Then on “First World Problemz/Nobody Carez,” we are introduced to the day to day sadness that Faiyaz experiences. The next two tracks continue this trend of nostalgic storytelling, by letting us know about his friends and one of his young loves. The subdued synth sounds and low backing vocals compliment the melancholy of this cut that sets the stage for the rest of the album. The track is both a remembrance of the times when Faiyaz’s mother would reprimand him for his poor grades and disregard for school and a reflection on how he would use writing as an escape. If you flipped the first page on your midterm and found that none of the questions were on topics covered in lecture, “Home,” the opener, will make you at least thankful that Stanford doesn’t send your grades home anymore. However, taking this statement at face value could leave listeners wondering what the rest of the album is, if not opening up. “ Maybe I just can’t open up/I don’t trust anyone/I don’t know what they want”. The weight of this realization is central to and can be felt throughout the album, but Faiyaz touches on what’s critical to him about this concept on “Sonder Son (Interlude)” near the end of the album. “The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows,” an online project by John Koenig to create new words for undefined emotions, defines sonder as the epiphany that one’s life is singular in a massive web of complex consciousness made up of literally billions of other separated unique lives. If that’s the case, your prescription is the full-length debut album from Baltimore R&B artist Brent Faiyaz, “Sonder Son.”īrent Faiyaz is meant to be the eponymous sonder son on this album, and how fitting that name is. But sometimes it’s important to contemplate in a more subdued way and seeing as you’re reading in this section of the paper, I imagine you’re here for more whimsical medicine anyways. For some, that might mean heading to the gym for a stress-relieving workout, laying out in the grass or letting yourself dance your stress out at a frat party. Between the first set of midterms wrapping up, the emotional burden of constantly socializing or worrying that you’re not socializing enough, and being away from home (possibly for the first time), it is essential to take time to recharge. (Courtesy of Daily Chiefers)Ĭollege can be draining.
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