PARANOiD DJ - ’Just Look My Way (Stolas’ Lament)’

BUY/STREAM THE SONG: Bandcamp: iTunes: Spotify: Apple Music: A brand new original song centred around the Goetian prince Stolas, featuring originally created backing music, sound design, voice acted story and artwork. After how well ’EYES ON ME’ was received as my first attempt at original song writing, this is my second. ’Just Look My Way’ was a very difficult thing to put together, not just because of the subject matter but because of other things that had been affecting me outside of the work I do for this channel and elsewhere. Tackling all that, I had constant doubts about how accurate to Stolas’ voice I was being, whether the sudden change in tone from such a highly energetic piece as Vox’s song to this would be welcome, among countless other worry. But the end result is something I’m ultimately proud of. Over the past few episodes of Helluva Boss, and through watching the show in general, it’s clear that Stolas has a sense of emotional ignorance when it comes to how he behaves and how it affects others. While most obviously seen with Octavia, episodes 5 & 6 helped to cement this further with how he behaves in regards to Blitzo. Using pet names, outright calling him a “play thing“ during the summoning, even down to how Blitzo hallucinates being chained to him because of his behaviours. And Stolas seems either oblivious to it or realises it too late. I wanted this song to address that specifically. For Stolas’ sense of arrogance to be apparent in how he can’t understand why Blitzo is so awkward about being with him despite everything that he can provide, only to realise that it is his own actions that have caused the problem and how it may affect others. I hope this is a topic the later episodes of Helluva will tackle because the setup for it is there. As a result, the actual music is heavily rooted in both traditional classic instruments and synthetic soundscapes to reflect Stolas’ position as a royal but with access to the cosmos and magic. It’s a subdued score, but something I felt needed to be done suitably to match the sombre mood of the song I was aiming for. And finally, another huge round of gratitude and praise for Ayyy-Imma-Ninja for once again creating the beautiful artwork used in the video. She not only came up with the basic outlines for what I wanted the images to show, but also added in wonderful little details to really drive the point of the music home (pay attention to the flowers). Please support her through the links provided below for her wonderful efforts. All vocals, sound design, lyrics & music production: Myself (PARANOiD DJ) Original Artwork: Ayyy-Imma-Ninja Helluva Boss and all its characters belong to Vivziepop and Spindle Horse Toons. Twitter: Ko-fi: SoundCloud: Bandcamp: Spotify: Apple Music: