as their logo, which Valo later felt was "a bit boring". The heartagram was first predominantly used on the cover of HIM's 2003 album Love Metal, and has since appeared on numerous releases from the band. Valo has later stated that the heartagram "is probably the best thing I've ever come-up with", and that it's "worth a lot more than money" and is "bigger than our band". The heartagram has also made several appearances on TV, including Charmed, LA Ink, Viva La Bam, and Criminal Minds.
2) HiM is a dub influenced post-rock group formed in 1995 by Doug Scharin, drummer for the bands Codeine, Rex and June of 44. Their first album, Egg, was their most dub-based effort. Each successive album has gone more in a quasi-world music direction. After some recording for Crooklyn Dub Consortium and Wordsound, "Interpretive Belief System", HiM settled on a lineup of Scharin with Bundy K. Brown, Rob Mazurek and Jeff Parker, members or occasional members of Tortoise and Isotope 217. Their first album was the underground hit Sworn Eyes, produced by Doug Scharin. A few personnel changes followed, and the revamped lineup including members of June of 44. Golden released Our Point of Departure in 1999, which signified a very clear shift toward a more jazz-like sound, followed by a major American and European tour. In 2003, HiM released Many In High Places Are Not Well on Fat Cat Records, which was received as their most successful and fully realized release. Peoples was released in mid-2006, featuring a cleaner sound with more vocals than any of HiM's previous releases. Included in this line-up are Martin Perna and Jordan McLean from Antibalas, Griffin Rodriguez from Need New Body/Icy Demons, Adam Pierce (Mice Parade).
The latest HiM records, "1110" and ん,released in 2008 and 2009 on Afterhours in Tokyo, are collaborations between Doug Scharin, Josh Larue and the Tokyo-based group, Ultra Living.
3) The group was composed of the following main members:
* Shizuka Nakajima （vocals）
* Shungo Makihashi (vocals)
* Non (dancer)
* Yocco (dancer)
4) H.I.M. (Her in Mind) an r&b singer best known for his reply album to H.E.R.'s album in 2017.
Strange World
HIM Lyrics
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Hiding here inside ourselves, we live our lives afraid
so close your eyes and just believe in everything you’re told
Cause in this land of great confusion, it’s easy to give up control
Strange world, people talk and tell only lies
Strange world, people kill an eye for an eye
Strange world, dream one day we’ll see the light
Strange world, believe and everything will be alright
And this is the place everything begins and ends again
No secrets left to find, no seven deadly sins
This world that we have wasted, has kept us very well
When science now is sacred, who will save us from ourselves?
Strange world, people talk and tell only lies
Strange world, people kill an eye for an eye
Strange world, dream one day we’ll see the light
Strange world, believe and everything will be alright
Strange world, people talk, sometimes I wonder why
Strange world, ṗeople kill, still no one hears their cries
Strange world, people talk and tell only lies
Strange world, people kill an eye for an eye
Strange world, dream one day we’ll see the light
Strange world, believe and everything will be alright
Burn these thoughtless tears out of my eyes
Still I wonder, wonder why
The lyrics to HIM's song "Strange World" reflect on the difficulties of the world we live in. The song talks about the fear people have of being truthful and the great amount of confusion that exists in society. It acknowledges the way in which people tell lies and take revenge for wrongs committed against them. The song is generally pessimistic, but offers hope in the idea that things can get better through belief and perseverance. The lyrics suggest that this is the only way that people can overcome the darkness of the world and emerge into the light.
The lyrics capture the spirit of the time they were written in, and speak to the struggles and fears that many people had during that time. They also acknowledge the idea that the world is not perfect, but that people should continue to strive for a better future. The song's lyrics are powerful, and they speak to people in a way that is both relatable and inspiring. Overall, the song's lyrics are complex and offer a great deal of insight into the human condition.
Line by Line Meaning
Is this our last chance to say all we have to say?
Are we down to the final opportunity to express ourselves?
Hiding here inside ourselves, we live our lives afraid
We are confined by our own fears, living a life of caution
so close your eyes and just believe in everything you’re told
Blindly trust all that is told, no need for rationality
Cause in this land of great confusion, it’s easy to give up control
It is effortless to surrender control in a place of chaos and uncertainty
Strange world, people talk and tell only lies
This world is peculiar where people converse nothing but falsehoods
Strange world, people kill an eye for an eye
This world is odd where people retaliate by committing murder
Strange world, dream one day we’ll see the light
This world is strange in that we hope that someday we will gain enlightenment
Strange world, believe and everything will be alright
In this curious world, just have faith, and everything will eventually work out
And this is the place everything begins and ends again
This is where everything originates and culminates once again
No secrets left to find, no seven deadly sins
There are no mysteries or immoralities to uncover in this world
This world that we have wasted, has kept us very well
The world we treated recklessly has taken good care of us
When science now is sacred, who will save us from ourselves?
In an era where science is considered divine, who will rescue humanity from its destructive tendencies?
Strange world, people talk, sometimes I wonder why
Conversations in this world are bizarre, and I can't help but question why
Strange world, ṗeople kill, still no one hears their cries
In this strange world, people are dying, yet their pleas for help are ignored
Burn these thoughtless tears out of my eyes
I want to rid myself of these meaningless tears
Still I wonder, wonder why
Nonetheless, I can't stop myself from asking why
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: KEVIN GRIVOIS, MICHAEL PRENDERGAST
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