In 2017, IC3PEAK released their first Russian language album Сладкая жизнь (Sweet Life). They've stated that they "felt the urge for a dialog with our native generation about common fears, problems and feelings without language barrier." The album took a darker trap approach to witch house with elements of art pop and glitch pop. A music video (entirely written, directed, stylized, produced, and edited by the duo) was made for the single "Грустная сука" ("Sad Bitch"), which has received 5.8 million views as of September 2018. This was followed by two non-album singles: "Monster" and "This World Is Sick," released in 2017 and 2018, respectively.
On September 14, 2018, IC3PEAK released the single "Сказка," showing a style much closer to trap rap/hip hop than witch house. A music video was produced for it, featuring animated artwork by artist Jakov Burov. Exactly two weeks later, an album also titled Сказка was released without any prior announcement.
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IC3PEAK Lyrics
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I see it melts
Once and forever
First time forever
I got you now in my arms
You lose your face in my arms
Once and forever
You slip off
You disappear
You turn pale
You blend with air
The lyrics to IC3PEAK's song "Collapse" are intriguing and poignant. The first verse, "I see your face, I see it melts, once and forever, first time forever," seems to convey a sense of fleetingness and impermanence. The image of a person's face melting suggests the fragility and impermanence of human life, and the repetition of "once and forever" and "first time forever" may suggest a longing for something to hold onto, despite its inherent impermanence.
The second verse, "I got you now in my arms, you lose your face in my arms, once and forever, first time forever," builds on this theme of transience and impermanence. The idea of holding someone in one's arms is often associated with comfort and security, but here it seems to be a fleeting moment in which the person is losing themselves. The repetition of "once and forever" and "first time forever" underscores this sense of fleetingness and suggests that this experience will never be repeated.
The final lines of the song, "You slip off, you disappear, you turn pale, you blend with air," add to this sense of transience and impermanence. The person slips away, disappears, and eventually blends with the air. These lines may suggest acceptance of the inevitability of death and the ultimate impermanence of all things.
Line by Line Meaning
I see your face
I am aware of your presence
I see it melts
I witness your emotional state deteriorating
Once and forever
This occurrence is singular and everlasting
First time forever
This is the initial experience, but it will last infinitely
I got you now in my arms
I now have control over you
You lose your face in my arms
You surrender your identity to me
Once and forever
This event is singular and everlasting
First time forever
This is the initial experience, but it will last infinitely
You slip off
You are fading from my grasp
You disappear
You are vanishing from existence
You turn pale
You are becoming lifeless
You blend with air
You become indistinguishable from the atmosphere
Contributed by Liam R. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
hola shi?
I think this video has a lot of symbolism
the pink boy represents depression, anxiety or a trauma of which the cause is not known, nastya (the girl) is the one suffering this, in the first stage nastya looks totally weak before the pink boy, the second, you see that nastya is recite and is stronger before the pink boy, I guess it is nastya trying to overcome the problem it has, in the last one looks like nastya discovers who is the pink boy (Nick) and suppose that is the origin and the cause of the problem, a person, then looks like nastya becomes the pink boy, that means that now Nastya is the nightmare for Nick.
Quan
нет
hola shi?
ok now I feel like it's sexual harassment, lmao
Lechu
@hola shi? you're right bro, otherwise everyone have their own point of view so keep ur opinion man.
Danil Fridman
Ничего не понял, но очень интересно
Eleonoth
мне очень жаль что айспик удалили так много своих клипов, они идеальня
David Cardenas Escandela
thank you for upload this masterpiece. I'm ic3peak fan since 2014, i felt in love with their work and music, the fuckin ''audio-visual terror'' was epic like this video, but i still don't understand why they deleted all the old stuff from social media, i'm really disappointed :/
Allegra _
Same. I wonder what happened?
Ace
@Allegra _ censorship.
Allegra _
@AceThank you. I have been doing some research on the topic of Russian musicians and their struggle under government scrutiny. You are right. It is a covert cultural war against Russian youth. It is painful to read that Ic3peak continues to be impacted by this.