I love the train whistles, the unsteadiness due to the train’s geriatric state, the accompanying animation style, and of course, Duck finding a rock during the submarine sequence. Transport Song (from Transport) – This is the song primarily sung by the Choo Choo Train as he morphs into other vehicles to accommodate the three protagonists, as opposed to the song sung by the protagonists as Red Guy drives. Stress (from Jobs) – Performed – I’m somewhat sure – by comedian Lolly Adefope, the song that plays as Duck takes advice from the workplace “Carehound” (which also brainwashes him) sees its visual and musical aesthetics blended beautifully the colourful, futuristic environment of its animation, and its effect-heavy instrumentation/vocals. While each edition of the YouTube series centred around a musical number, each episode of the TV series has at least one song per episode, from core songs that detail the theme in the vein of the show’s YouTube counterparts (family, work etc.), to much shorter songs, non sequitur joke songs, or those with individualistic uses.Īnd here are my ten favourite songs from the Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared television series! With the recently-aired Channel 4 series, that is still where the charm lies – surrealist horror and absurd existentialism – but with the emphasis directed more towards humour, it’s a lot easier to appreciate the show as a comedy – what were once passing quotes eager to be turned into memes are now beautifully-written comedy dialogue, somehow both nonsensical and grounded.īut wait! There’s another charm! I mentioned how much I appreciated the musicianship of the first YouTube episode, well, Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared is essentially a full-blown musical. That was always the charm, seeing how these three core characters – Red Guy, Yellow Guy, and Duck – would have their world shifted from Mr. A trippy experience just before going to bed, I admired the creativity (ha) and skill behind the puppetry, animation, effects and musicianship, before being taken aback by the shock of when this seemingly harmless but directly postmodern puppet show turned into a body horror. I’ve been a fan of DHMIS since seeing the first entry of the YouTube series just over a decade ago. It may be fitting to be writing about Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared just after Halloween, because if I were to give the television – formerly YouTube – series a label, it would be post-horror.
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