Hozier's 'Wasteland, Baby!' is beautiful and here's why... 

I don’t know if you’ll read this since i’m watching it 4 years later, I came to this video after watching ur essay on eat your young. I’ve been feeling so out of it lately because i’m struggling intensely because of my mental illness which i’ve been recently diagnosed with but hearing you talk about art, music with so much passion & love is giving me hope again. Thank you so much for making these videos and talking about ur interests

To me, I always felt like in "Almost" he is still in love with his former gal, but he’s really trying to fall for the new one, but keeps comparing her to his ex. The same kind of music haunts her bedroom I'm almost me again, she's almost you I got some colour back, she thinks so, too I laugh like me again, she laughs like you She'll turn to me awake and ask, "Is everything alright?" I think it is also important to mention that during an interview he stated that the song could be summed up by the lyrics “I’m almost me again, she’s almost you”.

Yes. Identifying a problem is pointless if we don't rise up to make a change. Hozier is back to basics R&B, master arrangements, beautiful harmonies, most beautiful Male vocalist I've heard in my lifetime.

Be is one of my favorite songs from his entire discography, i know its somewhat nihilistic but it also feels so empowering! it feels like finding comfort and strength in that one constant in your life, despite knowing that everything else around you is crumbling.

this album is just so majestic and powerful. I honestly cannot express how much of musical genius this man is.

this video deserves so much more recognition! one of the best album breakdowns i've ever seen for sure

I found hozier very unexpectedly and like most of the people who adore him and his work, by the song called "Take me to Church" but ever since that day i have only loved and cherished him more and more. I was not in a very happy place when i listened to this album, which was in last march i guess, but i remember being completely tear apart and formed into something new when i listenened to it. The song "Nina cried power" was my absolute favorite and then, as it is with all of hozier songs, i fell in love with all of the album so much that it became very dear to me. I always urged my friends to listen to his music so that i could discuss or dissect it with them. When "Eat your young EP" [again in march, this seems to be a recurring theme] i was very stressed, but his music, his art helped me stay afloat. I am so glad, that i found somebody who really gets it, who really analyzes the themes he sings about. Who appreciates him as much as i do.

The child in To Noise Making is Hozier as a kid.

Movement was played on piano at my wedding ceremony honestly it was a perfect choice

Ooof. 'Almost' is so cute

I sobbed so much the very first time i heard shrike. On top of that my first time was actually a live version onstead and you know how thay goes

Dinner and diatribes, movement are my favourite songs

Great review! Very thoughtful :) There's such a shortage of the reviews and reactions to Hozier material, ugh!

I always interpreted Almost to be a sad song actually, so it's really interesting to see an interpretation that's so happy. I mean, of course it sounds happy on the surface, but I always interpreted that to be a deliberately misleading, in kind of a parallel to the song's meaning/lyrics. I thought it was about the loss of a relationship of some kind, with the speaker trying to distract themselves from being saddened by this huge loss or deliberately covering it up to whoever "you" is, begging his heart to not ruin happy moments for him by reminding him of that loss or pain. He's able to act almost like himself but he's still not being fully healed or back to where he was before. He doesn't know where to start explaining his pain, perhaps thinking that whoever he's addressing will be hurt by or won't understand why he's still upset or not right.

Aaahhh I'm late to the Party! I love Hozier, and I just watched your video on the 'Eat Your Young EP' and I had hoped you had one on 'Wasteland, Baby!' The first time I sang To Noise Making, I remember that was the first time I understood that song. I remember tearing up.

Please do a 45 min video of all 3 albums.

Now that's what's called a hozier album description! Loved every bit ❤

just a few years late but a few of us queueing hours early for a hozier show were trying to decide the best hozier song to do the macarena to, we did conclude it is movement

This is my favorite album of all time. I just relistened to it yesterday actually lol

This is by far my fave, and I love them all

Talk is the story of my life right now

LMAO 😭I didn't even listen to the album and I am crying about how beautifully he writes/sings about love, women and society😢. I have to listen to this album. I need this excellence in my life

This Man has become my new god

I really liked your interpretation of No Plan in this video. I think it definitely makes sense when I listen to the song with that context in mind. I did have a different interpretation of the song on my first listen though. When I was listening to it it really hit me as just him finding a relationship that's peaceful. There's no agenda, no goal, No Plan. You're just existing together and experiencing what life has to offer together. As long as you support each other and are there for each other there's no need to be worried or rush through things, you can just be.

I don't know why i'm even doing a paper presentation on Wasteland, Baby! in a conference when this video literally exists and I should just project it sdhasdhaskjdh

There are sooo many songs I forgot were a part of this album!! I’m excited to listen to the whole thing again!!

Thank you for your interpretation of this album. I have been listening to this album nonstop and just saw him in November. His music is so unique and his lyrics are impeccable. His music has become my medicine!!!

Please give us a 45 minute video love listening to your. ❤

I'm glad you did this. There's dearth of female music reviewers on this platform and even in general. I'd love to see more from you and even a recommendation of female music reviewers if you do know of great ones. It's women's month after all. We need to be heard!

I'm a huge Hozier fan as well and this is such an awesome review!

OMG I MAY BE LATE BUT PLEASE CONTINUE DOING THIS. I HAVE BEEN FINDING PEOPLE WHO ANALYZE HOZIER'S WORK AAAAAAAA 💜💜💜

I’m a kind of a person when listening to a song for the first time im more focus on the rhythms or the beat first then i listen to the lyrics and i have to admit i don’t really understand them and maybe it’s because english is not my first language so it’s a bit gibberish when i listen to the lyrics but your video really open up something about the song and made it more meaningful and beautiful than just the beat and itself and i really like your take in this album and it really made me fall in love deeper to hozier’s work because he’s really an incredible artist and i thank you for that :)

Thank you for giving me the gift of feeling like I’m listening to the album for the first time all over again!!! You’re amazing!!!!!!

