Looking for an experimental pop(?) song called "The Four [something]s"
November 14, 2020 1:02 AM Subscribe
So I'm looking for a song called "The Four ????" where the question marks represent the plural noun I cannot remember.
It was a pop song (in the loosest possible sense) by a black vocalist who I remember as reading as a queer man to me, built up around a stark string section motif. Sort of blending elements of classical with avant-pop? The four ????s were referenced repeatedly in the lyrics (I recall a "just like the four ????s" for example), but my searching brings up nothing useful. It was a definitely a solo artist, not a group, and the music video was on youtube and had the singer performing (in a red dress? not sure on that one) against a completely black backdrop as I recall it.
Halp?
It was a pop song (in the loosest possible sense) by a black vocalist who I remember as reading as a queer man to me, built up around a stark string section motif. Sort of blending elements of classical with avant-pop? The four ????s were referenced repeatedly in the lyrics (I recall a "just like the four ????s" for example), but my searching brings up nothing useful. It was a definitely a solo artist, not a group, and the music video was on youtube and had the singer performing (in a red dress? not sure on that one) against a completely black backdrop as I recall it.
Halp?
Cool song! If you're curious, the orchestral backing is taken from the opening of Berlioz's March to the Scaffold, part of his Symphonie Fantastique.
posted by Johnny Assay at 6:29 AM on November 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by Johnny Assay at 6:29 AM on November 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
Response by poster: serpentwithfeet - four ethers
This is it! Thank you alb!
posted by Dysk at 8:10 AM on November 14, 2020
This is it! Thank you alb!
posted by Dysk at 8:10 AM on November 14, 2020
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posted by alb at 5:13 AM on November 14, 2020 [12 favorites]