The song “Lucid Dreams” made rapper Juice WRLD (whose real name was Jarad Anthony Higgins) a star and remains a hit, even five years after the musician’s death in 2019. He released the single in 2018. In explaining the song’s success, he said, “I’m saying the things about feelings that people don’t know how to put into words.”
The lyrics are mainly about the pain the rapper felt after breaking up with his girlfriend. But they also contain parallels between personal drama and lucid dreams. This is seen, for example, in the line, “I have these lucid dreams where I can’t move.”
It’s interesting how the song continues to not only live but also evolve after the rapper’s death. In 2021, a remix and accompanying music video were released. The remix reflects a number of phase states: First, the hero is chained to the bed and sees a demon, which obviously resembles sleep paralysis. Then, the hero rises to the sky (as if having an out-of-body experience), after which he opens his eyes in a place reminiscent of a dream. In 2022, the song received diamond status, and now, as uDiscoverMusic writes, it has reached one billion views on YouTube.
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