I want to subscribe 10k times to show you an a mere fraction of the appreciation you should be getting for your videos

Funny to hear your opinion on "Nobody." It's probably in my top five Hozier songs lol, that one and Shrike are definitely two of my favorite on the album.

You should do his first album!!!

also i know im several years late to the party, but I recently wrote an analysis on would that I for a class and had a sort of difficult time breaking it down at first but ended up coming to a little bit of a different meaning, it’s interesting to hear other points of view though. I wrote about how it’s describing a relationship where he is so in love with this person who he’s comparing to a fire that’s completely destroying his life and everything he loves but he’s so enamored with her beauty and toxic love that he stays with her anyway

Fabulous review! For me the album is Hozier trying to deal with the new while learning how to deal with the old. In this case this does not only refer to past and new love but also the literal end of humanity as on the title track, Talk, and Be. I adore his poetry and his allusion to Greek mythology is so cool!

Omg to see someone else notice the jazz song references. 😂❤ i love that for you

Just started getting into Hozier lately, even though I've known of him since Church, and I have literally consumed every song since Eat Your Young was announced. I found your channel through looking up stuff of his, and omg, I love your analysis of his stuff, and how you're giving it as a conversation with us, presenting ideas and thoughts and facts as "...and what do you think about it?" I love listening to you talk about all of this, and I hope you have a long and happy career on YT. :)

I loved your interpretations and excitement for all of the songs and you captured my feelings for a lot of the songs as well, great review!!!

i just found out about you and i agree with all of this. i hope you’ll do his first album as well as his EP ^^

I just found you, and subscribed! Oh man you nail Hozier perfectly. So great! To the point and so much info. You're awesome! I so agree 100 % with all you say. Hozier is my all time favorite, and took over my many favorite bands. I've lived for live music since I was a child. Hozier was the most amazing concerts I've ever seen. Not one mistake that I could detect. Perfection. Your great! Thank you

Thank you for breaking this album down! I really enjoyed watching this and I hope you will do another review for Hozier’s upcoming album :)

i’m not sure if you’ll see this since this video is a couple of years old now but i’ve been watching your videos on hozier and they’ve all really helped me appreciate his music more than i thought could even be possible

you're amazing thanks for this!❤

tysm for making these and breaking down all of the songs! I started with the unreal unearth video and im so glad you have so much more hozier content! I've casually liked hozier for years but never really read into the lyrics but I loved the vibes. I started binge listening to him again and then he announced the second leg of unreal unearth so i got tickets and now I'm trying to understand all of his songs more and to a deeper level so thank you for helping me with that!

He does sing about animals, quite often.

This is absolutely beautiful. Thank you.

Beautiful breakdown. ❤

Loved it when you play the in background while talking about it

Very interesting review. I like your thoughtful interpretations a lot! I’m currently at a stage of exploring the album, but not too obessively, because I don’t want to overplay it. I noticed that, just like with his first album, I instantly like some songs and some others less. But that constantly changes. The “lesser” songs will grow on me and can even become new favourites. It’s kind of a journey that I don’t want to rush because who knows how long we’ll have to wait for the next release? Anyway, you gave me some food for thought for tomorrow morning when I drive to work listening to Wasteland, baby!

tHIS ALBUM IT SO FKING GOOD, cant not listen. Absolutely love Movement, No Plan... right down the list. This music is so middle child, to most. But funny, this was the last of His 3 I got.

This video is amazing!! You put words to what I was feeling through the songs which is amazing! Please go in-depth with the songs because it’s so much more impactful when your really hear the music

Great review! Wonderful album!

Love all your Hozier videos! I am a new subscriber and look forward to catching up on your videos

just your explanations alone are so inspiring!

Do you have a more detailed video for each song?

only bad thing about this review is that i had to pause the video to relisten to whatever track you were talking about at the time. took me ages to get to the end lol, although thats less a fault of your own and just the sheer power of the songs you're reviewing that just mentioning them moves me (heh) to listen to them in full

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I don't know if you will read this, but I discovered you a while before Unreal Unearth released and love your breakdowns of music. I would like if you come back to this album using the same format of line by line analysis. I feel like there is a lot more that can be said that wasn't covered in this video (as you've said, you could go on for much longer so please do)

The cage for your own bird may just be how we talk down to ourselves and let all made up constructs confine us from our own personal freedom. 😊

Well explained beautiful lady! 😘

Hi! I'm new to your channel and LOVED your review. Very insightful and sharp. Have a slight, perhaps pedantic, disagreement. I don't think 'No plan' is nihilistic. I feel its exactly the opposite. From my understanding, nihilism is about the meaninglessness of things because of our cosmic insignificance. No plan does exactly the opposite. It is almost a battle cry to construct meaning in our cosmically insignificant lives through love. Hence, 'I'll be your man, if you got love to get done'. Look forward to more excellent reviews! Much love💕👏

I really hope you do a video like this on Unreal Unearth when it drops. I'm beyond excited for it, especially listening to Francesca and researching the story behind it.

He has no bad Music

Please burden me with 45 mins please

I love how well you explain all the references Hozier has in his lyrics, thank you so much for your hard work making such videos!

H could sing the phone book

Do you have any idea how hozier will be a shriek to her sharp and glorious thorn? Is he willing to kill for her? Is it a metaphor for something I don't understand? Please tell me your point of view on this one 🤔😃

please, please, please analyse noah kanan.