Their debut album 'Teoria Dinâmica Gastativa' from 2004 have had successful songs such as 'História de Verão', 'Good Trip', and 'Hidropônica', hits among teen audience in Brazil with their pop-punk/hardcore. Their massive appearence on MTV Brazil always peaking the audience led a moment where the band emerged a scene from Rio de Janeiro again, with a lot of gigs sharing the stage with Darvin, Dibob, Ramirez and later all over Brazil with bands like Fresno, NX Zero and others.
Their 2008's second album 'Polisenso' represents a change in the band's perspective, now leaning towards genres like dub and reggae, with the outstanding use of synths by former guitarist Vitor Isensee. Songs like 'Sol ou Chuva', 'Gruvi Quântico', 'Sigo o Som' and 'Cigarras' represents this turning point, mostly in the bands' musicality but in the lyrics too.
In 2011, they released 'Alegria Compartilhada", consolidating the view of music and lyrics the band came to. A very convidative visual identity, now coloured, attached to carnival costumes and very rythmic drumming and percussion. The acceptation of a great part of the public put again the band to a lot of important gigs around Brazil (even that the band never stopped playing big tours). 'Largo dos Leões' became a hit, and 'Alegria Compartilhada', 'Cosmic Jesus' with the great participation of Black Alien, 'Quem Vai, Vai' brought a lot of success to this album.
In 2013, with almost the lights off, they release the EP Solto, with 3 songs, including a featuring with Hélio Bentes from the reggae band Ponto de Equilíbrio in 'Malícia'.
The next year, Forfun releases 'Nu', an album with less colours than its predecessor. Although it continues with the bands' influences from Polisenso and Alegria Compartilhada, the lyrics and some kind of the arrangements seems more introspective, trying to talk a lot more with the own members of the band, and the listener public to get identified by those. 'Mariá', 'O Baile Não Vai Morrer' (in this, a flirt with funk carioca), 'A Vida Me Chamou' appears as great songs and a beautiful keepwork of the bands' art.
In June 9th, 2015, the band announces the end of their road. 14 years later than the first demo, the band dissolves and each member must keep into another music project, since their allegued "We started to have different ideas. But we love each other too much, Forfun is an entity". The band leaves a great legacy of 5 releases and more than 60 songs that flirts with most of genres in popular music.
Earlier 2016, former Forfun members Vitor Isensee, Nicolas Christ and Danilo Cutrim announced their new project called BRAZA.
Former bass player Rodrigo Costa started his own career and side projects like Carranca and Tivoli.
Terra do Nunca
Forfun Lyrics
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Adolescente estranho e fora do padrão
Desde pequeno, o mais capeta do jardim
Agora eu sinto o peso todo sobre mim...
18 anos, inconseqüente
Você não entende e fala mal da minha tattoo
Na sua frente eu vou passar correndo nú
E aí, quando o sol então sair
Eu sei...
Nada me preocupa...na terra do nunca
Não é minha culpa
Se a vida é uma ilusão
Hipocrisia e falsidade
Os seus valores são dinheiro e o poder
Se ser adulto é desse jeito
Então desculpe, eu nunca mais quero crescer
E aí, quando o sol então sair
Eu sei...
Nada me preocupa...na terra do nunca
Não é minha culpa
Se a vida é uma ilusão
E aí, quando o sol então sair]
Eu sei...
Nada me preocupa... na terra do nunca
Não é minha culpa
Se a vida é uma ilusão
( se a vida é uma ilusão, se a vida é uma ilusão)
The lyrics of "Terra Do Nunca" convey the restlessness and rebelliousness of a teenager who feels like a misfit in society. The first stanza highlights his self-awareness of not being perfect and being an oddball, which is reinforced by his recollection of being the naughtiest kid in his neighborhood. As he grows older, he feels weighed down by the societal expectations of him to conform and follow norms. The second stanza deals with the theme of the generation gap, where he expresses his frustration at being misunderstood by older people for being unconventional. He is rebelling against the societal norms that promote materialism and superficial values, and he desires to live in a place where he can be free from these societal pressures. The persona finds solace in the "terra do nunca" or "Neverland," which symbolizes a place where one can live without a care in the world, free from the harsh realities of life. However, he acknowledges that this is an illusion, and the real world is not as perfect as the imaginary world he desires. The song is a reflection of the angst and disillusionment that many teenagers feel in society and represents a call to be true to oneself and pursue one's own path of happiness, despite societal expectations.
Line by Line Meaning
Não sou perfeito, sou mais um em um milhão
I am not perfect, just one more among a million.
Adolescente estranho e fora do padrão
Odd and out of the ordinary teenager.
Desde pequeno, o mais capeta do jardim
Since little, the naughtiest kid in the garden.
Agora eu sinto o peso todo sobre mim...
Now I feel the weight all over me...
18 anos, inconseqüente
18 years old, reckless.
Você não entende e fala mal da minha tattoo
You don't understand and criticize my tattoo.
Com a sua família, feliz no carro
With your family, happy in the car.
Na sua frente eu vou passar correndo nú
In front of you, I will run naked.
E aí, quando o sol então sair
And then, when the sun rises.
Nada me preocupa...na terra do nunca
Nothing worries me...in the land of never.
Não é minha culpa
It's not my fault.
Se a vida é uma ilusão
If life is an illusion.
Hipocrisia e falsidade
Hypocrisy and falsehood.
Os seus valores são dinheiro e o poder
Your values are money and power.
Se ser adulto é desse jeito
If being an adult is like this.
Então desculpe, eu nunca mais quero crescer
Then I'm sorry, I never want to grow up again.
( se a vida é uma ilusão, se a vida é uma ilusão)
(if life is an illusion, if life is an illusion)
Contributed by Hannah K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.